Star Wreck V: The Undiscovered Nursing Home

Star Wreck #5

by Leah Rewolinski, Harry Trumbore (Illustrator)

The most out-of-this-world parody imaginable of America's favorite science fiction TV series returns. The Captain Smirk and his crew refuse early retirement, steal their own ship and take over the planet that holds the Fountain of Youth. But Captain Jean-Lucy Ricardo is out to bring them in.

Genres: Science Fiction, Star Trek, Humor, Fiction

149 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1993

Reviews

[Jess · Rating 3 out of 5]

I read a few of these back in middle school. Back then I thought they were the fight of comedy. Now... here is how I would describe not only this book but the series as a whole. Imagine a 90s style Star Trek Book and Mad Magazine or old school Cracked magazine put in a blender. While it is clever at time it is NEVER as funny as it thinks it is... it was funny... but laugh out loud hilarious.

I don't know if that is just me getting older and sense of humor expanding. Or is it because in the interim- I discovered Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy and Red Dwarf. We're had some brilliant sci-fi and or Star Trek parodies in the form of Futurama, The Orville, or ever Star Trek: Lower Decks.

It's good for an hour or two of goofy chuckles on a rainy day, but not much else.

[Joel Everett · Rating 4 out of 5]

A rollicking parody of Star Trek featuring the original series, Next Generation, and even a Deep Space Nine Sisko knock-off. If you want a light easy read full of 80s and 90s references then this book is for you. Sometimes it's just nice to have a silly book to read that takes you back to a lighter time.

[Kieran McAndrew · Rating 5 out of 5]

Star Freak Command decide that Smirk and his crew have passed mandatory retirement age, so order Ricardo to capture them at any cost and bring them to a twilight years residential home. However, Smirk is not so easily captured.

An hilarious entry in the 'Star Wreck' Series, crammed full of spot on spoofs.

[Reesha · Rating 2 out of 5]

I'm clearly not the target audience for this series, as I really just don't get it - nothing about this is funny to me. So there's no point in you reading this review unless you are Future Me trying to remember which Star Trek books you wanted to reread.

I did appreciate that this one at least had some original content and wasn't just rehashing things that had already happened on the shows but with a bunch of silly names.

Even with that tiny bit of praise, it's still just a 2 star for me. I believe I mildly chuckled 1 time, and the rest of the time just wanted the book to be over already.

[Octavia Cade · Rating 1 out of 5]

Look, it wasn't terrible. There was the odd joke that was quite funny, and the author's knowledge (and love) of Star Trek comes through loud and clear. As a Trek fan myself, I can appreciate that.

That said, it was rather frenetic and a bit all over the place - very much "throw everything at a wall and hopefully some of it will stick". One of those cases where less would have been more, I reckon. Then again, I prefer my comedy to be a bit blacker-tinged than this, so perhaps I'm not quite the target audience (I see other reviewers liked it a lot more).

[Jeffrey · Rating 3 out of 5]

When you throw enough sh*t at the wall, some of it is bound to stick. While most of the jokes were insipid, juvenile and not funny at all, every once in a while one would really be good. Believe it or not I enjoyed this book.

[Justin · Rating 3 out of 5]

Not as good as Generation Gap, but it was still good for a chuckle.