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Star Trek (2011) #8
Star Trek Comicband 8: Die neue Zeit 3
Nach dem Film ist vor dem Film - die neuen Abenteuer der verjüngten Crew gehen weiter!
In der Adaption der klassischen Folge "Landru und die Ewigkeit" (Staffel 1, Epidose 22, orig. "The Return of the Archons!") suchen Kirk, Spock noch einem vermissten Raumschiff, das Hinweise über die Zukunft der gesamten Sternenflotte bereithält. Und in der zweiten Geschichte "Die Wahrheit über die Tribbles" begegnet die Enterprise-Crew der wohl flauschigsten Alien-Spezies im Universum in einem brandneuen Abenteuer, das die klassische Folge "Kennen Sie Tribbles" (Staffel 2, Episode 13, orig. "The Troble with Tribbles") zur Grundlage hat. Der dritte Band versammelt die US-Heftausgaben 9-12.
In den USA war der erste Sammelband binnen kürzester Zeit ausverkauft, denn die Macher des erfolgreichen Kino-Reboots mischen seit Anfang an mit: Der Comicreihe wurde von niemand Geringerem als dem STAR TREK-Autoren und -Produzenten Roberto Orci betreut. So wurde sichergestellt, dass die neuen/alten Comic-Storys der aktuellen Film-Timeline folgen und dass Comics und Filme nahtlos ineinandergreifen. Die Nonstop-STAR TREK-Garantie!
In der Adaption der klassischen Folge "Landru und die Ewigkeit" (Staffel 1, Epidose 22, orig. "The Return of the Archons!") suchen Kirk, Spock noch einem vermissten Raumschiff, das Hinweise über die Zukunft der gesamten Sternenflotte bereithält. Und in der zweiten Geschichte "Die Wahrheit über die Tribbles" begegnet die Enterprise-Crew der wohl flauschigsten Alien-Spezies im Universum in einem brandneuen Abenteuer, das die klassische Folge "Kennen Sie Tribbles" (Staffel 2, Episode 13, orig. "The Troble with Tribbles") zur Grundlage hat. Der dritte Band versammelt die US-Heftausgaben 9-12.
In den USA war der erste Sammelband binnen kürzester Zeit ausverkauft, denn die Macher des erfolgreichen Kino-Reboots mischen seit Anfang an mit: Der Comicreihe wurde von niemand Geringerem als dem STAR TREK-Autoren und -Produzenten Roberto Orci betreut. So wurde sichergestellt, dass die neuen/alten Comic-Storys der aktuellen Film-Timeline folgen und dass Comics und Filme nahtlos ineinandergreifen. Die Nonstop-STAR TREK-Garantie!
112 pages, Kindle Edition
First published September 1, 2014
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Mike Johnson
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Mike Johnson is a comic book writer.
An almost lifelong Trekkie, he has scripted more Star Trek comic books than anyone else to date.
Mike Johnson is a comic book writer.
An almost lifelong Trekkie, he has scripted more Star Trek comic books than anyone else to date.
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May 18, 2019
The 4-issue story from last volume is followed, in true Star Trek fashion, by three very short stories that do nothing for the status quo.
Let's make every male character a woman and vice versa, but keep their personalities exactly the same as their Prime counterparts so Trekkies know that they are still reading Star Trek here. Just for kicks. This is exactly what the TV show would do. Every male is still a sexist pig in this universe, so at least it has that in common with our own. Right, feminists?
Science officer 0718 is an integral part of the Enterprise. It's not clear what he does, but it's plenty, apparently. He recounts how the Enterprise found a perfectly spherical planet during their 5-year mission. Their scans infect the ship's computer which starts to act erratically, then generates an android that claims it is the Enterprise.
The away team investigates a jungle planet and discover 20th century objects and technology. And a deadly creature whose DNA is 99.2% similar to the human one. It turns out to be a human captain from 300 years before.
