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Voyage of the Starwolf

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This is the way Star Trek the Next Generation should have been written. David Gerrold cuts thru the New Age, wimpy crap that plagues the modern TV series and delivers a book that gives the hard edge a star ship needs on the frontier where the bad guys would rather eat you than talk.

The book opens with the LS-1187 joining a convoy on the Silk Road. Only as soon as they join the ships, the Morthan Solidarity attacks and rips the heart out of the fleet. Commander Korie has mortally wounded captain, an untested crew and a severely damaged ship. On top of that he has the biggest warship in a 100 parsecs stalking him - the Dragon Lord. He performs the near impossible and brings his ship home, only to be sent out again (this time under Captain Hardesty) on a suicide mission.

A great story and fast read.

Gerrold is a master story-teller,this book is great example of "space opera" science-fiction. The story is about a young first officer on is last voyage before taking command of his ship,the book also speaks about the first days of a terrible war,and the struggle of a crew and his captain to engage and destroy an enemy vessel in order to gain a name for their ship. If you like true sci-fi stories and well-built characters you must read this book. Well done David,we hope to read more about Korie and his crew.

Gerrold gives you a "Star Trek" like story line combined with a reasonable (and rather elegant) explanation of how the technology actualy works. (Even if he does forget that time is distorted at FTL speeds) He allso wrote the "Troubles with Tribbles" episode and you can see it in his trek-like writing style.

For those of you who don't know, Gerrold is the unoffical co creator of Star Trek The Next Generation. After reading this novel it made me think of how much better the characters might have been had he been writing the Next Generation TV show. All of the characters in this novel take the Star Trek theme to a more realistic level.

This is the story of the disastrous first mission of the star ship LS-1187 and its long limp home to an ungrateful reception and refit. The second mission is equally fraught with disaster.

The book is of historical interest to Star Trek fans because of its author's major influence on the Star Trek: The Next Generation television series. Its cleverly named "Morethan" bad guys closely resemble Star Trek Klingons. There is even an offsides Morethan security officer serving aboard the LS-1187, stoically enduring the prejudices of his crewmates. He comes off a little tougher than TNG's Lieutenant Whorf, although the overall resemblance is very close.

The characters were disappointingly shallow, especially for a book praised for its psychological complexity. The most painful example came when one character flew into a multi-chapter rage and depression over the deaths of his family. The readers had been through half the book with him by this point and this was the first indication he even had a family. One officer recommends that he handle his personal issues in the privacy of his cabin. We might have greater empathy for this character if we had occasionally seen him in his cabin, writing to his family or looking at their pictures. Or doing anything.

I wanted to like this book more than I did, especially after reading The Man Who Folded Himself. It was enjoyable, but mostly for the historical connection to Star Trek. I do plan to read the sequels, The Middle of Nowhere and Blood and Fire, for similar reasons. But they aren't as high on my list as they were, sad to say.

A friend suggested this book, and it turned out to be entertaining. It feels like pulp military sci-fi, and since Gerrold's background is Star Trek TOS (The Trouble With Tribbles) & TNG - you can immediately see references and character traits similar to Star Trek. The storyline was quick paced, and kept me engaged. There are no strong, developed female characters though - so it is definitely geared for guys.

After reading this 1st novel of the Star Wolf trilogy, I'm eager to continue reading the series.

The LS-1187, under the command of Captain Lowell, is badly mauled by the Morthan Solidarity when it's pressed into service as a convoy escort on the oldest, safest convoy in the stars, the Silk Road Convoy. The new commander finally turns the tables on them and the ship finally gets its name. Blair Colquhoun @cybertours.com

Read this book a long time ago, and decided to purchase the Kindle Edition so I could enjoy it once again.

It's still a great story (four stars), but the Kindle Edition sucks (one star). Many, many, many sentences are incomplete or missing words.

"My crew was expecting me to be their new captain [AFTER] the disaster." "It's wrong to punish [US.] You..." "...up to fail. [HAD] enough failure..." "There were [NO] survivors."

On and on and on. Terribly distracting, and a terrible job of converting such a good title to ebook format.

I love tis book and I reread it every five years or so. David Gerrold's characters are fun and the story is exciting. Everyone who loves science fiction must read and own this book.

This is the story of the disastrous first mission of the star ship LS-1187 and its long limp home to an ungrateful reception and refit. The second mission is equally fraught with disaster.

The book is of historical interest to Star Trek fans because of its author's major influence on the Star Trek: The Next Generation television series. Its cleverly named "Morethan" bad guys closely resemble Star Trek Klingons. There is even an offsides Morethan security officer serving aboard the LS-1187, stoically enduring the prejudices of his crewmates. He comes off a little tougher than TNG's Lieutenant Whorf, although the overall resemblance is very close.

The characters were disappointingly shallow, especially for a book praised for its psychological complexity. The most painful example came when one character flew into a multi-chapter rage and depression over the deaths of his family. The readers had been through half the book with him by this point and this was the first indication he even had a family. One officer recommends that he handle his personal issues in the privacy of his cabin. We might have greater empathy for this character if we had occasionally seen him in his cabin, writing to his family or looking at their pictures. Or doing anything.

I wanted to like this book more than I did, especially after reading The Man Who Folded Himself. It was enjoyable, but mostly for the historical connection to Star Trek. I do plan to read the sequels, The Middle of Nowhere and Blood and Fire, for similar reasons. But they aren't as high on my list as they were, sad to say.