Friday, July 31, 2020
Provenance of Shadows
by David R. George III
First read in July 2007.
waiting room material
Labels: Crucible, DavidGeorge, StarTrek, WaitingRoomMaterial
Saturday, December 29, 2007
Crucible: Kirk
by David R. George III
This is the third novel of the Crucible trilogy; the shortest and the most straightforward. For me, it was also the least enjoyable. Which is not to say that it's a horrible book. As far as Star Trek books go, it's quite all right. The main sin of this book was that it tried to follow the format of the trilogy and have the protagonist--Captain Kirk, in this case--come to terms with his life and especially, the events of the episode "City on the Edge of Forever". The problem is, unlike Spock and McCoy, who live to a ripe old age, James T. Kirk dies a heroic death. How can he confront the demons of his past after he dies? Unless, of course, there's some twist added to his death to make it quite not so fatal. Well, you get the idea. It's a story that, in one sense, shouldn't have been created, much less told. On the other hand, I did really enjoy the end, which made up for it just a little bit.
Waiting room material, of course.
LibraryThing link
This is the third novel of the Crucible trilogy; the shortest and the most straightforward. For me, it was also the least enjoyable. Which is not to say that it's a horrible book. As far as Star Trek books go, it's quite all right. The main sin of this book was that it tried to follow the format of the trilogy and have the protagonist--Captain Kirk, in this case--come to terms with his life and especially, the events of the episode "City on the Edge of Forever". The problem is, unlike Spock and McCoy, who live to a ripe old age, James T. Kirk dies a heroic death. How can he confront the demons of his past after he dies? Unless, of course, there's some twist added to his death to make it quite not so fatal. Well, you get the idea. It's a story that, in one sense, shouldn't have been created, much less told. On the other hand, I did really enjoy the end, which made up for it just a little bit.
Waiting room material, of course.
LibraryThing link
Labels: Crucible, DavidGeorge, StarTrek, WaitingRoomMaterial
Thursday, October 25, 2007
Crucible: Spock
by David R. George III
This is the second volume of the Crucible trilogy, a tale celebrating the 40th Anniversary of Star Trek. I picked up the first volume, Provenance of Shadows, for the flight home from Hong Kong and enjoyed that enough to check out the rest. This book isn't quite as enjoyable. The main storyline follows Spock as he tries again to achieve Kolinahr and remove all of his emotions. Interwoven throughout the story are flashbacks from Spock's career, most notably events experienced in the episode "City on the Edge of Forever". I think the main premise is flawed. The events of Star Trek: The Motion Picture had pretty much put Spock's desire to achieve Kolinahr at rest and to have him want to try again after so many years, even under the circumstances laid out in the story, is--dare I say it?--illogical. But so it goes. Mr. George does love Star Trek and has written a number of fine moments into the book. So I can't complain too much.
It makes for good waiting room material.
LibraryThing link
This is the second volume of the Crucible trilogy, a tale celebrating the 40th Anniversary of Star Trek. I picked up the first volume, Provenance of Shadows, for the flight home from Hong Kong and enjoyed that enough to check out the rest. This book isn't quite as enjoyable. The main storyline follows Spock as he tries again to achieve Kolinahr and remove all of his emotions. Interwoven throughout the story are flashbacks from Spock's career, most notably events experienced in the episode "City on the Edge of Forever". I think the main premise is flawed. The events of Star Trek: The Motion Picture had pretty much put Spock's desire to achieve Kolinahr at rest and to have him want to try again after so many years, even under the circumstances laid out in the story, is--dare I say it?--illogical. But so it goes. Mr. George does love Star Trek and has written a number of fine moments into the book. So I can't complain too much.
It makes for good waiting room material.
LibraryThing link
Labels: Crucible, DavidGeorge, StarTrek, WaitingRoomMaterial
Friday, July 06, 2007
Crucible: McCoy
by David R. George III
I was looking for a book to read on my flight back to the States and picked up this one. It basically has two story lines branching out from the Star Trek episode "City on the Edge of Forever". The first story line follows the life of Leonard McCoy after he saves the life of Edith Keeler and changes history, the second follows the life of Leonard McCoy after Kirk and Spock prevent him from saving Edith Keeler and they all return to the 23rd Century. How can this be? Well, the explanation is a bit lame. But the story is interesting enough for waiting room material. I'm tempted to check out the other Crucible volumes, if for no other reason than to find out how the Spock and Kirk tales fit together with this.
LibraryThing link
I was looking for a book to read on my flight back to the States and picked up this one. It basically has two story lines branching out from the Star Trek episode "City on the Edge of Forever". The first story line follows the life of Leonard McCoy after he saves the life of Edith Keeler and changes history, the second follows the life of Leonard McCoy after Kirk and Spock prevent him from saving Edith Keeler and they all return to the 23rd Century. How can this be? Well, the explanation is a bit lame. But the story is interesting enough for waiting room material. I'm tempted to check out the other Crucible volumes, if for no other reason than to find out how the Spock and Kirk tales fit together with this.
LibraryThing link
Labels: Crucible, DavidGeorge, StarTrek, WaitingRoomMaterial
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