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Title: Vulcan (Star Trek) by Kathleen Sky ISBN: 0-553-24633-X Publisher: Bantam Pub. Date: 06 October, 1998 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $5.50 |
Average Customer Rating: 2.89 (9 reviews)
Rating: 3
Summary: It was okay, I thought.
Comment: Suprised to see such negative reactions. I thought all women in the Star Trek universe were a) gorgeous or b) in love with Spock, Kirk or McCoy.
Anyhow, I found it a fairly readable entry into the original Star Trek book series. I like how it tackled the idea of intolerance (although it may feel a little bit dated now) and found the issue with the planet to fit well into the Trekkie universe.
This was the first Trek entry of Kathleen Sky.
Rating: 3
Summary: Good enough
Comment: There's something about the old Bantam books such as Vulcan . . . . It is often difficult to remember that they were written before the movies, before the spin-offs, even before VHS! The Bantam readers did not have the luxury of popping in a tape or referring to endless reference books; they had to rely on memory or James Blish's adaptations to keep the feel of the characters. It was a different world then, in the distant, dark '70s.
Because of the comparative dearth of material, the Bantam writers, it seems, were able to keep their novels focused and tight. Vulcan is a fine example; the criticisms of it are valid, but overlook that the story is finely paced with little wasted space (compare that to almost any Voyager episode, which drag on and on and on . . . .) The underlying story - about shifting ion clouds and Romulan expansion - is contrived; but, then, that's true of most episodes, isn't it?
What is most enjoyable here is a chance to see different sides of McCoy and Spock, sides that have been lost through the years. Here we see the McCoy of "For the World is Hollow," or "Shore Leave," where a chance to get the girl interferes with his professional judgment. We also see Spock the pervert; pay attention to the first several episodes of Star Trek and you'll see that Spock was very much into sexual innuendo, with an occassional leer at Janice Rand. As Spock grew (really, as Nimoy began to flesh him out)that aspect of Spock was lost; that Sky brings it back redounds to her credit, as it forces us to look at Spock in a different light.
A Star Trek is almost never going to be great literature, or even great science fiction. We should expect a book that amuses and diverts, and Vulcan fits the bill.
Rating: 4
Summary: A Very Enjoyable Star Trek book!
Comment: Not as bad as some of the other reviews make it out to be as it easily could have been a third season episode! This is a easy book to get into and explores an area of Star Trek that really has not been explored before. Yes, Dr. McCoy is a man who is interested in a exotic woman (how many times did McCoy get the girl?), and yes this woman has some major problems that only Spock can solve. The planet/Romulan/alien angle is a interesting backdrop for all of the human emotions that are explored. Pick it up and have some fun!
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