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  1. Book 4 of 84
    Star Trek: The Original Series
  2. Language
    English
  3. Publisher
    Pocket Books
  4. ISBN-10
    0671833987
  5. ISBN-13
    978-0671833985
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  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ Pocket Books
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 0671833987
  • ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0671833985
  • Item weight ‏ : ‎ 0.28 g
  • Book 4 of 84 ‏ : ‎ Star Trek: The Original Series

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  • KindredCrow
    1.0 out of 5 stars Hard Reading
    Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 28 March 2013
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    I have read many of Star Trek TOS books,some are very good, others not so good. I wouldn't say that i hated this book, but as with other of these author's books it's written in their unique style, being more of a cerebral novel, which can make your brain hurt slugging through the endless dialog and deep philosophical questions, as does the portrayal of the canon characters, is very different indeed, to the point they are very out of character-although yes, admittedly, said characters have been subject to alien mind control and conditioning- i found relating to them difficult, instead the authors wander into their own fandoms and endless emphasis on the physical and mental superiority of Vulcans over Humans, which makes it hard reading.

    However, if these authors do have one redeeming factor, though what i found difficult in the portrayals of canon characters, they make up for in the concepts explored in their novels and of their own original characters, like the formidable Omme in the Price Of The Phoenix, in this they have a Vulcan: Admiral Savaj, who comes a little across like some Vulcan Jedi Grand Master, and of course the highly advanced Designers themselves, who next to them in comparisson, intelligent species in our universe, are no more than lab rats to experiment on in their bid to find a solution to the Promethean problem:
    in the Greek Myth, the Titan Prometheus steals Fire from the Gods, for humankind's use, but was punished for it. This story deals with the notion of the pursuit of advancement and knowledge, in the end leads to self destruction.

    From an intellectual side this novel highlights several interesting points, but boy does it go on a bit! Not great but better than their other novel Triangle.
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  • Amazon Customer
    4.0 out of 5 stars Four Stars
    Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 8 April 2015
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    Good plot and character development. A good buy if you're Classic trekkie
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  • Amazon Customer
    3.0 out of 5 stars Prometheus Design paperback review
    Reviewed in Canada on 21 April 2016
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    1st editions have embossed title. This one did not. Very early paperback in TOS. Arrived in good time. Good price.
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  • Amanda from Oz
    5.0 out of 5 stars Love the old Star Trek books
    Reviewed in Australia on 29 October 2020
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    Glad this old Trek book is finally on Kindle. Have had the original paperback for some years but it's handy to have on Kindle too. I just wish more of the older Trek books were on Kindle too.
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  • Ryu Singleton
    3.0 out of 5 stars It's ok
    Reviewed in the United States on 24 April 2014
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    The book itself is in great condition and it arrived in a timely manner. The story however, was boring, hard to follow, and not at all what I was expecting.
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  • Joe
    4.0 out of 5 stars Four Stars
    Reviewed in the United States on 6 December 2016
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    Great book
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  • Mark Myword
    2.0 out of 5 stars Way too much moralizing on "callousness" and characters entirely not the ones we know and love.
    Reviewed in the United States on 20 November 2014
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    Yet another Star Trek novel I really didn't enjoy at all. The fact that it was "Star Trek" is the only reason it gets one extra star. The Characters are not at all like the characters we are so familiar with in the Star Trek universe, with the possible exception of the irrepressible Dr. McCoy. The premise behind the story is that some super-being race has abducted people (and been doing so since time immemorial apparently) and using them as little more than laboratory rats. Kirk becomes an abductee and feels horribly violated when he transports back to the Enterprise. Some new Vulcan Admiral shows up and transfers captaincy of the Enterprise to Spock--from there the action really deteriorates. You get the notion that the writer(s) are moralizing on human use of animals for various experiments as they incessantly throw at you how the poor little critters we experimented on by blinding them, and by doing lots of other unsavory things to them that I won't mention here but the authors feel compelled to mention in their story, were no less hideous than abducting sentient beings and treating them with the same levels of "callousness" which becomes a buzzword by the end of the book. I love Star Trek novels if for no better reason then that it's like the TV series never ended. I get to watch my favorite characters from Scotty, to McCoy, Chekov, Uhura, Yeoman Rand, Kirk, Spock, Sulu, et.al. in my mind's eye--and it's like the age of the TV show never ended for me. But I do NOT like it when I sense that any author is taking their moralizing to me like a bludgeon and pounding on me the length of the book. All authors do their own moralizing to some degree--it's inevitable (I know as I've written books myself); but this one goes over the edge. If you want a rather uncharacteristic Star Trek episode--go for it; but I can't give this one my whole-hearted recommendation. Here's hoping the "next voyage" will be better than this one has been.
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