As man expands beyond explored space, the need to find a way to make inhospitable planets habitable grows greater. One young biologist, Carol Marcus, has a project that she believes can reshape planets. A young committed scientist, she dares to dream of a Federation where there is never any hunger and every world is a paradise. Her dream is shared by James Kirk, a young Starfleet officer and her lover. One of Carol’s more enthusiastic team members is botanist Leila Kalomi. Leila finds Carol’s passion contagious, and sparks the interest of the Enterprise’s science officer, Spock, who convinces her to join Project: Inception.
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S. D. Perry is a novelist living in Portland, Oregon. She is currently lives with her husband, Myk, her two children Cyrus and Myk Jr, and their two dogs. She mostly writes tie-in novels based on works in the fantasy/science-fiction/horror genre, including Resident Evil, Star Trek, Aliens and Predator. She has also written a handful of short stories and movie novelizations. Her favorite Star Trek series is the original series, with her favorite characters being "The Big Three" - Kirk, Spock and McCoy.
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This review is from: Star Trek: The Original Series: Inception (Star Trek (Unnumbered Paperback)) (Mass Market Paperback)
"Star Trek" novels (and media tie-in novels in general) walk a very fine line when it comes to revisiting familiar elements from their original source material. This can especially be true when it comes to giving the details behind the romantic liaisons of various character that took place off screen but are referenced and alluded to on-screen in various episodes or movies.
To most "Trek" readers, Peter David's "Imzadi" is held up as the gold standard for filling in the details of a previous romance--in this case, giving us the history of Riker and Troi before they met again on the bridge of the starship Enterprise. Then there's the latest entry in the "Trek" fiction line, "Inception" that wants to give us a bit of insight into the romance between Captain James T. Kirk and Carol Marcus as well as that of Spock and Leila Calomi before the original series begin. A novel that concentrated on one or the other might have worked better, but the usually reliable S.D. Perry and new writer Britta Dennison instead bring both romantic pairings together in such a way that strains the willing suspension of disbelief and, as a whole, drags down the story. It also doesn't help that most fans know how these things will end and the authors don't offer any new insight or character nuances to help keep the story moving along. Coming off a bad break-up, Leila joins Carol Marcus' scientific team that is looking to use a revolutionary and controversial element to help terraform part of Mars. A group of protesters seeks to stand in the way of the development, leading to a lot of passages that get bogged down in a debate over the merit of scientific progress and how it's achieved with Kirk offering the Starfleet party line and the group's leader opposing him. The story does try to offer a motivation for the leader, but since he's a relative new comer to the "Trek" universe it's hard to really emphasize as much with him as we might or the authors want us to. Into all this, we discover that Carol and Kirk are in the midst of their romance and that Leila meets Spock and falls hopelessly in love with him. What could have been a fascinating exploration of two influential women in the lives of two of the most popular characters in the "Trek" canon instead is nothing more than a lot of relationship angst for pages on end. Carol worries about how to tell Kirk her big news and how he'll react while Leila pines for the emotionally unavailable Spock. In many ways, the concept behind "Inception" is an interesting one, but as I read the novel I kept thinking it might have worked better as a short story. Weight in at just over 300 pages, the novel is fairly lightweight both in page count and in storyline. The story is a fascinating experiment but one that, unfortunately, comes up short.
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It makes sense. It also fills in a big blank,
This review is from: Star Trek: The Original Series: Inception (Star Trek (Unnumbered Paperback)) (Mass Market Paperback)
Given what I remembered from the Second Star Trek film, that book came as a complete surprise. I hadn't realized that what prompted the Doctor and her son to be who they were in the film, to be the same people as described in several others, and why her son maintains some animosity towards Jim Kirk.
It also stuffs a Photon Torpedo in to the premise behind the book that came out some years ago which contained Carol not realizing she was, like that, and saying good bye to Jim, and the man we know now, just getting started on his first mission out there.
6 of 7 people found the following review helpful:
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The Worst Trek Novel I Have Ever Read,
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I started reading Star Trek novels with James Blish's "Spock Must Die." Or maybe it was a collection released by Pocketbooks of 5 fan stories. So I have a long history with Trek fiction. "Inception" is the worst I have ever read.
The characters -- for whom I bought the book, to learn more about their past -- are hollow, shadows, not worth caring about. If all we knew of James Kirk and Mister Spock were this story, no one would care if there had been no TV series, no movies, and no books. Carol Marcus has more development than Leila Kalomi (who appears no better than pre-pubescent school girl smitten with puppy love). But "more" in this case, doesn't say much. The story itself is a propaganda piece for curtailing scientific research and development. Greenpeace, excuse me Redpeace (because of the Martian location) take up way too much space, without making us care about any heroes or villains. There is no suspense in the development. Events just happen. Like Wesley Crusher in TNG and Mr. Spock in the third season, events are set in motion which must be stopped by our valiant Vulcan science officer. Other than to get Carol Marcus pregnant, James Kirk serves no purpose in this story. Their relationship -- the teaser for the book -- is hardly dealt with. Don't buy this book. Did I say "Inception" is the worst Star Trek novel I have ever read?
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