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Mutiny on the Enterprise (Star Trek: The Original Series) Paperback – July 1, 1990

by Robert E. Vardeman (Author)
3.8 3.8 out of 5 stars 53 ratings
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The EnterpriseTM is crippled in orbit around a dangerous, living, breathing planet, and a desperate peace mission to the Orion Arm is stalled. Kirk has never needed his crew more. But a lithe, alien woman is casting a spell of pacifism, and now mutiny over the crew.

Suddenly Captain Kirk's journey for peace has turned into a terrifying war to retake command of his ship.

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  1. Book 10 of 84
    Star Trek: The Original Series
  2. Print length
    189 pages
  3. Language
    English
  4. Publisher
    Star Trek
  5. Publication date
    July 1, 1990
  6. Dimensions
    4.25 x 0.25 x 6.75 inches
  7. ISBN-10
    0671708007
  8. ISBN-13
    978-0671708009
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The Enterprise is crippled in orbit around a dangerous, living, breathing planet, and a desperate peace mission to the Orion Arm is stalled. Kirk has never needed his crew more. But a lithe, alien woman is casting a spell of pacifism, and now mutiny over the crew.

Suddenly Captain Kirk's journey for peace has turned into a terrifying war to retake command of his ship.END

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  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ Star Trek (July 1, 1990)
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • Paperback ‏ : ‎ 189 pages
  • ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 0671708007
  • ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0671708009
  • Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 3.2 ounces
  • Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 4.25 x 0.25 x 6.75 inches
  • Customer Reviews:
    3.8 3.8 out of 5 stars 53 ratings

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Robert E. Vardeman

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Robert E. Vardeman is the author of more than 100 fantasy and science fiction novels, as well as almost 200 westerns under various pen names (Jackson Lowry, Karl Lassiter). He was honored with the Western Fictioneers' Life Achievement Award in 2017. F&SF titles include the six-book Cenotaph Road series along with the Demon Crown trilogy: SF series include Weapons of Chaos, Biowarriors, and Masters of Space all now available in ebook format. Standalone sf titles include Ancient Heavens and Darklight Pirates.

Fantasy work includes the novelization of Sony Playstation videogame God of War 1 (co-authored with Matthew Stover) and God of War 2. Fantasy series include all nine titles in the Swords of Raemllyn series co-authored with Geo W Proctor, the Jade Demons tetralogy, and the Accursed trilogy.

Tie-in work includes two Star Trek novels, and titles in Magic: The Gathering, Crimson Skies, Traveller, Warhammer, MechWarrior, and Vor: The Maelstrom.

More than fifty short stories have appeared in such anthologies as the recent Grimm, Grit and Gasoline, Straight Outta Tombstone and Steampunk'd.

Editorial work includes Career Guide to Your Job in Hell and the spectacular anthology, co-edited with Joan Spici Saberhagen, Golden Reflections. In addition to mentoring writing students at Arizona State University, he also copy edits four annual fantasy football magazines, including the award winning Fantasy Sports Pro Forecast and Football Diehards.

His various titles have garnered award nominations for best novel from the Western Fictioneers, the International Association of Media Tie-in Writers and the NM-AZ Book Awards.

Vardeman is a longtime resident of Albuquerque, New Mexico, graduating from the University of New Mexico with a B.S. in physics and a M.S. in materials engineering. He worked for Sandia National Laboratories in the Solid State Physics Research Department before becoming a full time writer. When he can, he enjoys the high-tech hobby of geocaching.

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Sarah
5.0 out of 5 stars Five Stars
Reviewed in the United States on November 1, 2017
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C. Dennis Moore
4.0 out of 5 stars Star Trek: Mutiny on the Enterprise, by Robert. E. Vardeman
Reviewed in the United States on February 25, 2013
The Enterprise has just entered drydock, in desperate need of repairs and the crew seriously needs some time off when they're told they have to turn around and go back out on a most important mission. There's trouble brewing in the Orion Arm between Ammdon and Jurnamoria and the only one with the skill to stop the trouble from turning into all-out war is Ambassador Zarv and his assistants. Captain Kirk is not happy about the mission at all. For one thing, the engines need a ton of repair work before going anywhere. For such a time-sensitive mission, the Enterprise isn't able to go past warp factor three without risking destroying the engines altogether. But they're the only ship available that might even make the trip, even if it takes a little longer.

So they set out for the Orion Arm, but along the way they detect a distress signal and detour to check it out. What they find is a young woman named Lorelei who claims she is a Speaker from a planet called Hyla, which no one aboard has ever heard of. They try to make her comfortable, give her access to the ship's amenities as they continue on their mission, but pretty soon the woman starts to make trouble. Not overtly, but she does insist that reaching their destination is only going to insure war between Ammdon and Jurnamoria. What's worse, the crew begins to listen to her.

People are beginning to abandon their stations, refuse to do their jobs, talk behind the Captain's back and insist they should simply turn around and head back to Starbase One and forget this entire business.

Soon Captain Kirk is faced with a full-fledged mutiny, but before he can do anything, he's transported to the surface of another unknown planet the Enterprise has headed for in search of shielding materials to rebuild their engines before they wind up "dead in the water". With nearly his entire crew turned against him, Captain Kirk must find a way to reclaim his ship, but first he's got to survive this strange planet that seems to act as if it and everything on it are all part of one big organism, one that doesn't like invaders.

