The Trophy [Paperback]

Bill Baldwin (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: December 1989

The bestselling Helmsman Saga returns to booksellers' lists with upgrades and changes: a "Revised and Enhanced" edition of Bill Baldwin's classic Science-Fiction adventure, The Trophy. Either Wilf Brim wins it - or sacrifices his beloved Empire to the evil Nergol Triannic.

--This text refers to an alternate Paperback edition.

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About the Author

Bill Baldwin wrote The Helmsman (1985)/2003), Galactic Convoy (1987/2003), The Trophy (1990/2007), The Mercenaries (1991), The Defenders (1992), The Siege (1994), Canby's Legion (1995), and The Defiance (October 1996), Science Fiction novels. Helmsman, Convoy, and Trophy now available in new, revised "Director's-Cut" Editions by special order at bookstores and on-line. --This text refers to an alternate Paperback edition.

Product Details

• Paperback
• Publisher: Questar (December 1989)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0445207337
• ISBN-13: 978-0445207332
• Product Dimensions: 6.6 x 4.2 x 0.2 inches
• Shipping Weight: 8 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (7 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,839,995 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars space-race and humor, January 1, 2000

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Aedhan Campbell (Maine) - See all my reviews

This review is from: The Trophy (Paperback)

Like others in this series, this book is an enjoyable read, with what I found was a little more humor than the other books in the series.

Baldwin continues to tell the tale of Wilf Brim, however the book starts out with Wilf out of the Fleet. The reasons for this are given quickly, but this style of having events happen between books reminds me of the original three star wars movies. (Don't worry, I'm not putting the two things on the same level)

The plot line is that during a lull in the War, the different factions focus on the privatly sponsored Mitchell Trophy Race, for the fastest starships in the galaxy. Baldwin uses this time well for a quick step up in technology for the ships later in the series.

(I'm also curious what references the other reviewer is talking about. I'm intereseted, please email me at [e-mail])

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars "The Trophy" Director's Cut, May 30, 2007

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D. M. Allen "starfury" (North Carolina, NC) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: THE TROPHY (Paperback)

I have been a fan of The Helmsman series by Bill Baldwin for nearly two decades. The series is a fast-paced space adventure. I have always loved the main character, Wilf Brim. His simple modesty despite his great accomplishments against powerful personal and professional odds has caused me to return to the series time and time again. When I heard about the Director's Cut novels in 2004, I was both surprised and excited and overjoyed to learn that the story would finally continue with the Turning Tide.

"The Trophy" is the third director's cut released. It has changed significantly from the original version; however, the changes add much more depth to the story. They also resolve the story of Anna Romanoff who appeared in this book, yet never appeared again afterwards. I enjoyed this new version. It was cleaner and stayed true to the spirit and flare of the story. The only problems I had with the book was the lack of justification of the font. The letters were spaced a bit far apart. I am not sure if this was an error, but it suddenly corrected itself toward the end of the book.

I would highly recommend this book to anyone. If you love military science fiction and a plain old adventure story, then you will love this novel and the series itself.

Voot's Greasy Beard, the Trophy is a thraggling good ride!

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars POOR, POOR, POOR, May 3, 2010

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Steven Bennett (santee, Ca) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: THE TROPHY (Paperback)

I waited to start this series until I had the first 7 books. I thought I had something after reading the first one. Not so. Brim was a great character to start with but goes down hill after book 1 I guess Baldwin turns him into what Baldwin secretly wants too be, a Lothario who gets all the beautiful, big breasted women including wives plus the action becomes very predictable and unvaried. Brim flies, fights, takes a lot of damage, kills a lot of bad guys and a lot of his crews.
Very uneven, poor continuity, terrible morals. I will not be buying the new book coming out this year.