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Spock

Book Review Messina, David; Tipton David; Tipton, Scott Spock. Cross Cult 2010th



story: On his trip to Romulus to the (pre-) final resting place of James T. Kirk after his death on Veridian III get a Spock the ghosts of the past.
recalls in a series of flashbacks he, at multiple locations and events of his life that shaped him finally to the man, who assumed the difficult task Vulcans and Romulans bring closer together again.
So the ambassador takes the reader on a comprehensive journey into his past. Together you can visit the USS Enterprise NCC 1701-B shortly after the death of Starfleet legend Jim Kirk, insights obtained in the complicated father-son relationship between Sarek and Spock or is witness to the first mission, the young Vulcan, along with Captain Christopher Pike undertook.
But Spock is not trapped in his memories. His
Odyssey takes him from the desert Veridian III back to Earth, where Spock's best friend brings a contrary testimony last deep friendship respect ...

praiseworthy aspects :

Hans Oetz Valley: The work has some very interesting points and is subject to an ever-present topic: the communication. Spock, the laconic and sometimes draconian Methuselah of the Star Trek universe (which is also due to the Leonard Nimoy living - " May his beard longer and are light never "), goes through in this story three phases the call.
In the first he tries stoically the Smalltalk-enthusiasm of a Saurian to counter silence, because he sees no sense in it. Easily "thawed" he comes to a Bolian , with whom he shares many of its own interests if appropriate information. As Picard Last is on the spot connects to the Spock friendship. Picard with the conversation takes the shortest, but emotionally more intense than the others. The communication between the characters is never really irrelevant. Although the result will Saurian Smalltalk, but all the nice keywords which he einwirft fizzle, and give the Vulcan them morally depth. Besides
are there other sources the red thread can be viewed as positive, such as the home bringing of Kirk's corpse, the self-determination in the face of Spock's otherness and inner doubt or the stringent unpredictability of mental leaps. Each item in itself is exciting.
The presence of a Saurian at the beginning of the story immediately brings motivation to read on. Appear in various places the emergence of the three-legged, three-armed aliens in "Mirror Images " was mentioned laudable, so that the tactic was " first one (else) scores, then an acquaintance " repeated here.
nostalgia spray the many ships and races and the design the NCC-1701 bridge looks so nice fit cramped that one back in the days when there was no broadband, feels.
The starting point of the entire action, Spock's motives remain some time in the dark. This tension is built up. Jumping between individual experiences of Spock's life illustrates the way the formation and the origin of his loyalty and his friendship. Through the many cracks in different times, the reader can also also a welcome reunion with old friends like Scotty , pill , Kirk, Pike, Saavik and Dr. Chapel celebrate.

Turon47 "Spock" is committed to harmony. Well, the come into the years Halbvulkanier openly voiced such a feeling may perhaps seem trivial, but the book of the same name, attempts a candid bridge to overcome all those differences, the movies and series sometimes quarreled. Since
emblazoned the landscape of Vasquez Rocks that herhielt in the eleventh film of the planet as a backdrop volcano, around a juvenile Spock's face, as is already in " Star Trek III: The Search for Spock " was seen (see p. 19).
games as introduced in TNG " Parris Squares" (p. 38) or in the popular DS9 " Dabo " (p. 47) are chronologically interwoven with the larger time frame and part of a larger story.
especially sensitive do you deal with the Orions . Here crosses David Messina sent the ship form from the series Enterprise (see p. 5) with the uniforms of TAS episodes like "The Pirates of Orion " (cf. S25f.) - A conciliatory gesture to the often neglected treated series.
an interesting insight into the history of the later comics, the interview with the author Scott Tipton , together responsible for the act with his brother and conception is illustrated stories.
especially if you read these lines, given the many guest appearances, flashbacks and insights of a much higher priority.
Unlike the previous " gateway to the Apocalypse " does this work with much less 'Action' from. This need not necessarily be a disadvantage, because the character Spock is here sensitive to a few excerpts enriches life, knew about the fans so far yet. With each new page further white spots are repaid to the biographical map of the central figure and interwoven harmony with what already betrayed Film and Television have.
"Balance" also occupies a niche narrative that proves that even on the man who appears in 79 episodes of TOS, seven feature films, a double episode of TNG and countless books, there is still much to tell.



Viewed from up close: Spock

criticisms made aspects :

