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6 of 7 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars
First Trek Book I have Read, 20 Jan 2003
I have been a fan of the various Trek television series and films for many years but have never picked up a book. Generally I have not made the effort as it always seemed I would pick up a book that was in the middle of a series and the earlier episodes were not present, so I just passed. With, "The First Adventure", I thought it was a safe starting point.The irony is that this story was published almost two decades after the original Trek series on television had started, so the author had a great deal of material to look back upon. I learned much about the original crew that I did not know from the original series and films, and I believe I have seen them all. The book is literally the first voyage The Enterprise takes with Captain Kirk at the helm together with all the other crew members so familiar to fans. The book also includes the departure of newly promoted Commodore Pike which people will remember from the first television series. The book is lengthy and is not a quick short story that some paperbacks tend to be, it shares a great deal of background on the principal players, a first voyage whose mission is a bit bizarre, and a First Contact that is well done. The then infamous Klingons make their appearance as well, and both the conflict and hints of the future peace are explored in the book's events. Based on this read I will try and find more books that begin with number one in a series and stay the course through the following episodes. This book is certainly worthwhile for fans of the original Trek series, or even fans of the later groups that crewed the various incarnations of The Enterprise. For if nothing else, this was the original voyage and crew, this is where that original 5 year mission was to begin.
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0 of 1 people found the following review helpful:
1.0 out of 5 stars
Worst Star Trek Novel ever, 4 Aug 2009
I have been a fan of Star Trek, Kirk & Spock, for donkey`s years, and have also read numerous Star Trek novels. I can honestly say, that Enterprise: The First Adventure, is, without question, the worst Star Trek Novel I have ever had the misfortune to read.
The author, Vonda McIntyre, clearly had no idea what Star Trek actually was, or meant. The story, if you can call it a story, is boring & pointless to a level that I did not know existed in the physical Universe. McIntyre transcends any standard opinions one might have about the word "boring" and catapults the reader into previously untrodden heights of brain-freezing tedium & un-imagination.
I stll can`t believe that someone actually thought this book was good enough to be published. I can only assume that person was as boring & unimaginative as the author. Seriously, my neighbour`s cat, Butch, could write a better story than this.
To sum up, if you`re even thinking about buying this book, I urge you to think twice first, then long & hard, and then again, before you do.
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