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Summary: A classic from a great author
Review: The sequel to Yesterday's Son by the same author, and even better than its prequel. Spock and Zar are reunited when the Guardian of Forever stops working properly and causes time waves that make time move fast enough to kill stars - and so also the planets around them. Spock, McCoy and Kirk go back to the past to find Zar so he can return with them and mind meld with the Guardian to tell it to return its consciousness to the 23rd century and resume its duties. Spock goes back shortly before Zar's death, hoping to bring him back for good, but Zar is determined to go back to his own people and his new wife to fight the battle that killed him. It's a wonderful story that goes from fun to heart wrenching to just plain loveable. We get to see a dimension of Spock that was never explored on the show, and for once in a Star Trek book the emphasis isn't on Kirk's postulating. I loved this book, I urge everyone to buy it!
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Summary: Excellent book
Review: This book plus Yesterday's Son (by Crispin) is by far the best two sets of Star Trek books written today. Both show the emotional sides of both Zar and Spock and what really happened when they went into the time machine in the Star Trek episode "All of our Yesteryears". Ann Crispin is just fantastic in her descriptions of Zar's home world and the love he has for his people. The ending is also fantastic. A very well thought out book that is excellently written. If you have not read this book you are truly missing out on a great piece of Star Trek. Get it, you won't regret it for a second.
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Summary: Review of "Time For Yesterday"
Review: This is an excellent "Star Trek" book, a sequel to Star Trek #11, "Yesterday's Son", which was itself a sequel to the original series episode, "All Our Yesterdays". "Yesterday's Son" was good, if not spectacular. This book is much better; one assumes that the author has matured a bit as a writer in the interim. It utilizes a plot device that is unduly common: Kirk & the Enterprise must save the entire universe. But unlike most books that use such a device, this one actually manages to make it more or less plausible, and handles the concept well. Further, the characters are well-written, and the language is handled with a smooth competence unusual in mass-market paperbacks. The plot moves well, and the book accomplishes all that it sets out to.Excellent read for the Star Trek fan, and probably worthwhile for the casual reader, as well.
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Summary: Review of "Time For Yesterday"
Review: This is an excellent "Star Trek" book, a sequel to Star Trek #11, "Yesterday's Son", which was itself a sequel to the original series episode, "All Our Yesterdays". "Yesterday's Son" was good, if not spectacular. This book is much better; one assumes that the author has matured a bit as a writer in the interim. It utilizes a plot device that is unduly common: Kirk & the Enterprise must save the entire universe. But unlike most books that use such a device, this one actually manages to make it more or less plausible, and handles the concept well. Further, the characters are well-written, and the language is handled with a smooth competence unusual in mass-market paperbacks. The plot moves well, and the book accomplishes all that it sets out to. Excellent read for the Star Trek fan, and probably worthwhile for the casual reader, as well.
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Summary: one of the best
Review: this is another one of my fave books. Truly delves so much better in the relationship of Zar and who he is and his relationship with Spock then Yesterday's Son did. Shows really how both have grown and accepted who they are...it is a must read, especially if you are a fan of Spock
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Summary: Half a Sequel Better Than None?
Review: This is the sort of story that comes out of the question, "What ever happened to...?" and the irresistable compulsion to conjure up a compelling answer. Unfortunately, like most sequels there just isn't enough of a story to make the "enterprise" worthwhile. Which isn't to say that the sheer novelty of seeing the Kirk, Spock, and McCoy of the Trek movie era interact with a now older, sadder, wiser Zar isn't interesting. I enjoyed the characterizations, particularly Spock's warm embrace of his son here contrasted with his cold aloofness in "Yesterday's Son," and Zar's discovery that "doing the right thing" doesn't always have the personal compensations that you might expect. And, of course, Spock's raised eyebrow when his tricorder reveals that his new daughter-in-law, Wynn, is preggers - Grandpa Spock! - is perfect beyond description. The plot, however, just doesn't do the characters, or the reader, justice. Indeed, it unfolds in systematic, predictable fashion not unlike the directions for a model airplane: 1) Starfleet discovers a mortal threat to the ENTIRE UNIVERSE and that there's only three months to fix it; 2) Spock tries to fix it, can't, and realizes that there's only one other person who can - naturally, Zar; 3) Kirk, Spock, and McCoy go to ice age Sarpeidon to retrieve him, only to find that they've temporally miscalculated and find him as a middle aged ruler of a vast territory under siege from mindless barbarian hordes, so they've got to help him solve his problem before he can solve theirs. And just as the set-up for these threads is by-the-numbers, so are their respective resolutions. There's not one ounce of real suspense or anticipation in the entire book. The end result is a novel that answers the "What ever happened to...?" question adequately, but not interestingly, unless you buy the notion of romances that span "Hello, pleased to meet you" to post-wedding night morning sickness in the space of twenty-four hours (Who knew that after twenty years of "getting to know his body better," Zar would turn irresistable overnight?). The "universe is doomed" thread is implausibly and cynically resolved not much more than halfway through the narrative (by Admiral Kirk outwitting the vastly superior, non-corporeal aliens, of course), rendering it a cheat and an unnecessarily overblown contrivance. And even Spock's personal mission to save his son's life, while moving, is more hokey than inspiring (all that was missing was Spock shouting, "By the power of Greyskull!"). But at least this book wasn't written by Bill Shatner, so Kirk doesn't also knock up Wynn and out-fight all of Zar's foes singlehandedly with three water balloons and a sand wedge. If you can motor past the sterile plot set-up to the character dialogue, "Time for Yesterday" is - marginally - worth the read.
