Customer Reviews

Star Wreck: The Generation Gap

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I loved reading this book... all 5 or 6 times i've re-read it over the years. I get something new out of it each time as i have gotten older as well as gotten to be a bigger Trekie.... however, i can also see where some people who are not Star Trek fans would miss a lot of it and not get it

I stopped for laughing some 5 minutes per page. If you prefer being sad and serious don't even think to buy it. :)

I loved Leah Rewolinski's send-up of the Star Trek universe when I was in high school. I recently came across the books again and tried re-reading them for the first time in over a decade. Still kinda funny, but it seems clear in retrospect this first book was adapted from a failed screenplay -- there are a plethora of sight gags and lines that would be funny visually, but not so much in a book. It's interesting mainly as a curiosity for real Trek fans. If you find it cheap at a used book sale it'd be worth giving a look.

The entire family read the books and enjoyed them. Nope, not War and Peace, but good entertainment. Highly recommended!

Many of my fellow Trekkies take our hobby far, far too seriously. We forget that Star Trek is for fun. :D

This IS fun!

This lightens you up with 100% non-malicious giggles.

If you love any or all of the Star Trek series, buy this.
If someone you love loves Star Trek too well, give them this as a gift.

The Hipster gives it a Big Thumbs UP!

For Trekkies who don't get offended at the mocking of their favourite show easily - this book is for you. Managing to poke fun at absolutely everything in the Star Trek universe, this book isn't exactly fine literature, but will make you laugh as Smirk and Jean-Lucy Ricardo collide in an attempt to handle the Cellulites. It's the first in a series of Star Wreck books, all as completely unserious and insane as this one.

I borrowed this book from a friend, and was hooked! I'm buying the rest, I've read the first and second, and I really get into this series. You have to like parodies and be open minded to get into this sort of thing, but this new twist on an old classic can really take you places!

Taking shots at classic Star Trek & the Next Generation, `Star Wreck' reads somewhat like a genre parody in the spirit of `Airplane!' and `The Naked Gun'. Plenty of sight-gags and dry one-liners abound here. Unfortunately, the quality of the humor is more on par with `Police Academy'- a fair deal of it falls flat, or is just plain dumb.

If you're looking for decent sci-fi parody, rent `Spaceballs' or `GalaxyQuest' on video, or dredge up the MAD Star Trek Special mag at your local comic books & collectibles shop. Heck, even `Star Wars Episode I' grabs more laughs (especially when Jar Jar isn't in the scene) than this ridiculous little tome!

`Late

The authors attempt here to parody not only the original Star Trek series, but "The Next Generation" as well. Both of these successful (and high quality) series are very deserving of satire, and have certainly received their share over the years.

Star Wreck tries to follow in these footsteps, and falls flat. The jokes generate mild chuckles at best, but more often groans and even whimpers. The book, and its weak, lame, tepid humor, is easily flipped through in 15 minutes, then forgotten forever.