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A review by djwudi
Star Trek: The Wrath of Khan by Vonda N. McIntyre
4.0
(This review applies equally to [b:Star Trek II The Wrath of Khan|77349|Star Trek II The Wrath of Khan (Star Trek)|Vonda N. McIntyre|http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1170900096s/77349.jpg|74749], [b:Star Trek III The Search for Spock|76725|Star Trek III The Search for Spock (Star Trek #17)|Vonda N. McIntyre|http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1170899647s/76725.jpg|1529686], and [b:Star Trek IV The Voyage Home|1078437|Star Trek IV The Voyage Home (Star Trek)|Vonda N. McIntyre|http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1180802754s/1078437.jpg|824875].)
In a move that (if I remember correctly) was rather unusual for the time, the Star Trek franchise created three films that were direct sequels: each stands alone as its own story, but they also comprise three parts of one overarching story, with all the events taking place over the course of just a few months.
In a wonderful turn of events, author [a:Vonda N. McIntyre|23503|Vonda N. McIntyre|http://photo.goodreads.com/authors/1223870851p2/23503.jpg] handled the novelization of each of the three films, and did a masterful job of adapting each one, creating a whole at least as good as the sum of its parts. Diving deeply into not just the events of the films, but the motivations and repercussions for the characters and the universe as a whole in each book, McIntyre's novels stand as a model of what successful movie-to-film adaptations should be, and all too often aren't.
In a move that (if I remember correctly) was rather unusual for the time, the Star Trek franchise created three films that were direct sequels: each stands alone as its own story, but they also comprise three parts of one overarching story, with all the events taking place over the course of just a few months.
In a wonderful turn of events, author [a:Vonda N. McIntyre|23503|Vonda N. McIntyre|http://photo.goodreads.com/authors/1223870851p2/23503.jpg] handled the novelization of each of the three films, and did a masterful job of adapting each one, creating a whole at least as good as the sum of its parts. Diving deeply into not just the events of the films, but the motivations and repercussions for the characters and the universe as a whole in each book, McIntyre's novels stand as a model of what successful movie-to-film adaptations should be, and all too often aren't.