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Title: Gateways #1: One Small Step (Star Trek) by Susan Wright ISBN: 0-7434-1854-9 Publisher: Star Trek Pub. Date: 31 July, 2001 Format: Mass Market Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $6.99 |
Average Customer Rating: 2.72 (18 reviews)
Rating: 4
Summary: I thought it was a good book
Comment: I thought that this was a very fun book to read. It was a little slow at times as some of mechanics of the computers were being explained in detail, but it was well worth the read. I especially liked how it is based at the end of a previous Star Trek episode, and how the author took it even further. This would have made a great 2nd part of the episode. The characters, both old and new, were portrayed well. I would recommend this book as well as the next book in the Gateways series.
Rating: 3
Summary: Mediocre as the genre goes.
Comment: This is a tolerably well-written book; contrary to at least one of the other reviewers here, I feel that the author did a fine job of portraying the established characters, and the story fit well as a continuation of the original series episode, "That Which Survives". Also, the new race, the Petraw, seem plausible and moderately interesting, kind of a cross between the Ferrengi and Harry Mudd. (Although I must say, I found the motivations for the "deviant" member of the alien crew a bit opaque, and since the actions of that character have a very major effect on the plot, that's a rather large caveat.) Also, as has been mentioned by other reviewers, this story was somewhat lacking in action; not as much as has been suggested elsewhere, but enough that if you read Star Trek for the fast action and gripping adventure, you're likely to be disappointed.
But the real flaw in this book (and the reason I gave it 3 rather than 4 stars) is that it has no satisfactory ending; it is simply "Book 1" of a series, and cannot stand on its own. The "Section 31" series demonstrated that that is not a neccessary flaw in a series; "Cloak", at least, (the only one of that series that I've yet read) is a complete story in and of itself, in spite of being part of a series. That is the way a series SHOULD be put together; it is dishonest to write a story that has no ending, simply to attempt to bully the reader into buying the next book in the series. If the writing is good, the reader will do so without that gimmick, and if it isn't, the gimmick won't help.
If you like Star Trek, and are willing to put up with having to follow the story line into the next book (and the five after that one, probably) there's no reason not to get this book. If you don't or aren't, there's no reason to do so.
Rating: 3
Summary: Only One for Me
Comment: These comments are for, "Star Trek Gateways Book One". This is the first in a seven part series and it was fun to go all the way back to the original crew. The ending left me mystified especially after I read what the other books will be offering.
This book ends as a cliffhanger which is reasonable to expect as it is part of a seven book cycle. What I am at a loss to understand is how the cycle is to be continued with books that do not even make mention of this book as the story arc moves along. I should have done some more homework before reading this book. By itself the book is average Trek based on a story that fans of the original series will be familiar with. Captain Kirk and his romances play a large role, so you know you are back in original Trek territory.
As someone who has just started reading many of these titles I have found it harder than it should be to enter a given series of books and have them be in an understandable context. This is especially true of the series that span a variety of crews and ships, some that exist only in book form. I would happily download a timeline of every book so I could know where best to start and proceed. For now there is just too much to try and place in order to make this enjoyable.
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Title: Cold Wars (Star Trek New Frontier: Gateways, Book 6) by Peter David ISBN: 0671042424 Publisher: Star Trek Pub. Date: 01 October, 2001 List Price(USD): $6.99 |
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Title: No Man's Land (Star Trek Voyager: Gateways, Book 5) by Christie Golden ISBN: 0743418573 Publisher: Star Trek Pub. Date: 01 October, 2001 List Price(USD): $6.99 |
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Title: Doors into Chaos (Star Trek The Next Generation: Gateways, Book 3) by Robert Greenberger ISBN: 0743418565 Publisher: Star Trek Pub. Date: 28 August, 2001 List Price(USD): $6.99 |
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Title: Twilight (Star Trek Deep Space Nine: Mission Gamma, Book 1) by David R. George III ISBN: 0743445600 Publisher: Star Trek Pub. Date: 01 September, 2002 List Price(USD): $6.99 |
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Title: Gods Above (Star Trek New Frontier) by Peter David ISBN: 0743418581 Publisher: Star Trek Pub. Date: 01 October, 2003 List Price(USD): $6.99 |
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