Star Trek: The Next Generation is a 125-book series with 125 primary works first released in 1987 with contributions by David Gerrold, Diane Carey, Gene DeWeese, Carmen Carter, Jean Lorrah, Peter David, 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, John Peel, Susan Wright, W.R. Thompson, Dave Galanter, Greg Brodeur, Kevin Ryan, Dafydd ab Hugh, Brad Ferguson, Kij Johnson, Greg Cox, J.M. Dillard, Kathleen O'Malley, Dean Wesley Smith, Kristine Kathryn Rusch, Diane Duane, Charles Pellegrino, George Zebrowski, John Gregory Betancourt, Christie Golden, Doranna Durgin, Keith R.A. DeCandido, Jeffrey Lang, Jeri Taylor, Rick Berman, Michael Piller, Ronald D. Moore, Jerri Taylor, Rene E'chevarria, Cecilia Fannon, John de Lancie, Andy Mangels, Michael A. Martin, Michael Martin, Charlotte Douglas, Susan Kearney, S.P. Somtow, David Mack, Christopher L. Bennett, William Leisner, Dayton Ward, Una McCormack, James Swallow, Rudy Josephs, and John Jackson Miller.