Hans Oetz Valley lights off! Spock on!
Hach would, "it was beautiful. But the comic becomes entangled in a diffuse joining events, which would not Kurt Schwitters can make Dadaist . True to the Motto " I've only this one sentence. " appear suddenly on people and then disappear. But why just the league of extraordinary friend must be, is unclear. It gives the impression that Spock has experienced almost always interesting when viewers were hanging in front of the telly. The new characters are simply a means to an end. The Saurian tells so much of interest that it is a shame as he goes. The Bolian has no character depth and Knoxville, although the head of a top-secret Starfleet experiment, but a hasty jumping into the field, which unfortunately screwed it at the very moment when Pike and Spock stand next to him and then never seen again was (and wormholes loud are the current Earth Explorer is not!).
The thing with the "worm holes" is because one of the few exciting passages in the comic. Otherwise, the action along with ripples of tension among the unknown reaches of the possible, so that not even a slight noise is heard when it flooded and sank drowned ideas Easter eggs. Overall, the entire comic
has no real climax. Actually the end of the right start. The teachings of Spock on Romulus are the true potential of the story. But as it is eaten all begins.
But what is missing because of content is supplemented by the visual quality still. The preliminary drawings and sketches at the end of the comic brimming with dynamism and prove the vaunted skills Messina. I was another stylistic device allowed when I say: The preliminary drawings have more color than the Endumsetzung. Messina you can probably possible to make no accusations, but what happens to the characters is not acceptable. When should watch the pictures the viewer is sometimes asks who this or that might be. And maybe he is on it then it would have been the chief engineer must act (p. 81), because all the other characters are not so fat and bloated. In the preliminary drawings but Scotty is beautifully designed. Similarly holds for other characters. Picard you recognize only because Spock speaks in (See p. 92f.). Artists such as Tom J. McCraw were masters of their craft and colorists were called, while their counterparts do seem to have today only remotely to do with color. Painting by numbers would conjure up in about a similar result, but if Traversi and Cinabro and other studios for example, now consider new Jeff Koons , I have to say no, unfortunately. Also, I can only assume that this type of grade ink drawing is modern, but nuclear energy is also still widely regarded as the non plus ultra-always to attract a media silly season-fad as a comparison.
The computer took over in the past Years more and more important tasks. But you have to look at the pictures? This is now of course a rhetorical question. Or not? I mean, we all know that computer-processed images may be grainy, but why do you see that so clearly (see p. 50 and p. 65)?
is the way there are other small errors, such as a word-twister Saurian (p. 6), two shuttle Enterprise at Filos IV, although only one losflog (p. 39f.), The dubious nature of many biological facial muscles during Saurian (for Example . p. 48) - overall, the human likeness of the Saurian criticism - and the presence of a plaque on the USS Enterprise-Collins (p. 67). The story would
I do not miss too much, but deal only with the historical structure a little:
A kaleidoscope of spring, summer, autumn and winter. If God back in time really well existed, he would really have to know that in the 21st Century after the death of his son, the scientific component of Star Trek will have been reduced to mere story set pieces.
The present work describes an alarming degree what happens when verschnippeln the Norns ; tangled thread of life, and someone who is on it looks from outside, takes only true one episodic life puzzle, in which the parts are all somehow fit been playing together seem.
But somehow not.
"Spock" is subject to this - I actually really liked - set piece of storytelling. This narrative method has great potential to fight off boredom and not thoroughly thought out move just to move into a completely different situation. But then the individual episodes have also to be meaningful and not just be mere reviews, which are all one and the same explanation.
Too bad it could have been so beautiful.

Turon47 : (. Cf. p. 107ff) If you look at the impressive sketches of Messina at the end of the specification for watching, germinate deep in the bowels of the reader's secret desire been held on this whole issue would be in this simple black and white style.
"Balance" is that is compared to the charm of a coloring book - being charged to the coloration was clearly the details. In addition to the main protagonists Spock (see p. 10, p. 12 or p. 74) even Kirk (see p. 61, p. 67 or p. 69) and pill (see p. 69 or p. 88) so badly made that character mappings to be based largely on conjecture - from all the other characters to mention.
But the really distracted from the only true problem.
While reading, I waited namely all times ensure that the action would now begin at last. Imagine is was my surprise when I arrived suddenly in the last pages of the book, and the 'story' said to have been told!
Confused, I flipped back and looked at the pages again. But apart even more spelling errors and other anachronisms because I found nothing! A fortiori, nothing that a true story could fulfill. Now some readers may
not entirely wrong to interject here that the sub-plots, ie "Spock's flashbacks of the real star of this comic. Of course, they illuminate the background and motives for the actions of the ambassador, but so extraordinary match, or even consistently, they are not.
I will try to explain this charge with three examples: The Story
to Saavik and Peter Preston is chewed to differ only slightly from the defaults from the second feature film "The Wrath of Khan (cf. p. 81ff.) "ex.
already refuted Spock's favorite from the Kobayashi-Maru test , once again she complains to her mentor-to-face with the inadequacies of the people and once again there is an accident in the engine room with the participation of Peter Preston.
Why? Saavik and Preston do not offer the possibility of cross-use? And why should the nephew of Scotty's actually almost identical accident harmless survive, only to the immediately following dahinzusiechen miserably?
This short presentation makes simply no sense and seems a little labored, especially when one keeps in mind how author Scott Tipton in Horsens interview, boasts These kinds of minor characters make without regard to losses in the spotlight (see p. 106) . More
makes sense, however, the appearance Jim Kirk, after all, the thin story revolves around a secret, and yes most likely illegal reburial of his remains. Now you have to admit that the bland little action is therefore lame and without notable highlights, but at least the man has any presence, whose close friendship with Spock here in the center of attention. Sadly, it will be breakfast with just 19 sentences, of which the majority of the extent of " annual report, Mr. Spock! "(p. 61)," What? "(p. 64) or" Thank you, Patricia. "(p. 69) does not significantly exceed. The little-as such a significant 'rescue mission' for the ship to an admiral, however, remains the only moment of Spock's real crime of necrophilia at all in direct context to the person shall, for which he is doing this (the memorial plate on page 10 et seq.'s Rather an indirect context). Of course it's too little to the value of the intimate friendship between men's needs. Finally
was also made to the vexed subject of the indecent touching. For those who do not know: Vulcans do not like direct contacts, as the telepathically gifted beings see it as a breach of their privacy.
This shows finally at two points of the book for Christine Chapel (see p. 34) and José Tyler (see p. 38) very clearly.
This knowledge extended only to the second part of the comic, especially because this motif is not consistently followed through. Elsewhere, one encounters numerous examples, in that this volcanic trait does not matter (see p. 9, p. 22, p. 44 or p. 98).

