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Rating:  -
After watching the movie several times, I was REALLY looking forward to reading this book that is a tie-in with the movie! Boy, was I REALLY DISAPPOINTED!!!!!
The more I read this book, the more I questioned if Alan Dean Foster EVEN READ THE SAME SCRIPT that was written by Roberto Orci and Alex Kurtzman! It also became obvious that Foster DOES NOT KNOW HIS STAR TREK!!!!!!! He has Sarek, Spock's father, behaving like a HUMAN instead of someone born and raised on Vulcan! He has Younger Spock behaving like Kirk, punching out a Romulan, during interrogation, INSTEAD OF USING THE VULCAN MIND MELD THAT IS SO PROMINENTLY PORTRAYED IN THE MOVIE!!!!! Plus there were several inconsistencies; for example Foster cites two different Regulation numbers referring to the SAME regulation of being emotionally compromised while in command! He mentions that Spock Prime called Kirk "Captain" at the first meeting at the cave entrance. (Which didn't happen! Spock Prime asks, LATER, "You are not the captain?") He also IGNORED the fact that Dr. McCoy IS FROM GEORGIA, NOT KENTUCKY!!!! And that line he wrote in the book: "Left with nothing but my skeleton"?!?!?!? HELLOOOOO, the line in the movie SPECIFICALLY SAID THE WORD "B-O-N-E-S", which is WHERE HE GETS HIS NICKNAME FROM!!!!!!! And tossing the dog in, at the end, making a strange reference to the dog's ears???? WHAT IS UP WITH THAT?!?!?!?!?!? In my opinion, Foster should have had a Trekker proof-read the galley proofs BEFORE it hit the publisher's desk!
Either Foster needs to go back to TREK School or the TREK fans can write BETTER than he did!!!!!!
Rating:  -
Alan Dean Foster is the go-to author for movie tie-in novels. He was tapped for the novelization of the new Star Trek movie.
If you were looking for a book that would fill you in on all the details that might have been missed in the film, Star Trek is not the story for you.
For whatever reason, Foster took the script and did not deviate one iota. What you saw in the movie, you get in the book.
There isn't any additional back story for any of the characters, you don't learn more about the older Spock or the Red stuff they use to destroy Vulcan.
I think this book was published for hungry Star Trek fans who couldn't wait for the DVD.
It reads just like watching the movie without the actual images.
Rating:  -
Skip the book and wait for the DVD. The movie rocked, but the book mangles some of the better dialogue for no discernible reason, plus the author is wrong about certain details that grated on me. Uhura's boots are not her personal fashion sense, they are part of her uniform. McCoy is from Georgia, not Kentucky. Do your homework, dude.
Rating:  -
The rebirth of Star Trek has been long anticipated by fans, and the latest movie is not a sorrowful let down. The movie is awesome and keeps the action and suspension moving through out. It also delves into the backgrounds of Kirk and Spock's upbringing; which reveals much about their characters and who they are and who they become. The story veers from the original Gene Rodenberry version by the fact that at the very begging of the story a future Romulan by the name of Nero arrives in federation space by a black hole; in a massive ship with weapons that far exceeds the Federations of the day. Kirks father is one of the early casualties; which changes the course of history for the hero's.
After the heroic death of Kirks father we watch as both Kirk and Spock grow of age and key events that give us insight into their characters. Spock being the half human half Vulcan misfit doesn't fit into his culture and is often insulted not only by the young but also by the elders of his culture which help him determine his fate to be the first Vulcan to join star fleet academy. Kirk on the other hand is a lost soul with no direction or path in his life. That is until a bar fight with some star fleet academy students bring him into contact with Christopher Pike. Pike becomes the sort of guiding Father figure Kirk needs to get his life in focus and Kirk decides to enlist into Star fleet. Kirk meets members of his crew along the way including several volatile encounters with Spock. The action of the movie heats up as Nero, who has been hiding and planning for almost twenty years comes out of hiding and enacts his vengeance on the one man he blames responsible for what happens to his world in the future, Spock.
Captain Pike is captured during their first encounter with Nero and Kirk and Spock often at odds with each other must find a way to work together in order to save the federation. This is a must see for any fans of the show.
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This audio book is the next best thing to seeing the movie!! Chomping at the bit for the DVD to come out? This will give you a more than satisfying "fix" meanwhile.
Quinto has an amazing ear for different voices and can read a scene with 4 speakers in a way that you know exactly who is speaking. I can almost see the movie as I listen to this. OK, admittedly I've seen the movie many times. Even so his voice makes it come alive. Some of Foster's sentences are so convoluted that they were obviously never meant to be heard out loud, yet Quinto delivers them masterfully.
And there are details that flesh out plot developments in interesting ways. I defy you to listen to the very end without laughing out loud!
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