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A review by hemlocket
Across the Universe by Pamela Sargent, George Zebrowski
3.0
This was a fun, short Star Trek novel. It's one of those that has a kind of misleading summary on the back because the main conflict in the plot had nothing to do with the pre-WWIII era ship that the Enterprise found drifting in space and more to do with a surprise alien threat. Regretfully it's kind of the same formula of another book that I've read recently so I feel like I should take a break from reading all of these Star Trek novels in a row, but I felt like this was a different twist that I enjoyed for what it was. The themes of letting go of bitterness and distrust that ran throughout felt very true to Star Trek as a whole.
Enough time is devoted to developing the characters created for the novel that you get a basic gist of their personalities. My favorite was Glakov, Chekov's ancestor and notorious gangster who turned out not to be one. I would have read chapters of Chekov catching up with him because meeting your own long lost relative from the past is an interesting concept.
Honestly this reads very much like an episode of the show for me. It has the same kind of energy and would fit nicely as an episode, maybe a two-parter. The pacing clips along at a good pace. If I hadn't only read it between calls at work I would have finished in a few hours.
Enough time is devoted to developing the characters created for the novel that you get a basic gist of their personalities. My favorite was Glakov, Chekov's ancestor and notorious gangster who turned out not to be one. I would have read chapters of Chekov catching up with him because meeting your own long lost relative from the past is an interesting concept.
Honestly this reads very much like an episode of the show for me. It has the same kind of energy and would fit nicely as an episode, maybe a two-parter. The pacing clips along at a good pace. If I hadn't only read it between calls at work I would have finished in a few hours.