translation: How much can accommodate such a comic potential spelling errors at all?
Not too much, of course. The few text covers a limited amount of balloons that launch or onomapoetischen expressions (" VRMMMMMMMM " p. 8, " RRRRRIPP " p. 21 or " KLANK " p. 25). He has consistently written great and avoids the very fact a greater susceptibility to error.
but natural hazards and the overall capitalization poses: And it's not a big 'ß', has to use an appropriate text on a double 's' - which is not always an elegant solution. The
sometimes even at all is no solution, one can at the word "wilderness " remarkable, because this term was not even in the old German spelling with a 'ß', let alone with a double 's' written.
But this error is only the prelude to an example of hasty and so sloppy translation. If
Saavik on page 81 " engine room, management report! exclaims, "I am surprised that the intercom them at all is correct. Well this could be construed as a second small oversights.
If the Saurian abused the dative by " I have my complete Lega constituent sold. "(p. 47) are the best that one could, of course," what "question, or dismiss it even as a third oversight.
Finally, if the same person the dubious Orions by the sentence "After all, even fly it off for years this way. "(p. 6) navigational skills confers, one wonders yet been seriously put as translator and editor on such a small amount of text so many mistakes, or were overlooked.

anachronisms : In the accompanying interview pat Scott Tipton, self-declared mastermind of the Star Trek comic book world, belonging to the page 106 itself on the back:

I must say though, that we make in the run always very thorough our Hausaufgbaen to ensure that nothing that we want to do, contrary to previous or subsequent, is still planned stories.

brave words for someone who remarked, as my colleague Hans Oetz Valley already allowed, that the badge is to find a ship of the Constitution-class to a representative of the Soyuz-class (see p. 67) . Granted, this is as well as embarrassing (even for me) difficult to detect.
For all the love to the already much-vaunted harmony is the inclusion of the Death Star from Star Wars like star basis, from the eleventh film too far are for 'thoroughly completed homework' (p. 53), because after all between the events of the movie (2258) and the period of the action comics (about 2371) scarce 113 years. In this period should be as an ancient building concept be obsolete, because even the Vanguard-oriented Starbase 6 from the remastered version of " computer M5 " (ca. 2268) were at TNG ("The alien memory ") never see.
course, one can argue about if necessary. It is undisputed, however, that ships Constellation-class , as can be seen on the same image, at this time have been placed definitely out of service - during the space battles against the Dominion were the ships (as opposed to those of the Miranda-class ) is already not part of the fleet.
is equally nonsensical, the fact that the independent Survivalists Captain Moxx a Danube-class runabout rights (see p. 77) that actually a federal patent in the hands of independent Registered owners do not should have no place, because, finally, sets the Starfleet like the risk of uncontrolled technology transfer. Even on old ships you can, after all, according to the two-parter " reunification " prefer to space cemeteries more or less alone to rot - why there are so relatively fresh piece of technology to a private person? And
keyword Constellation and Miranda-class: According to the episode " Sherlock Holmes Data" the USS Victory was a ship of the Constellation class. On page eight, however it is clearly recognizable as an offshoot of the Miranda-class. Had one can not simply let the two ships change places? Exchanges must have
Tipton, despite protestations to the contrary (see p. 106) also Saurian - with the Borg . For so beautiful I the presence of these lizards also found men, so little to convince me the statement that this species in the "Hive " (p. 31) would live. Or was the Saurian in fact an agent of the Borg, who was sent by his queen for talks Romulus? At least that would
fit William Shatner novel "The Return " - were it not disturb a small detail would be: In the book ends up also Spock at Veridian, but there is the body of Kirk from the combined Romulans and Borg assimilated and brought back to life. But
Tipton Shatner seems to contribute to Star Trek world of books deliberately ignore and push the story into that alternate reality that readers of my blog as " Shatnerversum " is known.
Shatner is here on a bed of his parents' farm to rest. Conciliatory, but why are there actually on that site a windmill (see p. 90)? For all the picturesque beauty, particularly ecological understanding and all the romantic impulses: Something is perhaps in the Park Potsdam Sanssouci in , but not on a small farm somewhere in Iowa ....

Conclusion: An interesting insight into the life and thought Spock can offer this work without question. But who expects more than a poorly zusammengepuzzlete story, a great climax, or even a right of action, should stay away from this comic.
annoying Too often with crude illustrations, unnecessary anachronisms and stupid spelling mistakes. The great sounds Tipton at the end of the book, in his interview to fit, at least not to the tune minor Concerto that "Spock" at the end of play.

Memorable Quotes :

" Remember this day, Picard. Because if they end, they are never aware of. "
(Spock in no recognizable bald man p. 95)



Hans Turon47 Oetz Valley and meet the man Messina has probably meant

Review: Big man, but lame box.



Further reading list :

Star Trek comics (choice)

The Mirror World 1
The Mirror World 2
Countdown
reflections
gateway to the Apocalypse
Spock

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The entropy effect

Book Review McIntyre, Vonda: The Entropy Effect. Heyne, 1981/1983.



Story : Spock , the first officer of the USS Enterprise NCC 1701 and official Wissenschaftsoffzier of the ship, discovered in the course of probing a space anomaly that the known universe collapses in its present form and its expiration date, at best, is still one hundred years.
His work is interrupted by a sudden Abkommandierung the ship. Aleph Prima, a mining-based calls the cruisers of the Constitution-class induced to convert to a murderous felon to a rehabilitation colony in the vicinity. While Kirk
the supposed Chaffeursdienst skeptical of, is vigorously committed to Spock. His motivation is simple, because the prisoner is none other than Dr. Georges Mordreaux, a visionary physicist who coined the training of Halbvulkaniers crucial. With it he hopes to discuss his findings about the impending demise of the universe on a scientific level.
But first, it is different than you think second. Mordreaux is "to own safety, "pumped full of drugs, a civilian crew and complements the shyster when suddenly fancied the prisoners in his cell with a gun shows up on the bridge, the situation gets completely. In the unlikely event occurs: The felon shoots Jim Kirk and the security boss Mandala Flynn with a cruel terrorist weapon and disappears. However, the assassin has a watertight alibi: He has never left his cell ...

