Star Wreck 6: Geek Space Nine : An Extraterrestrial Example of Extreme Silliness

Star Wreck #6

by Leah Rewolinski

Mass boredom strikes Geek Space Nine

Genres: Star Trek, Humor, Science Fiction, Fiction

136 pages, Paperback

First published April 1, 1994

Reviews

[Bev · Rating 1 out of 5]

As one might suspect, Star Wreck 6: Geek Space Nine (1994) is the sixth Star Trek parody by Leah Rewolinski. And I think Leah is running out of humorous steam--either that or maybe I just don't find Deep Six Nine (er-- Deep Space Nine) as much fun to parody as other portions of the ST universe. So...maybe my bias is showing. Because Deep Space Nine is not my favorite variation on the Star Trek theme (my apologies to all DSN fans out there).

This time around, an epidemic of boredom has struck Geek Space Nine--the space station's crew and inhabitants couldn't act themselves out of a wet paperbag and their stories are not selling to the Universal Enquirer the way they used to. This means that tourists are avoiding the place like the plague. Starfreak Command who has poured way more money into the pricey dump than they should have cannot let the tourism numbers drop any further and so the crews of both the original USS Endocrine (under Captain Smirk) and the flashy, updated USS Endocrine-D (with Captain Ricardo) are sent to the strategic Gummi-Quardrant station to find a way to plug the tourism drain.

But the troubles aren't over when the starships arrive--in fact they multiply. Because Endocrine crew members start disappearing right and left into the mysterious Talent Void. Commander Dacron risks losing what little personality he has and heads into the Void to bring back the missing officers. Will he be in time? Will they find a way to reverse the effects? Will they then be able help the Geek Space Nine folks get their space station mojo back?

Will anybody care? Oops...got carried away there. But, honestly, the epidemic of boredom was so bad it just oozed right off the page and engulfed this reader. I have really enjoyed the previous installments of ST humor provided by Leah Rewolinski. I just didn't find this one all that funny. ★

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[Paul Lunger · Rating 1 out of 5]

As someone who didn't realize that the Star Wreck parodies has been turned into novels, this reader is kind of regretting finding this one. Book 6 in this series "Geek Space Nine" by Leah Rewolinski is an absolute disaster of a book which thankfully is short sweet and simple. The story involves the crews of the U.S.S. Endocrine & U.S.S. Endocrine-D visiting Geek Space Nine which is in danger of being shut down due to being extremely dull by Starfreak Command. While there somewhere in this book is a plot which also entails people being passed off into alternate dimensions it's hard to find. These characters while at time meant to be funny are & aren't and are so badly written it's hard to take them seriously.

[Kieran McAndrew · Rating 5 out of 5]

A crisis has occurred at Geek Space Nine station: Star Freak Command has discovered that this key fortress is manned by staff totally devoid of personality. They assign Smirk, Ricardo and their crews to help add dimension to the newest franchise operation in Star Freak.

There are plenty of clever jokes in 'Star Wreck: Geek Space Nine' and the plot actually revolves around a science fiction premise. A fun way to spend an hour or so.

[Nick de Vera · Rating 3 out of 5]

Nostalgia goggles, I'll admit. DS9 "looks like a Klingon IUD." Hah. Good times.

[Reesha · Rating 2 out of 5]

Not for me. A few small chuckles, with a better ending than most of the series, but still just an unfunny slog. 2.25 stars.