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Summary: Review of "Bloodthirst":
Review: A very fine job of combining the concepts of Star Trek and vampire fiction; this is a very well-written book, and was a very compelling read. There are a few caveats, however, which is why it was only given four stars, rather than five:First, if your interest in vampire fiction is in traditional supernatural vampires, this will disappoint you. The vampirism is treated in a very scientific way, and those "infected" show no supernatural abilities beyond seeing in the dark. It is a very interesting science fiction explanation of vampirism, however. Second, and most critically, we once again run into the overused plot device of the rogue conspiracy at the highest levels of Starfleet, and idea that would be interesting if it were rare, but has been overused so badly that it just can't be used anymore. Further, although for a good part of the book, this particular plot device was actually handled better than it generally is, toward the end of the book, it wasn't even handled well. The personality of the admiral at the center of the conspiracy was handled inconsistently and implausibly. Had it not been for the use of this plot device, I'd unquestionably have given the book five stars. A much better book than "Demons", Dillard's previous Star Trek novel, which also brought some horror concepts into Star Trek, but much less successfully.
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Summary: Not that great
Review: I love reading vampire books and star trek book. When I heard that there was a vampire/star trek novel, I had to find it. This has to be one of my least favorite Trek books. If your looking for a vampire book.....this isn't is. I have a feeling that J.M Dillard doesn't have a grasp on the vampire lore. The plot is pretty straight forward. The Enterprise gets a medical emergency summons from the planet Tanis. There Kirk and crew find one sole survivor who has a hunger for blood. The crew were quickly talking of the vampire. I wont' say much more b/c I don't want to ruin the plot. But I did have some problems.... The person that was the "vampire" could only drink the blood of someone who has the same blood time as him....he has no vampire powers, and has to get the blood from his victims buy using a straight razor. Dillard had a pretty good grasp of the char and their dialouge. Bones seemes like a aolcholic, but that's just a small complaint. I have a feeling that this is one of Dillard's early Star trek books. I have read some fantastic ST books, by her, but this isn't one of them. I suggest that you read her later ones and skip this one.
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Summary: Not that great
Review: I love reading vampire books and star trek book. When I heard that there was a vampire/star trek novel, I had to find it. This has to be one of my least favorite Trek books. If your looking for a vampire book.....this isn't is. I have a feeling that J.M Dillard doesn't have a grasp on the vampire lore. The plot is pretty straight forward. The Enterprise gets a medical emergency summons from the planet Tanis. There Kirk and crew find one sole survivor who has a hunger for blood. The crew were quickly talking of the vampire. I wont' say much more b/c I don't want to ruin the plot. But I did have some problems.... The person that was the "vampire" could only drink the blood of someone who has the same blood time as him....he has no vampire powers, and has to get the blood from his victims buy using a straight razor. Dillard had a pretty good grasp of the char and their dialouge. Bones seemes like a aolcholic, but that's just a small complaint. I have a feeling that this is one of Dillard's early Star trek books. I have read some fantastic ST books, by her, but this isn't one of them. I suggest that you read her later ones and skip this one.
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Summary: Vampires and Star Trek.
Review: One of the rarer Star Trek novels, Bloodthirst was one of the first of many Star Trek novels and novelizations to be done by J.M. Dillard A little on the dark side for a Star Trek novel, but then we discovered that Dillard writes Star Trek novels around darker plots.
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Summary: A very morbid Trek book.
Review: The plot for this book is quite complex. Essentially it depicts a scientific but very real vampire aboard the Enterprise, with the subplot of a conspiracy at Starfleet Command, being dealt with by a friend of Kirk's. Most of the events in this book are depicted from the view of Dillard's own characters, and they are in general very morbid and depressing. There is very little too like about these characters and we are forced to see far too much of them. The contrast with the relatively few appearances of the major characters is huge, as they are serious without being morbid and often have an element of humour. This is especially true of most scenes with McCoy. He must be the author's favourite character as the book suddenly becomes much better and really enjoyable whenever he appears. The action in this book is very good and the author sets up the general atmosphere of vampire-style horror really well, but too many characters spend too much time being miserable about their lives for this to be an enjoyable book.
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