praiseworthy aspects : Whether one can believe it or not: This book is a piece of Star Trek history. After only moderate success of previous Novel Lisa organizations and timid (but qualitatively inappropriate) first stories appeared on the twentieth anniversary of the series, the time is ripe to capture for a new trial, Star Trek on paper.
Having already the novel to film " The Motion Picture appeared, was finally" The Entropy Effect "a commercial success, which is primarily probably due to the fact that the story therefore is far more complex than in previous works such as "Emergency on Planet Earth".
complex if only because time travel is of central importance. The headache theme is worked well, but this is not surprising if one keeps in mind that, according to the story of a Interviews originally as a screenplay for a fourth season episode of the never produced the original series was being considered. Until the TV managed the design, not, but at least I had the privilege of scripts Vonda McIntyre , a time to lie on the desk Gene Roddenberry's .
And not without reason, because McIntyre was mainly because of the contract because they would treat the individual as a fan with the established characters gebürenden respect. The pivotal point in its history is therefore Spock, who already at the first audience so popular spitzohrige first officer of the ship. The work provides him with plenty of scope for personal growth and also an interesting insight into his biography.
When we speak but already from this piece of history, a figure should be particularly highlighted: Sulu.
The helmsman of the Enterprise receives not only a long overdue romantic relationship, but what is even more important to finally have a first name! The in Star Trek VI: Final "The Undiscovered Country" become canon first name 'Hikaru' (p. 10) is one of the rare sowed examples of the fact that the Star Trek world of books granted in the movies and series abet information. There was no such fact to the extent it continues with Star Trek XI , the Uhura and Kirk's mother knew it officially with a first name.
That fits somehow into the overall picture, as well as the following (already in its review of " The Ashes of Eden " quoted) statement from a interview with Alex Kurtzman and Roberto Orci the design history of the eleventh movie fits seamlessly:

" And, reading the novels helped, a lot of Star Trek novels. "
Roberto Orci, lines 117

Perhaps this work was indeed one of the central ideas of the new production Godfather. There broods namely McCoy on page 203 about the difficulties of time travel by:

"Maybe would change anything. Maybe this time the course would continue unchanged, and Jim Kirk and Mandala Flynn was dead forever, and if it should succeed Spock to do something, it would be anything other than the beginning of an alternative version of reality. "

Even the subsequent book world could not escape the pull of this first novel. Zulus to wish to be added to the Aerf plays in "The first mission " once again a role that super-university 'Makropyrios' is in "Strangers from the sky " picked up again and Mandala Flynn's dream of his own command ultimately fulfilled in the Novel Lisa Transportation " The Wrath of Khan .
Who's whim, the relevant developments weiterzuspinnen can even make up some trends. If
Zulus fiery flame Flynn about the future mother of Demora Sulu ?
therefore originates Amy Winehouse's " They tried to make me go to Rehab " (p. 30)? Is
McCoys use as commanding officer on the bridge as a model for future emulator Dr. Crusher or MHN the Voyager ?
has it all balanced out again return end eventually, even the authors of the Voyager two-parter "Year of Hell" influenced? And
keyword Voyager: The unfortunate Indian theme suggests once again! After the fiasco relationship in the episode "The obelisk " and the helmsman Dawson Walking Bear from the TAS episode " Kulkulkan - The Mighty " you actually believed that the issue would have done.
But Kirk's ex-flame Hunter is rather that there is a traceable line of continuity to the TNG episode "At the end of the trip " and finally even Chakotay there.
Well, Hunter is female, male Chakotay, Hunter has a spring, Chakotay a tattoo, Hunter lives in a hippie harem and Chakotay finally towed away from a Borg - but otherwise ...



Rehab Seven?

criticisms made aspects : Despite all the time travel: offset So really in the future you will feel with this book, because not least proves Mordreaux 'quote (see Memorable quotes ) that the man actually in the past back longs.
In those good old days, when even " bands deleted "(p. 37) and books on" tape "sold (p. 38) and in bulk in Scotty's office" computer printouts were used "(p. 153) - they are thankfully over!
are already digital documents, e-books and iPads (basically so taken PADD s), a standard that would protect "the undiscovered country" from archaic communication tools as described here.
Similarly, in sign of the times is the outward display of pseudo-radicalism.
Captain Kirk is dead? The future changed forever?
Humbug!
Only two films later are time jumps really en vogue! In two other films will cheerfully tampered with in the time line and in virtually any individual series, the protagonists fear rarely emulate the former (or future) Kirk.
Now you have to keep McIntyre course credit, it was pretty much the first to break down this vast subject, has compressed and stuffed into a book. But even before have temporal interference effects such as " handle in the history ", "Tomorrow is yesterday " or " portal into the past " handled in the classic series to the hilt and have many later following monopolization the subject is so much out sucks, that an experienced reader already knows a few lines that are later than the end everything will dissolve into thin air.
much heavier weights but the treatment of different characters. As already mentioned, was one of the reasons for McIntyre commitment that they would confront as a fan of the main characters with the necessary respect. Although they actually do the job quite well mastered, there are two figures that stand out like rotten fruit from the fruit basket.
One of them is a tragic victim, because they really deserved McIntyre's full attention: No one less than the much-loved chief engineer Scotty stinks from pretty! From the triumvirate of Kirk, Spock and pill he is neglected and the buck of the attempted mutiny against their own comrades is just stuck on the man in the third movie " The Search for Spock " the USS Excelsior to rescue Spock's sabotaged.
is surpassed Scotty only by his confused accomplice Ian Braithewaite - an unfinished character without a credible background, because the man has absolutely no attributes, as they make up fictional paragraph jugglers as Perry Mason , Ben Matlock or Danny Crane . Much more like his appearance a mixture of an investigator of the English Inquisition no knowledge of English, Luis de Funes without humor and without Inspector Gadget gadgets. Such clumsy attempts to determine, entirely groundless suspicions and conclusions unnachvollziehbare nervous, especially me, his end in the alternate time frame will not be clear (cf. 247f.): If the man is now dead and also to jump back into the past? If the latter is true, what he is there for this nonsense? Or he jumps from now on always assume in different bodies, to help other people at the right turn in life ?
Rounding out the parade of hiring mistakes Finally, the crew ranks within security department of the USS Enterprise (see p. 80f.), because seriously: This is one freak show!
a potential terrorist, a Extreme Dinosaur , a supposed ancestor spots and a tendency to Riesenwüchsigkeit bodybuilder, which in fact would much rather take care of flowers. This may reduce the tendency for extreme characters of the overall presentation would have been useful.
must conclude, I still complain about the cover.
about the First American, that is visible next to the previously mentioned interview. Of course it is good that you get to a sense of how the author mentioned the Outer Zulus in about presents - somewhere between Bruce Lee , David Carradine in Kung Fu and Ohara . But uniforms and ship back on a period that placed the book in a time after the first feature film . Ranks Kirk and Spock on the other hand suggest something else entirely.
from the German front image I will however still less clever: The Enterprise also suggests a chronology for 2270, but the uniforms say the clear language of the original series.
are really annoying about it, however, the phaser rifle and Ilia that look great, but with the Content have to do so really nothing at all, for it is indeed a 'Ilya' (cf. p. 51), but the sound has little in common apart from the spreading pheromones Deltan .

