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Broken Bow (Star Trek Enterprise)

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The BEST! A much better novel than Voyager's Endgame Novel. The behind-the-scenes featurette is really good. I recomend this novel to anyone who likes ENTERPRISE and wants to know more about the pilot episode Broken Bow. A must have for any Star Trek fan!

This novel by veteran Star Trek writer Diane Carey is based upon the first 'Star Trek: Enterprise' episode, Broken Bow. It lays the foundation for the formation of Starfleet, which of course came before 'The United Federation Of Planets', and includes some events leading up to the aquisition of warp technology (this book is more detailed than the television version) including a bit more about Zephran Cochran, the inventor of warp drive on earth. This is really fascinating stuff. The plot and storyline are good, as is character development, required reading for any serious Star Trek fan. This book also goes into some detail concerning the start of Vulcan-Terran cooperation and mutual trust and respect, very interesting coverage here. This is great science fiction on any standard, well worth reading, written in an easy to read, flowing style.

In this book, Diane Carey once again demonstrates what she is capable of when not attempting to show how cute and clever she can be with the language. In many of her earlier works, her writing was almost indecipherable due to a tendancy to try to find new, unusual uses for perfectly good words. More and more, in her recent efforts, she has gotten away from this quirk, and the result has been some truly fine writing; this is one of the best so far. The story itself is not as good as her story in "Day of Honor, Ancient Blood", but that isn't her fault. In this case, she is writing a novelization of an existing episode, and she does a solid, workmanlike job of it. The episode is good, just not as good as the best ideas that Ms. Carey has had on her own. This story is an excellent introduction to the "Enterprise" characters and storyline, and Ms. Carey's treatment of it is very worthwhile reading.

This is the Star Trek "missing link". Broken Bow ties in today to Captain Kirk and the crew of the Enterprise A in a very creative and believeable way. Such thing as the mistrust of the transporter conjure up memories of phrases such as," if man were meant to fly he would have been born with wings".
The entire book conveys the pioneer spirit of space exploration associated with the first manned space flights on earth and are supported by an equally enthusiastic and young (raw) Starfleet that doesn't rule with an iron fist but rather revels with the crew in new sights and accomplishments.
Each era in Human history has a beginning, and this is it for Star Trek!

This book is basically the pilot novelized, with just a bit more. As usual, it doesn't wander too much from what was on TV, but it adds enough to be a great read for fans! From attitudes towards the Vulcans to 'insider' information on the origins of Star Fleet, this bring enough to the table to be a great book! If you're a fan of Star Trek, or just beginning with Enterprise on UPN, this is worth the price of a hard cover book! Highly Recommended!!

"Broken Bow" is the novelization of the first episode of the television series "Enterprise" and it is a quite enjoyable read. It is approximately 150 years from now. Mankind has made first contact with the Vulcans, and later a few other intelligent races, but Earthmen are still the "new kids on the block" and humans are just beginning to venture out into the stars in a significant way. Starfleet is very new, and mankind's mentors, the Vulcans, disapprove of these upstart humans getting loose outside of our Solar System.

The novel delves into the politics of the construction of the Enterprise and Starfleet, both of which the Vulcans believe are premature, more than the initial television episode did. I personally find the setting in "Enterprise" to be more interesting and enjoyable than that in either The Original Series or The Next Generation (both of which I very much enjoyed!) simply because it has a wonderful "New Frontier" feeling to it. The new warp technology means that Starfleet has very little knowledge of what lies "out there," the other technology is new and sometimes quirky. The transporter is "safe for biotransport" but no one relishes the idea of riding the darned thing, which I can understand. Most races that Enterprise will encounter are new to mankind, and offer new challenges and opportunities. In this episode, humanity meets up with the Klingons, which is never an easy thing to do!

The prose in the novel is good, and this is a very decent read for fans of "Star Trek" and the "Enterprise" concept.

I don't know what some people's problem is with Enterprise, the show, or the books. Both are incredible. I love all the Star Trek series, but Enterprise (and it IS Star Trek people, so get over it) is by far my favourite. It is just so awesome. They've got a great cast of characters, played by excellent actors, with great episode plots. The writers and so on, are doing a great job, that is not easy, because they have to recall all the things about the other series so as not to mess up the timeline. If they do once in a while, give them a break, they have three other seven season shows, and one 3 season show to recall.
The book, Broken Bow, is awesome. I should have read it after I saw the premier not before. The premier was great, but the book really goes into more detail, with some extra scenes and more in depth characterization. So, watch the premier first, then read the book, and it'll all be good.

Yes, the accuracy of this book can definitely be questioned. Lets be honest, there are contradictions throughout the Star Trek universe but you have to get over that. The key question is whether or not the contradictions are integral to the story --- they are not. This was an entertaining read and a good start to a new series. Could it have been beter -- yes. The encounter with the Klingons was disappointing. The continued conflict between humans and vulcans was a little annoying. But, still fun to read.

A great story about mankind reaching for the stars. After almost a century of being held back by Vulcan guidance Starfleet's first Warp 5 starship commanded by Capt. Johnathan Archer embarks on a mission to return a wounded Klingon named Klangg to his people. Along the way they run into temporal cold war agents-the Suliban and must try and prevent them from killing Klangg (as he carries valuable information back to the Klingon Empire). Archer must also overcome his distrust of Vulcans and his new Vulcan first officer T'pol. This pre-federation chapter of Star Trek is just as enticing as the other Star Trek series'. Even though the technologies featured (Only Warp 5 capable Engine designed by Archer's dad,no tractor beams on Enterprise,no phasers or photon torpedos) are a bit primitive compared to the other series you get to witness the early Starfleet deep space missions. An excellent story nonetheless and well worth reading or watching.

Enterprise: Broken Bow written by Rick Berman and Brannon Braga and the novelization by Diane Carey is the introductory book of a whole new crew and Starship Enterprise NX-01. This is the twenty-second century before April, Pike and Kirk as a whole new universe begins to open, revealing wonders and dangers alike.

This book follows the television episode quite well so there isn't anything that strikes out as different than what has been seen already. The only thing is a greater feel for the characters as the emotions are read.

The introduction of Captain Jonathan Archer, T'Pol the science officer, Charles "Trip" TuckerII chief engineer, Dr. Phlox chief medical officer, Travis Mayweather helmsman, and Hoshi Sato communications officer are all here as we get to know them in this premiere episode.

Of course the first contact with the Klingons is always interesting to read about, and this book has a bonus of behind-the-scenes section by Paul Ruditis which explains the choices that were made to bring Enterprise to televison.

The book itself is written in an easily followed narrative, straight forward and can be read very quickly. It will be interesting to see what the authors will do with this format and the TREK universe... fascinating.