Star Trek: Year Four (Star Trek (IDW)) [Paperback]

David Tischman (Author), Len O'Grady (Author), Steve Conley (Author), Rob and Joe Sharp (Author), Gordon Purcell (Author)

Book Description

Series: Star Trek (IDW) | Publication Date: March 18, 2008

Space. The final frontier. This is the voyage of the Starship Enterprise. Her five-year mission to explore strange new worlds? It continues here, with the launch of "Year Four" in the Original Series' five-year mission.

Product Details

• Paperback: 152 pages
• Publisher: IDW Publishing (March 18, 2008)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1600101615
• ISBN-13: 978-1600101618
• Product Dimensions: 10.2 x 6.6 x 0.3 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 4.1 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (8 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,252,431 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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11 of 13 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Captures The Essence Of Star Trek Perfectly, April 19, 2008

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Christopher Gwyn (over there) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Star Trek: Year Four (Star Trek (IDW)) (Paperback)

This is a great book. It really has the characterizations down pat. From McCoy saying "He's dead Jim" many times to the banter between Kirk, Spock and Bones, these stories have the feel of left-over scripts from the original series. The art is somewhat cartoony at times but it works. There is one instant classic panel which shows Kirk in his melodramatic pose of being in pain from an unseen force that will incite instant laughter from any fan of the show. The word balloons even have the emphasis on certain words in Kirk's dialogue to incorporate the immortal melodramatic cadence of William Shatner. Buy this book now, you'll love it. 5 stars.

6 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Great addition for original Star Trek fans, April 27, 2008

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This review is from: Star Trek: Year Four (Star Trek (IDW)) (Paperback)

Warning: A few spoilers ahead...

This graphic novel is terrific for fans of the original Star Trek series. After a brief foreward, it contains multiple stories, including one story about dilithium with some references to today's politics on energy. The characters include Arex and M'Ress from Star Trek: The Animated Series. The artistry is well done. If you are a Star Trek fan of any era, it is definitely worth buying...

5 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Unfinished, October 27, 2009

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Oscar Fowler (Arizona, USA) - See all my reviews
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The chapters in this collection, each of which comprises a separate 'episode', read more like treatments or outlines rather than fully-realized stories. With the exception of the opening segment which, interestingly, picks up immediately after the events in final aired episode of Star Trek's original series ("Turnabout Intruder"), each story leaves one wanting for expository text or some sense of closure. Many questions are raised, but few are answered. Questions such as "Why is Captain Kirk behaving so oddly?", "Did the author run out of time?" and "Where's the rest of this?"

References to classic original series clichés are dutifully repeated in nearly every chapter. A Red Shirt will always be killed and Dr. McCoy will always state "He's dead, Jim." One mention of each of these in the collection would have been humorous, but one in each chapter comes across as satirical and disrespectful of the material.

The artwork ranges from interesting and appealing to awkward and childish. Some manga art has an intentional awkward childishness to it, but one gets the sense the art here is unintentionally so.

Overall, these stories feel like proofs of concept and not completed work. There's just enough here to make the volume worthwhile for fans, though they're likely to to be left unsatisfied.