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Summary: Best Enterprise novel to date
Review: 'Daedalus' by Dave Stern is undoubtably the best Enterprise novel to date, and echoes with the hallmarks of great Trek.
The story of part 1 is centred around Charles 'Trip' Tucker, Chief Engineer of Enterprise and one of the leading actors in the show.
Basically, Trip and Hoshi are forced to abandon Enterprise in the cell ship after their ship is crippled and boarded in a sneak attack. From there, they are picked up by the opponents of the forces that took control of Enterprise, a desperate military organisation on the verge of collapse.
This puts Trip in a delicate position, does he use his Starfleet technology on training to aid his new allies, even though it would violate the Prime Directive?
Matters are further complicated when it is revealed that Starfleet technology had a hand in starting the war, and that the enemy now have their hands on even more advanced technology in the form of Enterprise.
The story is exciting, gripping, and character centred, all the good things that you want from a Star Trek novel.
The writing itself is a little unorthodox, and not quite like any previous form of Trek writing. Stern is a very factual, practical writer, and writes a novel with the minimum of verbose descriptions and the maximum of dialouge. This is not a bad thing, but it is different to previous authors.
The dialouge itself is extremely well done, and Stern really conveys the characters thoughts and intentions through it. One of my favourite scenes from the book is during Trip's initial meeting with Marshall Kairn, when Kairn puts the hard word on Trip about joining the Guild. The scene shows just how desperate things are for the Guild, and sets the scene for the rest of the book.
But overall it is a solid story, and definitely the best Enterprise novel to date.
I thoroughly enjoyed this book, and recommend it to any Star Trek fan.
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Summary: Warning
Review: .... This book is Part 1 of at least 2 parts (who knows?).The story of Daedalus does not resolve by the end of the book. You have to read Book 2 to find out what happens to the people who are all in dire straights. I hope Book 2 ends the story, because I don't want to be caught in a hardcover "soap opera." That said, I am looking forward to Daedalus Children (Part 2). I only regret that the publishers spaced the books so far apart. I will have forgotten what this book was about by the time Part 2 is ready for sale and I've already sold my copy of this one. By the time this Daedalus story comes to an end, I also hope that it deviates from what has become "standard" Star Trek plots (time-space continuum anomalies, etc). I am ready to move on to good science fiction with some new Trek ideas. As far as Stern's ability to TELL a story, he did a good job. I enjoyed his style. Regardless of my concerns, Daedalus is entertaining enough to be worth the cost of the book.
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Summary: Enterprise: Daedalus
Review: As I sit here writing this, the future of the TV show Enterprise is still uncertain. Will there be a Season 4? We don't know. Then there's that other vicious rumour...that Jolene Blalock may be trying to walk away from the show; if it's true it would just about crush me (she's such a wantable Vulcan!--and I don't just mean the gum-card, or the pop-together model). Meanwhile, I've had to endure weeks of repeats while we wait for the show to get back to new episodes. My solution to all this frightening uncertainty married to scads of repeats has been to read this Enterprise: Daedalus thing and see what I think. Despite my chagrin at the Enterprise novel line seeming to ignore Captain Archer as a main character--do they not want him to even come close to rivalling Kirk?--I must say that this Trip adventure (with Hoshi in tow) is a complete success! It's exciting all the way through, it's full of twists and turns as it drops Trip in the midst of an unfamiliar but dangerous war, and there's even time for some romance and a Trip back-story that seems to pertain to things as they unfold. Admittedly, our author is not a memorable stylist, but I'll forgive that. I'm not going to discuss much more of the plot, because it will sound very trad if I avoid all the clever twists and turns. Just join the fun as Trip allies himself with some rebellious asteroid miners, and other enemies of a ruthless usurper of power, to help stop a conflict that he's not even sure he should get involved in, while also trying to rescue the Enterprise and her crew from capture at the hands of the evil tyrant Sadir. In doing so, our plucky Engineer runs right into a sinister piece of his past. I had a terrific time with this book, even though I've done myself a bit of a disservice. I read this book for an Enterprise fix while all the reruns are on, and now I've got two unfinished Enterprise sagas left hanging, quite precariously: the last original TV episode we saw has left me with a cliffhanger ending in the Delphic Expanse, and now I must read Part 2 of Enterprise: Daedalus (called Daedalus's Children). I'm worse off than before! But that's okay. I'm having fun.
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Summary: Yet another great "Star Trek" book!
Review: Even though I grew up with the Original Series Star Trek, I also came to love TNG as well and, later, VOYAGER and ENTERPRISE. Being an avid fan of sci-fi in general, however, it would be an injustice on my part not to mention the many other old and new sci-fi works that both led me to Star Trek and which have forever forged my love for all sci-fi works: "Stranger in a Strange Land", "Puppet Masters", "Foundation", "2001", "2010", "Rendezvous with Rama", "Ringworld", all the "Star Trek" and "Star Wars" books, as well as books as new to the genre as "Advent of the Corps" and others.
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Summary: Superbly written book.
Review: Fascinating story, good pacing, good action, deft handling of characters. The only flaw (if one agrees with me that it IS a flaw) is that it doesn't finish. It ends with a "to be continued", a practice which, common as it is, I despise. If you don't mind being left hanging until the next book for an end to the story, then consider this a five-star rating.
