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New York : Pocket Books, 1984.
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No One On The Enterprise Can Believe That Mr. Spock Is Gone! As the crew grieves for Mr. Spock, the awesome Genesis Device, now controlled by the Federation, has transformed an inert nebula into a new planet teeming with life. But Genisis can also destroy existing worlds. The creators of the Device want it given freely to the Galaxy. But Starfleet Command fears that it will become a force for evil. And the enemies of the Federation will not rest until they seize it -- as their most powerful weapon in the battle to conquer the Galaxy!
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LibraryThing member benjamin.duffy
This is what a novelization of a movie should be! It provides supporting detail and backstory, without making the story drag or contradicting the events of the film. Everything McIntyre does here enriches the story, and it's a different experience going back and watching the film again after
This was a rewarding read, as a stand-alone novel or as a companion to the film.
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reading this. It's extremely impressive how well the author fleshes out even minor characters, giving them depth, motivation and unique voices.This was a rewarding read, as a stand-alone novel or as a companion to the film.
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LibraryThing member Karlstar
Not bad for a novelization of the movie. The movie wasn't that great, but the book is a bit better. Standard Star Trek fiction.
LibraryThing member AdonisGuilfoyle
Probably going about this all wrong, but I much prefer to read the novelisations of the Star Trek films - I think I've only actually seen The Wrath of Khan, and not even the whole of that! Anyway, at least I could imagine Kirstie Alley as Saavik, and not the replacement actress with the mullet. An
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enjoyable story too, focusing on the original cast - Kirk and Spock, Bones and Spock, Uhura, Chekov and the rest, plus an honorary mention for Saavik. And at least Kirk has a reason to be depressed here, and isn't just going through a midlife crisis a la The Motion Picture. Vonda McIntyre does a far better job of translating this film than 'Gene Roddenberry' (or his ghost writer) did with the first, capturing the essence of the characters without drowning the dialogue in introspection. Show Less
LibraryThing member LyndaInOregon
In this much-expanded novelization of the film, McIntyre spends almost as much time on the secondary plot threads as on the primary one.
She pays particular attention to McCoy's struggles as he tries to retain his own mental equilibrium against intrusions he can neither understand nor control.
David Marcus is also fleshed out, perhaps unfortunately, because he never comes off as anything more than a spoiled, petulant, angry young man whose own impatience carries the seeds of his ultimate downfall. The romance between his character and Saavik never manages to feel anything but contrived; as a result, her anguish at his death lacks emotional punch.
After all this build-up, the eventual retrieval of Spock from the disintegrating Genesis Planet and the ritual to replace his katra in his body, feels rushed and is somewhat of a letdown.
This one is arguably the best of the three novelizations. It feels like MccIntyre was given enough time and creative freedom to shape the story into something more than the narrative form of a shooting script. Still, it contains flaws -- some of which were inherent in the material she had to work with.
If it's less than perfect -- and it is -- it's still a mildly interesting expansion of some side issues that were ignored in the films.
She pays particular attention to McCoy's struggles as he tries to retain his own mental equilibrium against intrusions he can neither understand nor control.
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Carol Marcus is followed at length as she attempts to deal with the deaths of her friends and co-workers and to justify the decision she made to conceal David's parentage from him. The scenes between her and Kirk are as bitter and angry as anything ever presented in Trek's can't-we-all-get-along world; in fact, there's a bitterness and sense of betrayal that hangs around Kirk like an ugly aura all through this novel.David Marcus is also fleshed out, perhaps unfortunately, because he never comes off as anything more than a spoiled, petulant, angry young man whose own impatience carries the seeds of his ultimate downfall. The romance between his character and Saavik never manages to feel anything but contrived; as a result, her anguish at his death lacks emotional punch.
After all this build-up, the eventual retrieval of Spock from the disintegrating Genesis Planet and the ritual to replace his katra in his body, feels rushed and is somewhat of a letdown.
This one is arguably the best of the three novelizations. It feels like MccIntyre was given enough time and creative freedom to shape the story into something more than the narrative form of a shooting script. Still, it contains flaws -- some of which were inherent in the material she had to work with.
If it's less than perfect -- and it is -- it's still a mildly interesting expansion of some side issues that were ignored in the films.
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Original publication date
1984
Physical description
297 p.; 17 cm
ISBN
0671495003 / 9780671495008