translation: How are described my loyal reader and reviewer colleague ant so well?

" Turon Hi, I'm even on your review of" The curious entropy effect "
! I bet it will be a looong chapter on the bad translation give .. (shoutbox on July 09, 2010)

To satisfy my early praise be, I say it out freely and without any embellishment, this work is a pretty much the shittiest translation that I have ever seen.
How far has any feeling for language to be to " event horizon" with "event-horizon " (p. 12) " malfunction" with " paint functions" (p. 90) or " Prima "instead of" Prime "(p. 6) to translate? I mean, if it would at least " Primus " was, but " Aleph Prima " sounds like a tongue paralyzed Lispler having difficulties, " all great! " pronounce. I am also not sure if I would read a book in which to "Cardassia Prima" is mentioned.
But if the book takes to heart, must deal with hair-raising terms like "priority command ultimatum" (p. 15), " veterinary friend" (p. 74) or " intensive appliances ( accept p. 222), instead of uncreative transfers such as "three-day beard " (p. 140), " three-day beard ", "whip effect " (p. 124) for "slingshot effect " or " I will touch him with silk gloves. "(p. 188) instead of" I will him with kid gloves. not to "completely.
were rather cute, in contrast to double gemoppelt New concepts such as " Abschirmschilde " (p. 5), " control buttons " (p. 201) or " Cassette " (p. 158) that can be easily in the same Category (pleonasms) as "white mold ", " hairstyle " or " ABM measures " enqueues and at least from the tired dance by Hyphens kombionierter words broke away.



A stunning piece of futuristic technology: audio cassettes

that standard in the German dubbing designations are largely ignored, you can place on a wooden-sounding varieties such as " star date " (p. 15) " Stardate "," nerve Pressur "(p. 119) or competitive to" nerve Pressur "(p. 218)" nerve grip "or" Transporter Beam "(P. 216) instead of" see transporter beam .
particularly the latter term is a sad example of a marked tendency towards unnecessary Anglicisms. One finds clear borrowings from English such as "Star Fleet " (p. 11), "Beam " (p. 51) or "hijacking " (p. 210) - from the frequent exaggerated 'Goodbyes' not to mention (see, eg, p. 65, p. 184 or p. 235). Particularly annoying but do encounter hermaphrodites as " cassette " (p. 23), "Star base" (p. 25) or the odd split " biofeedback technology "(p. 99), which lie somewhere between the two languages, yet both always remains a stranger.
All this is just the tip of the iceberg. Investigators " Braithewait " (p. 189), doctor " MacCoy " (p. 141) or the physicist " Mordreyus " (p. 110) show impressive with their spelling, that even the correct transmission of the proper names Translator hopelessly overstretched. This is not only limited to names, because the job of a "supply- Leichter " (p. 68), the state of " statistics " (P. 109) or the rank of " LIEUTEANTS " (p. 205) reveal with weaknesses. Of particular interest to the effect of " Ornanismus " (p. 233) is. What is this? Maybe a " Ornament "? Or something like "Ornithology "? Perhaps because the translator has, as in " Federation " (p. 191), only one 'r' too much like the alphabet soup ...
latest, however, if " paradox" (p. 183) is interpreted as a plural, the author of " an ethical consensus " (p. 221) for the correct formulation holds or hahne Büchener nonsense "(p. 239) for the correct spelling is received by that statement leaves a sour taste, the" Captein "(p. 154)" Krik "(p. 92) on page put 22 into the mouth and the mind is:

"Well," said Kirk, "more and more mysterious." He looked at Spock and expected a reproving glance due to his bad grammar.



