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Heart of the Sun (Star Trek, No. 83)

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This book makes you think about morals and what is right and wrong. A object moving in space is heading straight for the sun. The object won't budge, or always corrects it's course. Kirk's dilemma is that if it crashes into the sun it will destroy a nearby planet. This novel really tests morals and brings up Haccom's Razor. Always go for the easiest explanation. I would recommend this book to everyone. I keeps you glued to the pages, and nothing is boring.

Star Trek novel's are a dime a dozen, and many of them are worth a dime. Not this one though. This novel is childish, boring, and poorly written. The story opens with a completely laughable idea; a number of planets have acquired virus' on their database. Apparently, in the authors minds these planets have only one database and never make backups. So the plot starts off dealing with the natives upset at the Federation for downloading virus' and causing them to loose all their history & data. Stupid. Now the main part of the story deals with what the authors call a "mobile". Actually, its a big rock with some sort of intelligence.

The writing is childish, with conversations sounding like it belongs on Disney. Also, the author's use the word "murmur" everywhere. No one really says anything in this book, they murmur it.

I would recommend murmuring over to a Peter David novel, or some of the surprisingly good William Shatner Star Trek novels.

Don't waste your dime on this murmur.

I have nothing terribly bad to say about this novel; unfortunately, I have little good to say beyond the fact that it was a moderately interesting cheap read; it is far from the worst entry in the "Star Trek" genre (as evidenced by the fact that after reading it, I don't feel cheated not only of the few bucks it cost, but of the time I spent reading it) but it is far from the best, either. It didn't move or excite me in any particularly noticeable way. It was a passably entertaining way to spend a few hours, but nothing more than that, in spite of the fact that the story actually had a point which it was trying to make (the foolishness of excessive insularity). It simply didn't make much of an impression, and I rather expect that in a few weeks, I'll have trouble remembering anything about it.

I hope everyone who is a Star Trek fan will buy this book and have a chance to enjoy it as I have. This book is full of action and keeps you interested till the end. Although, there is a bad part about it. It ends.

This book is a very interesting and exiting Star Trek book. It has all your favorite characters and even a couple new characters. Will Kirk be able to keep an ongoing alian ship from destroying itself by going into the sun? Well, I know the answer but if you don't, you better just snatch up a copy of this wonderful novel and enjoy yourself as I have!

An abandoned space habitat is found within an asteroid belt and is heading strait for the sun. Kirk, Spock and the rest of the gang discover an artifical world full of technological marvels and unexpected dangers. Now Kirk and Spock must find a way to save a nearby planet from distruction and time is running out...!