Flashback (Star Trek: Voyager) [Paperback]

Diane Carey (Author), Brannon Braga (Author)

Book Description

Series: Star Trek: Voyager | Publication Date: October 1, 1996

A hundred years before the Starship Voyager was transported to the Delta Quadrant, Lieutenant Tuvok served under one of Starfleet's most famous officers: Captain Hikaru Sulu of the Starship Excelsior.

Now those days have come back to haunt him. While traveling through an uncharted nebula, Tuvok is besieged by recurring memories of his time with Captain Sulu-- repressed memories that may well kill him unless their source is determined in time.

To save her closest friend, Captain Kathryn Janeway follows Tuvok to the century-old bridge of the Excelsior during a desperate battle. There Tuvok, Captain Janeway, Captain Sulu and Commander Janice Rand must face a menace to galactic life unlike anything known before...

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A hundred years before the Starship Voyager^TM was transported to the Delta Quadrant, Lieutenant Tuvok served under one of Starfleet's most famous officers: Captain Hikaru Sulu of the Starship Excelsior^TM.

Now those days have come back to haunt him. While traveling through an uncharted nebula, Tuvok is besieged by recurring memories of his time with Captain Sulu -- repressed memories that may well kill him unless their source is determined in time.

To save her closest friend, Captain Kathryn Janeway follows Tuvok to the century-old bridge of the Excelsior during a desperate battle. There Tuvok, Captain Janeway, Captain Sulu and Commander Janice Rand must face a menace to galactic life unlike anything known before. . . .

Product Details

• Paperback: 288 pages
• Publisher: Pocket Books (October 1, 1996)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0671003836
• ISBN-13: 978-0671003838
• Product Dimensions: 6.5 x 4.2 x 0.9 inches
• Shipping Weight: 5 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 4.4 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (8 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,510,570 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Fleshes out the TV episode, December 23, 1999

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Matthew D. Hydeman "voyage" (Tucson, Arizona, USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Flashback (Star Trek: Voyager) (Paperback)

There's one good thing about novelizations of television shows -- they help to add a bit more dimension to things. Such is the case with this novelization of the VOYAGER episode FLASHBACK. The story, which deals with Tuvok's recollection of his career in Starfleet before his friendship with Janeway, helps showcase the enigmatic Vulcan (played to perfection by Tim Russ) and his experiences on another famous Starfleet vessel -- the EXCELSIOR, captained by one Hikaru Sulu. The novel follows the episode very well (Tuvok's memories of the EXCELSIOR, coupled with a intriguing mystery for the Voyager crew that hinges on those same memories) but adds that depth to the characters which only a novelization can do, not to mention allowing other scenes to be shown that might not be readily done by the show. For a writer, it's pretty easy to take a script and flesh it out to what the episode writer's written, but the author here has gone one better and given the scenes a depth that compliments the on-screen action. If you enjoyed the television episode, then why not go one step farther yourself and read the novelization? It's a read well worth your time.

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars identical, May 5, 1998

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This review is from: Flashback (Star Trek: Voyager) (Paperback)

This book follows the telivision episode very closly, and if you like Star Trek Voyager, you'll see that Diane Carey has done a good job with the characterization. Otherwise, it's just like watching the episode, with no remarkable background info hidden in Tuvok's thoughts.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars If you like the episode, you'll love the book!!!!!!!, July 9, 2002

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S. Bello (East Providence, RI United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Flashback (Star Trek: Voyager) (Paperback)

I never really got into the Voyager series so I had no idea that the Sulu cross over episode had aired.
I saw the novel and being a great "Captain Sulu of the Exelcior" fan I had to read it.
Before I read a page I discovered the VHS tape of the episode.
I watched the episode, read the book and wow!
The book is far more fleshed out!
If you are a fan of such cross over book/episode fun as "Unification", "Relics" or "Trial & Tribble-ations", you will love this book.