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Summary: Kirk and past meet
Review: I thought that this book was truely thought out, and had a good plot to it aswell. It answered many questions of what had happened to the children after Kirk and co. left especially Miri. It's not a page turner, but never the less it is a good book, and a good story to sink yourself into.
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Summary: Decent concept, poorly written.
Review: The plot and the idea behind this book were interesting, interesting enough to hold my attention in spite of the poor writing. And with a few minor quibbles, ("computer consul" instead of "console", for instance) when I say "poor writing", I'm not speaking of sloppy typos, poor grammar or word choice. What I'm talking about is characters that behave in implausible ways (no, I'm being too kind; downright impossible ways). The character interaction just rings blatently untrue. I can suspend disbelief for Warp drives and matter transportation, but I CANNOT suspend disbelief for the young, successful revolutionaries who, after fighting a long and bloody insurrection against arrogant, ruthless, bloody-handed oppressors remain idealistic enough to treat their enemies with a kind and restrained justice, yet are aware enough of the realities of real-politic to be willing to treat with the Romulans and the Klingons if that's what it takes to secure their planet's economic survival. Nor do I believe in a United Federation of Planets that tacitly supported said oppressive previous regime. There are many other examples of similarly dubious interactions in the book; some I cannot detail here without giving away too much of the conclusion of the book. Suffice it to say that the ending was far too pat, and continued to have characters behaving in ways that simply did not fit in with their established characterizations.Not in the bottom ten of Star Trek novels, but close to it.
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Summary: Not the best.......
Review: There have been many more interesting Trek Novels than this one, but it DOES give some answers of what happens to the onlies. I think that Judy Klass will be a good author, but she needs a little bit more practice first. And maybe it would help if the plots were a little more interwoven, ya know, so they would tie in together more. Nevertheless a decent book.
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Summary: The Cry of Boredom
Review: This is not the worst Star Trek novel out there (see Triangle), but it may very well be the most dull, tedious, and downright booorrrring. Kirk and the gang go to a pre-warp planet, one which the Federation has been in touch with for decades (so much for the Prime Directive). Meanwhile, something is going on with Miri and the "Onlies" back on that planet that oh so coincidentally looks exactly like Earth. Just what that something is, I can't say as I didn't make it that far. Trek books are supposed to be mindless entertainment; this one was just mindless.
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Summary: The Cry of Boredom
Review: This is not the worst Star Trek novel out there (see Triangle), but it may very well be the most dull, tedious, and downright booorrrring. Kirk and the gang go to a pre-warp planet, one which the Federation has been in touch with for decades (so much for the Prime Directive). Meanwhile, something is going on with Miri and the "Onlies" back on that planet that oh so coincidentally looks exactly like Earth. Just what that something is, I can't say as I didn't make it that far. Trek books are supposed to be mindless entertainment; this one was just mindless.
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