Star Wreck II: The Attack of the Jargonites

Star Wreck #2

by Leah Rewolinski, Harry Trumbore (Illustrator)

Fresh from their victory over the dreaded Cellulites, Captain Jean-Luc Ricardo, Captain James T. Smirk, and their plucky crew aboard the U.S.S. Endocrine look forward to relaxing when suddenly, before one can say, "Beam me up", the Jargonites are positioned to attack Earth. An unauthorized, unendorsed, unofficial, and unintelligent parody.

Genres: Star Trek, Science Fiction, Humor, Comedy, Fiction

245 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1992

Reviews

[Bryan Frazier]

This book is number two out of a series of seven . I enjoyed the book a a fun read . ( Those whom are Star Trek fans will get the humor more than those who are not . But , it would be / will be funny to almost anyone !! The story has parodies of both existing (At the time !! ) Star Trek series . This means from the Original Series AND from The Next Generation !! The ending is a little on the fair ; not great side . But , this does not detract from my enjoyment of the story much . This is the first in the series that I have read , but so far I will recommend the book !!

[Kieran McAndrew]

Smirk and Ricardo face the Starfreak's biggest threat yet: life coaches! The Jargonites are set to take over everything with their unique blandishments and only the crews of the 'U.S.S. Endocrine' can stop them.

Rewolinski's sly digs at science fiction in general make this a witty read.

[Joel Everett]

A fun and light-hearted romp of a parody on Star Trek the Original Series and Next Generation.

[Reesha]

While not quite as awful as the first one, it's still a mess. A wreck, I might go so far as to say. I'm so disappointed in this series. I thought it was going to be funny!

[Don Incognito]

Hilarious. In contrast to other reviews, I think this is much funnier than Mad Magazine Star Dreck parodies.

[David]

This book continues the Trek fan's dream of having lots of Trek humor that satirizes the beloved characters and concepts. It is clearly not as fresh and funny as the first book, but this time we get to see the original and Next Gen crews each in their own ship and competing with each other rather than trying to share a ship and work together. Fans always wanted to see the two crews square off,and Generations tried to fill that desire, but left most fans dissapointed. Despite the comedy and absurdity, this about as close to that fan desire that we are ever likely to experience, even in comics or novel form. The owners of the franchise are very coy about telling stories like that. In fact, despite the absurdity, the stories do read almost like real Trek stories in much of the text. This time, self-help gurus, rather than dieting culture are the target of satire.

[Phillip]

This one was a little better than the first installment, but instead of 80s fat jokes, this one is 80s/early 90s self help parody. So ... a slight improvement, but not much. It's generally funny, but a MAD magazine Star Trek spoof is probably better.

[Kelly (Maybedog)]

Just not that funny.

[Bev]

Another terrific parody. I haven't been able to find any of the others, but when I do...