Across the Universe [Kindle Edition]

George Zebrowski (Author), Pamela Sargent (Author)

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The Hawking left Earth during the 21st Century on a one-way mission to colonize a distant world. Due to the relativistic effects of pre-warp travel, it's crew has aged only thirty years while two centuries have passed outside the ship. When the Starship Enterprise™ comes to the rescue of the malfunctioning Hawking, the colonists find themselves thrust into a universe and an era that has left them behind.

Captain Kirk intends to help the colonists adjust as best he can, but the task is not a simple one. The newcomers are survivors of a more violent, more paranoid time -- and the have brought old suspicions, and an ancient weapon of mass destruction, into a world of unexpected challenges and dangers.

Product Details

• Format: Kindle Edition
• File Size: 1883 KB
• Print Length: 256 pages
• Publisher: Pocket Books/Star Trek (February 17, 2002)
• Sold by: Simon and Schuster Digital Sales Inc
• Language: English
• ASIN: B000FBJFFU
• Text-to-Speech: Enabled
• Average Customer Review: 2.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (13 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #404,637 Paid in Kindle Store (See Top 100 Paid in Kindle Store)

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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Not too high on the list!, August 1, 2002

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K. Wyatt "ssintrepid" (Cape Girardeau, MO United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Across the Universe (Star Trek, No. 88) (Mass Market Paperback)

Starfleet has discovered an early model ship from earth's past. The Enterprise is dispatched to intercept the ship and meet with its crew. Once Captain Kirk meets with the ships captain, he has some initial doubts. Despite his doubts, he finds himself liking the captain and his crew. The inhabitants of the ship were originally on course to a distant planet to start a new colony. Once they meet up with Captain Kirk and the Enterprise, they discover the planet they were heading to no longer exists. Left without a place to go, Starfleet finds them a colony world to go to. When they arrive at the colony world though, they find that they may have gone to a planet that is on the verge of destroying the colony and all of it's inhabitants.
At it's core, this story has an interesting premise, unfortunately, the author's do not in my opinion, bring it to fruition. "Across the Universe" is one of the few Star Trek books that I found to be hardly captivating. At only 217 pages, this is an extremely short trek book. Hopefully any future trek books I read by these authors will be a lot better than this one.

10 of 13 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Across the Universe, November 28, 1999

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Steve (Denver, Colorado) - See all my reviews

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This review is from: Across the Universe (Star Trek, No. 88) (Mass Market Paperback)

I have read virtually every Star Trek book written and this is the worst I can remember. The story is lame...Killer Mold...I don't think so. There is virtually no character development of the several new characters. And the treatment of the regular cast of characters (Kirk, Spock, McCoy, Uhura, Sulu, Chekov, Scotty) makes me wonder if the author has ever seen a Star Trek episode, movie, or read a book. To tell the truth, I have only made it 2/3 of the way through this book and don't think I can finish it. Felt like quiting 1/3 of the way through and wish I had.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars What an awful book!, April 5, 2000

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Thorn "thornsilver" (Forest Hills, NY United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Across the Universe (Star Trek, No. 88) (Mass Market Paperback)

I cannot recommend this book even to the hardcore fans of ST universe. The flat pompous prose is more then a little irritating. The plot is completely and totally awful. The "lost in time" colonists do not even need to be included. As it is their angle of the story is not developed at all. Similar recovery is much better covered in ST:NG episode. The idea of living planet intelligence is also nothing new. I have seen it presented in much more interesting and poignant ways, my recent favorite being the "PoTayBee" trilogy from (I believe) McAfrey. Loss of time and money and not worth the materials used for printing.

Also, the "serial novel" idea in this format is not the brightest one I've ever seen. Not everyone is such a devoted fan of the ST books (especially considering the quality of this one.)

And in conclusion I also had problems with the cover. Why, for instance, Captain Kirk is the only face on the cover (he did not play an overly important role)? The backside promotion is misleading. Do the people who write them actually bother to read the books?

Maybe I should go down to one star?