Comments on: Library Computer: Retro Review “Enterprise First Adventure” + Pocket’s 2009 Book Plans

By: My Control Is Excellent

My Control Is Excellent — Wed, 03 Jun 2009 14:01:23 +0000

Did this novel establish the whole “Klingons love Shakespeare” thing?

When I was a kid I thought Vonda McIntyre was a genius. Until I read Dreamsnake that is.

By: Allen 2 Saint

Allen 2 Saint — Wed, 06 May 2009 01:35:00 +0000

I enjoy the more experimental books. Lately, they are all war, shoot ‘em ups. I think Vonda’s stuff was fun. Loved her novelizations.

By: Jack

Jack — Thu, 24 Apr 2008 17:10:22 +0000

She did have a major boner for Sulu. I seem to remember a description of his sinewy form somewhere along the line.

There was a novel I remember wanting to see as a movie when I was 13 — I think… Uhura’s Song… with the race of cat people. Perhaps I was still missing the Ewok Adventures or something.

By: Izbot

Izbot — Wed, 23 Apr 2008 23:46:19 +0000

91. Go Spock!
“… the ONLY Trek book I’ve read yet!”

There are many much better Trek novels that you can enjoy. John Ford’s “The Final Reflection” is an *excellent* book that happens to be about Star Trek. Diane Carey’s “Final Frontier” was good, and the awesome Judith & Garfield Reeves-Stevens’ “Prime Directive” and “Federation” are great (they were also writers on ENT season 4) as well as their DS9 “Millennium” trilogy. I still love Gene Roddenberry’s novelization of ST:TMP.

By: Go Spock!

Go Spock! — Wed, 23 Apr 2008 22:11:44 +0000

… the ONLY Trek book I’ve read yet!
perhaps I’ll read more…
I love reading!!!
:)

By: Keith R.A. DeCandido

Keith R.A. DeCandido — Wed, 23 Apr 2008 15:41:14 +0000

#88: Vonda didn’t know it was snipped when she wrote the novelization. The lead time on writing novelizations is sufficiently long that the novelizer rarely is aware of cuts to the film. And even then, you include that stuff anyhow because a novel has much more storytelling space than a movie. (To give a personal example, there were a bunch of scenes with Inara in SERENITY that were cut, but they’re all in my novelization.) So as far as she knew when writing the STAR TREK II novelization, Sulu =was= a captain about to take over Excelsior, as was in the script she had available to her.

When she wrote STAR TREK III and IV, she decided to be consistent with her previous work.

By: JB Gestl

JB Gestl — Wed, 23 Apr 2008 10:33:06 +0000

I just think its awesome that Bob Orci & Keith R.A. DeCandido post here with us.

Oh, and I have that book, too. Somewhere probably in the back row of my oldest bookshelf. I kind of remember liking it.

By: Simon

Simon — Wed, 23 Apr 2008 09:35:12 +0000

I’m surprised no one’s mentioned McIntyre’s Sulu obsession, taking an offhand snipped comment from ST:II and practically writing another novel about it.

Unrelated I’ve always found Sulu to be one of the most boring Trek regular characters ever. At least George Takei made his scenes more interesting than the character as written merited.

By: I Am Morg Not Eymorg

I Am Morg Not Eymorg — Tue, 22 Apr 2008 23:12:30 +0000

OM:

The novelization of Star Trek the Motion Picture was released by Pocket Dec 1979.

Bantam’s Perry’s Planet was released Feb 1980

Bantam’s Galactic Whirlpool was released in Oct 1980

Death’s Angel, the final Bantam book was released April of 1981.

Pocket’s Entropy Effect was released June of 1981

Sources are Memory Alpha, Memory Beta, Star Trek Book Guide, Star Trek Books Board, The Complete Starfleet Library.

Where are you located in Texas. I live in and grew up here in Texas as well and I recall trouble with comic and book and magazine distribution back then.

By: Izbot

Izbot — Tue, 22 Apr 2008 23:00:43 +0000

I never finished this novel. I got to the circus with the Klingons scene (?) and then this blonde laughing Vulcan juggler named Stephen shows up and the floor fell out. What the hell was up with that?! I have no regrets at never finishing it.

I did really enjoy “Final Frontier” and even “Strangers from the Sky” somewhat. I think those were the next two ‘giant’ Trek novels after “Enterprise:TFA”.