The Lost Years (Star Trek)

by J. M. Dillard

1990

Status

Available

Publication

Pocket Books (1990), Edition: 1st, 440 pages

Description

After the end of the Enterprise's five-year mission, Captain Kirk, Mr. Spock, and Dr. McCoy struggle to establish new lives apart from each other and the starship. The newly-promoted Admiral Kirk is placed in charge of a specially-created Starfleet division and attempts to defuse a critical hostage situation; Mr. Spock, who, in the midst of a teaching assignment on Vulcan, finds the one thing he least expected; and Dr. McCoy, whose unerring instinct for trouble lands him smack in the middle of an incident that could trigger an interstellar bloodbath.

User reviews

LibraryThing member DarthDeverell

In Star Trek: The Lost Years, J.M. Dillard begins at the end of the U.S.S. Enterprise's five-year mission as the ship returns to Earth for refitting. Dillard follows Captain Kirk through his promotion to admiral as well as Spock and Dr. Leonard McCoy after they resign from Starfleet, setting up the

events in the original cast series of films. The story is primarily character-driven and works well to capture the feel of the original series while foreshadowing the more action-oriented nature of the feature films. Overall, The Lost Years is an enjoyable read, though it feels a bit disjointed as it jumps around between Kirk, Spock, and McCoy in order to explain their estrangement at the beginning of The Motion Picture. Still, Dillard writes with her usual understanding of the characters so that readers will enjoy going along with their experiences and can overlook the brevity of some parts of the story.

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LibraryThing member lunza

This fills in some of the happenings between the end of Kirk's first five-year mission and the beginning of Star Trek: The Motion Picture. Why Kirk let himself be promoted to admiral, why Spock decided to try to become a Kolinahru, why McCoy was off studying the Fabrini.

LibraryThing member Jthierer

Not as good as I would have hoped. The plot was good but it paints such a bleak picture of life for Bones, Spock and Kirk after their years on the Enterprise that it was almost depressing.

LibraryThing member IdeasWIN

This was my first read of a Star Trek novel. The author J.M. Dillard (Jeanne Kalogridis) is vaguely familiar to me and I think this prompted the reading more than the Star Trek topic.

Never a Trekkie but mostly a fan I am very pleased with JMD's treatment of the characters. The Lost Years is a

light enjoyable read - took me less than a day. It's fun, the kind of novel needed to take you away without the burden of deep thoughts and ponderings. Not what everyone likes but I don't see myself as a critic as some do. It's a NOVEL and should be pleasing.

Much to my gratification Dr. McCoy IS Dr. McCoy, in some ways a real life Eeyore seemingly without self control. And of course, Mr. Spock apparently in total control but struggling with all of that. James T. is his insightful and impetuous norm, who else could he be?

Want a little frivolous reading? Like Star Trek and it's characters? Read this, you'll be glad you did.

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LibraryThing member BellaWay

I found this book to be quite enjoyable, the writing was smooth very easy to get lost in, resulting in a fast read. The author transitioned between the characters stories very smoothly, I found myself wanting to get to the next parts as quickly as possible and enjoyed feeling the story coming

together very much. It was a similar feeling to watching a TV show. I did feel strongly for McCoy though, hopefully he has some better luck with the ladies in the next book (A Flag Full Of Stars) which I have already pulled from the bookcase and started to read.

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LibraryThing member LeticiaToraci

My favorite book inspired by the Star Trek universe.

LibraryThing member CathyInCanada

Nice to read about what some of what occurred after the final TV episode and the first motion picture movie.

LibraryThing member CathyInCanada

Nice to read about what some of what occurred after the final TV episode and the first motion picture movie.

LibraryThing member GlenRH

Ever wonder why Spock had secluded himself? Why Kirk accepted a desk job? Why McCoy left the fleet? This book connects the dots and gives a bonus. We learn some more about the Kolinharu. I enjoyed the interAction as the three get slowly driven apart. My one criticism is the amount of time spent

developing the Dwen character. It wasn't enough. The end would have been more effective had the author spent a chapter on making her more substantial. In all it was a good read.

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