Book Review: ‘The Unsettling Stars’ by Alan Dean Foster
May 26, 2023 at 6:25 am | Posted in Books, Reviews, Sci-Fi, Star Trek | 1 CommentTags: alan dean foster
Star Trek: The Unsettling Stars is the first novel in the Kelvin timeline, written by Alan Dean Foster. It was released by Gallery Books in April of 2020.
What a fascinating book! I’ve enjoyed reading the Star Trek novels recently, and I really liked the actors and characters of the Kelvin timeline, despite not loving the movies themselves. I thought that this timeline is ripe for exploration in character and story, as it provides an opportunity to produce new novels and maybe even TV series?
This book was one of four originally written to tie-into and release around the Star Trek (2009) movie. However, when the movie was released, these books were scrapped for some reason. They simply sat on the shelves at Simon and Schuster until this and one other were allowed to release in 2020. Alan Dean Foster touched up the story from my understanding, but this is still the book written for release in 2010.
Continue Reading Book Review: ‘The Unsettling Stars’ by Alan Dean Foster…Book Review: ‘Vanguard: Precipice’ by David Mack
April 28, 2023 at 6:27 am | Posted in Books, Reviews, Sci-Fi, Star Trek | 2 CommentsTags: david mack, vanguard
Star Trek: Vanguard: Precipice is the fifth novel in the Vanguard series by David Mack. It was released by Pocket Books in December of 2009.
Reading the Vanguard books has been a challenging process. I read Harbinger in 2017 and did not particularly love it. I then read Summon the Thunder and Reap the Whirlwind in 2020 and liked them even less. I waited yet again until 2022 to read Open Secrets, and while I enjoyed that book more than the others, it still felt mediocre overall.
This book, however, breaks the mediocre streak and tells a really interesting story!
Continue Reading Book Review: ‘Vanguard: Precipice’ by David Mack…Book Review: ‘The Final Frontier’ by J.M. Dillard
April 14, 2023 at 10:33 am | Posted in Books, Reviews, Sci-Fi, Star Trek | 1 CommentTags: j.m. dillard
Star Trek V: The Final Frontier is the fifth movie novelization for Star Trek. It was adapted by J.M. Dillard, based on the screenplay by David Loughery, and based on the story by William Shatner, Harve Bennett, and David Loughery. It was released by Pocket Books in June 1989.
Many a novelization has been great, and made a movie even better. Some novelizations are bad and don’t add much or make a movie better.
This novelization is fine, and might be considered good…unfortunately, it cannot spin the straw that is the story of this movie into gold.
Continue Reading Book Review: ‘The Final Frontier’ by J.M. Dillard…Book Review: ‘The High Country’ by John Jackson Miller
March 3, 2023 at 9:26 am | Posted in Books, Reviews, Sci-Fi, Star Trek | 1 CommentTags: john jackson miller, strange new worlds
Star Trek: The High Country is the first novel in the Strange New Worlds line of books to release from Gallery Books. It was written by John Jackson Miller and it was released in February of 2023.
John Jackson Miller is no stranger to Star Trek literature, having written seven novels and novella before this. He is also no stranger to the Pike-era crew, as he wrote for them in his novel The Enterprise War. As such, he was the perfect person to lead off the Strange New Worlds line of books at Gallery Books.
Continue Reading Book Review: ‘The High Country’ by John Jackson Miller…Book Review: ‘Child of Two Worlds’ by Greg Cox
February 13, 2023 at 8:18 am | Posted in Books, Reviews, Sci-Fi, Star Trek | 1 CommentTags: greg cox
Star Trek: Child of Two Worlds is a standalone novel from The Original Series line of Star Trek books from Pocket Books. It was written by Greg Cox and was released in December 2015.
The first thing I will say is that Greg Cox can write some amazing Star Trek stories. Between this book and The Antares Maelstrom, he has made his way into my Star Trek author top five!
This book is a very straightforward book, and yet it has so much heart to it. Greg Cox takes the simple question of “Nature vs Nurture” and applies it to a Cyprian Girl who is kidnapped by the Klingons and has now become Klingon in almost every aspect. The question is does the Enterprise return her to the Cyprians?….or to the Klingons?