Let's make every male character a woman and vice versa, but keep their personalities exactly the same as their Prime counterparts so Trekkies know that they are still reading Star Trek here. Just for kicks. This is exactly what the TV show would do. Every male is still a sexist pig in this universe, so at least it has that in common with our own. Right, feminists?
Science officer 0718 is an integral part of the Enterprise. It's not clear what he does, but it's plenty, apparently. He recounts how the Enterprise found a perfectly spherical planet during their 5-year mission. Their scans infect the ship's computer which starts to act erratically, then generates an android that claims it is the Enterprise.
The away team investigates a jungle planet and discover 20th century objects and technology. And a deadly creature whose DNA is 99.2% similar to the human one. It turns out to be a human captain from 300 years before.
March 24, 2024
Star Trek Vol. 8
A subspace anomaly causes the crew of the 'U.S.S. Enterprise' to meet their counterparts from a parallel universe and the origins of Officer 0718 are explained in the latest missions for Kirk and his crew.
Johnson's continuing storyline is effective and begins to move away from simple "go-overs" of the Original Series episodes. Some lovely use of shading and colour add to the quality of this graphic collection.
A subspace anomaly causes the crew of the 'U.S.S. Enterprise' to meet their counterparts from a parallel universe and the origins of Officer 0718 are explained in the latest missions for Kirk and his crew.
Johnson's continuing storyline is effective and begins to move away from simple "go-overs" of the Original Series episodes. Some lovely use of shading and colour add to the quality of this graphic collection.
October 12, 2016
I have consistently ranked the novels in this series highly. I've enjoyed each and every one of them immensely.
But this one, this one irritated me, for the same reason a lot of fucking books irritate me.
We really couldn't have just had a fun crossover with the Enterprise crew meeting their gender-bended selves, could we? Nooo, we have to throw little jabs in there about misogyny and how Jane Kirk isn't treated well by command because she's a woman.
It was the same shit I see in way too much media nowadays: We have to throw that bone to the audience, we have to show them how Aware™ we are about ~women's rights~ and ~misogyny~ and the fricking ~glass ceiling~ (which is strongly alluded to when Jane is talking with the Admiral).
Point being, claiming that Jane Kirk was being discriminated against because she was a female captain was a cheap, irritating thing that didn't need to be there. It truly and honestly did not. And it came off as more than a touch disingenuous given the setting, since this is a GENDER-BENT UNIVERSE, and that means that the majority of the Enterprise's crew would be FEMALE.
Female CAPTAIN. Female FIRST OFFICER. Female CHIEF ENGINEER. Female CHIEF MEDICAL OFFICER. Female HELMSMAN. Female NAVIGATOR.
See how stupid Jane's claim that the Admirals were intimidated by a young female captain sound, in that context? Women literally dominate the flagship of the goddamn Federation!
It aggravates me because in the side-stories (the games, the comics, the novels), it's strongly implied that Jim Kirk got a lot of the same flack for being so young, "he hasn't paid his dues" and all that. But when Jane Kirk gets flack- well gosh, that must be misogyny, and not because any and all Admirals would be uncomfortable with someone that young, and that headstrong piloting the flagship of the Federation, their sex be damned.
This could have been a fun little story, but instead I had to be reminded about how my sex can't be represented in the media without having a Serious Talk moment where we acknowledge the Hidden Misogyny in the world. I'd have been pleasantly surprised if the story had avoided doing the "now let's look at the camera and give everybody the obligatory reminder that teh menz will always want to keep women down", because tbh I was expecting it when I realized the plot of the story. I got exactly what I was expecting to get, and not in a good way.
The rest of the book was fine, five stars easily. But I have no patience left for this business of shoehorning stupid examples of 'misogyny' into fiction so the creator can get ass-pats for how Aware™ they are.
But this one, this one irritated me, for the same reason a lot of fucking books irritate me.
We really couldn't have just had a fun crossover with the Enterprise crew meeting their gender-bended selves, could we? Nooo, we have to throw little jabs in there about misogyny and how Jane Kirk isn't treated well by command because she's a woman.
