The Motion Picture

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Summary: Good novelization of the first Star Trek motion picture¿
Review: If you liked the movie, you will appreciate the book as it (like most movie novelizations) provides a wealth of additional information that helps to fill out the story portrayed in the film. In particular, the additional information on Kirk & Co. and what they did in the interim between television series and the movie as well as the information on the characters of Decker, Ilia, and even Vejur itself are invaluable to both an appreciation of the novel and the film. Not to be prudish, but at times the sexual innuendo can be a little less than subtle - otherwise a good start to a great series of science fiction novels. I would have liked to have seen more novels penned by Mr. Roddenberry.

Rating:
Summary: Roddenberry should have wrote more Trek Novels
Review: What surprised me about this book was that it was better than the movie. It explained a lot in terms of what happened after the crew's five year mission and how they coped with the changes. It's surprising to me...unless this book was ghost written like the Shatner ones.. that Roddenberry didn't devote more time to getting his version of Star Trek in the form of novels. I would have loved to see his script for the "God Thing" ...it would have made Shatner's disaster Star Trek V pale in comparison. From what I have read an attempt was made however the Roddenberry estate did not like the revision by a Trek novelist.

Rating:
Summary: Roddenberry should have wrote more Trek Novels
Review: What surprised me about this book was that it was better than the movie. It explained a lot in terms of what happened after the crew's five year mission and how they coped with the changes. It's surprising to me...unless this book was ghost written like the Shatner ones.. that Roddenberry didn't devote more time to getting his version of Star Trek in the form of novels. I would have loved to see his script for the "God Thing" ...it would have made Shatner's disaster Star Trek V pale in comparison. From what I have read an attempt was made however the Roddenberry estate did not like the revision by a Trek novelist.