Thursday, December 20, 2001
Avenger
by William Shatner with Judith and Garfield Reeves-Stevens
Who would've thought that William Shatner could write? (Or at least hire good ghost writers to flesh out his ideas?) Shatner, if you don't know, is the actor who played Captain Kirk in Star Trek. He's written a few Trek novels of which this is the third. It was a good read, even if it does violate one of my pet peeves of resurrecting a dead character (before Judgment Day, that is). In this one a lethal virus is plaguing the plant life throughout the United Federation of Planets. Kirk, Captain Picard and their respective crews get caught up in the investigation and save the day. (I know it's bad form to reveal the ending, but do you really think that any Star Trek story is going to end in failure?) This book isn't perfect. Besides the above transgression I mentioned, this one makes connections between old episodes of the series that are hard to swallow. It also is pretty predictable with some of the "surprises" it tries to pull. But the plot is well crafted and kept my interest to the end. If you're looking for some science fictional brain candy, check it out.
LibraryThing link
Who would've thought that William Shatner could write? (Or at least hire good ghost writers to flesh out his ideas?) Shatner, if you don't know, is the actor who played Captain Kirk in Star Trek. He's written a few Trek novels of which this is the third. It was a good read, even if it does violate one of my pet peeves of resurrecting a dead character (before Judgment Day, that is). In this one a lethal virus is plaguing the plant life throughout the United Federation of Planets. Kirk, Captain Picard and their respective crews get caught up in the investigation and save the day. (I know it's bad form to reveal the ending, but do you really think that any Star Trek story is going to end in failure?) This book isn't perfect. Besides the above transgression I mentioned, this one makes connections between old episodes of the series that are hard to swallow. It also is pretty predictable with some of the "surprises" it tries to pull. But the plot is well crafted and kept my interest to the end. If you're looking for some science fictional brain candy, check it out.
LibraryThing link
Labels: CheckItOut, JudithandGarfieldReeves-Stevens, StarTrek, WilliamShatner
// posted by John @ 5:16 PM 
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