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Title: Ishmael (Star Trek, No 23) by Barbara Hambly ISBN: 0-671-74355-4 Publisher: Star Trek Pub. Date: 01 September, 1991 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $5.50 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.38 (16 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: Fine work in Star Trek series
Comment: Spock disappears after investigating the strange behavior of a Klingon ore transport. We find him in Earth's past, unconscious and injured, with amnesia caused by resisting the Klingon mind-sifter. When he awakes in the care of Aaron Stemple he discovers that he is near Seattle in the 1860s and realizes that he is not from Earth, but no more.
His human benefactor convinces Spock that when there's life there's hope and presents him to the area as his nephew Ishmael Marx. Those in the know -- a gradually widening circle -- respect Spock's privacy as he establishes himself and tries to figure out what his mission was and whether there is a hope of success. Meanwhile, the Klingons, the Enterprise crew, and a mysterious third party are all working towards changing or not changing Earth's history...
The story draws you in with vivid historical detail and very human characters. It explores the familiar yet continually fascinating theme of how Spock copes and learns from human culture. Highly recommended.
Rating: 5
Summary: Wonderful book
Comment: This book definitely has a place of honor in my bathroom library. It's one book that you can't put down. I really enjoyed this one, seeing what Spock would do if he were to live as a human. I especially like what Barbara has done, using the back drop of "Here comes the Brides". Very, very clever. She really captured the show and made an excellent marriage between it and "Star Trek". What a lot of people may not realize is that Barbara did something unique. She paired Spock with Aaron Stemple, right? Well in the "Here comes the Bride" show, Stemple is played by Mark Lerner. And all of us fans know him as the actor who played Spock's father, Sarek. Neat, huh? Great book. I would highly recommend it.
Rating: 2
Summary: Like a gusting silk scarf it's full of metaphors.
Comment: I had a real problem with this novel. The author tries way to hard to make everything a metaphor. Everything is "xyz was like a blah blah blah." It was very distracting from an otherwise boring book.
This is a time travel to change history story. I'm sure everyone has read a dozen. I'd be happy to never read another.
The main problem with this book isn't the plot, the silly metaphor's, or even the slow boring pacing; it's the fact that nothing really happens until the last two chapters. The rest of the book is, in my opinion, just filler to create a novel out of a short story.
Here is my reccomendation, find a Peter David novel instead.
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Title: Yesterday's Son (Star Trek, No 11) by A.C. Crispin ISBN: 0671038516 Publisher: Star Trek Pub. Date: 01 August, 1999 List Price(USD): $3.99 |
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Title: The Final Reflection (Star Trek, No 16) by John M. Ford ISBN: 0671038532 Publisher: Star Trek Pub. Date: 01 August, 1999 List Price(USD): $3.99 |
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Title: Uhura's Song (Star Trek, No 21) by Janet Kagan ISBN: 0671652273 Publisher: Star Trek Pub. Date: 02 May, 1987 List Price(USD): $5.50 |
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Title: Time for Yesterday (Star Trek, No 39) by A.C. Crispin ISBN: 0671038575 Publisher: Star Trek Pub. Date: 01 August, 1999 List Price(USD): $3.99 |
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Title:Star Trek: The Original Series #50: Doctor's Orders by Diane Duane ASIN: B000051ZVQ Publisher: Pocket Books List Price(USD): $2.99 Comparison N/A, buy it from Amazon for $2.99 |
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