MUTINY ON THE ENTERPRISE was a pretty good novel. Not the best Star Trek novel I've ever read, but I enjoyed it. Originally published in 1983, it's a very slim book, but that helps because there's not a ton of story here, nothing too complicated. The book says what it needed to say, then it ends--I wish more novels had that kind of sense. Robert E. Vardeman's prose is okay. It's nothing flashy but, again, it gets the job done.

I didn't care for his characterization of Spock who came across, for all his intelligence, as a little dense at times in what was supposed to be Vardeman's, I'm assuming, intent to show Spock as strictly logical. I'm no hardcore Trekkie but I'm familiar enough with the universe to know the Spock in this novel needs to lighten up a little. He's all logic and no personality.

The author kept the plot moving along at a pretty steady pace and I never felt like I was bogged down in unnecessary asides or subplots; everything here served the story. Also, I didn't feel like the plot was too predictable--until the end; once they reached the Orion Arm, it became way too obvious how the book was going to end. On the other hand, the predictable ending didn't feel like a cheat. In fact, I felt kind of stupid for not having guessed it 180 pages earlier, which, I suppose, should score one for Vardeman.

Overall, I enjoyed MUTINY ON THE ENTERPRISE and am looking forward to diving into more of the Trek novels I own, especially these old Original Series novels, which I still have a ton of. These novels are a lot of fun for fans of the Star Trek universe.
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Franklin Morgan
3.0 out of 5 stars Good condition, bad book
Reviewed in the United States on March 31, 2021
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The quality of the physical book was impressive for a pre-owned, 30 year old book.
The 3 star us related to the story and writing. A very stilted writing and, while unexpected, a strange story to try and follow.
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J. Tant
2.0 out of 5 stars Not for me
Reviewed in the United States on August 9, 2016
First thing - it's a short read.

Second thing - I frankly had to struggle to finish it.

It's hard for me to pinpoint where the story went wrong. There's no single thing I can point to and say "if only this were different, the book would be great!" It's not Vardeman's writing, exactly...he knows what he's doing. Maybe it's his interpretation of Star Trek that's the issue, along with some odd characterization choices. Or maybe it's the overall plot that just rang off key to me. Regardless, I first read this as a teenager years ago and now after having unearthed my old stash of ST novels I still couldn't get into the book.
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5.0 out of 5 stars A Story Filled with Dilemmas
Reviewed in the United States on December 30, 2023
In Star Trek: The Original Series (1966-1969) it was quite common for Captain Kirk and his leadership team to face a dilemma or a series of dilemmas; we watched with bated breath to see how the crew of the Enterprise managed to get themselves out of a difficult situation. Such is the case with the book Mutiny on the Enterprise. Captain Kirk is dealing with a diplomatic mission, engine trouble, and a planet that is, in essence, a living organism. And, to make things more complicated, an alien woman is undermining the authority of Captain Kirk as he attempts to solve multiple problems on multiple fronts with no easy solutions. This book made me think of The Naked Time, This Side of Paradise, and Journey to Babel (all episodes from the Original Series). If you are looking for a book that has the feel of the original Star Trek episodes you would do well to read Mutiny on the Enterprise; this book does not disappoint. Highly recommended.
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Scott Miller
4.0 out of 5 stars Classic Trek...mostly
Reviewed in the United States on September 5, 2018
I grew up with the later Trek novels, ones written after TNG season 3 when formula had invaded every aspect of Trek. These days I find it refreshing to look back through the earlier books that were more varied. Mutiny on the Enterprise is one such book. For better or worse, it feels more like professional fan fiction that something churned out by the numbers, as many of the later books feel.

Brief synopsis: On their way to a peace negotiation, the Enterprise rescues a woman named Lorelei with very strong powers of persuasion. She eventually convinces almost all of the Enterprise crew to rebel against the mission and Kirk's authority.

The book isn't perfect. The conclusion is predictable almost from the start. And as noble as Lorelei's motives may be, there are aspects of her character, and hypocrisies in her actions, that prevent her from being a truly sympathetic character. Unfortunately, that is mostly glossed over. There's also an aspect of her persuasive abilities which raise the serious moral question of free will, which is never even touched upon. That seems very un-Trek-like.

On the other hand, Spock's pedantic pestering of McCoy's single-minded grumblings feels VERY much like an episode of the original series. And I love that Vardeman's writing stays in-universe instead of trying to relate the story elements to our modern day (for example, his few similes mention non-existent alien creatures and locales, rather than "ancient" aspects of our own society). It feels like these are the characters we know, living their own lives, not some avatars the author is making use of.

The result of all this is a book that, while flawed, is more enjoyable that it probably should be. If you want something different than the novels of the past 25 years or so, this is a fine place to start.
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Stephen Fender
3.0 out of 5 stars Eh...
Reviewed in the United States on November 19, 2011
This was a predictable Trek novel. While some of the character were fun, it seemed a little too easy to figure out the plot.
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Lucette LAURETTE
3.0 out of 5 stars etat couverture abimée
Reviewed in France on March 25, 2021
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Produit avec couverture très abîmée mais livraison dans les temps
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Roddenberry
3.0 out of 5 stars At Least I'm Not A Read Shirt
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on August 3, 2016
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Despite being a Trek fan, I'd never read any of the novels. I've now read a fair few of the TOS ones and they are a patchy bunch, some capture the crew well, some even feel like episodes but a lot fail at that. This is OK, nothing more or less, worth reading if you like the genre or the show.
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