This review is my esteemed colleagues Swiss DomPatHug dedicated, which I recommended this book for obvious reasons, and Diane Duane who got lost one day on my little blog.
book jurisdiction Duane, Diane: The instructions of the doctor. Heyne, 1995/1990.
Story: Somewhere in the middle of nowhere between two spiral arms of the Milky Way a booger star system that not without reason has the nickname 'flying dirt' with. At that place there it just the crew of the USS Enterprise NCC 1701 , because on the fourth planet were not identified one or two but all three different intelligent species. These cases are very rare and is dedicated to the proud Starfleet ship design one of his primary reasons: the exploration of new life and new civilizations.
But Musca IV has taken the evolution is no way that would be characterized by a very high recognition value. On the contrary. The creatures encountered by Kirk, Spock and McCoy on the planet's surface are reminiscent of jute bags with shape-shifting properties Ents from Tolkien's' Lord of the Rings 'Or semi-phase-shifted boulders outside of space and time. While Kirk escapes
last contact with natives from the 'normal' time line, there is McCoy again in a rather unusual role. He must steer the affairs of the Enterprise as commanding officer, after he tied up by his closest friend and esteemed superiors before his disappearance on the captain's chair (of course only in a metaphorical sense) was. And as these shoes do not already several numbers were too large, suggests also the inconvenience to promptly: A cruiser the Klingons emerged abruptly in orbit and threatens not only the search disturbing to Kirk, but also the further exploration of the planet. When finally disappear Klingon external team members for its part of the timeline, the commander of the enemy ship blames for this course immediately to the inexperienced McCoy. The tension increases with each hour, for not only Klingon gain, but also an unknown warship gigantic proportions is on its way to small system called 'dead bugs' that suddenly finds at an interface of galactic power politics.
just stop what the tree says one
Praiseworthy aspects : A visit to Switzerland is always worthwhile. If it is out there still should be people who do not yet know that they can experience it in this book at last. After all, spends Star physician Leonard McCoy's sparsely sown holidays in the tranquil Alpine republic, although the Südstaatenabkömmling at a home stay is a wide range of possible dream destinations such as Tahiti that Seychelles or even the beaches Yemen could be offered.
But no! The old pill, it moves into the still glaciated Alps .
Well I for one must admit with regret that, I mean manageable journeys into the world could enter only on his way to Italy to one or another service station Swiss soil, and that national reports, as they are occasionally seen on 3sat , now contribute not just to the four-speaking canton of accumulation more attractive. But the book provides
to elicit even travel muffle furnace behind her. Lessons in geography (see p. 7 ff.) And history (cf. p. 13ff.) Prove that Switzerland is essentially immortal as those mysterious Virgin, as Queen of the Bernese Alps "[...] is "(p. 7) refers.
As a German, in the Star Trek universe, if any, will be considered then only with the obligatory Nazi comparison, you look as a bit wistfully at the other side of the Rhine and a small corner of the heart envy our neighbors, the consistently positive Adelschlag in the Star Trek universe , has awarded the Diane Duane the small state with this. The tourists
Switzerland McCoy is left in this work, a lot of space, which also uses the character happy, in order to produce on its eccentric way. Those like me who is one of the often cranky doctor to his favorite characters, will have his fun with this book because, apart from minor exceptions, it is possible the author Diane Duane, the often in the shadow of Kirk and Spock standing man into proper light to. They do not
waived to a certain humor, but never leads to snorting laugh with tears in his eyes, but at least sometimes able to provide for a benevolent grin.
also ensures continuity for the writer - at least with their own works.
In this work, you can claim a reunion with Harb Tanzer celebrate (see p. 113ff.), Who was already charged in ' Spock's World "with the management of the leisure decks. I was unclear in relation to that person but to wonder why he was attending a briefing and word came that not only the disappearance of the Captains had to content, but also for the high command of Starfleet was recorded. At least, that fact would, however, can begin to explain why McCoy on Subraumfunk almost the command had been withdrawn (see p. 185).
continuity on a very different level is the reference to the somewhat limited role of the captain in field work (see p. 45). Finally, it was quite daring each time by Kirk to accompany foreign troops and thus always run the risk that the commanding officer of a heavily armed ship forces hostile to fall into the hands or even killed is. Not least in TNG this idea again taken up and leads to significant relationships between the areas of competence Picard and Riker . If you like, you can interpret the events in this book as a link between two points in the Star Trek chronology. This
- almost certainly intended - which is however not alone, for even more prophetic impulses should not go unmentioned.
example, is "[...] the game of Twenty Questions Galactic [...]" long become reality and Kirk's stories about trout fishing strongly Denny Cranes Adventure in Nimmo Bay .
criticisms made aspects: First of all you have to criticize this book is that it accomplishes the feat of acting for its relatively small size of only 299 pages incredibly long-winded. The real action takes a run of 96 or to at least partly to get the ball rolling. The tension remains there with so much open to the ostentatious idleness ever on the track.
were also for my taste again the aliens a bit too exotic.
