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Bantam Books (1972), Edition: 16th
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A collection of exciting stories based on the well-known television series.
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LibraryThing member RBeffa
I read this as part of my personal celebration of the 50th anniversary of Star Trek 1966-2016. This also fits in with my goal to revisit a few old friends from childhood.
James Blish gets to turn Star Trek scripts/episodes into short stories. These stories are among the earliest Star Trek material
We have seven adapted scripts here: The Trouble With Tribbles, The Last Gunfight, The Doomsday Machine, Assignment: Earth, Mirror, Mirror, Friday's Child, and Amok Time. There are a couple genuine classic episodes here, as well as some lesser ones. None of these are
from the final 3rd season. They are all from season 2, including the season 2 opening classic episode "Amok Time" written by Theodore Sturgeon in which Kirk and Spock face a duel to the death on Vulcan.
Honestly, one reads this for a little nostalgia. There is no great writing here, just some enjoyable stories to revisit in your memory. I'm not sure how true to the original episodes these stories are, because it has been a very long time since I watched any of them.
James Blish gets to turn Star Trek scripts/episodes into short stories. These stories are among the earliest Star Trek material
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published. When this came out in April 1969 the show was just about finished being broadcast and had already been cancelled. Who would guess that the voyage was really just beginning?We have seven adapted scripts here: The Trouble With Tribbles, The Last Gunfight, The Doomsday Machine, Assignment: Earth, Mirror, Mirror, Friday's Child, and Amok Time. There are a couple genuine classic episodes here, as well as some lesser ones. None of these are
from the final 3rd season. They are all from season 2, including the season 2 opening classic episode "Amok Time" written by Theodore Sturgeon in which Kirk and Spock face a duel to the death on Vulcan.
Honestly, one reads this for a little nostalgia. There is no great writing here, just some enjoyable stories to revisit in your memory. I'm not sure how true to the original episodes these stories are, because it has been a very long time since I watched any of them.
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LibraryThing member gothamajp
In the dark times between the end of Star Trek’s initial run and the start of reruns the only way to experience the voyages of the starship Enterprise was through this series of slim paperbacks with short story adaptations of the TV series episodes.
I picked this volume to read as it included an
It’s an eclectic mix of seven stories of which six were from season two and the aforementioned ‘Gun’ from season three. They are presented in a random order which bears no relationship to the broadcast order, but that doesn’t really impact the stories as there was no real sense of continuity in the show at that point.
Blish’s adaptations are brisk in pacing and assume that the reader already knows the characters and the basic premise from the show as there is little characterization or world building. There are a few omissions and slight differences to the broadcast episodes which points to the stories being adapted from early drafts of the shooting scripts.
Overall a fun insight into the early days of the Trek franchise.
I picked this volume to read as it included an
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adaptation of ‘Specter of the Gun’ a story I’d written about in the Outside In: Boldly Goes anthology a few years ago. It’s an eclectic mix of seven stories of which six were from season two and the aforementioned ‘Gun’ from season three. They are presented in a random order which bears no relationship to the broadcast order, but that doesn’t really impact the stories as there was no real sense of continuity in the show at that point.
Blish’s adaptations are brisk in pacing and assume that the reader already knows the characters and the basic premise from the show as there is little characterization or world building. There are a few omissions and slight differences to the broadcast episodes which points to the stories being adapted from early drafts of the shooting scripts.
Overall a fun insight into the early days of the Trek franchise.
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Original publication date
1969-04 (eng.)
1975 (nld.)
ISBN
0553123122 / 9780553123128