- Mass Market Paperback: 384 pages
- Publisher: Simon & Schuster; Reissue edition (1 Oct 1987)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 0671652273
- ISBN-13: 978-0671652272
- Product Dimensions: 17.1 x 10.7 x 2.4 cm
- Average Customer Review: 4.2 out of 5 stars See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 458,689 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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A plague has been ravaging the planet Eeiauo, a world of cat-like beings, and the Enterprise has come to try to contain it before it kills all the Eeiauoans or spreads to other planets. Years earlier, Uhura had befriended a diplomat from Eeiauo, and the two women had exchanged songs as an intimate bond, swearing never to reveal them to anyone. But the only hope for a cure may lie in the song given to Uhura, and they must penetrate its layers of mystery if there's any hope for Eeiauo, or the Enterprise.
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Uhura's song is a story about first contact with a twist of a detective story elements. The plot is about the Enteprise crew trying to find a long lost world of origin of a dying race. In their search they beam down to a planet that has no previous contact with the Federation. There the Enterprise crew tries to get to know the secret of these nomadic tribe of cat-like people, a secret that may contain a cure for a deadly plague ravaging the federation planets. Unfortunately the cure is only mentioned in the millenia-old songs of the planets people, songs that are a taboo among them! Here Uhura plays the key role trying to find out more about the songs and the hints they may contain finding the cure.
The story studies refreshingly the different aspects of first-contact scenarios from challenges in language and customs to physical differences between humanoid Enterprise crew and cat-like people of the Sivaoans. Book contains good humor and some delicious scenes related to befriending with aliens from a different planet. There is also some philosophical themes about cultural habits and traditions. All of the Enterprise characters get equal amount of written storyline, and there are some nice additions to their characteristics, including Mr. Spocks own little detective challenge with mysterious temp crew member Doctor Evans. The only not-so successful character in the story is the Dr Evans, who's riddle is solved a bit strangely in the end. Maybe the author got a hurry in finishing the book...?
I recommend this book for anyone interested in ST sci-fi about different cultures, anthropology, adventure, and of course... cats!
The story studies refreshingly the different aspects of first-contact scenarios from challenges in language and customs to physical differences between humanoid Enterprise crew and cat-like people of the Sivaoans. Book contains good humor and some delicious scenes related to befriending with aliens from a different planet. There is also some philosophical themes about cultural habits and traditions. All of the Enterprise characters get equal amount of written storyline, and there are some nice additions to their characteristics, including Mr. Spocks own little detective challenge with mysterious temp crew member Doctor Evans. The only not-so successful character in the story is the Dr Evans, who's riddle is solved a bit strangely in the end. Maybe the author got a hurry in finishing the book...?
I recommend this book for anyone interested in ST sci-fi about different cultures, anthropology, adventure, and of course... cats!
3 of 4 people found the following review helpful
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I really enjoyed this book for all the good old fashioned science fiction reasons - alien cultures, adventure, risk and a happy ending. And I'm a very grown up grown up!
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Titan books continue their series of giant novels based on classic Star Trek with #04: Uhura's Song by Janet Kagan. Despite the fact that the stardate is given as 2950.3 which is in season one the book is set towards the end of the second season given the crew relationships, Chekov is Navigator, Doctor M'Benga is on staff and it references the episodes with Harry Mudd.
The book starts almost in the middle of a story. The Enterprise is orbiting the planet Eeiauo which is home to a felinoid species (not a humanoid type, think 5 foot tall feral looking house cat) who are suffering from a disease they call `The Long Death'.
McCoy and his medical teams are trying their best to save the Eeiauoans before they fall into the final stages of the disease, a comatose state from which they never awaken. As they crew research possible causes and factors which may have caused the disease, Spock makes the startling discovery that the Eeiauoans are not native to their planet. Uhura, who was once stationed on the planet, traded songs with Sunfall to Ennien and one of these songs may hold a clue to the original homeworld and possibly a cure.
When the disease mutates and infects the humans working on the planet a medical quarantine has to be enforced to prevent it spreading across the galaxy. With Bones quarantined on the planet, Kirk has to get used to the new temporary CMO, the delightful Evan Wilson, a woman who's every bit as acerbic and irascible as McCoy.
Uhura's song leads them to the planet Sivao and another race of felinoids who know nothing of the Eeiauoans. The landing party have to negotiate with the tribal leader of a camp to try to find out anything to help the Eeiauoans and their own crewmen before time runs out.
This is a Star Trek novel written by a cat lover, make no mistake there. The references to cat behaviour are everywhere; how their tails move, how their fur bristles, the sounds they make and how their eyes change shape. It's written in such close detail it sometimes gets in the way of the story itself.
Evan Wilson is a great character and the book would've fallen quite flat without her interactions with the landing party. However, the resolution to her story seemed a little trite and in the end unnecessary which spoilt some of the respect you had for her.
The book is essentially a long connected series of dangers and escapades with our crew interacting with the Sivaoans. While the tone tries to maintain a light adventure feel to it, there are some moments of genuine emotion and darkness. At 373 pages with very small text the book takes a very long time to say anything and you feel that it could've been done in half that length.
Kagan does a wonderful job of describing her cat characters and their world but in the end this is supposed to be a Star Trek novel, not a dissertation on feline behaviour.
It's not a bad read but probably more appealing to Trek fans who own a cat!
The book starts almost in the middle of a story. The Enterprise is orbiting the planet Eeiauo which is home to a felinoid species (not a humanoid type, think 5 foot tall feral looking house cat) who are suffering from a disease they call `The Long Death'.
McCoy and his medical teams are trying their best to save the Eeiauoans before they fall into the final stages of the disease, a comatose state from which they never awaken. As they crew research possible causes and factors which may have caused the disease, Spock makes the startling discovery that the Eeiauoans are not native to their planet. Uhura, who was once stationed on the planet, traded songs with Sunfall to Ennien and one of these songs may hold a clue to the original homeworld and possibly a cure.
When the disease mutates and infects the humans working on the planet a medical quarantine has to be enforced to prevent it spreading across the galaxy. With Bones quarantined on the planet, Kirk has to get used to the new temporary CMO, the delightful Evan Wilson, a woman who's every bit as acerbic and irascible as McCoy.
Uhura's song leads them to the planet Sivao and another race of felinoids who know nothing of the Eeiauoans. The landing party have to negotiate with the tribal leader of a camp to try to find out anything to help the Eeiauoans and their own crewmen before time runs out.
This is a Star Trek novel written by a cat lover, make no mistake there. The references to cat behaviour are everywhere; how their tails move, how their fur bristles, the sounds they make and how their eyes change shape. It's written in such close detail it sometimes gets in the way of the story itself.
Evan Wilson is a great character and the book would've fallen quite flat without her interactions with the landing party. However, the resolution to her story seemed a little trite and in the end unnecessary which spoilt some of the respect you had for her.
The book is essentially a long connected series of dangers and escapades with our crew interacting with the Sivaoans. While the tone tries to maintain a light adventure feel to it, there are some moments of genuine emotion and darkness. At 373 pages with very small text the book takes a very long time to say anything and you feel that it could've been done in half that length.
Kagan does a wonderful job of describing her cat characters and their world but in the end this is supposed to be a Star Trek novel, not a dissertation on feline behaviour.
It's not a bad read but probably more appealing to Trek fans who own a cat!
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