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Summary: The Best Enterprise Book to Date
Review: I found Enterprise Daedalus to be a refreshing and entertaining read. The book features only two of the main characters after the first 50 pages. The Enterprise is captured by an alien species the Denari and only Trip and Hoshi escape and are rescued buy some other Denari who are fighting the ones who took the Enterprise. This is set against a back drop of the flight of an earier than Enterprise starship Daedalus that exploded on its maiden voyage some 15 years before. The story has an interesting twist at the end. One thing that was noticably different about this novel was the absence of a B story or plot.
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Summary: One of the better efforts in recent Star Trek fiction
Review: I managed to pick up a copy of "Enterprise: Daedalus" from a local library and thought it would be a mildly pleasant diversion for a long subway ride. To Dave Stern's credit, he had me hooked with a simple plot and a credible character study of Starfleet engineer Commander Charles "Trip" Tucker of the first Starfleet ship to bear the name Enterprise. Although the ending is a bit too predictable, the rest of the book is memorable in depicting Tucker's reaction to the seizure of his ship and his involvement in a civil war within a spacefaring civlization only a few decades younger than Earth's. Fans of the current Star Trek television series "Star Trek: Enterprise" will not be disappointed with this tale.
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Summary: One of the better efforts in recent Star Trek fiction
Review: I managed to pick up a copy of "Enterprise: Daedalus" from a local library and thought it would be a mildly pleasant diversion for a long subway ride. To Dave Stern's credit, he had me hooked with a simple plot and a credible character study of Starfleet engineer Commander Charles "Trip" Tucker of the first Starfleet ship to bear the name Enterprise. Although the ending is a bit too predictable, the rest of the book is memorable in depicting Tucker's reaction to the seizure of his ship and his involvement in a civil war within a spacefaring civlization only a few decades younger than Earth's. Fans of the current Star Trek television series "Star Trek: Enterprise" will not be disappointed with this tale.
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Summary: ST-Enterprise: Daedalus Part 1 of 2
Review: Star Trek - Enterprise: Daedalus part 1 of 2 written by Dave Stern is a well-wrtten storyline where the main characters in this book that are known to us are Charles (Trip) Tucker, III and Hoshi chief engineer and communications respectively. After the first fifty pages Trip becomes the primary character, as Hoshi plays a minor role. The book is full of Trip's memories of the Daedalus Project man's first attempt at warp drive... a cascading ion drive a full ten years ahead of the matter-anitmatter warp drive. This project was headed by Professor Victor Brodesser a rather forward thinker and hard working man. But, the cascading ion drive propulsion system has some problems... Trip was a working engineer on this project and he has discovered a fatal flaw in the cascading design. Trip gets some concessions from the Professor but the Daedalus is lost on its maiden voyage. Now, thirteen years have past and the Enterprise is investigating an anomaly when it is attacked and lost to a rather human-like race called the Denari. The Denari are in the middle of a civil war as one side has better technology than the other, but, how did they obtain such an advantage. That is one of the questions answered within the pages of this wonderfull story. There are twists and turns throughout this book and it moves right along keeping your interest till the end... well the end of part one. There is a leadin chapter to the second book Daedalus' Children. The author does a good job of character development and piques your interest. The villian in this book is just hearsay untill the end and the Denari Doctor Trant has a liking for Trip as we find out in the book. This is a solid 4 Star Trek novel and I hope that the second tome in this series is as well-written. It is finally refreshing to read a ST-Enterprise novel where there is good writing and character development. I just hope this trend will continue for some badly needed solid storylines for ST-Enterprise.
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Summary: ST-Enterprise: Daedalus Part 1 of 2
Review: Star Trek - Enterprise: Daedalus part 1 of 2 written by Dave Stern is a well-wrtten storyline where the main characters in this book that are known to us are Charles (Trip) Tucker, III and Hoshi chief engineer and communications respectively. After the first fifty pages Trip becomes the primary character, as Hoshi plays a minor role. The book is full of Trip's memories of the Daedalus Project man's first attempt at warp drive... a cascading ion drive a full ten years ahead of the matter-anitmatter warp drive. This project was headed by Professor Victor Brodesser a rather forward thinker and hard working man. But, the cascading ion drive propulsion system has some problems... Trip was a working engineer on this project and he has discovered a fatal flaw in the cascading design. Trip gets some concessions from the Professor but the Daedalus is lost on its maiden voyage. Now, thirteen years have past and the Enterprise is investigating an anomaly when it is attacked and lost to a rather human-like race called the Denari. The Denari are in the middle of a civil war as one side has better technology than the other, but, how did they obtain such an advantage. That is one of the questions answered within the pages of this wonderfull story. There are twists and turns throughout this book and it moves right along keeping your interest till the end... well the end of part one. There is a leadin chapter to the second book Daedalus' Children. The author does a good job of character development and piques your interest. The villian in this book is just hearsay untill the end and the Denari Doctor Trant has a liking for Trip as we find out in the book. This is a solid 4 Star Trek novel and I hope that the second tome in this series is as well-written. It is finally refreshing to read a ST-Enterprise novel where there is good writing and character development. I just hope this trend will continue for some badly needed solid storylines for ST-Enterprise.
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