STAR TREK VOYAGER CARETAKER (PREMIERE)

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Summary: Lots of details the TV pilot didn't have
Review: After watching the pilot on televison, I saw this book a the grocery store. I wasn't a big trek fan, but Kate Mulgrew's "Girl Power" attitude hooked me to Voyager.

I read this book in a few days. There were a lot of details that I'd missed the first time I saw the show and lots of details that weren't even in the pilot.

I liked how it described in more detail how the crews attempt to mesh so they can use their combined resources to get home.

The 8 page photo insert would have been a lot better if it was in color, but it was a neat feature anyway.

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Summary: Excellent novelization.
Review: This book captures the events in the premier episode of the television series, "Star Trek: Voyager" quite well, yet one never has the feeling that one is reading a recap. The story flows quite well, the characterizations are excellent, and I can't think of any scenes from the episode that are left out of the book, yet there are many instances in which the book adds to the story, and none of them seem out of place.

The only objection I have is the treatment of the holographic doctor; he is portrayed much too mechanically. I realize that he IS mechanical, but the series never failed to present him as having a personality, even in this premier episode. I feel that his mechanical aspect was overplayed in this book. Otherwise, this is an excellent telling of an excellent story, and necessary background for anyone planning on reading other "Voyager" novels.

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Summary: Amazing even though its based on a program.
Review: This novel I bought before Star Trek Voyager came to British television. I read it, and then I read it again. I could remember it all but I was just in a daze. If all the Voyager novels were as detailed and enthralling as this I would collect the whole series. They were not. I had read this this novel five times before the episode came to BBC2 and I just thought "Wow. How coud someone write such an excellent novel from that!". The truth was the novel was far superior than the program it was based on, not a usual occurrance. The characters are decribed excellently and I felt I knew them by the time I had finished reading the novel. After watching Caretaker on our television I still went back and read the novel a few more times, it was so great