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Summary: Takes Star Trek style story to the next level
Review: For those of you who don't know, Gerrold is the unoffical co creator of Star Trek The Next Generation. After reading this novel it made me think of how much better the characters might have been had he been writing the Next Generation TV show. All of the characters in this novel take the Star Trek theme to a more realistic level.
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Summary: It was much better then Cats.
Review: Gerrold gives you a "Star Trek" like story line combined with a reasonable (and rather elegant) explanation of how the technology actualy works. (Even if he does forget that time is distorted at FTL speeds) He allso wrote the "Troubles with Tribbles" episode and you can see it in his trek-like writing style.
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Summary: A great "star-trek" style novel !!!
Review: Gerrold is a master story-teller,this book is great example of "space opera" science-fiction. The story is about a young first officer on is last voyage before taking command of his ship,the book also speaks about the first days of a terrible war,and the struggle of a crew and his captain to engage and destroy an enemy vessel in order to gain a name for their ship. If you like true sci-fi stories and well-built characters you must read this book. Well done David,we hope to read more about Korie and his crew.
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Summary: A great "star-trek" style novel !!!
Review: Gerrold is a master story-teller,this book is great example of "space opera" science-fiction. The story is about a young first officer on is last voyage before taking command of his ship,the book also speaks about the first days of a terrible war,and the struggle of a crew and his captain to engage and destroy an enemy vessel in order to gain a name for their ship. If you like true sci-fi stories and well-built characters you must read this book. Well done David,we hope to read more about Korie and his crew.
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Summary: You didn't fill out your reports!
Review: The logic in this story is odd, and unintentionally funny. Here is an example. Early on the ship is disabled, computer inoperative, captain in a coma and dying, no star drive, and stuck in enemy territory. The first officers dilemma? Can he assume command because the computer isn't online to validate it. So, in this world it doesn't matter that the situation is dire or not...you must fill out the proper paperwork! What makes it even odder is how this "dilemma" is handled later.
The transitions between chapters is a bit abrupt and doesn't flow either. In one chapter the main character is combative and depressed. Next chapter he is organizing a party.
Another problem is that the main character is never described. That is, we don't know if he is black, white, red, or pink. Is he short, tall, human, or squid? The author goes into boring detail on what the ship looks like but nothing on the main character.
Of course there is another problem; the characters are all cardboard and have the typical cliché's throughout the story but no depth.
The main problem though is that the story is three acts and only one act really matters. The first act just drags on and the second act adds to the silly concepts of the first. The final act isn't too bad, and hence this reviewer gives the story 2 stars instead of one.
I wouldn't say it's not worth reading, but don't expect must entertainment value.
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Summary: The LS-1187,under the command of Captain Lowell, is mauled
Review: The LS-1187, under the command of Captain Lowell, is badly mauled by the Morthan Solidarity when it's pressed into service as a convoy escort on the oldest, safest convoy in the stars, the Silk Road Convoy. The new commander finally turns the tables on them and the ship finally gets its name. Blair Colquhoun @cybertours.com
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Summary: Good, Hard SF
Review: This is the way Star Trek the Next Generation should have been written. David Gerrold cuts thru the New Age, wimpy crap that plagues the modern TV series and delivers a book that gives the hard edge a star ship needs on the frontier where the bad guys would rather eat you than talk.The book opens with the LS-1187 joining a convoy on the Silk Road. Only as soon as they join the ships, the Morthan Solidarity attacks and rips the heart out of the fleet. Commander Korie has mortally wounded captain, an untested crew and a severely damaged ship. On top of that he has the biggest warship in a 100 parsecs stalking him - the Dragon Lord. He performs the near impossible and brings his ship home, only to be sent out again (this time under Captain Hardesty) on a suicide mission. A great story and fast read.
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