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From: todd@reed.UUCP (Todd Ellner)
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Subject: Re: Re: Star Trek novels
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Date: Sun, 27-Oct-85 21:22:01 EST
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> I rate them [star trek novels] on par
> with "The Sword of Shannara".  Yeah, that's kinda harsh, but it's like they
> were books that I finished, but had no real desire to keep reading.
> Furthermore, I may have missed something of deep philosophical import, but it
> seemed that the same plot line was carried from book to book, with a few
> characters changed here and there.  "Well, a beautiful woman with superhuman
> capabilities?  Gosh, Kirk is falling for her?  What?  His duties to his
> ship come between them?  Oh, he's wrestling with his conscience *again*?!"
> Sure, I'm reducing the plot line to a single idea, and ignoring the
> all-important (set sarcasm mode) treatment of walking the fine line of the
> Non-interference Directive, but face it: how many times can the same story
> be written by an author or authors before it gets stale? 
> 
>  - joel "vo" plutchak
>    {allegra,ihnp4,seismo}!uwvax!uwmacc!oyster

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There is at least one star trek novel which doesn't follow the formula,
_Final_Reflection_ by, I believe,John Ford.  It's about a Klingon
starship commander and takes place long before anything in the series.
It's pretty good reading and has some nice ideas about everyone's favorite
villains.

                                                         Todd