It was the same shit I see in way too much media nowadays: We have to throw that bone to the audience, we have to show them how Aware™ we are about ~women's rights~ and ~misogyny~ and the fricking ~glass ceiling~ (which is strongly alluded to when Jane is talking with the Admiral).
Point being, claiming that Jane Kirk was being discriminated against because she was a female captain was a cheap, irritating thing that didn't need to be there. It truly and honestly did not. And it came off as more than a touch disingenuous given the setting, since this is a GENDER-BENT UNIVERSE, and that means that the majority of the Enterprise's crew would be FEMALE.
Female CAPTAIN. Female FIRST OFFICER. Female CHIEF ENGINEER. Female CHIEF MEDICAL OFFICER. Female HELMSMAN. Female NAVIGATOR.
See how stupid Jane's claim that the Admirals were intimidated by a young female captain sound, in that context? Women literally dominate the flagship of the goddamn Federation!
It aggravates me because in the side-stories (the games, the comics, the novels), it's strongly implied that Jim Kirk got a lot of the same flack for being so young, "he hasn't paid his dues" and all that. But when Jane Kirk gets flack- well gosh, that must be misogyny, and not because any and all Admirals would be uncomfortable with someone that young, and that headstrong piloting the flagship of the Federation, their sex be damned.
This could have been a fun little story, but instead I had to be reminded about how my sex can't be represented in the media without having a Serious Talk moment where we acknowledge the Hidden Misogyny in the world. I'd have been pleasantly surprised if the story had avoided doing the "now let's look at the camera and give everybody the obligatory reminder that teh menz will always want to keep women down", because tbh I was expecting it when I realized the plot of the story. I got exactly what I was expecting to get, and not in a good way.
The rest of the book was fine, five stars easily. But I have no patience left for this business of shoehorning stupid examples of 'misogyny' into fiction so the creator can get ass-pats for how Aware™ they are.
September 22, 2014
An incredibly fun and enjoyable addition to the "Star Trek" book series by exploring other alternate dimensions in a way that makes you enjoy your favorite characters more than ever.
July 20, 2025
Not the best edition of these. The first story, Parallel Lives, takes a cool concept and proceeds to absolutely nothing interesting with it. The second, I, Enterprise, reuses one of the key concepts of Star Trek: The Motion Picture, and then has a resolution that even the story admits is pretty much the same as that used in a previous one of these. Then the final story, Lost Apollo, is fine, but has absolutely nonsensical science, an unexplained mystery and is too short to really take advantage of the pathos it attempts to create.
The latter point is really the issue with all three of the stories here. They only get about 40 pages each, as opposed to the hundred used by previous outings where the full book is one story. And the result is none of them get the space to do anything interesting with the concepts they create - all too often it's about 30 pages of build-up, 8 pages of crisis and two pages to resolve everything.
The latter point is really the issue with all three of the stories here. They only get about 40 pages each, as opposed to the hundred used by previous outings where the full book is one story. And the result is none of them get the space to do anything interesting with the concepts they create - all too often it's about 30 pages of build-up, 8 pages of crisis and two pages to resolve everything.
August 22, 2017
The alternate timeline story was intersting. Not the best entry in the series, though. It was funny watching the two Uhuras.
November 22, 2020
The backstories of the bridge crew member was really interesting to read! The gender-bending universe, not so much. But overall, a good read.
March 4, 2017
I really loved this series when it first started but more and more, I'm starting to feel like it is becoming average over time (perhaps not unlike the most recent Star Trek movie). There are moments of excitement still like the last story arc but this volume lacks something. There are three story arcs this time around and the first one is basically a gender-swap/alternate universe situation. There isn't much to the story and I found it to be a bit predictable and unexciting. Also, haven't we seen gender swapping in so many other things by now? The second story is about a background character from Into Darkness who is a physical manifestation of the ship's AI. It is a pretty good sci-fi story that adds some depth to a character you barely see in the movies. I liked this story pretty well. The last story is ultimately about a moral question of life or death and I won't spoil it much further. It is solid but didn't resonate with me.
