Star Trek II The Wrath of Kahn (Star Trek, No 7)

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Summary: An above average novelization of the best Star Trek movie
Review: Since the novelization of "The Wrath of Khan" by Vonda N. McIntyre is based on the Screenplay by Jack B. Sowards of the story by Harve Bennett and Sowards, it is difficult to figure out who gets credit for what. The character you will remember the most from this novelization is Peter Preston. In the movie he is simply the young cadet in Engineering whose badly burned body Scotty brings to the bridge after the Enterprise evades Khan's first attack. But in McIntyre's novel Preston is Scotty's 14-year old nephew. His relationship, with Lt. Saavik as well as his uncle, is indicative of the sort of added depth you want when you read the novelization of a movie you have already seen (you wouldn't want to read it BEFORE hand, would you?). Writing these books is usually such a thankless effort, but McIntyre shows a nice understanding for the characters and their relationships. The proof of this is that she was entrusted with novelizing the next couple of Star Trek movies as well. I would think even the casual Star Trek fan would enjoy the extra dimensions she brings to what is still the best of the Star Trek movies.

Rating:
Summary: An above average novelization of the best Star Trek movie
Review: Since the novelization of "The Wrath of Khan" by Vonda N. McIntyre is based on the Screenplay by Jack B. Sowards of the story by Harve Bennett and Sowards, it is difficult to figure out who gets credit for what. The character you will remember the most from this novelization is Peter Preston. In the movie he is simply the young cadet in Engineering whose badly burned body Scotty brings to the bridge after the Enterprise evades Khan's first attack. But in McIntyre's novel Preston is Scotty's 14-year old nephew. His relationship, with Lt. Saavik as well as his uncle, is indicative of the sort of added depth you want when you read the novelization of a movie you have already seen (you wouldn't want to read it BEFORE hand, would you?). Writing these books is usually such a thankless effort, but McIntyre shows a nice understanding for the characters and their relationships. The proof of this is that she was entrusted with novelizing the next couple of Star Trek movies as well. I would think even the casual Star Trek fan would enjoy the extra dimensions she brings to what is still the best of the Star Trek movies.

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Summary: A pretty good book
Review: Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan is a pretty good book. Not much differs from the movie, though there are a few extra scenes (nothing eatrth-shattering). There is a bit too much Lewis Caroll, though. Get this book if you haven't seen the movie (or get this book if you have seen the great film)

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Summary: This is one of the best Trek books!
Review: This is an example how should movie novelizations be written. They tend to be flat and screenplay-like, but this one makes me feel like the movie were an adaptation of the book, not vice versa. It provides lots of background information (some of them were actually in the movie but were cut out later), mostly on Saavik, Peter Preston and Carol's Deltan co-workers. The main characters, Kirk, Spock, McCoy and the others are the very same characters we all love, they talk and act just like they do in any Trek episode, they never do anything out of character. Vonda McIntyre knows how to write Star Trek. A novel can't be more Star Trek than this.

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Summary: The Wrath of Khan
Review: This is my favorite Star Trek movie novelization. It contains so much more than a play-by-play of the movie, but it also delves into tremendous characterization.. In the novel, Peter Preston Engineer's Mate is so much more. The reader also becomes aware that the young cadet is also the son of Scotty's sister. This revelation gives so much added meaning to the scene in which the chief engineer brings in the young man's charred remains after Khan's surprise attack. The theatrical release gives little more than Bones' heart-felt apology. The network television showing (which would appear from time to time on ABC) added scenes which did bring out this important plot point, but this has not been shown for many years. Why not issue a Director's Cut of this a la the original Motion Picture DVD. It would bring so much added meaning to this already classic film.

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Summary: The Wrath of Khan
Review: This is my favorite Star Trek movie novelization. It contains so much more than a play-by-play of the movie, but it also delves into tremendous characterization.. In the novel, Peter Preston Engineer's Mate is so much more. The reader also becomes aware that the young cadet is also the son of Scotty's sister. This revelation gives so much added meaning to the scene in which the chief engineer brings in the young man's charred remains after Khan's surprise attack. The theatrical release gives little more than Bones' heart-felt apology. The network television showing (which would appear from time to time on ABC) added scenes which did bring out this important plot point, but this has not been shown for many years. Why not issue a Director's Cut of this a la the original Motion Picture DVD. It would bring so much added meaning to this already classic film.

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Summary: It could happen.
Review: With the ability to clone we're that much closer to making a race of Kahn Sighs than we think Forget Jurassic Park for a moment. Yes we do have the technology to clone sheep and monkey. Yes dinosaurs maybe down the block. But acroos the street lies an even bigger possibilility - humanbeings. We have the gen sequencers. We have computers and online services capable of linking us to labs around the world. Even now growing in a labratory could be a baby Genghis Kahn. When it first came out The Wrath of Khan was science fiction. Now it could be science fact