Timetrap Explained

Timetrap
Author:David Dvorkin
Pub Date:1988
Isbn:0671648705
Pages:221
Series:Star Trek
Release Number:40
Publisher:Pocket Books
Language:English
Preceded By:Time for Yesterday
Followed By:The Three-Minute Universe

Timetrap is an original-series Star Trek novel by David Dvorkin, published by Pocket Books in 1988. For the week of June 12, 1988, Timetrap was the fifth-best-selling paperback book on The New York Times Best Seller list. The novel originally sold for . Timetrap is Pocket's 40th numbered novel from the retronymed Star Trek: The Original Series. Simon & Schuster released an e-book version in September 2000.

The plot of the novel concerns Captain Kirk's kidnapping and brainwashing by Klingons to believe that he's time-traveled 100 years into his future. Ellen Cheeseman-Meyer, writing for Tor.com, described the story as dealing with the philosophy of perception and "drugs. Lots and lots of drugs."

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