Now, one might interject that a book is the ideal platform to break the chains clanking relentless production costs.
also can be said that it was of course quite unlikely that all life in all of those bipedal or even humanoid (or " hominid ", see p. 103), as known from Star Trek.
This of course all his mistakes.
My point is that the frequency of humanoid forms rather is a stencil-like presentation, the authors have to deal with. Confirmed, I see this idea in the TNG episode "The Chase " which attests to the presence of human-like alien on set before him.
That does not mean the same that Diane Duane does not follow the guidelines. On the contrary, especially the classic series as a guide.
This can be as seen from the fact that a motive is recycled from a very special episode: As in "Balance of Terror " is the good old " submarine atmosphere " as a basis for a space battle. What in the series exciting and tragic comes along, drives, or flies, no, better yet, swimming (maybe 'dips') here fully against the wall.
Like the rest of the book, this section in the writing too long and space battles in terms of previous series and films (think of the USS Reliant ) is far too unreliable. The appetite goes by the reader at least at that moment entirely, in which Vice Captain McCoy in the middle of a small snack break begrudge maneuver (see p. 246). Not exactly a prime example of the power and credibility of the plot.
And when speaking of credibility, we should also not fail to mention the Klingons. Apart from the questionable command of the Klingon commander Kaiev style was not only the claim that arsenic is an integral part Klingon food culture is (see p. 272) adventurous, but "tabekh " the search for a secret plant substance called (S . 165). Everyone in reading even moderately talented recipient is based on the phonetic, tobacco 'quickly identified, the latest when it described the consequences of withdrawal is involved (see p. 168). Cold smoking cessation would be somewhere a comprehensible motive for the presence of a Klingon battle cruiser had been, but from that date on which the miracle herb reduced to a raw material for a Klingon Sambal-Olek (cf. p. 224), the effect is slightly thick.
tabekh - the taste of freedom and adventure
Finally, we should take the time to talk about the time line. The complex issue has seemingly despite desperate attempts to explain (see p. 289ff.) Does not consistently thought through. Since Duane in 1990 when her book appeared, the new television series "Star Trek - The Next Generation" must have been known, we can assume that the ', At' (which bummer of a name!) Future with the Federation should be familiar.
If these intelligent rock that is the product of a future in which everything (for example, also the call Kirk p. 289) has already been done, they should not really be convinced first of the righteousness of the organization are.
This lack of internal logic is also noticeable in other places. Sun can the flimsy explanation Spock's why he could not accept the command (see p.98) to convince any more than the sudden occurrence of an undisguised Klingon ship in orbit, without the long-range sensors the Enterprise would have been registered (see p. 159 ).
Translation: As a child of the Heyne and its translation machinery, it can not miss the typical house idioms that sound utterly strange, when their counterparts from the German dubbing is used.
We read here of the "standard orbit" (p. 43) instead of, Standard Orbit ', the' scanner Medo "(p. 73) instead of, medical tricorder ', or instead of" deactivated "(p. 240), disabled'.
get used to but eventually even. Later than the third or fourth book of the publishing house to read about such a thing deliberately, and depends only very rarely on it (except me of course).
are annoying if left on the other hand English words or cross between two languages, such as "Star Fleet " (p. 10) " Stunner-hit " (p. 194) or " sonic shower "(p. 113), which only by clumsy translations as "[...] tractors with an armed ship [...]" (p. 217) for 'one with tractor beam emitters equipped ship ', " Minzeisgetränk " (p. 9) for' Mint Julep 'or' Beiboothangaren "(p. 255) instead of 'be Shuttlebay exceeded'.
course does not always see everything that makes sense in English, also the same in German, how am completely in the pants can previous joke about " miss " and see " miss" (p. 125) clearly. But minimum standards such as the use of 'fly' instead of 'go "(p. 271), in terms of space ships should alone be considered for the reading flow will.
