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Title: Star Trek V : The Final Frontier by J.M. Dillard ISBN: 0-671-68008-0 Publisher: Star Trek Pub. Date: June, 1989 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $4.50 |
Average Customer Rating: 3.57 (7 reviews)
Rating: 4
Summary: Trying not to copy others, but they're right
Comment: Yeah, so what they said. The movie was a bomb, and the book tells the story the way it should have been.
Trek books are a tricky thing. Novelizations are a tricky thing. This particular Trek novelization does everything it should, and more. The only problem is that an artist is only as her subject matter, and Find God in the Center of the Galaxy still remains a hokey premise.
But let's focus on the good things. Every major Trek player gets a focus in this novel, including Sulu, who had a big part in all of McIntyre's novelizations. I was glad to see Dillard continue his story in the same vein. We get to see his and Scotty's "secret pain", as well as several other characters in the movie who got left out.
All the characters have depth -- the three delegates, the Klingons, Sybok himself, even the funky-toothed guy drilling holes in the opening shot. Every one is three-dimensional. Example: Klaa (Klingon captain) is no longer a chip-shouldered upstart with delusions of grandeur. He's a Klingon worthy of Klingons, and his motives in pursuing Kirk are revealed as devious and calculating, rather than dumb and bumbling as they appeared in the film.
This novel ties the movie into the others. Star Trek II-V form one continuous tale, without a whole lot of break in between. Yet they still make very little reference one to another. In this novel, we see a Kirk who was re-rejected by a dear love only months before, who lost his son very recently, and who is still coping with Spock's death and resurrection.
I have nothing but praise for the work of J.M. Dillard thus far. And this is no exception. If you, like me, consider Star Trek V the red-headed stepchild of the Star Trek series (no offense to all you red-headed stepchildren), then please read this novelization. Give it a shot. You'll like it. Or I'll buy you a Twinkie. (not really though)
Rating: 3
Summary: Dillard makes Shatner's concept work, almost.
Comment: Star Trek V: The Final Frontier arguably had the silliest of plot concepts, and the touches of buffoonish humor did not help the movie much either.
Sybok, a renegade Vulcan from Spock's past, has managed to seize Nimbus III, the 'Planet of Intergalatic Peace'. But it is a ruse, what he really needs is a starship to take him to the center of the galaxy. Once there, Sybok believes he will meet God.
Dillard attempts to fill in the many character gaps in Shatner's Kirk centered story, giving each brainwashed member of the crew a chance to have center stage and a moment to shine. Thus it is more of an ensemble piece than the film. Dillard also clarifies some of the fuzzy plot points, making the hijacking and trip to God a tad easier to believe. There is also an honorable attempt to fit the concept of Nimbus III into the Trek Mythos rather than having it just be a gimmick jumping off point for the story. But despite all this hard work this novel is worthwhile reading only for those who would like to see a silly story told in a more well thought out manner. Strictly for Trek buffs.
Rating: 4
Summary: Amazing how much better the same story can be;
Comment: The movie version of "Star Trek V: The Final Frontier" was an unutterable turkey, totally unconvincing on a number of levels. This book, while remaining true to the movie in most major plot points, varying only in minor detail, nonetheless manages to be a great deal more plausible and internally consistent, both with itself and with the established Star trek universe as a whole. The characterization is better, the plot flows more smoothly and makes more sense, and several details that were completely implausible in the movie are at least arguable here, if not completely acceptable. The book is quite enjoyable on a simple action-story level, and on deeper levels it is at least as good as most Star Trek stories, better than some if also not as good as others.
Definitely recommended for any "Trek" fans who would like to see the movie version turned into a viable story, and if you actually liked the movie, there's nothing here not to like.
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Title: Star Trek VI The Undiscovered Country (Star Trek) by J.M. Dillard ISBN: 0671758837 Publisher: Pocket Books Pub. Date: January, 1992 List Price(USD): $5.50 |
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Title: STAR TRK NOVEL by Roddenberry ISBN: 0671546856 Publisher: Star Trek Pub. Date: November, 1979 List Price(USD): $2.95 |
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Title: Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home - A Novel by Vonda N. McIntyre, Leonard Nimoy, Harve Bennett ISBN: 0671702831 Publisher: Star Trek Pub. Date: October, 1994 List Price(USD): $5.50 |
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Title: Three (Star Trek: Stargazer, Book 3) by Michael Jan Friedman, Michael Friedman ISBN: 0743448529 Publisher: Star Trek Pub. Date: 01 August, 2003 List Price(USD): $6.99 |
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Title: Nemesis by J. M. Dillard, Brent Spiner, John Logan ISBN: 0743457722 Publisher: Star Trek Pub. Date: 10 December, 2002 List Price(USD): $20.00 |
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