- Paperback: 320 pages
- Publisher: Grafton; First PB printing edition (12 Oct 1989)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 0586208941
- ISBN-13: 978-0586208946
- Product Dimensions: 17.4 x 11 x 2.4 cm
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 1,025,479 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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This story ties in with the fifth "Star Trek" film.
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J.M. Dillard is the author of numerous Star Trek novels, including the movie novelisations GENERATIONS, FIRST CONTACT, INSURRECTION and NEMESIS, and the bestselling non-fiction pictorial history WHERE NO MAN HAS GONE BEFORE.
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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
As usual from J.M. Dillard, nicely done!
14 May 2007
Format:Paperback
On "The Planet of Galactic Peace" - real name, Nimbus III - a renegade Vulcan converts drought-starved farmers, bandits, and the three diplomats unlucky enough to be assigned (or should that be exiled?) there by the three powers holding combined oversight of that world. The Klingon and Romulan Empires, and the United Federation of Planets, all use Nimbus III as a dumping ground for their undesirable citizens and minor criminals. What could have become a planet-sized success like Earth's Australia has, instead, become a place of despair thanks to an unfavorable and drastic climate shift. The smiling Vulcan, Sybok, takes the three diplomats as curiously willing hostages to draw a Federation starship to Nimbus III. That starship is a brand new Enterprise, under the command of former Admiral James T. Kirk. Reduced to the rank of captain for his role in Captain Spock's unauthorized rescue from the Genesis planet, fighting guilt and depression after losing his son during that mission, and frustrated by the new ship's lack of readiness for this assignment, Kirk contends with an endless string of systems that malfunction or just plain refuse duty, and with the presence on board of only the barest skeleton crew.
Spock, still adjusting after his return from death, finds himself dealing with something even more traumatic. Sybok is Spock's half brother, banished from Vulcan so completely that his name no longer appears in any official record. As the Enterprise officers learn about Sybok's quest to reach the galaxy's center, and the supreme being (common to the ancient beliefs of all sapient races) that resides there, Spock is torn between his love and boyhood hero worship for his elder brother, and his duty to both the Federation and his friends.
Quite frankly, I hated the film on which this novel is based. I only picked the book up to read because I've always enjoyed J.M. Dillard's novelizations, and - to my pleasant surprise - I enjoyed this one just as much as the others. The story that didn't work at all on the big screen worked just fine as prose, probably because a novelist can put me inside the characters' heads. Sybok, and Spock's relationship with him, are as credible in the book as they were (to me, at least) incredible in the movie. Nicely done, Ms. Dillard!
Spock, still adjusting after his return from death, finds himself dealing with something even more traumatic. Sybok is Spock's half brother, banished from Vulcan so completely that his name no longer appears in any official record. As the Enterprise officers learn about Sybok's quest to reach the galaxy's center, and the supreme being (common to the ancient beliefs of all sapient races) that resides there, Spock is torn between his love and boyhood hero worship for his elder brother, and his duty to both the Federation and his friends.
Quite frankly, I hated the film on which this novel is based. I only picked the book up to read because I've always enjoyed J.M. Dillard's novelizations, and - to my pleasant surprise - I enjoyed this one just as much as the others. The story that didn't work at all on the big screen worked just fine as prose, probably because a novelist can put me inside the characters' heads. Sybok, and Spock's relationship with him, are as credible in the book as they were (to me, at least) incredible in the movie. Nicely done, Ms. Dillard!
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
Trying not to copy others, but they're right
3 Jun 2003
Format:Paperback
Yeah, so what they said. The movie was a bomb, and the book tells the story the way it should have been.
Trek books are a tricky thing. Novelizations are a tricky thing. This particular Trek novelization does everything it should, and more. The only problem is that an artist is only as her subject matter, and Find God in the Center of the Galaxy still remains a hokey premise.
But let's focus on the good things. Every major Trek player gets a focus in this novel, including Sulu, who had a big part in all of McIntyre's novelizations. I was glad to see Dillard continue his story in the same vein. We get to see his and Scotty's "secret pain", as well as several other characters in the movie who got left out.
All the characters have depth -- the three delegates, the Klingons, Sybok himself, even the funky-toothed guy drilling holes in the opening shot. Every one is three-dimensional. Example: Klaa (Klingon captain) is no longer a chip-shouldered upstart with delusions of grandeur. He's a Klingon worthy of Klingons, and his motives in pursuing Kirk are revealed as devious and calculating, rather than dumb and bumbling as they appeared in the film.
This novel ties the movie into the others. Star Trek II-V form one continuous tale, without a whole lot of break in between. Yet they still make very little reference one to another. In this novel, we see a Kirk who was re-rejected by a dear love only months before, who lost his son very recently, and who is still coping with Spock's death and resurrection.
I have nothing but praise for the work of J.M. Dillard thus far. And this is no exception. If you, like me, consider Star Trek V the red-headed stepchild of the Star Trek series (no offense to all you red-headed stepchildren), then please read this novelization. Give it a shot. You'll like it. Or I'll buy you a Twinkie. (not really though)
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
Novelization of "God Trek"
21 Jun 1998
Format:Paperback
The even numbered Star Trek movies seem to get the better storylines. V is no exception.
Bringing in their novel expert on mind control and obsession, Paramount has issued a novelization that is more understandable then the movie was.
If you were confused by the movie, try reading this.
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