behalf Spock: a rebuking look for the bad grammar and lousy spelling of this book

anachronisms : Miles O'Brien I have always been sorry. He has risked for Starfleet on Setlik III , the USS Enterprise and Deep Space Nine several times his life and all overdue danger money despite it was not even the father of two had been privileged to be included in the Offziersstand. That is
this proves here Mandala Flynn, holds the rank of Commander (see p. 6), although the Starfleet Academy not even visited (see p. 44f.)!
But the relationship between Kirk and his second wife Indian Hunter is not free of puzzles, because the one time is is that both of the school (see p. 19), would know later, however, by the Academy (see p. 51ff.).
But Spock, whose species according to " Kodos the executioner " or "Breaking the Ice " supposedly does not drink alcohol, should have been seen not only from McCoy this (see S112), but remember even hand in these bad day (see p. 117)! This Vulcan say but never to lie (see p. 242) ...
is also surprising the existence of the mutant Jenniver Aristides'. Not only that, it is the product of genetic manipulation, according to the episodes like "Space Seed " would " Dr. Bashir secret" or " Borderland " to be impossible, it also attaches also 250cm, has a very strong bone structure and natural muscle mass (see p. 59). Of course this is due to their home where there is much higher gravity. Admiral Hostetler-Richman in "The Laws of the Federation " (cf. ibid, p. 35) also comes from such a world, but her body corresponds completely opposite proportions: The legs of the graceful woman reach when sitting not even on the earth furniture ground. Similarly contradictory
Kirk is the embodiment of why his ship could not go inside the system to warp to the dangerous transport of dangerous passengers as quickly as possible to cross the stage. Finally, at least since the eighth feature film "First Contact " or "first flight " well that can travel amn even within a system of low speed without the warp drive overload. Where, however, already, the question is whether the ship is now (196 p.) via one or more " warp drives " (p. 174) has.
be the end, it naturally also to the Subject suggests, around which the whole world turns. Or 'shot', because the future of humanity is, according to information from "The Voyage", "First Contact" or " Map " from the evil of money, free transport to higher development goals to provide enough.
which is in the novel, scarcely perceptible: Sulu will pay in a restaurant to " Alpeh Prima" (p. 61) the pending joint "account " (p. 38) Flynn, spaceship go to " flag "and colonies of mankind can" go bankrupt "(both P. 158).

Conclusion: "The Entropy Effect" is a piece of Star Trek history - for the official canon and the books world. Such a thing is worth reading, even if time travel are now old hat, and makes one or another character a bad figure. Even the anachronisms are understandable at a time when there were only the original series, cartoon series and the first feature film.
But the bad translation, denatured the friend of our language, the reading fun a few times too often. The German version has hingekliert listless and does not understand even the minimal standards of paperbacks to suffice.

Memorable quotes :

"Don Juan Kirk, the Casanova area roads ... "
Leonard McCoy, p. 74

" God damn, Spock! Damn you! Damn you! "
Leonard McCoy, p. 115

" The present may seem utopian, but I assure you. That almost every human being who trusts you enough to discuss his hopes and dreams with them, a deep-rooted admit desire is to live in a different time, a conviction that it is somehow in the wrong place feels and to another one, can not reach it. "
Georges Mordreaux, P. 147

Review: Star Trek history with evil blemishes.

Unable To See In The Dark

Destiny 01: Gods of Night

Book Review Mack, David, Destiny 01: gods of the night. cross cult, 2008/2010.



Story: Once again knocking on the door Borg the Federation.
No, this picture is not quite true.
again So
The Borg come by unannounced, did not even ring when entering and tear down even the whole porch.
better already!
To the motives and motivations of radicalized Borg to get to the bottom, the scrutiny of the reader is directed to the events on board four ships, which only at first glance have nothing in common. So I just throw
four different times of contents into the race: first

The Columbia NX-02 is located right in the 2156 battle against the Romulans . The insidious blood relatives of the Vulcans use an insidious computer virus to take control of the onboard systems of the vessel and forcing the crew to destroy their own vessels. Only just the Columbia but can still escape and in a twelve-year-long sub-light speed travel, the reach next system. developed turn out to arrival at destination, the natives to be so high as to deny the dinky intruders in the interest of their own privacy, the onward journey. After all, they know the under-developed gossip passion species! Captain Erika Hernandez found so quickly in a golden cage and are no longer makes much hope on ever seeing their homeland again. Only a few of their subordinates, not just throw the gun into the grain and are planning a fateful mutiny.

second in 2281, the hypermodern USS Aventine examined under the command of Captain Ezri Dax 'the crash site of Columbia NX-02 in the Gamma Quadrant. There is little evidence on what happened to the crew and the uncertain feeling that the wreck would haunt unsettled the team. But Captain Dax has a clue that the presence of this ship could be in this place with the recent Borg ideas relating to it the post of commanding officer, have become possible.
Suddenly, two of her crew members die in a brutal manner and on the USS Aventine a crewman on a similarly cruel way is eliminated, the young captain is clear that an unknown intruder drives on board on the loose.

third Meanwhile murky dark Clouds the married life of Rikers. Their combined efforts to produce offspring threaten, in a further miscarriage for sending and the already ailing relationship by refusing Deanna a let carry (at least for her) vital abortion, aggravated. The chain of command begins to falter and to top it all can be in the immediate area will find information on Transwarpkanal the Borg, or at least something very similar. But the closer the target, the titanium, the more obvious it becomes that the perpetrators of these anomalies do not want to be disturbed.

4th At the same time fighting the USS Enterprise NCC-1701-E as one of the ships in the front line the desperate battle against the Borg. To the annoyance Picard is the Enterprise the only ship of Starfleet in possession of a weapon that is able to destroy Borg cubes. But the enterprise can not be everywhere and the continuing attacks by the Borg are a huge test for the Federation and Picard is desperately trying to make the attacks Ursprungort find ...