While it seems like I'm being harsh on volume 8 thus far, for me the art is slipping in Star Trek. Some panels look rushed from both a drawing and coloring standpoint. There are a couple others where the likeness of the character is not done quite as well as it could be. Star Trek used to excite me art-wise and I find myself lately just hoping it is anything above average. I'll keep reading this for now but I'd love to see more reasons to be excited about this series because it and the J.J. Abrams movies were a lot of fun and this is a universe I love to visit.
While it seems like I'm being harsh on volume 8 thus far, for me the art is slipping in Star Trek. Some panels look rushed from both a drawing and coloring standpoint. There are a couple others where the likeness of the character is not done quite as well as it could be. Star Trek used to excite me art-wise and I find myself lately just hoping it is anything above average. I'll keep reading this for now but I'd love to see more reasons to be excited about this series because it and the J.J. Abrams movies were a lot of fun and this is a universe I love to visit.
January 15, 2015
I think the art in these are getting worse instead of better. My theory as to why they genderswapped them for half of this book is because the artists were too lazy to even try and felt they'd have more licence to give up on details with women. Or they just craved drawing a lot of boobs. If I was grading the art of this one I'd give the book a one. The fact that I'm giving it a three should show just how strong the story is this time. Especially in I, Enterprise. I've wondered what the story is of that bridge-staff before and was so happy to see we were going to learn it! I'll admit it wasn't predictable, either. The planet aspects of the story weren't great, but the background history made up for it. Overall not a bad entry to this series. But seriously, fire your artists.
December 15, 2016
This series has such good, Star Trekky stories.
May 22, 2018
I feel like I'm enjoying these comics even more now that I've seen the OS, as well as my background in watching TNG. Each of the stories was very entertaining in its own way. There was excitement, action, great character development and a few heartbreaking moments. It feels like I'm reading episodes of the television show, and I mean that in the best way. It all fits into the world so perfectly and I love it all so much.
The parallel lives issue was great. I love how similar everyone was, and how they reacted to each other. I especially loved the dynamic between Spock and Uhuro. And I loved all the cameos going on made it much more fun. The I, Enterprise issue was so good. I feel like I need to watch the latest movie again, as I have never noticed his character before but the comic shows a picture of him. Lastly, the Lost Apollo was such a bittersweet story. It reminded me of the end of Captain Pike's story in the OS.
I'm trying to take my time with these, but they're all so enjoyable I can't help but keep reading. I'll be sad when there are no more to read, but I've enjoyed the journey all the way.
The parallel lives issue was great. I love how similar everyone was, and how they reacted to each other. I especially loved the dynamic between Spock and Uhuro. And I loved all the cameos going on made it much more fun. The I, Enterprise issue was so good. I feel like I need to watch the latest movie again, as I have never noticed his character before but the comic shows a picture of him. Lastly, the Lost Apollo was such a bittersweet story. It reminded me of the end of Captain Pike's story in the OS.
I'm trying to take my time with these, but they're all so enjoyable I can't help but keep reading. I'll be sad when there are no more to read, but I've enjoyed the journey all the way.
March 11, 2019
IDW's Ongoing Star Trek series ran 60 issues and is collected in 13 volumes. I bought the entire run in digital format via a Humble Bundle last weekend and have read non-stop in my spare time. I enjoyed volumes 2-5 very much. After Darkness and the later volumes struck me as middling, with the story quality picking up toward the end of the run. The final volume takes huge risks, leading me to believe they knew they were coming to an end and had nothing to lose. I'm still not sure I enjoy how often these stories go to alternate or parallel dimensions or timelines, but the source-material certainly did frequently enough. Overall, I'd give the series 3 stars, with 4 to 5 stars for the volumes I mentioned above. [Based on my read/re-read of March 2019]
August 26, 2020
An interesting graphic novel about three adventures of the crew of the Enterprise.
We see the gender swapped versions in the first,a result of a quantum storm that joins the two crews in the same space for a while.
