- Paperback: 311 pages
- Publisher: Star Trek (1 July 1985)
- ISBN-10: 0671524887
- ISBN-13: 978-0671524883
- Product Dimensions: 17 x 10.4 x 2.5 cm
- Average Customer Review: 3.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (1 customer review)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 1,002,094 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
This is very frustrating book, mainly because I want to shoot the person who failed to edit it properly.
There are places where the writer uses words incorrectly, substituting a wrong word for the one she actually means.
The point of view, especially early on, hops around like a rabbit on steroids. At one point, it even managed to change mid-sentence.
The author has a real aversion to the word 'said', using an entire Thesaurus of increasingly improbable words to describe the simple act of speaking.
Science doesn't get much of a look in either. Sonar in outer space?
There's some glitches in the time travel plot as well.
All of which is doubly annoying , because I actually like the story. There's some good original characters (and some good female characters) and the Kirk/Spock relationship is as close to slash as you're likely to get in a mainstream novel. Although McCoy is probably the character who has the most spot-on dialogue.
I would have rated this book higher if it had been properly edited - I could have done a much better job.
However, even with all its flaws, I'll probably keep it.
There are places where the writer uses words incorrectly, substituting a wrong word for the one she actually means.
The point of view, especially early on, hops around like a rabbit on steroids. At one point, it even managed to change mid-sentence.
The author has a real aversion to the word 'said', using an entire Thesaurus of increasingly improbable words to describe the simple act of speaking.
Science doesn't get much of a look in either. Sonar in outer space?
There's some glitches in the time travel plot as well.
All of which is doubly annoying , because I actually like the story. There's some good original characters (and some good female characters) and the Kirk/Spock relationship is as close to slash as you're likely to get in a mainstream novel. Although McCoy is probably the character who has the most spot-on dialogue.
I would have rated this book higher if it had been properly edited - I could have done a much better job.
However, even with all its flaws, I'll probably keep it.
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22 of 23 people found the following review helpful
This "censored" Trek novel is a good read!
18 Mar 2001
Format:Mass Market Paperback
The reason this book is out of print (and so few fans have read it) is because it was yanked off the market for being "in bad taste" around the time that Roddenberry began cracking down on Trek novels that he personally didn't like. (In the mid-1980s. See chapter 17 of his biography, "Star Trek Creator," for more on that aspect of Trek history.) At any rate, the very idea of a censored Star Trek novel was so intriguing to me, I just had to track down a copy and read it!
The plot opens with a number of Enterprise crewpersons having some very disturbing dreams. In the case of Kirk and Spock, they both have the same dream, in which Spock is captain of a starship that's not the Enterprise, and Kirk is a young ensign aboard that same ship. As it turns out, the dreams are really bleed-throughs from another universe that was created by Romulan time-tampering. The Romulans, in an attempt to go back and change history in a way that would eliminate the Federation, have created Second History -- and it's not stable. On a deep subconscious level, many people in Second History are still linked to First History (the original timeline) and, in cases where their roles are not the same in both worlds, the disparity is causing insanity. And its spreading. If the original timeline is not restored soon, the whole universe is in danger of going mad.
What might be offensive to some people is that Ensign Kirk of Second History is a pretty messed-up character. He's a bitter young man who gets into fights with other crewmembers, has spent some time in prison (although, it is pointed out, the evidence used to convict him was was circumstantial and he maintains his innocence), and was drafted into the Fleet against his will. (The draft is one of the differences that Second History introduces.) He's also misusing a dream suppressant drug to try and stop the nightmares. This is certainly not the way we want to see Our Hero portrayed -- but then again, it fits the plot. I mean, if the Romulans really want to put the Federation out of commission, wouldn't it make sense to get the highly-competent James T. Kirk out of the picture? Besides, we've seen Kirk acting "weird" before under various alien influences, so why would this scenario be any worse? There's also an element of "there but for the grace of God go I" in this story, making us realize that, given the wrong circumstances, anybody's life can take a bad turn. And it can also be righted again.
Eventually, the Second History versions of Kirk and Spock figure out what's happened. (A nice touch is that this is accomplished by a mindmeld that taps into the deep friendship between them in First History, which still links them on the subconscious level.) Ensign Kirk quits the drug cold turkey, gets his life together, and helps Spock try to figure out a way to save the universe. To tell you any more would be a spoiler, except to say that this book is well worth reading --- that is, if you can find a copy.
4 of 4 people found the following review helpful
Thrilling and wonderful ... best for K/S-shippers
10 Dec 2006
Format:Mass Market Paperback
I read this book almost on one day. It is really thrilling, especially all about the time-thing. The idea of a parallel-universe always fascinates me. The story is quite fast reading and you get all the pictures you need in your head to see how the reaction of the charakters would be.
The most I liked (as a K/S-Shipper) was the special bond between Kirk and Spock. It seems like the author took that fact as something you must not discuss about it, because it was seen all over the years in the show and the movies. And I think she was right. The most important of it - it worked.
Alright, it is a book for fans of Star Trek. But I think that no one else read book about Star Trek beside Star Trek Fans...
The most I liked (as a K/S-Shipper) was the special bond between Kirk and Spock. It seems like the author took that fact as something you must not discuss about it, because it was seen all over the years in the show and the movies. And I think she was right. The most important of it - it worked.
Alright, it is a book for fans of Star Trek. But I think that no one else read book about Star Trek beside Star Trek Fans...
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
Really Well Done!
27 Sep 2001
Format:Mass Market Paperback
From the reviews I've seen and the people I've talked to, you either love this book or you hate it, I am among the former; I loved it!
My favorite original Trek episode was 'The Enterprise Incident' and I liked the character of the Romulan Commander. However, I always felt that she and Spock had to meet again, and while other novels like 'Blackfire' and 'Dwellers In the Crusible' broached the idea, none came up with such a unique idea to make it happen. I think the Romulan Commander got a bad shake. This story makes up for it!
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