The first work in David Gerrold's Star Wolf trilogy, this tale pits the human members of the Star Wolf space vessel against the superhuman Morthan crew. Captain Jonathan Korie, hampered by the loss of most of the human fleet to the Morthans and a nearly disabled ship of his own, faces the Morthan threat driven by the need for survival and the desire for revenge. A classic of military science fiction, the Star Wolf trilogy combines rapid action with powerful studies of military character.
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"A first-rate writer." -- Literary Journal
"Intelligent and entertaining hard SF that remains blessedly free of the militaristic stereotypes in other examples of the subgenre." -- Booklist
"The adventure’s there, the action moves along nicely, and the villain is as nasty as anyone could wish." -- Analog Science Fiction/Science Fact
"The story moves along at the speed of light..." -- Publishers Weekly --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
"Intelligent and entertaining hard SF that remains blessedly free of the militaristic stereotypes in other examples of the subgenre." -- Booklist
"The adventure’s there, the action moves along nicely, and the villain is as nasty as anyone could wish." -- Analog Science Fiction/Science Fact
"The story moves along at the speed of light..." -- Publishers Weekly --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
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David Gerrold is the author of the Hugo and Nebula award-nominated "The Man Who Folded Himself" and "When HARLIE Was One", books that quickly established him in the hard science fiction genre during the 1970s. He also wrote "The Trouble with Tribbles" episode of Star Trek, voted the most popular Star Trek episode of all time, and is the author of the popular Star Wolf, Dingillian, and Chtorr series. He lives in Northridge, California.
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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
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Voyage of the Star Wolf has been with me since I was a child; I believe my father originally purchased it due to David Gerrold's association with Star Trek, but frankly, the two are worlds apart. Star Wolf is often known as "Star Trek done right," and on the face of it, the comparison may seem warranted, but I'd argue that that is unfair to the world Gerrold created here. So much depth and detail has gone into keeping the setting plausible, whereas Star Trek is really "out there" in terms of its science; the characters here are much more believable, and not larger-than-life "hero" types; the enemies, the genetically-enhanced Morthans, while bearing a passing similarity to Klingons, are much more frightening than they ever were (and as such, are kept in the background as much as possible, so as not to ruin their mystique).
Korie has become one of my favourite science-fiction characters; constantly at odds with himself, and those around him, as he tries to be the perfect commander (not that there is such a thing). Fate constantly screws with him, yet despite everything, he gets a measure of triumph in the end. His every feeling is written clearly, and never once did I feel that anything was forced. One criticism I read involved not knowing Korie had a family until almost a third of the way into the novel; this, I feel, was actually a masterful touch: up until now, we haven't seen the commander as anything more than a martinet, but then, suddenly and horrifically, we see that he's human, and that he can break under enormous pressure.
It's a truly thrilling novel, and all discerning science-fiction fans ought to have this and its two sequels - Middle of Nowhere, Blood and Fire - in their collections. Maybe, if we're lucky, and the War Against the Chtorr is dealt with, we'll even see a third sequel, returning us to the Morthans.
Korie has become one of my favourite science-fiction characters; constantly at odds with himself, and those around him, as he tries to be the perfect commander (not that there is such a thing). Fate constantly screws with him, yet despite everything, he gets a measure of triumph in the end. His every feeling is written clearly, and never once did I feel that anything was forced. One criticism I read involved not knowing Korie had a family until almost a third of the way into the novel; this, I feel, was actually a masterful touch: up until now, we haven't seen the commander as anything more than a martinet, but then, suddenly and horrifically, we see that he's human, and that he can break under enormous pressure.
It's a truly thrilling novel, and all discerning science-fiction fans ought to have this and its two sequels - Middle of Nowhere, Blood and Fire - in their collections. Maybe, if we're lucky, and the War Against the Chtorr is dealt with, we'll even see a third sequel, returning us to the Morthans.
By John M. Ford
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This is the story of the disastrous first mission of the star ship LS-1187 and its long limp home to an ungrateful reception and refit. The second mission is equally fraught with disaster.
The book is of historical interest to Star Trek fans because of its author's major influence on the Star Trek: The Next Generation television series. Its cleverly named "Morethan" bad guys closely resemble Star Trek Klingons. There is even an offsides Morethan security officer serving aboard the LS-1187, stoically enduring the prejudices of his crewmates. He comes off a little tougher than TNG's Lieutenant Whorf, although the overall resemblance is very close.
The characters were disappointingly shallow, especially for a book praised for its psychological complexity. The most painful example came when one character flew into a multi-chapter rage and depression over the deaths of his family. The readers had been through half the book with him by this point and this was the first indication he even had a family. One officer recommends that he handle his personal issues in the privacy of his cabin. We might have greater empathy for this character if we had occasionally seen him in his cabin, writing to his family or looking at their pictures. Or doing anything.
I wanted to like this book more than I did, especially after reading The Man Who Folded Himself. It was enjoyable, but mostly for the historical connection to Star Trek. I do plan to read the sequels, The Middle of Nowhere and Blood and Fire, for similar reasons. But they aren't as high on my list as they were, sad to say.
The book is of historical interest to Star Trek fans because of its author's major influence on the Star Trek: The Next Generation television series. Its cleverly named "Morethan" bad guys closely resemble Star Trek Klingons. There is even an offsides Morethan security officer serving aboard the LS-1187, stoically enduring the prejudices of his crewmates. He comes off a little tougher than TNG's Lieutenant Whorf, although the overall resemblance is very close.
The characters were disappointingly shallow, especially for a book praised for its psychological complexity. The most painful example came when one character flew into a multi-chapter rage and depression over the deaths of his family. The readers had been through half the book with him by this point and this was the first indication he even had a family. One officer recommends that he handle his personal issues in the privacy of his cabin. We might have greater empathy for this character if we had occasionally seen him in his cabin, writing to his family or looking at their pictures. Or doing anything.
I wanted to like this book more than I did, especially after reading The Man Who Folded Himself. It was enjoyable, but mostly for the historical connection to Star Trek. I do plan to read the sequels, The Middle of Nowhere and Blood and Fire, for similar reasons. But they aren't as high on my list as they were, sad to say.
1 of 2 people found the following review helpful
By Raul Leite
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This book reads quite fast, managed to finish it in two days (about five hours total), and despite the interesting setting Mr. Gerrold plants us, the story focuses on a single space ship (the Star Wolf, duh!), in a single area of the Galaxy... Naturaly, it would need more pages to develop and expound on the whole setting, but in the end, it is lacking, with cliché'd characters, sequences, and technology (the only imaginative part is the outcome of a missile attack in the first dozen pages, where the ship looses all power). I didn't cared for any of the characters, or what would become of them, and despite a few singular occasions (the previously stated missile attack, or having telepaths aboard a ship when one of them has intercorse (which is totally unnecessary for the story, I might add))), there was nothing that we haven't seen in a million other stories, some of them much better written... This was to be made into a sci-fi show (got axed in the meantime), and I would surely appreciate it, but as it stands in book form, it's short, uncaring, and bland. It manages to stay above 2 stars by a few sequences and the easy read.
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