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zdnesbit's review against another edition
3.0
Hilarious! If you're a star trek reader, this should get at least another star rating.
wetdryvac's review against another edition
5.0
Only John M. Ford has so far managed to write a SF vaudeville spoof that I've enjoyed. I like vaudeville, and I like SF, but dear gods those things together go strangely in my head. Nevertheless, this book excels at the whole thing, and does a slapstick take on Star Trek I find to be quite charming, especially in contrast with his other works. Really well executed.
starfleetmom's review against another edition
lighthearted
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
1.0
Worst book I ever read
geofisch's review against another edition
4.0
I'm not sure the behavior of the Klingons really lines up with what we saw in The Final Reflection, and I'm not really a fan of inside jokes (including Tuckerizations of authors), and I'm not sure slapstick translates well to the page. I would have loved to see this filmed.
The Direidi were lucky Spock didn't beam down with the diplomatic team.
All that aside, it's good fun.
The Direidi were lucky Spock didn't beam down with the diplomatic team.
All that aside, it's good fun.
tpietila's review against another edition
1.0
I have read fairly few media tie-ins, and only about two or three Star Trek novels. I read some praising reviews of this book and dug up a copy. Well, I have read even less fan-fiction about Star Trek, but about all fan fiction I have read have much, much, much higher quality content and writing than this turd. It reads like a very bad Trek parody written by a very bad author who loves sophomoric humor (and has watched even less Star Trek than me). The characters and races behave out of character, and the plot is pretty worthless. The Enterprise, a Klingon vessel and a research ship all find a planet extremely rich in dilithium at about same time. They all land there, and encounter zany characters who tend to burst into song at odd moments. While on the planet all characters have separate “funny” adventures and everything is wrapped up with a stupid explanation within the last five pages. As a caveat, I really am not familiar with Trek tie-in fiction, so this could be a clever parody of such fare, but honestly, a Star Trek novel which ends with a giant pie-fight...[shudders], and honestly, it really isn't so funny as it sounds.
mousie_books's review
3.0
A hilariously fun (slapstick) and silly read. It doesn't really have much substance, but then again, I doubt its meant to.
I remember having the hardest time finding this in any library or buying a reprint (back-ordered), but finally grabbed a copy in a used bookstore. In fact, it was the last of the Pocket Star Trek books I read published prior to whenever I started obsessively reading them.
I remember having the hardest time finding this in any library or buying a reprint (back-ordered), but finally grabbed a copy in a used bookstore. In fact, it was the last of the Pocket Star Trek books I read published prior to whenever I started obsessively reading them.
_bookbabble_'s review against another edition
5.0
What a wild ride this one was! There was so many twists and turns (not to mention FUN) that it didn't feel like a Star Trek book at all!
I enjoyed every minute of this one!
I enjoyed every minute of this one!
1_and_owenly's review
4.0
So much fun! If you like Gilbert & Sullivan fueled farce injected into your Star Trek, you will enjoy this.
Admittedly a little of the dialogue seems slightly out of character, and some of the actions are dated. But all in all, it was an enjoyable read.
Admittedly a little of the dialogue seems slightly out of character, and some of the actions are dated. But all in all, it was an enjoyable read.
taaya's review
1.0
The first Star Trek novel I wanted to throw away halfway through.
It started of great, 5* potential with a malfunctioning computer that actually had some kind of personality of it's own. THAT would have been a great story but in the end this plot was discarded without a proper solution for about 200 pages of ... nonsense?
There were too many holes in the logic of this novel. First of all, there's a whole Starfleet crew stranded on a planet. The planet is full of dilithium, most important stuff in the universe, yes, but once Kirk beams down, he's too busy eating, drinking and helping a princess that's not really a princess to make her lover look like a hero in set up robbery. He doesn't ask for his missing fellows, he doesn't ask for the dilithium and his crew goes wandering off on their own without either permission or telling anybody.
And second the planet's inhabitants say (among themselves, so not in a way to discourage the Federation or the Klingons) that nobody can send a message from the planet, but not only do they know that the Federation shows a video produced by one of the inhabitants, but there's also a lot of trading with other worlds?
This book is just extremely badly edited. Because that is not even part of the whole comedy the inhabitants play for both the Klingons and the humans, but the basic setting and characters are already faulty.
The story itself then is actually simply not interesting. A headache infusing spinning between plot lines that never seem to lead anywhere.
But the worst part are the songs. Every few pages somebody bursts into songs without any reason. It's extremely annoying and actually way out of character for Kirk and his crew (maybe except Uhura) to simply listen to it instead of demanding information in a more effective way.
So apart from the first maybe 20 pages this book is unfortunately not worth reading.
And who the hell are Gilbert and Sullivan? And where is this supposed to be Shakespearian? I love Shakespeare, but this is nothing like his plays.
It started of great, 5* potential with a malfunctioning computer that actually had some kind of personality of it's own. THAT would have been a great story but in the end this plot was discarded without a proper solution for about 200 pages of ... nonsense?
There were too many holes in the logic of this novel. First of all, there's a whole Starfleet crew stranded on a planet. The planet is full of dilithium, most important stuff in the universe, yes, but once Kirk beams down, he's too busy eating, drinking and helping a princess that's not really a princess to make her lover look like a hero in set up robbery. He doesn't ask for his missing fellows, he doesn't ask for the dilithium and his crew goes wandering off on their own without either permission or telling anybody.
And second the planet's inhabitants say (among themselves, so not in a way to discourage the Federation or the Klingons) that nobody can send a message from the planet, but not only do they know that the Federation shows a video produced by one of the inhabitants, but there's also a lot of trading with other worlds?
This book is just extremely badly edited. Because that is not even part of the whole comedy the inhabitants play for both the Klingons and the humans, but the basic setting and characters are already faulty.
The story itself then is actually simply not interesting. A headache infusing spinning between plot lines that never seem to lead anywhere.
But the worst part are the songs. Every few pages somebody bursts into songs without any reason. It's extremely annoying and actually way out of character for Kirk and his crew (maybe except Uhura) to simply listen to it instead of demanding information in a more effective way.
So apart from the first maybe 20 pages this book is unfortunately not worth reading.
And who the hell are Gilbert and Sullivan? And where is this supposed to be Shakespearian? I love Shakespeare, but this is nothing like his plays.
emsley7's review
funny
lighthearted
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
4.0