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Summary: Half a Sequel Better Than None?
Review: This is the sort of story that comes out of the question, "What ever happened to...?" and the irresistable compulsion to conjure up a compelling answer. Unfortunately, like most sequels there just isn't enough of a story to make the "enterprise" worthwhile. Which isn't to say that the sheer novelty of seeing the Kirk, Spock, and McCoy of the Trek movie era interact with a now older, sadder, wiser Zar isn't interesting. I enjoyed the characterizations, particularly Spock's warm embrace of his son here contrasted with his cold aloofness in "Yesterday's Son," and Zar's discovery that "doing the right thing" doesn't always have the personal compensations that you might expect. And, of course, Spock's raised eyebrow when his tricorder reveals that his new daughter-in-law, Wynn, is preggers - Grandpa Spock! - is perfect beyond description. The plot, however, just doesn't do the characters, or the reader, justice. Indeed, it unfolds in systematic, predictable fashion not unlike the directions for a model airplane: 1) Starfleet discovers a mortal threat to the ENTIRE UNIVERSE and that there's only three months to fix it; 2) Spock tries to fix it, can't, and realizes that there's only one other person who can - naturally, Zar; 3) Kirk, Spock, and McCoy go to ice age Sarpeidon to retrieve him, only to find that they've temporally miscalculated and find him as a middle aged ruler of a vast territory under siege from mindless barbarian hordes, so they've got to help him solve his problem before he can solve theirs. And just as the set-up for these threads is by-the-numbers, so are their respective resolutions. There's not one ounce of real suspense or anticipation in the entire book. The end result is a novel that answers the "What ever happened to...?" question adequately, but not interestingly, unless you buy the notion of romances that span "Hello, pleased to meet you" to post-wedding night morning sickness in the space of twenty-four hours (Who knew that after twenty years of "getting to know his body better," Zar would turn irresistable overnight?). The "universe is doomed" thread is implausibly and cynically resolved not much more than halfway through the narrative (by Admiral Kirk outwitting the vastly superior, non-corporeal aliens, of course), rendering it a cheat and an unnecessarily overblown contrivance. And even Spock's personal mission to save his son's life, while moving, is more hokey than inspiring (all that was missing was Spock shouting, "By the power of Greyskull!"). But at least this book wasn't written by Bill Shatner, so Kirk doesn't also knock up Wynn and out-fight all of Zar's foes singlehandedly with three water balloons and a sand wedge. If you can motor past the sterile plot set-up to the character dialogue, "Time for Yesterday" is - marginally - worth the read.
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Summary: Another excellent book by A.C. Crispin
Review: This is the story of Spock and his son. His son lives in a different time line, but he is needed to help with the Guardian of Forever. Spock goes and helps his son who is supposed to marry a woman that he doesn't even know. His son is also helps Spock. I liked this novel because of the relatinship, the loving relationship that they have. They both are stubborn and have their sense of duty. I liked seeing Spock with his son.
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Summary: You must read Yesterday's Son before reading this sequel.
Review: Time for Yesterday takes the memorable story that Crispin created in 1984. The story revolves around the trials and tribulations of Spock's son, who was concieved as a result of passing through the Guardian of Forever. The Guardian of Forever, and the whole concept of Spock having a son in an alternative timeline, is a refreshing concept. If you liked Yesterday's Son, then you will also like this novel.
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