In 1966, Bantam Books acquired the license to publish tie-in fiction based on the science fiction television series Star Trek.
Star Trek by James Blish
James Benjamin Blish was an American science fiction and fantasy writer. He is best known for his Cities in Flight novels and his series of Star Trek novelizations written with his wife, J. A. Lawrenc
Star Trek (Bantam Books)
…Many of Bantam's Star Trek releases remained in print until 1991. James Blish was known to have expressed an extreme dislike for tie-in fiction; however, he accepted the commission from Bantam Books to novelize episodes of Star…
James Blish's grave marker.
Blish's The Warriors of Day was originally published in Two Complete Science-Adventure Books in 1951 as "Sword of Xota"
The novella Sargasso of Lost Cities, Blish's third Cities in Flight story, was published in Two Complete Science-Adventure Books in 1953.
First publication of A Case of Conscience, September 1953.