- Paperback: 383 pages
- Publisher: Star Trek; First Edition edition (1995)
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 0671520458
- ISBN-13: 978-0671520458
- Product Dimensions: 17 x 10.4 x 3 cm
- Shipping Weight: 181 g
- Average Customer Review: 1.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (1 customer review)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: #584,607 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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1.0 out of 5 stars
Winner of Bad Fiction Contest,
By A Customer
This review is from: First Frontier (Paperback)
I don't know if it will let me post the link to the Bulwer-Lytton Bad Fiction site (entry #40) here, but it is my duty to inform you all of the following:You want bad writing - I got bad writing. Ladies and Gentlemen, I give you. Star Trek-- First Frontier by Diane Carey and Dr James I Kirkland. Doctor Kirkland is credited as the dinosaur expert, since the story is set on prehistoric earth. I hesitate to guess what Ms Carey's field of expertise may be, since it certainly isn't writing clear, literate English prose. The book is littered with cherishable errors - at a rate of one or two biggies every four or five pages. Particular favourites include a resolute refusal to use the phrase "He (or she) said" if at all possible. So we have: Kirk clipped, Chekov bolted. (While not moving from his seat), he malaised, Kirk distilled....., he resigned (While not going anywhere) Kirk impugned. Chapter 23 starts with the entirely incomprehensible sentence: "Head down into the storm they went, pressing barehanded to their chests an unshielded sense of peril." There are so many pleasing subjects for speculation here. How does a group of humanoids have multiple chests but only one head? Do you sometimes need gloves to press unshielded senses of peril to your chest? Do senses of perils usually come shielded and they took the shield off, or did they put a shield on and then took it off afterwards? And if so, why? But all these pale into insignificance before the panoply of riches which is Chapter 29. We have a Klingon who "gazed up at Kirk with roguish languor." A dinosaur described as a "shriven corpse on the floor." As I Catholic, I find it curiously reassuring to know that Confession was available to prehistoric reptiles. A human is endowed with a twenty-foot arm. (apparently only the one, though) and the best of the "he said" alternatives. "Pushing, Kirk under-girded, "But........" And I haven't even mentioned the rest of the book : Kirk leering at the bridge screen, the seconds that went by like surgical time (faster? slower?) the chap who cloyed to his work, Kirk reeling with respect for someone, disinterest used for uninterest, Kirk's surfeiting nod, vilification used as a synonym for hatred, and disdained for despised, etc.
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3.8 out of 5 stars (23 customer reviews) 2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
Best Book Ever! Read it!,
A Kid's Review - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: First Frontier (Paperback)
Ever since I checked out this book from my local library, it has become my favorite! I like to write science fiction, and I have a series of stories I am still developing. In my stories, one of my alien species evolved from dinosaurs. This species was showing signs of intelligence when an asteroid was detected heading toward Earth. To save them, an extremely advanced species relocated them to another planet. This species was developed before I read First Frontier. If you have read First Frontier, the description above should sound familiar: it is exactly the same as the Clan Ru! Wow! This book is the best of the best!
4 of 5 people found the following review helpful:
3.0 out of 5 stars
Typical Diane Carey.,
By James Yanni - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: First Frontier (Paperback)
As usual, Diane Carey tells a fascinating story, with excellent plot, characterization, and pacing. Unfortunately, also as usual, Diane Carey tries overhard to be a "wordsmith", making continuous attempts to use words in clever and unusual ways, and failing miserably at it. Her word choice is distractingly odd and frequently just wrong. She has a near-pathological aversion to the phrase "he said", using such replacements as "he bolted" (while not moving), and "He appraised", as well as many more; I could fill a page and more with odd word choices that she makes in an attempt to avoid commonplace phrases. Mind you, I understand the desire to avoid repetitive use of common phrases, but Ms. Carey has a real tendancy to go so overboard in the attempt, and has so little talent for doing it fluently, that it is truly distracting and makes it hard to focus on the story, which is actually a very well-conceived and fascinating story that I would have liked to see better-told.
4 of 5 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
Best Book I've Ever Read--and I've read a lot,
By Tavia - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: First Frontier (Paperback)
This is a great, great book. A little confusing the first time through, but only because it's a complex plot; which is often the best kind.To summarize: The Clan Ru, alien reptiles, think the Federation has held their race back, and so go back to prevent humanity's evolution (note: they do NOT know they're from Earth, contrary to at least one other review). Due to Cosmic String which I do not pretend to understand, only the Enterprise remains in the chnaged timeline. So the Enterprise is stuck in an alternate version of their own universe, caught between the Klingons and the Romulans who have been battering each other for decades to no purpose. A lot of things happen, but eventually Kirk, Spock, McCoy and some red-shirts take the Guardian of Forever into the past (note: the Enterprise never leaves the present time; they're down on the ground with virtually nothing in the middle of the dinos) to try and make sure the dinosaurs are wiped out. What happens? Well, I'm certainly not going to give it away! Go read it yourself, it's well worth it. It's a great book, a really great book. Read it, and it's like being on the Enterprise for awhile. Thoroughly engrossing. (sitting in middle of my friends reading, and I was seriously getting into it.) Have I convinced you yet? Go! Read! Whatever Amazon is charging, it's worth the money! THAT'S how good this is. |
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