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Sarek (Star Trek: The Original Series Unnumbered)
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bookshelves: star-trek, science-fiction, novel, media-tie-in, espionage, military, politics, romance
Dec 07, 2007
bookshelves: star-trek, science-fiction, novel, media-tie-in, espionage, military, politics, romance
A great "Star Trek" novel!
A.C. CRISPIN, HEROINE OF THE PROSE
I read this novel in the year of 2000.
It was sad to know about the death of A.C. Crispin (back then in 2013), author of this novel and of many sci-fi books on Star Trek, Star Wars, V, her own series Starbridge, even Pirates of the Caribbean.
I want to read more of her.
However I am truly glad of having read this novel, back in 2000, when the book was barely printing its paperback edition.
IS THAT JAMES KIRK, ISN'T HE?
This is a great book set on the time of the original Star Trek films.
Actually set right after the events of Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country, and when you read it, you realized that there are even more elements from other films of this saga and also from the Original Series.
One funny thing when I bought the book, it was when I watched the cover and I thought: "Geez! That's a not very good painting of the face of James T. Kirk" but when I was reading the book, I realized that that face shouldn't being a portraiting of the face of James Kirk BUT his nephew, Peter Kirk. My best guess is that the artist tried to make a distintive face of Kirk but kinda less handsome to show an acceptable look of Kirk's nephew.
At least that's my guess, because or it's that or...
...certainly the cover painter didn't know how to draw James Kirk!
SAREK, HERO OF THE FEDERATION
Getting back to the story, this book has a very big scope developing a smart plot that not only touches the foundations of the Federation but also family values in the families of Spock and also Kirk.
Sarek has been one of the Federation diplomats, if not the best of all, and thanks to him, severeal civilizations have become part of the United Federation of Planets, his role in the inner politics of the Federation is overwhelming and his participation to avoid wars against powers outside of the Federation has been equally invaluable.
Sarek has been a hero to the Federation...
...but what was he to his son, Spock?
It's no secret that their relationship has been tense during years, and where during the events of Journey to Babel become easier to deal and after The Voyage Home came to good terms, but...
...Amanda Grayson, Spock's mother is dying, and logically, Sarek's duty is to be with her in this sad moment, but...
...duty calls elsewhere...
...the Freelans is an alien civilization, members of the Federation for years, even Sarek was key to accomplish its introduction to the UFP , but the Freelans are quite secretive about their physical appearance, a cultural taboo they explained, therefore, nobody outside of the Freelan homeworld has been able to watch how a Freelan looks like...
...Sarek believes that he was able to peak how a Freelan was like, but he must be mistaken, since what he watched was so absurd that it must be product of the "blood fever" of Pon Farr...
...or was it?
The Freelans have an insidious plan, a patient and careful design, to destroy the Federation from within, manipulating key players of the Federation's politics, but...
...also staging a war with the Klingon Empire, still having a too fragile peace treaty with the Federation, where Peter Kirk, nephew of James T. Kirk, and his last family member alive, will be put in peril.
Families is a complicating and fragile thing, where James Kirk is trying everything in his power to save Peter and seeing him again; in the case of Spock and Sarek will be taken to the extreme of tension since they'll need to work together to defend the Federation from multiple antagonists.
Also, thanks to the access to the pages of Amanda Grayson's journals, you'll get to know Sarek as never you know him before!
The USS Enterprise-A got in the middle of a cunning secret scheme that was set into motion since several years ago!
A.C. CRISPIN, HEROINE OF THE PROSE
I read this novel in the year of 2000.
It was sad to know about the death of A.C. Crispin (back then in 2013), author of this novel and of many sci-fi books on Star Trek, Star Wars, V, her own series Starbridge, even Pirates of the Caribbean.
I want to read more of her.
However I am truly glad of having read this novel, back in 2000, when the book was barely printing its paperback edition.
IS THAT JAMES KIRK, ISN'T HE?
This is a great book set on the time of the original Star Trek films.
Actually set right after the events of Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country, and when you read it, you realized that there are even more elements from other films of this saga and also from the Original Series.
One funny thing when I bought the book, it was when I watched the cover and I thought: "Geez! That's a not very good painting of the face of James T. Kirk" but when I was reading the book, I realized that that face shouldn't being a portraiting of the face of James Kirk BUT his nephew, Peter Kirk. My best guess is that the artist tried to make a distintive face of Kirk but kinda less handsome to show an acceptable look of Kirk's nephew.
At least that's my guess, because or it's that or...
...certainly the cover painter didn't know how to draw James Kirk!
SAREK, HERO OF THE FEDERATION
Getting back to the story, this book has a very big scope developing a smart plot that not only touches the foundations of the Federation but also family values in the families of Spock and also Kirk.
Sarek has been one of the Federation diplomats, if not the best of all, and thanks to him, severeal civilizations have become part of the United Federation of Planets, his role in the inner politics of the Federation is overwhelming and his participation to avoid wars against powers outside of the Federation has been equally invaluable.
Sarek has been a hero to the Federation...
...but what was he to his son, Spock?
It's no secret that their relationship has been tense during years, and where during the events of Journey to Babel become easier to deal and after The Voyage Home came to good terms, but...
...Amanda Grayson, Spock's mother is dying, and logically, Sarek's duty is to be with her in this sad moment, but...
...duty calls elsewhere...
...the Freelans is an alien civilization, members of the Federation for years, even Sarek was key to accomplish its introduction to the UFP , but the Freelans are quite secretive about their physical appearance, a cultural taboo they explained, therefore, nobody outside of the Freelan homeworld has been able to watch how a Freelan looks like...
...Sarek believes that he was able to peak how a Freelan was like, but he must be mistaken, since what he watched was so absurd that it must be product of the "blood fever" of Pon Farr...
...or was it?
The Freelans have an insidious plan, a patient and careful design, to destroy the Federation from within, manipulating key players of the Federation's politics, but...
...also staging a war with the Klingon Empire, still having a too fragile peace treaty with the Federation, where Peter Kirk, nephew of James T. Kirk, and his last family member alive, will be put in peril.
Families is a complicating and fragile thing, where James Kirk is trying everything in his power to save Peter and seeing him again; in the case of Spock and Sarek will be taken to the extreme of tension since they'll need to work together to defend the Federation from multiple antagonists.
Also, thanks to the access to the pages of Amanda Grayson's journals, you'll get to know Sarek as never you know him before!
The USS Enterprise-A got in the middle of a cunning secret scheme that was set into motion since several years ago!
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Reading Progress
September 5, 2000
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Started Reading
October 15, 2000
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Finished Reading
December 7, 2007
– Shelved
June 30, 2013
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science-fiction
June 30, 2013
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star-trek
August 5, 2013
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novel
January 6, 2016
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media-tie-in
March 30, 2018
– Shelved as:
espionage
March 30, 2018
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military
March 30, 2018
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politics
March 30, 2018
– Shelved as:
romance
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Sometimes, I learn of authors I'd never heard of when I read their obituaries! But I see you had known A. C. Krispin a long time.
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Jan wrote: "Sometimes, I learn of authors I'd never heard of when I read their obituaries! But I see you had known A. C. Krispin a long time."Oh, yes. I knew about her, at least since 2000, my only regret is not having read more of her while she was still alive.
Alejandro said, "my only regret is not having read more of her while she was still alive."That's the good thing about being a reader. The words live on.
Jan wrote: "Alejandro said, "my only regret is not having read more of her while she was still alive."That's the good thing about being a reader. The words live on."
That's true!!! Their books make them immortals :)