is otherwise the work of poor in spelling and grammar mistakes, if you can even dispense with minor glitches such as this:
"" skin was obviously the wrong word, which had the initial investigations revealed that the shell of the system as well was less than the rest multicellular "(p. 59)
Ronald M. Hahn
The translator took some liberties with his work out. But while reinterpretations such as "rubber Eagle Restaurant " (instead of 'rubber chicken banquets ', p. 33) or " Gummi Bears" (instead of ' jelly pastry ', p. 186) skillfully any avoid difficulties in understanding for the German reader who bothers Scotty , dialect 'always opens when the army chief engineer his mouth. His pronunciation is somewhere between Platt, Berlinerisch and Westfälisch (see p. 252), without the to make pleasant tone that strikes such as John Cleese in the German version the "Dead Parrot" Monty Python Sketches of .
works here the northern strike completely out of place and one wishes only that Scotty stops talking.
such a popular figure with a few freely translated into the opposite to such records is a benefit to which one can not necessarily be proud of.
Anachronisms: When speaking of the inner contradictions, we must keep Diane Duane's credit, it prevented the best of my knowledge and belief. Only a small error can be in this as well in all other of her novels.
words like "budget cuts " (p. 15) " Sold " (p. 86) or "rake in millions " (p. 256) should be in conflict with the abolition of monetary systems , in films such as " Star Trek IV - The Voyage was or episodes such as" The Neutral Zone "so clearly.
also necessary to accuse the author of being caught up in their own time. The magic of, Science Fiction scrolls' now that is something from when you read about that the other Enterprise eighty Terra bytes are provided (see p. 32). The problem might already be resolved today with 40 external hard drives, so it happened to sound strange that Kirk nearly hundred and fifty years in all seriousness, should be grateful.
But the use of cassettes, concrete " tapes" (p. 38), floppy (see p. 36) and slides (p. 37) seems to severely outdated.
what could be interpreted as a lack of foresight in the real world suggests that in order to almost prophetic foresight, if you look at its upcoming spin-off Star Trek's closer, for the view on the next generation also offers amazing parallels.
Thus reminding about the takeover of command of the Enterprise by the senior physician of the ship heavily to the TNG two-parter "Descent " which takes place Beverly Crusher on the chair of the Captains.
Even the concept of time, At (cf. p. 173) coincides remarkably with the Prophet from DS9 and the species of Delasi fit their description well at that alien doctor , in eleventh movie on the USS Kelvin served.
The number of objections to the later series is enjoyable as particularly low.
IT IS about the claim that the Orion would have a built Dysonsphäre (see p. 159), in contradiction to the episode " visit of the old Enterprise . The assertion that the Federation would not know any planet, the more intelligent species spawned at the same time (see p. 25), is inconsistent with the Xindi that even spawned at least six different breeds.
was also the term Chroniton particles 'here instead of the ubiquitous " Z particles " (p. 141) have been great. However, this kind of provision would have been scary, because these particles were until well after the book was published for the first time mentioned in Star Trek.
Conclusion: Friends of the equally eccentric, as sympathetic Doctor McCoy will be in this novel are their delight. He willingly admits Duane earned a place, which was denied him in the series too often. A real treat, who himself studied under the directories like him.
Not only pill, but also the idyllic Switzerland considers this book a worthy entry into the Star Trek universe and the poverty of anachronisms as an exciting contrast to the richness of reality has become predictions.
Unfortunately, the already however, everything has to offer the novel live. A determined for the small scale of terrifying verbosity the work as well as the poor translation.
Well-known motifs such as the asset to U-boats ajar space combat or the complexity of time travel is not to emulate the standards set by the classic series.
Memorable quotes :
" homework is a Russian invention. Like much else. "
Chekov , p. 18
" Well, I suppose, the universe helps those who help themselves, what, Spock? "
McCoy, p. 188
" Spock, you think? "
" I would say that we are in a difficult position. "
" thousand thanks, Spock - Your analysis? "
McCoy and Spock, p. 189
" are Well, the rumors of my demise - as always - greatly exaggerated. "
Kirk, p. 195
" Are you all right? I can not read your signature. "
sister Lia on-board doctor McCoy, p. 282
Rating: Laaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaangatmiger McCoy's novel.
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