Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 9/5/84; site reed.UUCP Path: utzoo!decvax!tektronix!reed!todd From: todd@reed.UUCP (Todd Ellner) Newsgroups: net.sf-lovers Subject: Re: Re: Star Trek novels Message-ID: <2053@reed.UUCP> Date: Sun, 27-Oct-85 21:22:01 EST Article-I.D.: reed.2053 Posted: Sun Oct 27 21:22:01 1985 Date-Received: Mon, 28-Oct-85 23:27:01 EST References: <153@caip.RUTGERS.EDU> <1588@uwmacc.UUCP> Distribution: na Organization: Reed College, Portland, Oregon Lines: 25 > 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 *** REPLACE THIS LINE WITH YOUR MESSAGE *** 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