Continue Reading Book Review: ‘Child of Two Worlds’ by Greg Cox…Book Review: ‘Raise the Dawn’ by David R. George III
January 16, 2023 at 8:45 am | Posted in Books, Reviews, Star Trek | Leave a commentTags: david r. george iii, typhon pact
Star Trek: Raise the Dawn is the penultimate novel in the Typhon Pact series. It was written by David R. George III and was released in July of 2012.
While the Typhon Pact series has had everything from fantastic entries to utterly dull ones, this book lands itself somewhere in the middle. There are things that I thought were excellently done in this book, while there were other elements that bored me throughout.
I’ll begin with what works in the book. When writing a political story, David R. George does a really good job. The Typhon Pact vs. The Federation storyline here was fascinating and I was hooked on every chapter. In some ways, this book paid off several books of development, particularly the last few by David R. George. While I’ve seen many reviewers discuss how this novel is part of a duology with Plagues of Night, I would argue that it’s more of an end to a trilogy, including Rough Beasts of Empire.
Continue Reading Book Review: ‘Raise the Dawn’ by David R. George III…Book Review: ‘Harm’s Way’ by David Mack
December 20, 2022 at 7:28 am | Posted in Books, Reviews, Sci-Fi, Star Trek | Leave a commentTags: david mack, vanguard
Star Trek: Harm’s Way is the newest novel set in the original oeries era by David Mack. It was released by Simon and Schuster’s Gallery Books imprint in December of 2022.
David Mack has a long and storied career with Star Trek books. He has written over 30 in his tenure there, making him one of the most widely published authors along with Peter David and Dayton Ward. Along with Peter David, Mack is the one other author I’ve heard many many people call their “Favorite Star Trek Author.”
And for good reason, because he turns in amazing books!
Continue Reading Book Review: ‘Harm’s Way’ by David Mack…Book Review: ‘Plagues of Night’ by David R. George III
December 8, 2022 at 9:20 am | Posted in Books, Reviews, Sci-Fi, Star Trek | Leave a commentTags: david r. george iii, typhon pact
Star Trek: Plagues of Night is the fifth novel in the Typhon Pact series. It was written by David R. George III and was published by Simon and Schuster’s Pocket Books in June of 2012.
The Typhon Pact has been really hit or miss thus far. Some books have been great, while other books have been mediocre or downright bad. David R George has been the primary DS9 writer for Pocket Books before and during the Typhon Pact, and here he proves why he earned that mantel.
Continue Reading Book Review: ‘Plagues of Night’ by David R. George III…Book Review: ‘Paths of Disharmony’ by Dayton Ward
November 21, 2022 at 7:53 am | Posted in Books, Reviews, Sci-Fi, Star Trek | Leave a commentTags: dayton ward, typhon pact
Star Trek: Paths of Disharmony is the fourth book in the Typhon Pact line of novels from Pocket Books at Simon and Schuster. It was written by Dayton Ward and was released in February 2011.
The Typhon pact has had some hits and misses. Zero Sum Game was a mediocre novel, while Seize the Fire was very disappointing and Rough Beasts of Empire was partially amazing and partially poorly executed. I have also read some mixed books by Dayton Ward, so I wasn’t particularly excited about this one. However, one of my friends rated this very high on his list, and he and I have had similar thoughts on the Typhon pack novels thus far. So I was intrigued to see what this book was like.
And I’m so glad I did, because not only is it the best Typhon Pact novel, it’s also one of Dayton Ward’s best novels.
Continue Reading Book Review: ‘Paths of Disharmony’ by Dayton Ward…Book Review: ‘Rough Beasts of Empire’ by David R. George III
October 17, 2022 at 7:47 am | Posted in Books, Reviews, Sci-Fi, Star Trek | Leave a commentTags: david r. george iii, typhon pact
Star Trek: Rough Beasts of Empire Is the third book in the Typhon Pact series. It was written by David R. George III and was released in January 2011.
I was incredibly nervous going into this book. I have read that this was an incredibly controversial book. You need look no further than the Goodreads ratings or the discussions by prominent Trek literary reviewers to know this book ruffled some feathers. I was especially nervous since I just read the first two book in the Typhon Pact series Zero Sum Game and Seize the Fire, both of which I thought were disappointingly mediocre.
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