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Summary: A typical Star Trek book.
Review: This can't really belong to TOS, as it's not actually that closely related to the original series. Following Spock as he tries to reconcile his human and Vulcan sides as he is posted for the first time to the Enterprise, the book also introduces us to a young Scotty in an entertaining side story. We also meet Captain Pike (who might as well be Kirk from the way he behaves), and the previous doctor, engineer and first officer. The plot goes that an ancient (and missing) Vulcan gem, the largest in existence, has been found on a primitive planet which the Enterprise happens to be visiting. After retrieving it, however, mysterious murders start to happen on the Enterprise, while Pike, on the planet's surface, becomes embroiled in a missing person hunt for two young lovers who could have been kidnapped by mutants. And then love blossoms between Spock and another Vulcan on the ship... the ending rounds everything off nicely. This book isn't really anything special, but it's quite entertaining for a Trek book.
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Summary: Great look into a young Spock and Captain Pike
Review: This is just a great Star Trek novel in every way. It provides an incredible amount of insight into the early crew of the enterprise during a very key mission in Spock's career. You also get a refreshing look at a young engineer we're all familiar with. D.C. Fontana - great job!
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Summary: Great look into a young Spock and Captain Pike
Review: This is just a great Star Trek novel in every way. It provides an incredible amount of insight into the early crew of the enterprise during a very key mission in Spock's career. You also get a refreshing look at a young engineer we're all familiar with. D.C. Fontana - great job!
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Summary: D.C. Fontana did it again
Review: This was the first Star Trek book I ever read. And it was good.To read about Spock's first mission, and see Scotty when he first joined the Enterprise crew is just fun!
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Summary: A decent book but a bit of a disappointment
Review: Vulcan's Glory wasn't a bad book, but I was expecting more from a story about this time period. Fontana had an excellent opportunity to expand upon the history of Christopher Pike, but she didn't. James Kirk could have been captaining the Enterprise and the story would have been exactly the same. The Character of Number One was fleshed out somewhat, but that was about it. Fontana had an opportunity to add to what we know about Star Trek in this time period, but instead she gave us a story that could have easily happened during Kirk's first five year mission. The story line with Scotty was useless and had nothing to do with the plot, it was almost as if the editors told her that she needed another familiar character after the book was written and she just threw those pages in. And the murder mystery that was happening on the Enterprise while Pike was down on the planet was ill conceived. In a proper mystery clues are supposed to be planted within the story that would allow the reader to try to figure the murder out along with the characters in the book. Not so here. All of the suspects were cleared, and Fontana simply gave us the murderer at the end. It was as if she changed her mind at the last minute who she wanted the murderer to be and couldn't be bothered to go back into her manuscript to establish credibility (or a stronger motive). I would love to see more books written in this time period, but only if they give us something unique in Christopher Pike. If you are going to portray the character as identical to James Kirk, then call him James Kirk.
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Summary: A decent book but a bit of a disappointment
Review: Vulcan's Glory wasn't a bad book, but I was expecting more from a story about this time period. Fontana had an excellent opportunity to expand upon the history of Christopher Pike, but she didn't. James Kirk could have been captaining the Enterprise and the story would have been exactly the same. The Character of Number One was fleshed out somewhat, but that was about it. Fontana had an opportunity to add to what we know about Star Trek in this time period, but instead she gave us a story that could have easily happened during Kirk's first five year mission. The story line with Scotty was useless and had nothing to do with the plot, it was almost as if the editors told her that she needed another familiar character after the book was written and she just threw those pages in. And the murder mystery that was happening on the Enterprise while Pike was down on the planet was ill conceived. In a proper mystery clues are supposed to be planted within the story that would allow the reader to try to figure the murder out along with the characters in the book. Not so here. All of the suspects were cleared, and Fontana simply gave us the murderer at the end. It was as if she changed her mind at the last minute who she wanted the murderer to be and couldn't be bothered to go back into her manuscript to establish credibility (or a stronger motive). I would love to see more books written in this time period, but only if they give us something unique in Christopher Pike. If you are going to portray the character as identical to James Kirk, then call him James Kirk.
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Summary: Fine
Review: Was interesting to read about Spock's history with T'pal.
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