praiseworthy aspects : Finally! Probably not a Star Trek novel series has been feverishly awaiting as bad as the Destiny trilogy and now it's finally here! And already
with the first pages it starts to convince all along the line and beat the gentle reader in its spell. Jump in skilled jumps the action like a billiard ball on the bonds: back from Dax to Picard in Picard to Riker from Riker to Hernandez and Hernandez to Dax.
That sounds at first like a lot Wuselei sure, but the miracle child David Mack succeeds impressively, the different narrative levels, not only independence but also to give a common denominator. It quickly becomes clear that this is a larger whole, which all the protagonists can only interaction get wise.
and David Mack, not David Mack, he would not show on every page, how well he knows about the matter 'Star Trek'. He juggles playing with the big themes of this novel, which is nothing other than a huge crossover of Enterprise, Titan, TNG and Deep Space Nine. Numerous references, short references and reviews refer to the expertise of the author and it would be pointless to list them all, after all, there were works of Mack as " Harbinger " or " harvest the storm ," which set the correspondingly high standard the now de rigueur for all those who heard the self-publish a novel want.
should therefore serve today even a different criterion as a measure of Mack's empathy for the series and movies. To this end we allow a common (admittedly half-hearted) look outside the box: In the Futurama episode " The last Trekkie " has Fry attention to one of the central paradigms of the original series TOS:

"The is common in every episode. Someone appears, with a complicated plan, then he explains it with a simple analogy "

fact, such a thing as a brazen call tradition, not only the TOS, but TNG and later following series used to give the audience not to give the feeling of being full of techno-babble suspended completely.
"What works on the screen, can not hurt in a book, must have thought David Mack, as he wrote the following exchange between Rennan Konya, Beverly Crusher Geordi LaForge and on the page 139:

" The basic problem is that the phases are designed to synchronize energy flows, and transphasische build weapons to the contrary. "
" apples and oranges. "
" well more like apples and trout. "

Aha! No idea what the sensitive betozoide security Rambo is talking about really, but the doctor and the chief engineer can bring light into the darkness: The procedure described differs not only as much as pome fruit crops of citrus fruits , but even like fish of fruit! Meat and green stuff! Very obvious!
The Austrian chief mechanic of the USS Columbia, Karl Graylock goes, in his remarks on page 299 unblumigen even further:

" The platform creates an intense Subraumphasenstörungsfeld. And the pulses inside the column are solitons, as Inyx said. I think this thing that sends the waves through the Subspace and used as a drill to create a hole [...] The phase interferer operates as nut and bolt and pulls together the two ends of the hole until they meet. ""

Bravo! Simple metaphors to understand even a moderately technically gifted man is capable of! S wanted to illustrate with a drill, screws and nuts, the functioning of an artificial wormhole, is already an achievement that requires appropriate assessment.
This is not, however, said that the level had lowered to the level of an apprentice electrician with learning disabilities. Quite the contrary!
William Shakespeare (see p. 314), Walt Whitman (see p. 260) and even Bertolt Brecht (p. 7), whose "Mother Courage " here contributes the introductory quotation find a appropriate training in the context and require from the reader at least something worthwhile research. Rewarding as it is also the view of the image Pierre Drolet that the Author David Mack at all to drive to write this very interesting work.

criticisms made aspects : David Mack stays true to itself. Once again, he leaves his fan base a book that lacks an end. The almost 400 pages by in a pass, but in the end be found on page 403 those nasty assertion that can be, just fueled by the recent developments described above, does not want to admit:

STAR TREK - DESTINY
continues in
Book II
" Ordinary mortal "

Neeeeeeeeeeeeeiiiiiiiiiiiiiin! Rates were similar as in the fourth titanium band sword of Damocles "and the fifth TNG relaunch work" More than the sum "the total mood killer! Now the waiting time for the next volume Although straightforward, but just because of the addictive qualities I must point out that you should start reading this book to improve a time when the publication of the third volume of the series is imminent.
Despite his reads at first sight large extent to the Gods of the Night "that is almost by themselves. But the reader must pay
for this relentless tension a deadly price. Acamar , Ramatis , Barolia, Korvat and Admiral Owen Paris must bless for the maintenance of the drama this life. For my taste the erase about as radical as the idea, like the entire planet volcano , younger by only a few To lure filmmakers to the movies. But if you read Destiny, they see Abrams step in the eleventh movie quickly as a logical development of that radicalism which is already in this book began. An excess of such radically
have to concede in this work also the MACO s. Compared to its counterpart on the Enterprise this crisis reaction forces of Columbia act downright fanatic!
I had previously presented them to me more like a more adult version of the GSG9 , they suddenly appear here as a Maoist guerrilla-terrorist squad of the Colombian drug-jungle. The mindless characters somewhere between blind obedience and guide delusion in any case rarely remember their role models from "Enterprise". Only when the two-parter "The dark side of the mirror " to include in the group of possible models, one can draw some parallels, but the strong suspicion that this was not the intention of the author.
to persons such as Foyle, Yacovino Pembleton or manifest for the first time a problem that one would not expect such at David Mack: A number of important figures revealed significant weaknesses.
therefore acts out of episodes like " home," "The Visitation " or "The deviation " known captain of the USS Columbia only as a Shadow of previous plotting. Somewhat bleak, weak and weary command does the woman like a miscast in the command chair and is rarely equal to the friendly and competent image to right that was drawn on celluloid by it.
a similar slip miscast in a managerial position with 'Captain' Ezri Dax. So honestly, this character always seems so uncertain, anxious and excited that I even fear, would take this woman as a passenger at night in a tank through Berlin! It offers none of that clear authority as they exude Kirk, Picard, Sisko , Janeway Riker and even in abundance.
At this point brings Jadzia its successive host probably too much. The character played by Terry Farrell Jadzia was actually an ideal cast by this item have been, but with the change to Ezri and Nicole de Boer it also meant major changes for the new entity that emerged from the union of Symbiont and host. He should be entitled to an own way, a life of its own and its own decisions. Very reason for the decision Ezris Bashir and Worf to was so interesting: they stressed the difference. should enter
Ezri Dax Jadzia But in too big shoes, the character is compared to unfair and will only moderate. The tough commander of a new super space ship you can - remove limited - despite the descriptions of "revelation .
But even those figures, a thousand times were clearly described losing its visibility and accountability. Picard needs of his new wife only to be beaten to reason (cf. p. 260), Riker howls with thick crocodile tears before his first officer, which already has said everything from the beginning (see p. 64) and the trained psychiatrist Deanna Troi fights apparently with prenatal depression (see p. 68ff.). A terrible subplot that the already difficult for us Europeans understandable abortion debate in the U.S. more bad than good deals, for the corresponding plot on the titanium knitted so disgusting clear that even can imagine a moderately imaginative Rosamunde Pilcher-boyfriend problems that Caeliar it at the end but still a help successful pregnancy and maternity are rosy.
Just a shame that with T'Ryssa the animating element of the recent TNG novel was unfortunately displaced in a thankless supporting role. Its minimal brief appearance (p. 201) is neither the figure nor the potential right that is in the Halbvulkanierin.
seems a bit strange also to the choice of name, for there play at least two old friends. Alone on the kamikaze ship USS Ranger is not only Nero (see p. 183), but also Schultheiss (see p. 185)!



