Star Trek: Windows on a Lost World [Abridged] [Audible Audio Edition]

by V.E. Mitchell (Author), Walter Koenig (Narrator)

Product Details

• Audible Audio Edition
• Listening Length: 2 hours and 50 minutes
• Program Type: Audiobook
• Version: Abridged
• Publisher: Simon & Schuster Audio
• Audible.com Release Date: October 27, 2000
• Language: English
• ASIN: B0000547G7
• Average Customer Review: 3.1 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (11 customer reviews)

Editorial Reviews

When Captain Kirk and a landing party from the U.S.S. Enterprise explore the ruins of an ancient civilization on the uninhabited planet Careta IV, they discover strange devices that appear to be windows. But the mysterious windows prove to be more than they seem when Kirk, Chekov, and two security guards enter them and disappear. Suddenly, Kirk and his team find themselves trapped in a strange alien environment and must fight with all their strength to survive and keep their sanity. Now Spock must locate his missing comrades and solve the windows' ancient mysteries before his captain and crewmates are lost forever...

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Customer Reviews

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5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Made Me A Bit Crabby, August 14, 2002

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Jamie Jeffords (South Carolina) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Windows on a Lost World (Star Trek, Book 65) (Mass Market Paperback)

Windows on a Lost World is one of the more technical Star Trek novels. My background lies more with the humanities, so I felt the story dragged a bit, but even though I wasn't particularly interested in the anthropology, geology, and oceanography related issues that were dealt with, I recognized that it was well thought out and written.

A Trekker who is interested in such subjects will this a worthwhile read.

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Not Worth Reading, March 2, 2005

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David Kidwell (Northampton, MA USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: ST: Windows on a Lost World (Star Trek: The Original Series) (Audio Cassette)

Star Trek novels are certainly not works of creative genius or high literary quality, but they are generally fun to read. "Windows on a Lost World," however, was not. Many of the beloved Star Trek characters, Dr. McCoy and Chekov in particular, behave in ways that run counter to their carefully developed personalities. The plot device of having main characters turn into crabs wears thin quickly. There are some fairly major holes in the plot as well.

My wife and I have read many Star Trek novels over the years, and we both agreed that "Windows on a Lost World" is by far the worst.

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Fascinating story, extremely well told., September 3, 2004

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James Yanni (Bellefontaine Neighbors, Mo. USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Windows on a Lost World (Star Trek, Book 65) (Mass Market Paperback)

There are flaws; how the alien race can have a "name" for themselves that translates into a verbal sound (Kh!lict) when their language has no sounds, but is one of color and movement, is a question I find unanswerable. Still, there are relatively few such flaws in an otherwise exquisite story. Good pacing, good characterization, fascinating plot hook. One of the best. But in spite of the cover, don't expect Chekov to play a major role, he really doesn't. This is a classic Kirk/Spock story.