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3.0 out of 5 stars "After two thousand years, they still feel guilt and shame.", 24 July 2008

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This review is from: Uhura's Song (Star Trek) (Paperback)

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!

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5.0 out of 5 stars A fantastic original crew story!, 21 Sep 2000

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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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5.0 out of 5 stars Time to grow up? Nah!!!!!!, 20 Oct 2003

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I read this story for the 1st time when I was about 11yrs old and I was instantly hooked! I've been looking for it for years to buy and I was told it was out-of-order. Now after about 14 yrs I've found it and I am hooked once more. The story is intense and has something in it that will appeal to everyone.

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