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ST-TOS: The Three-Minute Universe, November 25, 2002
Star Trek-The Original Series: The Three-Minute Universe written by Barbara Paul is a very well-crafted and written book that features Uhura.
As Captain James T. Kirk and the Enterprise crew arrive at a planet and discover a ship in orbit, but is it the ship that devastated the colony on the surface? Kirk et.al. discover that this ship is one from a race that is called the "Sackers." A race that is shunned by all in the Federation. They are loathed, disliked, and detested becuse if you just glance at one of them you become violently ill.
The "Sackers" actually have stolen an advanced piece of scientific equipment and have created a interuniversal rift. Kirk and Uhura are the main charaters in this character driven plot. Uhura is finally getting her highlight in this book.
Of course, the author has structured this book quite well and I was staisfied with the flow of the story. As the rip in the fabric of space widens, one universe will leak into the other. It will eventually become one with the other , but there will be devasting consequences.
This is where the Enterprise crew shines, the solution at hand, but will it work or will they have to go back to the drawing board. Will it just be too late as time is running out... the suspense mounts and you will be engaged into this struggle as our universe is being swallowd into the rift.
You've got bad-guys, a situation of univeral proportion. and the Enterprise and her crew facing the incredible odds. All making for a very fast and fascinating read.
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3 of 4 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
Great plot,great aliens,great book!!!, April 12, 1999
One of the best "trek" books,this book has everything!It's also very funny,in fact,one of the funniest trek books.Background:The "Sackers" are a hideous race,universily shunned.Their meer presense causes humans to become ill.Plot:While investigating the destruction of an entire solar system,and the creation of a tear in space from which another universe is rapidly leaking,the Enterprise diverts to Holox,last surviving colony of the destroyed system.Upon arriving,they find the colony devastaited,and an unfamiliar starship in orbit.The away team discovers that the "Sackers" are responsible,and it's their ship in orbit!Soon,the away team,including Capt. Kirk,are captured by them.Then while Spock tries to find a way to rescue Kirk,Kirk must find a way to seal the rift before our universe is replaced by the "Three-minute"one!
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4.0 out of 5 stars
Not bad, December 15, 2011
Well...it could have been worse. I do like the villians in this novel. They seem to be well thought out, but they are a one-hit-wonder. There is the hint of you seeing them again, but I don't think this has happened yet. There are quite a few humorous parts to this one as well, and anyone who enjoys reading Trek fiction will enjoy this book.
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