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Star Wreck #3
Star Wreck III: Time Warped
The third book in the bestselling series parodying America's favorite science fiction TV show. The crews of Captain Smirk and Captain Jean-Lucy Ricardo blunder through the timeline to retrieve a videotape accidentally transported into the future--which has spawned a bizarre "wrekkie" cult of U.S.S. Endocrine crew wanna-bes.
117 pages, Paperback
First published October 1, 1992
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February 4, 2013
Another clever installment in the ongoing parody of the rivalry between the original and Next Generation Star Treks. The focus this time are two different important Trek staples: Time travel stories and the inherent wackiness of them and, of course, "Trekkie" fan and convention culture. It is witty and fun at times in regards to both themes, but the joke is starting to get old by this point and it gets rather tedious through much of it.
June 6, 2022
Westerley Flusher's video diary gets lost in a temporal displacement and creates a society who worship the crew of the 'U.S.S. Endocrine'. Captain Jean-Lucy Ricardo is hell bent on destroying the tape before it falls into the Wrekkies' hands, but Captain Smirk sees the potential for some easy loving if the tape is discovered.
Predating 'Galaxy Quest' by a number of years, this is a fun look at fandom and still manages to parody time travel episodes from the 'Star Trek' franchise.
Predating 'Galaxy Quest' by a number of years, this is a fun look at fandom and still manages to parody time travel episodes from the 'Star Trek' franchise.
July 14, 2021
A very silly, but fun romp through a parody TOS, Star Trek the Next Generation, the Time Tunnel, Dr. Who, and other sci-fi tropes including a dash of 1980s - remember VCRs?
Enjoyed it when it first came out in the early 90s and enjoyed it again 30 years later.
Enjoyed it when it first came out in the early 90s and enjoyed it again 30 years later.
March 19, 2017
This is the most inspired of the first three volumes in this series of short parodies of Star Dreck. Hilarious, and also fairly creative. The author should have written other books.
I'm delighted to have found out there were a few more volumes after this.
I'm delighted to have found out there were a few more volumes after this.
March 24, 2015
"Space. We need more of it.
These are the voyages of the Starship Endocrine. Its mission: to cruise around the universe looking for novel predicaments to get into. To sear the outskirts of the galaxy for areas with less crowding, lower tax rates, and better schools.
To boldly go where nobody wanted to go before!"
Star Wreck III: Time Warped is the third in a series of Star Trek parodies by Leah Rewolinski. I'm a sucker for a good parody and when the parody is about Star Trek I definitely can't resist. The stories feature both Classic Trek and Next Generation crews and this installment pokes fun at Trek's fondness for time travel stories as well as sneaking in a few zingers on the ways and mores of Trek fandom and conventions. The two crews are off on a mission to track down a videotape that slipped through a time warp and wound up in the hands of a teenager who spawned the "Wrekkie" fanbase--a bizarre cult of U.S.S. Endocrine crew wanna-bes. They blunder their way through the past and the present--making mistakes and affecting such minor events as the Civil War and World War II. But will they be able to get the video tape back before the fans view more about their private lives than they want known?
Parodies are great fun when done well and Rewolinski handles the Trek universe well. I will say that I think it's a good thing that I've spaced these out...I don't believe the parodies would read as well if read back-to-back. A little humor goes a long way. ★★★ for a fun, quick read.
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These are the voyages of the Starship Endocrine. Its mission: to cruise around the universe looking for novel predicaments to get into. To sear the outskirts of the galaxy for areas with less crowding, lower tax rates, and better schools.
To boldly go where nobody wanted to go before!"
Star Wreck III: Time Warped is the third in a series of Star Trek parodies by Leah Rewolinski. I'm a sucker for a good parody and when the parody is about Star Trek I definitely can't resist. The stories feature both Classic Trek and Next Generation crews and this installment pokes fun at Trek's fondness for time travel stories as well as sneaking in a few zingers on the ways and mores of Trek fandom and conventions. The two crews are off on a mission to track down a videotape that slipped through a time warp and wound up in the hands of a teenager who spawned the "Wrekkie" fanbase--a bizarre cult of U.S.S. Endocrine crew wanna-bes. They blunder their way through the past and the present--making mistakes and affecting such minor events as the Civil War and World War II. But will they be able to get the video tape back before the fans view more about their private lives than they want known?
Parodies are great fun when done well and Rewolinski handles the Trek universe well. I will say that I think it's a good thing that I've spaced these out...I don't believe the parodies would read as well if read back-to-back. A little humor goes a long way. ★★★ for a fun, quick read.
First posted on my blog My Reader's Block. Please request permission before reposting. Thanks.
March 5, 2015
It was as much as I've expected from this series. This time, they mix up the crews and do some time-jumping, with various Trek (and Dr. Who!) callbacks. So ... I think it did guffaw once or twice, but -- there are some aspects where it does seems a bit dated.
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