In the second, we see the creation of officer 0718,who communicates with the computer that runs the ship and it’s functions.
And in the third,the crew discovers a lost astronaut,whose only means of survival is to let himself evolve into a beast.
As always,time passes nicely with the Star Trek comics.
We see the gender swapped versions in the first,a result of a quantum storm that joins the two crews in the same space for a while.
In the second, we see the creation of officer 0718,who communicates with the computer that runs the ship and it’s functions.
And in the third,the crew discovers a lost astronaut,whose only means of survival is to let himself evolve into a beast.
As always,time passes nicely with the Star Trek comics.
January 11, 2024
This series returns to telling original stories. The first of which is a very enjoyable genderswapped AU interacting with a more familiar version of the Enterprise crew. This was, to me, the highlight of the collection. The later two stories could be commended for getting into the TOS spirit in that they feel like they could have been episodes of the show, but they would have likely been more along the lines of The Alternative Factor and Shore Leave respectively: definitely on the mid to low end of the spectrum.
November 15, 2019
Weakest entry so far.
The gender-swapping alternate universe was a neat idea but pretty boring, parallel dimension cliches.
I, Enterprise was disappointing for neglecting the major ethical problems posed. TNG wouldn't have let those concepts just sit there without wrestling
The Apollo story had its moments but very run-of-the-mill Star Trek.
The gender-swapping alternate universe was a neat idea but pretty boring, parallel dimension cliches.
I, Enterprise was disappointing for neglecting the major ethical problems posed. TNG wouldn't have let those concepts just sit there without wrestling
The Apollo story had its moments but very run-of-the-mill Star Trek.
March 23, 2023
I have consistently rated this series highly. This one was a mixed bag for me. A gender swap story that was funnier when Futurama did it, the Enterprise becomes a living thing, which has been consistently done better with the TARDIS, and a Jekyll and Hyde that wasn't as good as the source material. Decent artwork, a few funny bits, but this is, by far, the worst of the series thus far.
February 16, 2023
Really enjoyed it
Some really good stories in here. Really enjoyed the Apollo astronaut story. The backstory on 0718 was cool. Enjoyed that. Always thought he was just an alien. Didn't care for the gender swap much until the normal team came back into the story.
Some really good stories in here. Really enjoyed the Apollo astronaut story. The backstory on 0718 was cool. Enjoyed that. Always thought he was just an alien. Didn't care for the gender swap much until the normal team came back into the story.
March 28, 2019
Mais uma excelente aventura no Espaço!
August 7, 2021
Fun
Gender-bending, ships taking on human forms, and questioning whether it is right or wrong to follow Starfleet regulations to a T. Another awesome volume
Gender-bending, ships taking on human forms, and questioning whether it is right or wrong to follow Starfleet regulations to a T. Another awesome volume
May 23, 2023
issues 29-30: i need to be in that conference room with women mcspirk for reasons that i cannot share.
overall the other 4 issues where good i guess, adventurers but they were okay.
overall the other 4 issues where good i guess, adventurers but they were okay.
August 20, 2023
Looking at gender reversal universes is always fun for me. And another introduction to a new character for this Enterprise.
March 6, 2024
It was ok.
July 28, 2024
Amazing Stories
All three stories aught to become movies or tv episodes. The opportunities for continued stories or ways to flesh out the stories are tremendous.
All three stories aught to become movies or tv episodes. The opportunities for continued stories or ways to flesh out the stories are tremendous.
October 18, 2024
The stories in this volume were fine, but I it really feels like the series is running out of steam.
December 14, 2024
Outstanding!
Story and art both wonderful. Delightful adventure and so readable on an iPad. Looking forward to more and will follow this Mike Johnson.
Story and art both wonderful. Delightful adventure and so readable on an iPad. Looking forward to more and will follow this Mike Johnson.
August 31, 2016
3,5 stars.
