About Literary Treks: A Star Trek Books and Comics Podcast
Literary Treks is a Trek.fm podcast dedicated entirely to Star Trek in written form. Each episode hosts Matthew Rushing and Casey Pettit explore Star Trek books and comics and chat with authors.
Scott Pearson.
It takes more than just an author to produce a book. In fact, there's a whole team of people that bring any given book to fruition. It's no different in tie-in fiction like Star Trek. We don't often branch out to talk to anyone but the authors of the new books, and that's an oversight we intend to remedy.
In this episode of Literary Treks, hosts Casey Pettitt and Jonathan Koan talk with editor Scott Pearson, who recently took on a more hands-on role after the passing of beloved editor, Margaret Clarke. They discuss Scott's work as both an author and an editor, what the editing process looks like, the enjoyable challenge of producing a Star Trek book while a show is still running and much, much more!
In the news segment, we talk about Robb Pearlman's new book of fairy tales from the final frontier.
Find out more about Scott at scott-pearson.com
News
New Book from Robb Pearlman (4:01)
Feature: Scott Pearson
Lifelong Rabid Star Trek Fan (7:02)
Never Wanted to Be an Editor (10:01)
An Author and an Editor (12:47)
A Hands-On Position (13:59)
There the Entire Time (15:29)
A High Bar (19:56)
Publishing is a Crazy Business (22:13)
I Would Like More Books (25:46)
New Authors (27:00)
I Don't Want to Get in Trouble (28:39)
An Enjoyable Challenge (29:28)
Required Reading (33:26)
Editing Different Genres (41:01)
Character Motivation (44:02)
Check the Quote (47:31)
I Have Ideas (51:50)
Scott, the Writer (55:20)
Closing (1:00:58)
Hosts
Jonathan Koan and Casey Pettitt
Guest
Scott Pearson
Production
Matthew Rushing (Editor and Producer) C Bryan Jones (Executive Producer) Greg Rozier (Associate Producer) Casey Pettitt (Associate Producer)
16 Feb 2026TRANSCRIPT
395: I Get Paid for This?
Scott Pearson.
It takes more than just an author to produce a book. In fact, there's a whole team of people that bring any given book to fruition. It's no different in tie-in fiction like Star Trek. We don't often branch out to talk to anyone but the authors of the new books, and that's an oversight we intend to remedy.
In this episode of Literary Treks, hosts Casey Pettitt and Jonathan Koan talk with editor Scott Pearson, who recently took on a more hands-on role after the passing of beloved editor, Margaret Clarke. They discuss Scott's work as both an author and an editor, what the editing process looks like, the enjoyable challenge of producing a Star Trek book while a show is still running and much, much more!
In the news segment, we talk about Robb Pearlman's new book of fairy tales from the final frontier.
Find out more about Scott at scott-pearson.com
News
New Book from Robb Pearlman (4:01)
Feature: Scott Pearson
Lifelong Rabid Star Trek Fan (7:02)
Never Wanted to Be an Editor (10:01)
An Author and an Editor (12:47)
A Hands-On Position (13:59)
There the Entire Time (15:29)
A High Bar (19:56)
Publishing is a Crazy Business (22:13)
I Would Like More Books (25:46)
New Authors (27:00)
I Don't Want to Get in Trouble (28:39)
An Enjoyable Challenge (29:28)
Required Reading (33:26)
Editing Different Genres (41:01)
Character Motivation (44:02)
Check the Quote (47:31)
I Have Ideas (51:50)
Scott, the Writer (55:20)
Closing (1:00:58)
Hosts
Jonathan Koan and Casey Pettitt
Guest
Scott Pearson
Production
Matthew Rushing (Editor and Producer) C Bryan Jones (Executive Producer) Greg Rozier (Associate Producer) Casey Pettitt (Associate Producer)
21 Dec 2025
394: The Chekov Book
Greg Cox: Identity Theft.
Pavel Chekov is a reminder that some Star Trek characters do their most interesting growing just outside the spotlight. Known for his youthful enthusiasm, sharp wit, and loyalty to the Enterprise, much of Chekov's development is implied rather than shown on screen. That makes tie-in novels an ideal space to explore characters like him in greater depth, filling in the moments between episodes and missions.
In this episode of Literary Treks, hosts Casey Pettitt and Jonathan Koan are joined once again by author Greg Cox to discuss his new Original Series novel, Identity Theft. Mostly taking place in the movie-era, we finally get Chekov in the spotlight. We discuss Chekov's identity crisis, getting off the bridge, how this is absolutely not a sequel, and much more!
In the news segment we discuss a new book announcement as well as some Lower Decks comics from IDW.
News
New Book Announcement (03:28)
Lower Decks Comics (09:45)
Feature: Greg Cox
Greg's Star Trek (18:49)
About the Cover (23:20)
Strange Unfamiliar Aliens (26:09)
Pretending to Be Chekov (31:00)
Chekov's Love Interest (34:02)
Writing Chekov Played by a Different Character (36:49)
Getting Off the Bridge (39:33)
Breezier and Funnier (42:18)
The Exiles (49:14)
The Audiobook (56:21)
Sulu (59:25)
Not a Sequel (1:02:47)
Remembering Margaret (1:09:57)
What's Next for Greg? (1:13:25)
Closing (1:19:01)
Hosts
Casey Pettitt and Jonathan Koan
Guest
Greg Cox
Production
Matthew Rushing (Producer) C Bryan Jones (Executive Producer) Greg Rozier (Associate Producer) Casey Pettitt (Editor and Associate Producer)
Inside a recent episode
I Get Paid for This?
Published 16 Feb 2026 · Transcript excerpt
[…] You know, people have to, you know. And so taking care of Star Trek continuity... It's really not that different than writing real-world stuff. You are trying to be realistic within an established history, whether that history is real history or Star Trek fictional history. And so it can be a fun challenge to find where's, you know, a week where we can plop a story in between this episode and that episode. You know, a lot of the Strange New World stories... over the years, you know, came out of those kinds of interesting challenges where there was a little loose end or a little, you know, time gap, a little retcon, a little, you know, what's something that we can explain. […]
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