Star Trek: Die nächste Generation is a 67-book series with 67 released primary works first released in 1987 with contributions by David Gerrold, Gene DeWeese, Carmen Carter, Jean Lorrah, Peter David, Diane Carey, Howard Weinstein, John Vornholt, David Dvorkin, Daniel Dvorkin, Michael Jan Friedman, Keith Sharee, Robert Greenberger, A.C. Crispin, Mel Gilden, Terry Mancour, Bill McCay, E.L. Flood, V.E. Mitchell, Laurell K. Hamilton, David Bischoff, Simon Hawke, Rebecca Neason, John Peel, Jerri Taylor, Ronald D. Moore, Rene E'chevarria, Diane Duane, Jeri Taylor, Rick Berman, Michael Piller, Susan Wright, W.R. Thompson, Kevin Ryan, Dafydd ab Hugh, Brad Ferguson, Kij Johnson, Greg Cox, J.M. Dillard, Kathleen O'Malley, Dean Wesley Smith, Kristine Kathryn Rusch, Pamela Sargent, George Zebrowski, Esther M. Friesner, Lois Tilton, John de Lancie, Andy Mangels, Michael A. Martin, Michael Martin, Jeffrey Lang, Charlotte Douglas, Susan Kearney, and S.P. Somtow.