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Summary: Star Trek: Across The Universe (88)
Review: As a fan of Star Trek I must say that this was one of the worst books I've ever read. I really like Star Trek books so that's a real hard statement for me to make. This book was just so dry, I mean I can understand that is might start out that way but this one never got any better. In fact I found that it got down right boring, two stars may even be a little to much to give this one.
Rating: 
Summary: Very Disappointing
Review: Having read all of the original Star Trek books, I can honestly say this is one of, if not the worst ones. I really enjoy seeing the old crew back in action, but this was a poor story. It starts off kind of interesting but quickly goes down hill (Like in the first few pages)! There is no quick witt, jabs between McCoy and Spock or any other interesting interplay between the crew members, not to mention the boring story line. I hate to say this because a ST fan, but this book is very bad. By the way, don't bother reading the back cover, it has virtualy nothing to do with the story.
Rating:
Summary: Very Disappointing
Review: Having read all of the original Star Trek books, I can honestly say this is one of, if not the worst ones. I really enjoy seeing the old crew back in action, but this was a poor story. It starts off kind of interesting but quickly goes down hill (Like in the first few pages)! There is no quick witt, jabs between McCoy and Spock or any other interesting interplay between the crew members, not to mention the boring story line. I hate to say this because a ST fan, but this book is very bad. By the way, don't bother reading the back cover, it has virtualy nothing to do with the story.
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Summary: What an awful book!
Review: I cannot recommend this book even to the hardcore fans of ST universe. The flat pompous prose is more then a little irritating. The plot is completely and totally awful. The "lost in time" colonists do not even need to be included. As it is their angle of the story is not developed at all. Similar recovery is much better covered in ST:NG episode. The idea of living planet intelligence is also nothing new. I have seen it presented in much more interesting and poignant ways, my recent favorite being the "PoTayBee" trilogy from (I believe) McAfrey. Loss of time and money and not worth the materials used for printing. Also, the "serial novel" idea in this format is not the brightest one I've ever seen. Not everyone is such a devoted fan of the ST books (especially considering the quality of this one.) And in conclusion I also had problems with the cover. Why, for instance, Captain Kirk is the only face on the cover (he did not play an overly important role)? The backside promotion is misleading. Do the people who write them actually bother to read the books? Maybe I should go down to one star?
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Summary: A fun easy read
Review: I gave this book five stars because it was a short book that was written in an easy reading style. Plot was good and had a fast pace. I read nearly all the Star Trek original series novels except the ones with sequels, I don't want to get bogged down with those. A none Star Trek fan may give this book less than five stars, and my five stars assume you are a Star Trek fan.
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Summary: Across the Universe
Review: I have read virtually every Star Trek book written and this is the worst I can remember. The story is lame...Killer Mold...I don't think so. There is virtually no character development of the several new characters. And the treatment of the regular cast of characters (Kirk, Spock, McCoy, Uhura, Sulu, Chekov, Scotty) makes me wonder if the author has ever seen a Star Trek episode, movie, or read a book. To tell the truth, I have only made it 2/3 of the way through this book and don't think I can finish it. Felt like quiting 1/3 of the way through and wish I had.
Rating: 
Summary: Not Horrible, Not Great
Review: I really need to read this book again, cause I felt like I was missing something....the book wasn't bad, but the writers made me feel like I had walked into the middle of a conversation. Did not seem to really explain the so called horrors that these travelers from the past had gone through in all the time they were traveling. I feel we should have had a lot more background story. Plus I had a problem with the green monster that was terrorizing all the people on the planet that they found for the colonists...I dont know, just seems a bit hokey. Though I did enjoy when everyone decided it was time to "mow the lawn" It just seemed like I was reading a sequel where I never read the first book...characters were not fleshed out as well as they could have been, Especially Uhura's friend from the past. I did rather enjoy Chekov meeting an old family member, Chekov has always been my favorite character (In fact I judge a lot of ST books as to how well they use Chekov, and if they bother to put in his accent even better...one gripe I have is a lot of writers will go through the trouble of doing Scotty's accent but not Chekov's. Seems to me if your gonna bother doing one you have to do the other as well...oh well) It's not a horrible book, I've read worse ST books, but I'm not sure if I can really recommend it...read it for yourself and make up your own mind
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Summary: Not worth it.
Review: It started out o.k., but The Attack of the Killer Bush? People being "cradled" by The Bush? It's just not worth the time and money.
Rating:
Summary: Not worth it.
Review: It started out o.k., but The Attack of the Killer Bush? People being "cradled" by The Bush? It's just not worth the time and money.
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Summary: ST-TOS: Across the Universe
Review: Star Trek - The Original Series: Across the Universe written by Pamela Sargent and George Zebrowski is a ship from the past novel that is looking for a place to start a new colony book. This book is a weak story and the planetary intellegence (a large green moss like substance) is ruthless or so it seems, in its protection of its nerve center. As this adventure unfolds, Kirk and the Enterprise crew try to solve the problem of finding a place for a group of 21st century colonists that time has left behind from the colony ship Hawking and dealing with a planetary intellegence that no one has previously seen. The story plot is rather weak and the book is short, with those two things going for it makes for a quick short read. I wouldn't recommend reading this book as it is not that well-written and doesn't challenge the reader. I thought that this book was written more for the juvinile mindset not a sophisticated TREK fan. This book can garner no more than 3 stars and that is generous under the circumstances.
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