A Schultheiss to Nero and the suicide of the Ranger Crew!

Less recognition offer many references to previously published books. The volumes of the titanium and the TNG relaunch series is a must read and also the reading of "The Laws of the Federation " recommended to the first section of Chapter 15 classified correctly. References to titles such as " The Brave and the Bold, Book II "(p. 143), the Voyager's novel" Full Circle "(cf. S.271ff.) And of course the obligatory" A time to ... "series (see p. 197f.) To the German public, open only hesitantly, if at all, since such works have not yet appeared in the local language.
are all been exceptionally fade this time the "encores". About the dubious value of low-informative "Time Line" (p. 420/421), I missed me already in its review of "More than the sum". But the lists of "occurring crew members of ships USS Columbia (P. 404), USS Enterprise (S.405), USS Titan (p. 406) and USS Aventine (p. 407), is an equally bad joke, because both the Columbia (Karin Gunnardóttir, Sidra Valerian, Brynn Melia), Enterprise (Gary Weinrib, Rennan Konya), the Titan ( Sariel Rager , For Hachesa, Aili Lavena) and Aventine (Nevin Riordan, Naomi Darrow, Ensign Hockney missing) some, some action-relevant name in the list.
self Julian Wangler review of the chronology of the Borg attacks (vgl.S. 411ff.) cares not for limits of irrelevance, because if you do not already own on the information available, they can also be problem-free research on the web.

Translation: When you read you feel a bit on the long overcome believed flair reminiscent of Heyne translation. Not only that you come across the word " Terran " (p. 10) in the various series is actually the mirror universe people reserved, the " Scots " (p. 382) celebrate an unnecessary revival where not even the tribe is meant by the British Isles, but the majority of "Schott " although was used in all the different series of the plural " bulkhead.
have in all these series and films, I heard also never use the adjective " subspaces " (p. 11); very freely translated terms like " space frame " (p. 22) " door bell " (p. 62 ) " cargo bays " (p. 311) to mention.
There are also some minor bugs. We read on page 314 " stüzen " and on page 141 " rum. What sounds like the genitive plural of alcoholic beverages or listen to, serve in reality as onomatopoeic term for an explosion, despite the fact that any reasonably informed picture viewer Merry paperback know it correctly, " Rummy! should be ". In addition, can be found more careless, as in this sentence on page 136:

"If Choudhury is right, we are the Borg in a few hours to see again. "

Yes, even the use of the genitive, which I guess really a lot and even quite effusive about a place, I must find fault this time:

" I have because of what happened to Yott and Komer, asked for an extension, but I would not count on it. "

Since " because" in this case (p. 149) refers to something already past, would have here is clearly the dative form " the " are, even in southern Germany, the second case, the third often repressed.
displacement should give some other translation errors, the ignorance of the matter, Star Trek. Thus, a " Orione" (p. 326) is actually rather be known as "Orion " and the plural of " petaQ " right to write, should actually not be a major problem (see S . 270).
Particularly surprised me the address on page 347 " foyer. Yacovino talks seriously with an entrance hall? Or as the translator verwurschtelte Stephanie margins, the two protagonists' Foyle "and" Thayer "to a person in order to save characters? Or even commented " fire"? A mystery whose education spans remains are guilty.
Now I will not complain only. The arbitrary pairing of " accident" and "random " (p. 270) that in the English language so can not give is yes, very clever and shows an action will, I would have liked in the aforementioned analogy with the apples and oranges (see p. 139), because in German there is a similarly worded phrase: compare apples to oranges.



From left to right: apple, orange, pear, trout

anachronisms : Who knows Vanguard already know that are anachronisms in David Mack's work is the exception rather than the rule. Intensive research and strong knowledge of the author prevent the contradictions of this kind can be found despite intensive searches ever. However
is "Gods of the Night" just the starting point a three-part, has made much contribution to the case, so I reserve until the last volume of "lost souls" a final statement.

Conclusion: How not happy to be expected, the buyer of David Mack "Gods of the Night" with an exciting, well-tuned and authentic start to a trilogy of epic proportions.
But Mack goes for his goal of billions of dead bodies and raging in the popular Star Trek universe, like a madman - a comparison with Abram's eleventh feature film is not necessarily absurd.
The big weaknesses are unusual for the author, however, the weaknesses in the figure representation and a translation, the unpleasant memories of Heyne can be monitored.

Memorable quotes :

" you see the battlefield, Jean-Luc. I need to see the war. "
Admiral Nechayev , p. 136

" In essence, it is so, Madam President, if the Federation would have what is called in the history of the earth a 'Doomsday Clock', their hands stands now at a minute before midnight. "
Admiral Akaar , p. 267



other day shortly before midnight in the Federation

Review: A promising start with unusual defects.



Further reading list :

Destiny 01: gods of the night
Destiny 02: ordinary mortals
Destiny 03: Lost Souls