The Wounded Sky (Star Trek, No 13)

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Summary: New to Star Trek? Start with this book!
Review: This is the first of a series of Star Trek books that Ms. Duane has written, and it introduces a completely new dimension to the characters we've come to know through the Original Series. What do I mean by that? Simply put, Ms. Duane's exquisite prose allows the heros to jump right off the page and become quite real. We get to see how Kirk really feels about his staff, or how crotchety yet caring McCoy is with the crew; we see how talented Uhura, Sulu and Chekov can be -- but were never given the chance during each episode. Above all, we are given incredible insight into how the crew of the Enterprise pulls together during a mind-boggling crisis. Want to read the best TV Episode that never was? This is the one. Trust me, you'll be hooked!

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Summary: A Wonderful Story
Review: While I've read a number of Star Trek books, this has to be my all-time favourite. The archetypal images she uses to portray our heros will stay with you for years. I also loved the glass spider! I only wish she were a recurring character...

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Summary: I wish I had written this book, and could claim these ideas.
Review: While Ms.Duane is creative and lends believability to fantasy in her work, this book offers a fertile bed for dreams to grow in. The fluidity and grittiness of interspecies relationships, the possibilities raised by her view of "creation", and an understated but dependable respect for accomplished living stream in a constant undercurrent through this book, and left me wishing it was my biography

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Summary: The Best Star Trek Novel Ever Written
Review: Why? Because it takes the trite folk of the Enterprise and cast them in an adventure as fanciful and philosophically moving as C.S. Lewis or even Tolkien, with an eye for both real and super-theoretical science Gene Roddenberry never dreamt of. But Duane's greatest strength is characterization, especially in her original characters, and the glass spider is simply brilliant!