I really want to give this a four star since I quite enjoyed Parallel Lives despite its bad rep in other people's reviews, I think it's a quite fun romp (hell yeah they're doing it for the heck of it, I think it's fun and a nice change after the intensity of both After Darkness and The Khitomer Conflict) and what I love about this series since the beginning is how fun it is (they're also not afraid to do Mirror, Mirror) and isn't that part of the essence of Trek? To boldly go and doing shit for the heck of it while you're at it? You're blasting aliens with a Beastie Boys' song in the newest movie, for god's sake, and I heard that there was an episode in TOS where Shatner's Kirk defeated the bad guys by reciting the Declaration of Independence really passionately, so condemning the genderbent episode? Really now?
Anyway, I gave this a 3,5 not because of the concept or the execution of Parallel Lives, but because of the characterisation. Oh yeah, sure, they're the same as their "original" Kelvin timeline counterpart, but Jane Kirk is worrying about the effect Khan's blood might have on her babies? Really now? Assuming that every women wanted to have kids is just...a really outdated perspective, to put it mildly, and I'm not even a woman. And then she said stuff about how Starfleet Command distrusts her not just because of her hotheaded/rulebreaking reputation but also because of her being a female Captain? Correct me if I'm wrong, but isn't sexism over in Roddenberry's version of utopia? So fem!Kirk saying things like that just doesn't make sense in context. It's just the writers trying too hard to make them "more female". Some things (like fem!Spock and Uhuro's exchange where she pointed out that female Vulcans are stronger than male humans but he wanted to save her anyway for the sake of human gallantry) work, some things...are simply trying too hard.
The other stories are considerably better, especially the last one. I, Enterprise reminded me of the movie Transcendence (in concept) and the last story about Apollo (the space project, not the god) is just really bittersweet and full of moral dilemma like your classic Trek story. Overall, this volume is pretty good, it's just that some things are...pretty off.
I really want to give this a four star since I quite enjoyed Parallel Lives despite its bad rep in other people's reviews, I think it's a quite fun romp (hell yeah they're doing it for the heck of it, I think it's fun and a nice change after the intensity of both After Darkness and The Khitomer Conflict) and what I love about this series since the beginning is how fun it is (they're also not afraid to do Mirror, Mirror) and isn't that part of the essence of Trek? To boldly go and doing shit for the heck of it while you're at it? You're blasting aliens with a Beastie Boys' song in the newest movie, for god's sake, and I heard that there was an episode in TOS where Shatner's Kirk defeated the bad guys by reciting the Declaration of Independence really passionately, so condemning the genderbent episode? Really now?
Anyway, I gave this a 3,5 not because of the concept or the execution of Parallel Lives, but because of the characterisation. Oh yeah, sure, they're the same as their "original" Kelvin timeline counterpart, but Jane Kirk is worrying about the effect Khan's blood might have on her babies? Really now? Assuming that every women wanted to have kids is just...a really outdated perspective, to put it mildly, and I'm not even a woman. And then she said stuff about how Starfleet Command distrusts her not just because of her hotheaded/rulebreaking reputation but also because of her being a female Captain? Correct me if I'm wrong, but isn't sexism over in Roddenberry's version of utopia? So fem!Kirk saying things like that just doesn't make sense in context. It's just the writers trying too hard to make them "more female". Some things (like fem!Spock and Uhuro's exchange where she pointed out that female Vulcans are stronger than male humans but he wanted to save her anyway for the sake of human gallantry) work, some things...are simply trying too hard.
The other stories are considerably better, especially the last one. I, Enterprise reminded me of the movie Transcendence (in concept) and the last story about Apollo (the space project, not the god) is just really bittersweet and full of moral dilemma like your classic Trek story. Overall, this volume is pretty good, it's just that some things are...pretty off.
September 21, 2016
This one had better art than usual, especially the gender swapped Enterprise story. The stories were fine; the Science Officer 0718 was the weakest in both story and art.
July 18, 2016
Right off the bat, it was hard to take "Parallel Lives" seriously. It just seemed like a gender-bending episode for the heck of it. There are blink-and-you'll-miss-it cameos from Kirk Prime and Geordi LaForge, and it's disappointing that neither of them are involved in the plot. The female versions of the crew have lived pretty much the same lives as the male versions, so there's not much to say.
