The Entropy Effect
The Entropy Effect is a novel by Vonda N. McIntyre set in the fictional Star Trek Universe. It was originally published in 1981 by Pocket Books and is the second in its long-running series of Star Trek novels (and the first original novel in that series; the first of the series is the novelization of "Star Trek: The Motion Picture"). It is also the first source to give Sulu and Uhura first names later made canon, Hikaru (in "Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country") and Nyota (in "Star Trek").

The story was originally conceived as a screenplay, written when McIntyre was 18.

Robert Greenberger gave the novel a very favorable review, calling it "captivating reading" and praising the characterization and the "scientific emphasis".
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