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djwudi's review
2.0
Six mediocre short stories set between the first and second films, each focusing on a different primary character. Nothing astounding here. The upside-down shot of the Enterprise on the cover is amusing, though.
reeshadovahsil's review
3.0
"Oof," I thought after reading the first selection, The Blaze of Glory. "I really hope that first story is the worst of the lot and not at all indicative of what is to come."
"Yikes!" thought I after the second story, Under Twin Moons, wrapped up in a rush after giving me false hope of an exciting Uhura adventure, yet never having managed to make any sense from the beginning, starting off with quoting the death date of her supposed lover, whom she would have had to have a relationship with 75 years before she was ever born. "Well, surely it will get better from here!"
Luckily for me, the third story, Wild Card was much better. It read as though all the action from a classic TOS episode was packed into a few pages with all the extraneous stuff stripped out. It was a quick but enjoyable and nostalgic read.
The fourth story, The Secret Empire was so-so, a bit silly, a bit clumsy in presenting its moral, but it definitely had its entertaining moments.
The fifth story, Intelligence Test, was very short and pretty pointless. I was especially disappointed by it as it was set up to be a Chekov story and there aren't enough good ones of those.
The sixth and final story, To Wherever, was so much fun! It definitely had some Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy vibes, which really worked here. Spock was painfully out of character at the start of the story, but that faded after a couple of pages, and it was still my favourite of the bunch.
If this collection had contained only Wild Card, The Secret Empire, and To Wherever, I probably would have said 4 stars.
As it is, a hard 3 stars from me. But I'd happily read the best selections again.
"Yikes!" thought I after the second story, Under Twin Moons, wrapped up in a rush after giving me false hope of an exciting Uhura adventure, yet never having managed to make any sense from the beginning, starting off with quoting the death date of her supposed lover, whom she would have had to have a relationship with 75 years before she was ever born. "Well, surely it will get better from here!"
Luckily for me, the third story, Wild Card was much better. It read as though all the action from a classic TOS episode was packed into a few pages with all the extraneous stuff stripped out. It was a quick but enjoyable and nostalgic read.
The fourth story, The Secret Empire was so-so, a bit silly, a bit clumsy in presenting its moral, but it definitely had its entertaining moments.
The fifth story, Intelligence Test, was very short and pretty pointless. I was especially disappointed by it as it was set up to be a Chekov story and there aren't enough good ones of those.
The sixth and final story, To Wherever, was so much fun! It definitely had some Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy vibes, which really worked here. Spock was painfully out of character at the start of the story, but that faded after a couple of pages, and it was still my favourite of the bunch.
If this collection had contained only Wild Card, The Secret Empire, and To Wherever, I probably would have said 4 stars.
As it is, a hard 3 stars from me. But I'd happily read the best selections again.
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