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Summary: Healing
Review: Diane Duane's fascinating novel description of the after(or pre)world is as beguiling a conception of this yearned-for state of life after death as I have ever read. Indeed, it has actually entrenched itself into my own belief system, such as it is. It's also a ripping space opera.
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Summary: Technically confusing
Review: Even as an avid TOS fan, I thought this story was too technical and repetitive. I also feel it wandered too far off the deep end (so to speak). Story without all the constant theorizing would have been more effective.
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Summary: Imaginative, but overwrought
Review: Five stars for a wonderfully imaginative premise, but docked one star for turning into another "oh-no-it's-the-end-of-the-universe" story, and docked another star for canonizing the characters.
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Summary: Excellent, simply cant be put down.
Review: For those of you with a passion for Science Fiction, and those of you have a background ins the sciences, this is one book that will completely and totally blow you away and have you wanting more. The story was (for me) well thought out and just simply a pleasure to read. One of the best parts in the book (for me) is when Sulu totally destroys an entire fleet of Klingon warships that are after the Enterprise. Without using the Enterprise's weapon systems. The way in which he does so is a bit unorthodox, but it was great! You'll have to read the book to find out about it, because if I told you, I would spoil a good passage in a book. 'THE WOUNDED SKY' has entertainment on all levels. From interaction with the crew and the main characters, to bouts of re-incarnation (or as I like to call it, peering out of ones soul for a few moments in eternity), to metaphysical pondering of the cosmos on a grand scale. Oh, and the crew just happens to come across a rather annoying problem: To save all of reality, the whole universe possibly, from loosing its grip on time. Get ready for a ride that will captivate you in a way which no STAR TREK book have ever done before. If they ever made this book into a move, it would be an edge of your seat, white-knuckle blockbuster that would level the playing field as far as the most money grossing film ever.
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Summary: Simply the best
Review: I have a full shelf of Star Trek original series novels. If you look at the spines you can see which are well read. My copy of The Wounded Sky is easily the most battered. The story line continues to grip me each time I re-read it. It actually starts out as a 'let's go explore' storyline, and doesn't turn into a 'here we are saving the universe again' until sudden sad realisation near the end of the book. The classic interactions between the regular characters are masterfully written, and we seem to find more depth to each of them. The new people spring off the page, straight into your imagination, in full 3D. If you read it and love the glass spider, she's in Spock's World too. Read and enjoy - I'm sure you will
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Summary: Much More Than a "Mass Consumption Paperback"
Review: It's quite strange, to say the least, to see The Wounded Sky described as a "mass consumption paperback". Even if some other Star Trek novels are, this is certainly not the sort of watered-down, commercialized novel that name would indicate. This is a novel of many, many levels, that draws the reader back over and over--there is always something new to be found lurking underneath what you saw the first time around. I honestly believe that had it not been put out as a specifically "Star Trek" novel, it would be gaining *far* more widespread public acclaim.What I most love about this work is its ability to weave together plot, physics, music, philosophy, humour, and more into a single cohesive story that truly has a lifelike sweep to it. Although some may object to this metaphor, I found a similar experience with the movie The Matrix...in that movie, there are subtle clues, references that you might not catch on the first viewing, but one by one become obvious as you watch it again. So too does The Wounded Sky. I'm certain that each time I reread the book, I will arrive at some new understanding. Diane Duane is more than an author, in my opinion. She is very much a modern philosopher, and in this work it shows more clearly than any other. There is an entire worldview contained within this book that perhaps speaks to the recent efforts to reconcile the warring factions of science and religion, and more. However, don't let the description of this book's philosophical angle scare you off. The book has excellent character development, and nowhere else but in Diane Duane's works does the crew of the Enterprise seems so *alive*, so *diverse*, and such a family. It is a beautiful sort of patchwork rather than the streamlined unit that other books--even the Series--portray. Infinite Diversity in Infinite Combinations, you could say. This is easily the best Star Trek novel ever written. Even those who Scorn the series in favour of less commercial science fiction should try this book. Since it will forever be stuck with this "mass consumption" label, be sure to tell your friends the *real* story about The Wounded Sky. That will be the only way to get the word out. Well done, Ms. Duane!
