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Title: Fire on High (Star Trek New Frontier, No 6) by Peter David ISBN: 0-671-02037-4 Publisher: Star Trek Pub. Date: 01 April, 1998 Format: Mass Market Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $6.50 |
Average Customer Rating: 3.75 (24 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: Keep your eyes on Lefler...
Comment: Very interesting story... Well done... There were two side stories... 1 with Robin Lefler... and 2 with Burgy in engineering... I am not going to say anything... but please read this book carefully... I did and I enjoyed the surprises.
Rating: 4
Summary: Best of the series so far.
Comment: Peter David is an excellent author, the best Star Trek author I've found. He is one of the few who can tell a dramatic, action-packed story without losing his sense of humor, as was done in some of the best episodes in the original Star Trek series ("Trouble With Tribbles", "A Piece of the Action", "Shore Leave") and has only rarely been seen since. I've enjoyed this series so far, and the characters in it (which is, perhaps, the most important thing in a book or a series). But there are a couple of caveats for those considering the series:
First is the one that actually bothers me a bit: I don't really care for the fact that the storyline continues from one book to the next; granted, the last two books in the series have been better about this than the first four, in that they have legitimately been complete stories in and of themselves. But I find that I prefer stand-alone stories for the most part. If you don't share this preference, you may find this a strength rather than a weakness.
Second is the caveat that does NOT bother me, but might well bother some people: while he never becomes EXTREMELY graphic, certainly never tasteless, Peter David's characters have always been a bit more obviously sexually active than we usually see in Star Trek; not that there was ever any doubt about Kirk, but even in his case, it was generally just hinted at, and that was even more true in "Next Generation". Granted, "DS9" and "Voyager" went a little farther in that direction, (remember the opening scene of "What You Leave Behind", the final episode of DS9, with Bashir and Ezre Dax naked in bed together?) but the constraints of network television still kept things a bit more restrained than David feels any inclination to. Certainly, most Star Trek novels follow the precedent set in the shows, and are much more circumscribed about showing what their characters do behind closed doors than he is. I enjoy this, but it does mean that people who do NOT enjoy this sort of thing can be unpleasantly surprised to see so much sexuality in a place that they wouldn't ordinarily expect it.
As to this book specifically, I found the story to be the best of the series so far. But really, I can't recommend it to anyone who hasn't read the previous books, so my recommendation is simply: start with Book One (House of Cards); if you like it, keep reading. If you don't, you've no need to read this one.
Rating: 5
Summary: Star Trek New Frontier No 6 Fire on High
Comment: One of the great things about this series, in my opinion, is that the author Peter David is not hindered by the guidelines that apply to the stand alone books or for that matter the miniseries that seem to be popping up every couple of months. I've noticed that other reviewers have complained about the sex scenes in the books. Oh well, it adds some flavor and character to the series. Part of Gene Roddenberry's ethos about Star Trek was that he didn't want too much interplay between the main characters like this; the current producers have stuck with that as well. With one exception, Deep Space Nine. Look at how that turned out, DS9 was a wonderful show that showed the darker side of life in the twenty fourth century, and for its last two to three years it was almost serialized in that shows lead from one to another as opposed to the stand alones. That same style is what makes New Frontier what it is, a great series. The continuous building of characters and plot is absolutely great! As you read through these books and then peruse the ones you've read, you can see that the author, while telling the current story, is setting up either the next story directly or indirectly setting up a future story.
In "Fire on High," we have a strange woman who has mysteriously destroyed all life on the planet she's on. There are some wonderful Commander Shelby scenes, ones you wouldn't have figured the character capable of. We meet and more or less welcome to the crew Morgan Lefler, Ensign Lefler's mother. There is the continuing storyline between Selar, Burgoyne 172 and McHenry. A baby "Great Bird of the Galaxy" is growing in the warp core. Everybody seems to be going to the half Romulan, half Vulcan, Soleta for romantic advice, which by itself is very funny. There are a great many more things here that I do not wish to spoil for everybody.
Suffice it to say, Peter David has written another great installment to the New Frontier series, in "Fire on High!"
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Title: Dark Allies (Star Trek New Frontier, No 8) by Peter David ISBN: 0671020803 Publisher: Star Trek Pub. Date: 01 November, 1999 List Price(USD): $6.50 |
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Title: New Frontier (Star Trek New Frontier) by Peter David ISBN: 0671019783 Publisher: Star Trek Pub. Date: 01 February, 1998 List Price(USD): $15.00 |
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Title: Renaissance (Star Trek New Frontier: Excalibur, Book 2) by Peter David ISBN: 0671042394 Publisher: Star Trek Pub. Date: 29 August, 2000 List Price(USD): $6.99 |
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Title: Restoration (Star Trek New Frontier: Excalibur, Book 3) by Peter David ISBN: 0743410645 Publisher: Star Trek Pub. Date: 01 November, 2001 List Price(USD): $6.99 |
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Title: Requiem (Star Trek New Frontier: Excalibur, Book 1) by Peter David ISBN: 0671042386 Publisher: Star Trek Pub. Date: 29 August, 2000 List Price(USD): $6.99 |
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