 Trekkkieguy's tribute to the original Star Trek TV series & movies featuring sound clips, book reviews, memory wall, image gallery & more! |
Trekkkieguy's tribute to the original Star Trek TV series & movies featuring sound clips, book reviews, memory wall, image gallery & more! |
 February 1979 Cover Image    BOOK DETAILS
ISBN: 0-553-12583-4
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By: Joe Haldeman (Text taken from the February 1979 edition) Chatalia . . . a fantastic artificial world, inhabited by furry winged creatures with awesome powers. Here Kirk, Spock and their Enterprise mates, trapped, face terrifying death. And if by some miracle they escape, they will confront the roving killers and the dread Klingon Empire! (Text taken from the January 1985 edition) Captain's Log, Stardate 7505.6 This is being recorded by Science Officer Spock, temporarily in command. The Enterprise is currently in orbit around an alien 'Starship' (actually an artificial planetoid approximately 217.352 kilometers in diameter) of unknown origin, aboard which Captain Kirk and a landing party of four are stranded. They are currently detained in a prison cell, awaiting interrogation. Far more immediate is the condition of the Enterprise. The ship has been 'snared' by wires apparently composed of the same material as the alien craft (a substance harder than any known to Federation science) - wires which are draining off our power reserves at an alarming rate. We appear to have the choice of remaining on board the Enterprise (and crashing to the surface of the planetoid once our power is gone), or joining the Captain inside the alien spacecraft. A fascinating dilemma.
The "wires" that snare the Enterprise sound a lot like the "Tholian Web" don't you think? An unremarkable book, but worth reading if you like the early novels. They were written in a time before "The Next Generation" had any influence on Trek.
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