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vesper1931's review against another edition
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
5.0
On board the Enterprise a freak accident has propelled Captain Kirk a hundred years into the future and on board a New Klingon ship. In this future there is peace between the Klingons and the Federation, originated by Kirk in his own time.
An entertaining re-read
An entertaining re-read
thebeardedpoet's review against another edition
4.0
Star Trek novels are perfect bedtime reading for me, because I don't have to concentrate too hard on who is who and what the situation is as I get sleepy. They're also a fun dose of comfort-food nostalgia. Timetrap is a solidly fun and enjoyable one. Dvorkin insists on keeping readers in the dark about a number of things for the sake of advancing the plot and increasing curiosity about what the heck is going on. Kirk seems out of character for some of the book, but there are extenuating circumstances which seem to explain that, and then later the real reasons are revealed. All in all, this novel had the tone, pace, and situations of TOS TV show, and I felt right at home. As others have noted, this book was written before the Kinglon backstory was more fully developed in TNG and Discovery, so a number of details do not jive with canon.
grammatica's review against another edition
1.0
I love Star Trek and Star Trek books, but oh lord was this awful. Read it if you must, but don't expect good things. LOL
birdmanseven's review against another edition
4.0
I had the chance to interview David about this and his other work. Find it here: https://soundcloud.com/allthebooks/episode-149-take-five-with-david-dvorkin
markk's review against another edition
2.0
David Dvorkin's novel is one that hinges heavily on its premise of James Kirk being suddenly transported into a future in which a friendlier group of "New Klingons" have achieved the Organian-prophesied peace with the Federation. Unfortunately the story's twist is easily predictable, and too much of the plot hinges on a James Kirk who is far more credulous than one would expect his character to be in his circumstances. It's unfortunate, too, as Dvorkin's novel contains elements that, in the hands of other authors, could have resulted in two or three nifty novels for the franchise (and which prefigure episodes of both The Next Generation and Deep Space 9). In this case, however, the plotting doesn't live up to the promise of the ideas devised for it.
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