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Summary: Much More Than a "Mass Consumption Paperback"
Review: It's quite strange, to say the least, to see The Wounded Sky described as a "mass consumption paperback". Even if some other Star Trek novels are, this is certainly not the sort of watered-down, commercialized novel that name would indicate. This is a novel of many, many levels, that draws the reader back over and over--there is always something new to be found lurking underneath what you saw the first time around. I honestly believe that had it not been put out as a specifically "Star Trek" novel, it would be gaining *far* more widespread public acclaim. What I most love about this work is its ability to weave together plot, physics, music, philosophy, humour, and more into a single cohesive story that truly has a lifelike sweep to it. Although some may object to this metaphor, I found a similar experience with the movie The Matrix...in that movie, there are subtle clues, references that you might not catch on the first viewing, but one by one become obvious as you watch it again. So too does The Wounded Sky. I'm certain that each time I reread the book, I will arrive at some new understanding. Diane Duane is more than an author, in my opinion. She is very much a modern philosopher, and in this work it shows more clearly than any other. There is an entire worldview contained within this book that perhaps speaks to the recent efforts to reconcile the warring factions of science and religion, and more. However, don't let the description of this book's philosophical angle scare you off. The book has excellent character development, and nowhere else but in Diane Duane's works does the crew of the Enterprise seems so *alive*, so *diverse*, and such a family. It is a beautiful sort of patchwork rather than the streamlined unit that other books--even the Series--portray. Infinite Diversity in Infinite Combinations, you could say. This is easily the best Star Trek novel ever written. Even those who Scorn the series in favour of less commercial science fiction should try this book. Since it will forever be stuck with this "mass consumption" label, be sure to tell your friends the *real* story about The Wounded Sky. That will be the only way to get the word out. Well done, Ms. Duane!
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Summary: Wonderous, humorous, thouroghly enjoyable
Review: No. It's not the best book I've ever read. I don't know what that book is, and that one will get a 9 because a 10 will be so delightful I pass out. = ] But this is clsoe. Charming. Technologically intruiging. Sweet sweet moments where you remember the Enterprise is a family, not just a crew. And they like each other. I bought this in the Star Market checkout in '85 (actually, I badgered Mom into buying it) and loved it then. Dog eared that copy was. Lent it to everyone who I could comvince to try it. GAVE it to my girlfriend because it was one of my most beloved treasures. (Along wiht ElfQuest and Mage and Grendel, the comico comic) Get the idea how much I love this book? = ] Diane Duane spins <s> an effortless seeming story. Kirk is heroic. McCoy is grumpy. Scotty is dazzled and you can see him *learn*. Uhura is brilliantly brilliant. (She saves everyone. Sorta. and watching her mother Kirk is... warmfuzzle feeling) Take a trip beyond the known limits with the family Enterprise, see their undefended true natures. Then read "Uhura's Song" And save known space from a plague. Then read about Spock the Pirate in "Blackfire". Then... [toddles off before he irritates someone]
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Summary: Revisiting Original Series in E-Books
Review: Now that the original series is appearing in e-books, I downloaded a couple to my IPAQ and have read them when I get a few minutes here and there. This one is particularly good. Clever physics...It is somewhat closer to the more aggressive science fiction (like Manifest Time) than most Star Trek...but provides full involvement with the characters. Less shoot-em-up....more think-em-out. Some of the images and ideas also edge into better math and physics models than some of the other original series books. I really hope this re-issuing will result in new readers getting to read some of these older books -- and I hope that more of the original series will become available in PC2002 format for us e-book readers.
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Summary: Revisiting Original Series in E-Books
Review: Now that the original series is appearing in e-books, I downloaded a couple to my IPAQ and have read them when I get a few minutes here and there. This one is particularly good. Clever physics...It is somewhat closer to the more aggressive science fiction (like Manifest Time) than most Star Trek...but provides full involvement with the characters. Less shoot-em-up....more think-em-out. Some of the images and ideas also edge into better math and physics models than some of the other original series books. I really hope this re-issuing will result in new readers getting to read some of these older books -- and I hope that more of the original series will become available in PC2002 format for us e-book readers.
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