Star Trek Nemesis
(category: FanSci(*))
a book in the Star Trek franchise by
J.M. Dillard
published by Simon & Schuster in 2002, read in November 2009
Agamedes' opinion: 3 out of 10
Another book of a movie. Another collection of special effects and meaningful looks, converted to embarrassing prose. Not quite as bad -- not as horribly childish -- as the Star Wars "clones" book. Just a book for fans of the movie. The Enterprise is so large that it has full Earth-normal gravity (to allow a baddie to fall to his death). Good grief! Captain Picard steals an alien spaceship and can barely fit in. But... aren't the aliens a lot taller than humans?! (I would check my memory on that. But it's not worth the effort of re-reading.) Then there's the terrible z-rays (or whatever). They are thought to not exist -- yet can be detected -- even when the z-ray machine is switched off! I've invented a new type for these books:
(*)FanSci, for pure Fantasy with a pretence of Science in the background. Each Star Trek TV episode was based on an SF idea, explored then settled, often by Captain Kirk's fists. This Star Trek movie is a ridiculous premise, with a focus on personal interactions, then settled by each major good guy having a fist or phaser fight with a matching baddie. The only thing in common, between TV and film, is the short life expectancy of the unnamed ensigns.
..o0o..
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