Starship Trap (Star Trek) [Import] [Paperback]

Mel Gilden (Author)

Product Details

• Paperback: 256 pages
• Publisher: Titan Books Ltd; First PB Printing edition (March 19, 1993)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1852864605
• ISBN-13: 978-1852864606
• Product Dimensions: 6.5 x 4.1 x 0.8 inches
• Shipping Weight: 5 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 3.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (8 customer reviews)

More About the Author

Mel Gilden is the author of many children's books, some of which received rave reviews in such places as School Library Journal and Booklist. His multi-part stories for children appeared frequently in the Los Angeles Times. His popular novels and short stories for grown-ups have also received good reviews in the Washington Post and other publications. (See new publications under his name at the Kindle Store of Amazon.com.)
Licensed properties include adaptations of feature films, and of TV shows such as Beverly Hills, 90210; and NASCAR Racers. He has also written books based on video games and has written original stories based in the Star Trek universe. His short stories have appeared in many original and reprint anthologies.
He has written cartoons for TV, has developed new shows, and was assistant story editor for the DIC television production of The Real Ghostbusters. He consulted at Disney and Universal, helping develop theme park attractions. Gilden spent five years as co-host of the science-fiction interview show, Hour-25, on KPFK radio in Los Angeles.
Gilden lectures to school and library groups, and has been known to teach fiction writing. He lives in Los Angeles, California, where the debris meets the sea, and still hopes to be an astronaut when he grows up.

Customer Reviews

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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Very entertaining, April 20, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: The Starship Trap (Star Trek, Book 64) (Paperback)

The only reason I give this book four stars is because the beginning(up to pg. 80)is rather boring.I realize that the author was trying to develop the characters(which he did quite well,if I may add),but it's a little slow.Dr. Oman is a very belivable character,the best in the book(besides Kirk,of course)a genius with an almost impossible vision and an impossible way to acieve it.The Aleph,oh,how should I describe it?It's fabulous!The auther describes a "shifting,shining,ethereal diamond".The description is wholly perfect.This book is one of the richest "Trek" books in detail!

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Caught in the starship trap, May 9, 2003

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jrmspnc (Maryland, USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: The Starship Trap (Star Trek, Book 64) (Paperback)

One of the more enjoyable Trek novels out there, The Starship Trap features some decent Spock/McCoy banter and a story that starts out slowly but picks up to a satisfying conclusion. The highlight of the novel, however, is Kirk's struggle with his own libido as he finds himself trying to charm a woman he dislikes solely because she's a "hottie."

Otherwise, The Starship Trap is typical Trek. There is a brief moment, when the Enterprise finds herself trapped in a universe with different physical laws than our own, for some real science to inject itself, but that opportunity is squandered as Spock solves all problems off-camera. What remains is the usual mindless, harmless entertainment.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Not bad, but not particularly good, either., July 16, 2004

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James Yanni (Bellefontaine Neighbors, Mo. USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The Starship Trap (Star Trek, Book 64) (Paperback)

Pretty standard Star Trek fare; not as much action as we sometimes see, but a bit of moderately good drama, some alternate dimensions, Spock and Scotty's technical know-how is what separates the Enterprise from all the rest, a crackpot villain with good intentions who's sadly misguided, some annoying civilian politicos, and some Klingon bluster. Most of the usual elements of a Star Trek story, mixed together in a slightly new set of proportions. Nothing really exciting.