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Summary: Saavik forever!
Review: It's a shame it's out of print but if you can find a copy, pick it up. Since this is a book it's not cannon (that is "official" Star Trek), but if they ever decide to do an officail history on Savvik they should use this as a guide. The films gave us hardly any info on her; just enough to wet our appetites for more. This book fills in all the blanks.
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Summary: A fine book.
Review: It's a shame it's out of print but if you can find a copy, pick it up. Since this is a book it's not cannon (that is "official" Star Trek), but if they ever decide to do an officail history on Savvik they should use this as a guide. The films gave us hardly any info on her; just enough to wet our appetites for more. This book fills in all the blanks.
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Summary: The Pandora Principle- One of the best Star Trek books
Review: Star Trek-The Pandora Principle, by Carolyn Clowes, is a must-read for all Star
Trek fans, especially if you like the character of Lieutenant Saavik.
The Pandora Principle gives you a lot of background on Saavik herself, her half-
Vulcan, half-Romulan heritage, her relation to Spock, and how she entered Starfleet.
I especially like the passages in which Saavik's desire to fly among the stars are described,
and in which she, a halfbreed born on a deserted colony, describes the stars as her home.
The plot is very good also, realistic and interesting, and it takes a twist you wouldn't
expect. I highly recommed this book, one of my favorites, because I really enjoyed reading
it (the second and third time also), and you will too.
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Summary: The Pandora Principle- One of the best Star Trek books
Review: Star Trek-The Pandora Principle, by Carolyn Clowes, is a must-read for all StarTrek fans, especially if you like the character of Lieutenant Saavik.The Pandora Principle gives you a lot of background on Saavik herself, her half- Vulcan, half-Romulan heritage, her relation to Spock, and how she entered Starfleet. I especially like the passages in which Saavik's desire to fly among the stars are described, and in which she, a halfbreed born on a deserted colony, describes the stars as her home. The plot is very good also, realistic and interesting, and it takes a twist you wouldn't expect. I highly recommed this book, one of my favorites, because I really enjoyed reading it (the second and third time also), and you will too.
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Summary: star trek at it's best
Review: this book takes the character of savvick and gives some very nice
details of her vulcan/romulan past. when a base full of people
turn up dead, it is found out that all of the oxygen has been
removed from the room. the key to this mystery lies on savick's
world of birth. to solve this mystery, her and spock must go back
there. but she is reluctant to bring up old demons and nigtmares
from her past but must or the whole federation could be in danger.
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Summary: One of the best.
Review: This book, set in the time period between the first and second Star Trek movies ("Star Trek: The Motion Picture" and "Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan") deals in depth with the character of Saavik, who appears in "Wrath of Khan" (and "Star Trek III: The Search for Spock") as a recent Starfleet Academy graduate. In this book (when we aren't seeing her in flashback scenes as a feral child rescued and raised by Mr. Spock) we see her as an academy cadet.The characterizations, plot, and writing in this book are all excellent. I recommend it highly for any Star Trek fan, and particularly so for anyone wishing more insight into the character of Saavik.
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Summary: Saavik, yeah!
Review: This is definatly one of my favorite Star Trek novels. Saavik is actually my favorite character in the Star Trek universe and any book that deals with both her and her half-half heritage is sure to be one of my favorites. The book is very well written and was good I couldn't put it down and ended up reading it in one night. If you can find it, I suggest you get.
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Summary: Interesting, but with some holes
Review: This is not a novel I felt the need to trade in, but I do think many of the criticisms pointed out by other reviewers are accurate. The backstory given to Saavik, although compelling to read, can be rather difficult to associate with her character as portrayed in the Star Trek movies. It seems more fitting to Valeris of Star Trek 6: The Undiscovered Country, who was also clearly a protege of Spock, and much more of a loose cannon. I could much more believe her a product of a feral childhood than Saavik. Also, some of the characterizations other than Spock and Saavik can be thin, even annoying, especially in the case of Dr. McCoy. McCoy unfortunately is turned into an irritating screamer that I dreaded to see any time he entered the room. Rather than the intelligent sparring of wits between Spock and McCoy seen in novels by other authors, he simply seems to rant rather unintelligently. McCoy was easily the thinnest character in the entire novel. The plot does seem cliched--for instance, the pair of novels Demons and Possession seem to deal with such "superweapons", as does the book Thin Air from the Belle Terre miniseries, and sometimes I think the other books handled it better. It's a bit far to annihilate an entire city on Earth with no precedent in the Star Trek canon. Also, the entire description of the alluring, hypnotic power of the boxes, and existence of a large cache of them seems too derivative of Demons. If you can suspend disbelief and notice of these many flaws, however, the portrayal of the effects of feral childhood, and Spock in the mentor role is actually very compelling. I would probably have awarded this book a 2.5 due to its many flaws--however, since I did keep the book I round up to 3.
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Summary: Interesting, but with some holes
Review: This is not a novel I felt the need to trade in, but I do think many of the criticisms pointed out by other reviewers are accurate. The backstory given to Saavik, although compelling to read, can be rather difficult to associate with her character as portrayed in the Star Trek movies. It seems more fitting to Valeris of Star Trek 6: The Undiscovered Country, who was also clearly a protege of Spock, and much more of a loose cannon. I could much more believe her a product of a feral childhood than Saavik. Also, some of the characterizations other than Spock and Saavik can be thin, even annoying, especially in the case of Dr. McCoy. McCoy unfortunately is turned into an irritating screamer that I dreaded to see any time he entered the room. Rather than the intelligent sparring of wits between Spock and McCoy seen in novels by other authors, he simply seems to rant rather unintelligently. McCoy was easily the thinnest character in the entire novel. The plot does seem cliched--for instance, the pair of novels Demons and Possession seem to deal with such "superweapons", as does the book Thin Air from the Belle Terre miniseries, and sometimes I think the other books handled it better. It's a bit far to annihilate an entire city on Earth with no precedent in the Star Trek canon. Also, the entire description of the alluring, hypnotic power of the boxes, and existence of a large cache of them seems too derivative of Demons. If you can suspend disbelief and notice of these many flaws, however, the portrayal of the effects of feral childhood, and Spock in the mentor role is actually very compelling. I would probably have awarded this book a 2.5 due to its many flaws--however, since I did keep the book I round up to 3.
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Summary: Saavik forever!
Review: This novel is absolutely fabulous, especially if you are a fan of Vulcans, particularly Spock and Saavik. Not only is it a great Star Trek story, but a beautiful indepth characterization of Saavik and her relationship to Spock. I love anything with her in it, and if you are lucky enough to find a copy of this novel I highly recommend it. Live long and prosper!
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