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Title: Bless the Beasts (Star Trek Voyager, No 10) by Karen Haber ISBN: 0-671-56780-2 Publisher: Star Trek Pub. Date: 01 November, 1996 Format: Mass Market Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $5.99 |
Average Customer Rating: 3 (12 reviews)
Rating: 2
Summary: STV 10 Bless the Beasts - Fraught with unrealized potential!
Comment: Star Trek Voyager #10 "Bless the Beasts" is author Karen Haber's one and only Star Trek novel. The end result of this novel may be the primary reason that she only visited this genre this one time. Just as with many of the other early novels, this novel is plagued with some of the same tired plot device; Voyager's on her own and in need of supplies and repairs. While the basic premise of Star Trek Voyager itself demands such plot devices, which were used in the episodes quite frequently and too frequently in many Voyager novels, there were many different avenues that could've been taken without consistently focusing on this one.
While the basic premise of "Bless the Beasts" was a very good one, the execution of the story was not. The characterizations are off and the pacing of the novel unfortunately leaves much to be desired, all resulting in a novel that is fraught with unrealized potential and an unsatisfying read. The one minor saving grace is that at far too late in the novel, it does come together for a respectable ending. Just as with many of the other Star Trek Voyager novels from the time when this one was published, the cover art is fairly decent.
The premise:
Captain Janeway and crew find themselves once again in the position of being in desperate need of repairs and they come across a planet they find to be named Sardalia. The inhabitants at first seem to be friendly and are living on a planet blessed with natural beauty. It's not long before Captain Janeway finds that the hospitality being extended by the Sardalians is a bit too generous and then Lieutenant Tom Paris and Ensign Harry Kim disappear. Captain Janeway soon finds that the situation is untenable as they discover the planet is in the midst of a planetary war and that she must face a moral dilemma...
What follows from there is, as stated above, a story that is fraught with potential that quickly becomes unrealized as the author takes the novel in directions that just do not capture the reader. Overall, I would recommend the novel to only those, like myself, that are collector's/completists, not those looking for a Star Trek "starter" novel as this is most certainly not a novel that represents the quality possessed by a majority of the Star Trek novels. {ssintrepid}
Rating: 1
Summary: Good plot, bad book
Comment: I'm a big Voyager fan, and I've read many of their books. This book doesn't even compare to the other ones. The auther doesn't seem to know the characters, their moral values, or even the Prime Directive! In this book the part of the delimna is thaat this whole Pre-warp clvilization that they've come in contact with is suffering with this sickness, and Janeway won't help them because it's against the Prime Directive. I have at least two things against that: 1: It is not against the Directive, because they've already come into contact with this civilazation, they know that they exist. From that point on, the Prime Directive doen't say anything about curing an entire planet from a horrible deasise that anyone has. and 2. Even if it actully was against the Prime Directive, Janyway would still help them. I'm sure that every Trekkie reading this would know that. And about the character personalties: They make the Captain mean, they make Neelix manipulative, and they make the Doctor stupid. This book has an interesting plot, but for a while it doesn't go anywhere. Plus, near the end, when they're debating wether thay should give the planet the medicine for this plague, the arguemeant is that if the crew doesn't provide the cure, then these slightly sentient animals called the Darra will be hunted more (they provide a postponement of pain for the victoms of the sickness). Not that I'm against not hunting animals, espically if their setinent, but that was practically the only arguement: "what about the Darra?" "If we don't provide the medicine, the darra will become exctinct". What about the millions of people who need the cure? Also, the auther over exagarates in this book and writes immaturely: I noticed at the first line. If you're a big Star Trek fan, you should read this book, but please don't expect Christie Golden material.
P.S.: I'm not really 12, this form was just easier to fill out.
Rating: 5
Summary: Excellent read for tom and harry fans
Comment: I have always been a big fan of Tom Paris and found this book a very interesting book and have read it 5+ times I highly suggest that all fans of Voyager should read this book
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Title: Ghost of a Chance (Star Trek Voyager, Book 7) by Mark Garland, Charles G. McGraw ISBN: 0671567985 Publisher: Star Trek Pub. Date: 01 April, 1996 List Price(USD): $5.99 |
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Title: Echoes (Star Trek Voyager, No 15) by Dean Wesley Smith, Kristine Kathryn Rusch, Nina Kiriki Hoffman ISBN: 0671002007 Publisher: Star Trek Pub. Date: January, 1998 List Price(USD): $5.99 |
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Title: Ragnarok (Star Trek Voyager, No 3) by Nathan Archer ISBN: 067152044X Publisher: Star Trek Pub. Date: 01 July, 1995 List Price(USD): $5.99 |
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Title: Marooned (Star Trek Voyager, No 14) by Christie Golden ISBN: 0671014234 Publisher: Star Trek Pub. Date: 01 December, 1997 List Price(USD): $5.99 |
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Title: Violations (Star Trek Voyager, No 4) by Susan Wright ISBN: 0671520466 Publisher: Star Trek Pub. Date: 01 September, 1995 List Price(USD): $5.99 |
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