Star Trek The Next Generation: Encounter at Farpoint - David Gerrold (Vintage Paperback, 1987)
1st Mass Market Paperback printing from 1987.
The U.S.S. Enterprise is en route to Cygnus IV, home of the technologically illiterate Bandi and their mysteriously advanced Farpoint Station. After adding to its crew complement from Deneb IV they are harassed and prosecuted by an omnipotent being named Q, who claims that humanity has not progressed beyond barbarism. Captain Picard and the crew of the Enterprise must defend themselves by solving the mystery of Farpoint Station in a manner satisfactory to their newest judge and nemesis.
Condition: Used, vintage book in Good condition. Some slight bending of the book from storage and yellowing of pages from age.