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Summary: A Great Star Trek Book!
Review: D.C. Fontana, writer of such classic STAR TREK episodes as "Journey to Babel" and "This Side of Paradise," here brings us the never before told story of a very young Mr. Spock, on his first mission aboard the U.S.S Enterprise. You'll also meet Captain Christopher Pike and his inigmatic first officer "Number One" ( Seen only in the original STAR TREK Pilot " The Cage" ),as well as the ship's brand new engineering officer, Montgomery Scott. VULCAN"S GLORY is the tale of Spock's struggle to reconcile his many obligations--those forced on him by his Vulcan heritage, and those chosen by him upon his enlistment in Starfleet--to balance the wishes of others against the desires of his own heart.
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Summary: Vulcan's Glory....Spock's missions with Captain Pike
Review: D.C. Fontanna's novel shows Spock's different relationship with Captain Pike. We get to see an early Scotty who is not yet chief engineer. I liked the part where he had a distillery within the engine room. We need more of these one book adventures and less of the six part ones. Without giving away too much; it shows a more emotional Spock who falls for another female Vulcan officer. It explains why he appeared so emotional in the pilot.
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Summary: Vulcan's Glory....Spock's missions with Captain Pike
Review: D.C. Fontanna's novel shows Spock's different relationship with Captain Pike. We get to see an early Scotty who is not yet chief engineer. I liked the part where he had a distillery within the engine room. We need more of these one book adventures and less of the six part ones. Without giving away too much; it shows a more emotional Spock who falls for another female Vulcan officer. It explains why he appeared so emotional in the pilot.
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Summary: An average Star Trek novel
Review: I read this book because Vulcans are my favorite ST aliens and because D.C Fontana has traditionally gotten good reviews as an author. While the story was detailed and captivating, I was disappointed by the character development. It would have been better written as a general sci fi novel where it could have introduced new characters and alien races, rather than playing off of those we already know. The characters never felt "real" to me and I found many of their actions unbelievable when compared to how they are portrayed in the actual series. Overall, it was a good story. But I do not rank it as one of my favorite Star Trek novels.
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Summary: An average Star Trek novel
Review: I read this book because Vulcans are my favorite ST aliens and because D.C Fontana has traditionally gotten good reviews as an author. While the story was detailed and captivating, I was disappointed by the character development. It would have been better written as a general sci fi novel where it could have introduced new characters and alien races, rather than playing off of those we already know. The characters never felt "real" to me and I found many of their actions unbelievable when compared to how they are portrayed in the actual series. Overall, it was a good story. But I do not rank it as one of my favorite Star Trek novels.
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Summary: Spock is falling in love.
Review: Mr. Spock falls in love in this story, dating back when Pike was still the captain of the Enterprise. Spock and this Vulcan woman have a romantic affair. Together they try to solve a murder mystrey on the Enterprise. His love is killed and Spock is out for deadly revenge. He chases a crew member all over the ship, and onto a planet. Spock uses logic and decides the best course of action would be not to kill him. The rest of the story is about a gem, a priceless Vulcan artifact, Vulcan's Glory, that was believed lost. As Spock finds the murderer, Pike successfully recovers the gem. It is sad to see Spock's love life, come and go like that, there should be more.
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Summary: Spock's pre Kirk adventure.
Review: Star Trek lore tells us that Spock was with the Enterprise before Kirk took over as Captain.This is a story of Spock and Captain Pike solving a murder mystery and finding an ancient Gemstone. Written by one of the better TOS episode writers.
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Summary: Five star concept, three star execution.
Review: The concept, or should I say concepts, behind this book are excellent. It's a delight to see something truly different, and a novel set during Captain Pike's tenure as captain of the Enterprise certainly qualifies; the only regulars from the original series that we see in this book are Scotty (who mainly shows up in a minor subplot) and Spock, who the story centers around. And while stories centering around Spock are hardly novel, the concept of exploring the background of the character before he met Kirk, et al, is certainly a nice change. Another concept behind this book is to explore the "hidden" emotional lives of Vulcans. This concept is handled much less well than the background concept; those of us well-versed in the lore of Star Trek know that it is a mistake to believe that Vulcans have no emotions, and we've certainly seen Spock's emotional side before. But Vulcans in general, and Spock in particular, are FAR more circumspect about acknowledging those emotions openly than they are shown to be in this book. Disappointing, because D.C. Fontana ought to know better; she wrote for the original series, including the episode "Journey To Babel", in which she showed a much better grasp of the way Vulcans display (or fail to display) their emotions. The peeks into the respective personalities of Captain Pike, Number One, and Doctor Boyce was nicely handled, though. I certainly wouldn't mind seeing more books from this time period.
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Summary: Vulcan pride at it's best
Review: This book lets you into some of the working of vulcan marriage rituals, and it shows exactly how far vulcans will go to hide a lie. Scotty makes this story good his charcter was my favorite in this story.
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Summary: Not the usual Captain of the Enterprise.
Review: This book was the first set during Christopher Pike's captaincy. There are two mostly separate story lines through the book. One is Pike's planetary mission, which goes from being a cultural check to resolving a kidnapping. The Enterprise section is a recovery of the Vulcan's Glory, and then a murder mystery. This section has Spock as the main character, and there is a lot about Vulcans in general in the book. There is also a small but very amusing sub-plot of the Enterprise's newest engineer, Scotty, and his "engine room hooch" as they put it. Despite the time spent on them, the non-Kirk era characters are good but not vividly portrayed. This book is fairly well written and generally entertaining, but there is nothing that makes the book stand out, which is really surprising considering the author. I expected more.
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