"I, Enterprise" was a bit interesting in that it gives significance to Science Officer 0718 from Star Trek Into Darkness. Funny how I read this on 07/18. Apparently, he started as a humanoid containing the consciousness of the Enterprise. The adventure, however, takes place between Countdown to Darkness and Star Trek Into Darkness, which is very awkward. It makes it seem like the Star Trek video game with the Gorn happens, then the crew receives the new Nibiru assignment, then they get sidetracked (side-Trekked?) by Robert April on Phadeus, then Pike tells Kirk to go to Nibiru per his orders, then THIS detour happens, and THEN they go to Nibiru at the beginning of Star Trek Into Darkness. It all just seems too cramped and clumsy.
"Lost Apollo" is the strongest of these stories. I feel sorry about Steve being a man out of time who has lost his family and like how this ended on a bittersweet note, with the crew feeling bad about having no choice but to leave him behind in animal form, yet his human side still prevailing as evidenced by him grabbing his daughter's picture.
"I, Enterprise" was a bit interesting in that it gives significance to Science Officer 0718 from Star Trek Into Darkness. Funny how I read this on 07/18. Apparently, he started as a humanoid containing the consciousness of the Enterprise. The adventure, however, takes place between Countdown to Darkness and Star Trek Into Darkness, which is very awkward. It makes it seem like the Star Trek video game with the Gorn happens, then the crew receives the new Nibiru assignment, then they get sidetracked (side-Trekked?) by Robert April on Phadeus, then Pike tells Kirk to go to Nibiru per his orders, then THIS detour happens, and THEN they go to Nibiru at the beginning of Star Trek Into Darkness. It all just seems too cramped and clumsy.
"Lost Apollo" is the strongest of these stories. I feel sorry about Steve being a man out of time who has lost his family and like how this ended on a bittersweet note, with the crew feeling bad about having no choice but to leave him behind in animal form, yet his human side still prevailing as evidenced by him grabbing his daughter's picture.
This entire review has been hidden because of spoilers.
February 29, 2016
Call me crazy, but of the three stories in this volume, the swapped gender alternate reality was my least favorite. I had never imagined Kirk asking if his or her babies would be affected by Khan's blood, and that kind of thing doesn't excite me.
I enjoyed the other two stories. One is about the bald bridge officer from Into Darkness, who is brave in a face of a hard choice. The final story has a mix of alien beasts and an ethical dilemma that leaves Kirk and McCoy bothered (even more so because Spock can simply rationalize it all). These stories were more fun than the reimagined TOS episodes in previous volumes.
Borrowed from my library.
I enjoyed the other two stories. One is about the bald bridge officer from Into Darkness, who is brave in a face of a hard choice. The final story has a mix of alien beasts and an ethical dilemma that leaves Kirk and McCoy bothered (even more so because Spock can simply rationalize it all). These stories were more fun than the reimagined TOS episodes in previous volumes.
Borrowed from my library.
January 2, 2017
This volume comprises three fantastic stories, first an alternate reality where the Star Trek crew is completely gender-swapped, and through the magic (metaphorically speaking of course) of multiverses we see the encounter between Jane and Jim Kirk. Extremely well done.
The other two tales involve a physical manifestation of the Enterprise's computer systems, and a tale of a lone human astronaut from the 20th century who lands on a planet that gives him an extended lifetime in exchange for rapid evolution which transforms him into a beast.
Although the excellent theme of the impending galactic conflicts is paused in this volume, the quality of the stories makes up for it. Recommended!
The other two tales involve a physical manifestation of the Enterprise's computer systems, and a tale of a lone human astronaut from the 20th century who lands on a planet that gives him an extended lifetime in exchange for rapid evolution which transforms him into a beast.
Although the excellent theme of the impending galactic conflicts is paused in this volume, the quality of the stories makes up for it. Recommended!
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