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Summary: I've read worse.
Review: I guess it's hard to sound Vulcan all the time, as evidenced by the occasional lapse in Spock's success in doing so in this book. It's kind of a fun idea, this scientist who hates Vulcans, and there are some good parts. But every third conversation is about sex, and half of all conversations at least mention it. :-\ Also the title is...silly. It's more about Tremain (the Vulcan-hating scientist) than Spock, and there is nothing here about Vulcans that we haven't already learned from the TV show. Spock rules! This book does not. At least it's short.
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Summary: It was great!
Review: It was great how Kathleen Sky clashed charectors together in this eciting star trek book. I really enjoyed the way that she described the mindmeld.
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Summary: A Very Enjoyable Star Trek book!
Review: Not as bad as some of the other reviews make it out to be as it easily could have been a third season episode! This is a easy book to get into and explores an area of Star Trek that really has not been explored before. Yes, Dr. McCoy is a man who is interested in a exotic woman (how many times did McCoy get the girl?), and yes this woman has some major problems that only Spock can solve. The planet/Romulan/alien angle is a interesting backdrop for all of the human emotions that are explored. Pick it up and have some fun!
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Summary: A Very Enjoyable Star Trek book!
Review: Not as bad as some of the other reviews make it out to be as it easily could have been a third season episode! This is a easy book to get into and explores an area of Star Trek that really has not been explored before. Yes, Dr. McCoy is a man who is interested in a exotic woman (how many times did McCoy get the girl?), and yes this woman has some major problems that only Spock can solve. The planet/Romulan/alien angle is a interesting backdrop for all of the human emotions that are explored. Pick it up and have some fun!
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Summary: warning: do not buy this one
Review: Speaking as someone who has read quite a lot of Star Trek books so far, I have to say that this one's probably the worst of all. The story about the Arachnae (what a surprising name for a spider people) just doesn't make any sense, and the story about a scientist hating Vulcans is even worse. The way McCoy behaves in the story really made me doubt his qualifications as a doctor. The solution to the "I hate Vulcans" problem is as ridiculous as anything else in the book. The best part, not to say the only good part, is the introduction at the beginning, which is definitely wittier than anything that comes after it.
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Summary: It was okay, I thought.
Review: Suprised to see such negative reactions. I thought all women in the Star Trek universe were a) gorgeous or b) in love with Spock, Kirk or McCoy. Anyhow, I found it a fairly readable entry into the original Star Trek book series. I like how it tackled the idea of intolerance (although it may feel a little bit dated now) and found the issue with the planet to fit well into the Trekkie universe. This was the first Trek entry of Kathleen Sky.
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Summary: I can't believe this was written by a woman.
Review: The main conflict of this story is between a respected female scientist (named Dr. Tremain) with an aversion to Vulcans and, our favorite hero, Spock. Sounds great, doesn't it? Unfortunately, Spock seems to play only a peripheral role, occasionally raising his eyebrow. And, though she has the credentials, the female scientist is by no means respected. The bulk of the prose is used to describe how "hysterical" and/or sexy the female scientist is. A woman who is supposed to be a professional and is hailed as the pre-eminent expert on sentience in the Federation is treated with zero respect by her friends, colleagues, Dr. McCoy and the author. Dr. Tremain is given the motivation of an overgrown Veruca Salt. But the greatest irony is that all who come into contact with the female science officer are appalled by her BIGOTRY. I, too, was appalled by all the bigotry this shabby narrative had to offer. I like sex and romance as much as the next person, but not at the expense of plot and human dignity. While reading, I kept picturing the author as this gangly teenaged boy popping zits in front of a mirror. I just can't believe this story was written by a woman.
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Summary: Good enough
Review: There's something about the old Bantam books such as Vulcan . . . . It is often difficult to remember that they were written before the movies, before the spin-offs, even before VHS! The Bantam readers did not have the luxury of popping in a tape or referring to endless reference books; they had to rely on memory or James Blish's adaptations to keep the feel of the characters. It was a different world then, in the distant, dark '70s. Because of the comparative dearth of material, the Bantam writers, it seems, were able to keep their novels focused and tight. Vulcan is a fine example; the criticisms of it are valid, but overlook that the story is finely paced with little wasted space (compare that to almost any Voyager episode, which drag on and on and on . . . .) The underlying story - about shifting ion clouds and Romulan expansion - is contrived; but, then, that's true of most episodes, isn't it? What is most enjoyable here is a chance to see different sides of McCoy and Spock, sides that have been lost through the years. Here we see the McCoy of "For the World is Hollow," or "Shore Leave," where a chance to get the girl interferes with his professional judgment. We also see Spock the pervert; pay attention to the first several episodes of Star Trek and you'll see that Spock was very much into sexual innuendo, with an occassional leer at Janice Rand. As Spock grew (really, as Nimoy began to flesh him out)that aspect of Spock was lost; that Sky brings it back redounds to her credit, as it forces us to look at Spock in a different light. A Star Trek is almost never going to be great literature, or even great science fiction. We should expect a book that amuses and diverts, and Vulcan fits the bill.
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Summary: Good enough
Review: There's something about the old Bantam books such as Vulcan . . . . It is often difficult to remember that they were written before the movies, before the spin-offs, even before VHS! The Bantam readers did not have the luxury of popping in a tape or referring to endless reference books; they had to rely on memory or James Blish's adaptations to keep the feel of the characters. It was a different world then, in the distant, dark '70s. Because of the comparative dearth of material, the Bantam writers, it seems, were able to keep their novels focused and tight. Vulcan is a fine example; the criticisms of it are valid, but overlook that the story is finely paced with little wasted space (compare that to almost any Voyager episode, which drag on and on and on . . . .) The underlying story - about shifting ion clouds and Romulan expansion - is contrived; but, then, that's true of most episodes, isn't it? What is most enjoyable here is a chance to see different sides of McCoy and Spock, sides that have been lost through the years. Here we see the McCoy of "For the World is Hollow," or "Shore Leave," where a chance to get the girl interferes with his professional judgment. We also see Spock the pervert; pay attention to the first several episodes of Star Trek and you'll see that Spock was very much into sexual innuendo, with an occassional leer at Janice Rand. As Spock grew (really, as Nimoy began to flesh him out)that aspect of Spock was lost; that Sky brings it back redounds to her credit, as it forces us to look at Spock in a different light. A Star Trek is almost never going to be great literature, or even great science fiction. We should expect a book that amuses and diverts, and Vulcan fits the bill.
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Summary: Trite, idiotic sexual fantasies.
Review: This book is the worst Star Trek novel that I have ever read.Kathleen Sky is obsessed with indulging in her adolescent sexualfantasies and subjecting the reader to her preoccupation with meaningless, imbecilic verbal exchanges between a very unprofessional Doctor McCoy and a childish Doctor Tremain. It is ridiculous that a woman who is supposed to be one of the great scientific brains of the galaxy exhibits the intelligence and maturity of a sorority girl who struggles to pass her sociology classes. Kathleen Sky should have written novels about teenage girls who spend their days trading gossip about the twerp actors and musicians covered in Tiger Beat magazine. "Vulcan!" is a joke and a waste of paper and ink. END
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