Spock, Messiah! by Theodore R. Cogswell, Jr. and Charles A. Spano

[rachelmanija]

I did not receive any of the Harlequin titles, which I note all actually exist. Nor did I receive The Very Virile Viking or The Vampire Queen’s Servant, which also exist. I already own Clan of Death: Ninja, and have it reviewed somewhere under the tag genre: ninja

Comments

[telophase]

Woo-hoo, I got it right in the poll!

I note that I was the top pick in the Sender category. Perhaps I should find something worse for you...

[tool_of_satan]

Race to the bottom!

[telophase]

I'm trying to remember the title of a Trek novel I read about twenty years ago that had, IIRC, a human woman in some sort of captive/coerced relationship with a Klingon, perhaps Kang. Not that I remember anything other than that about it, and that it read like fanfic would today. I don't think it was Pawns and Symbols, but maybe I'm conflating elements of that with another one?

[tool_of_satan]

Doesn't sound familiar, but I stopped reading most of the Trek novels sometime in the late 80s. And there are plenty I have blocked out.

[rachelmanija]

No, but it sounds GREAT.

[sarahtales]

I LOVE THIS SERIES. I wrote a review of the first one here (http://sarahtales.livejournal.com/136884.html#cutid1) - go read them, she urges!

[tool_of_satan]

You're welcome!

This is apparently even worse than I remembered (which, since I read it probably 28 years ago, is not too surprising).

I would suggest a poll for the absolute worst Star Trek book ever, but I do not remember things like the Marshak/Culbreath books well enough to vote on which is worst, and there is no way I am reading them again (why I read more than one of them in the first place, I cannot now say).

[tool_of_satan]

Here is the cover Rachel mentions, in case anyone wants to see it.

While I am at it, I have to share this cover for The Entropy Effect, which I found while looking for the first cover. What the hell?

[nestra]

What the hey? What was wrong with the original cover for The Entropy Effect, which had awesome long-haired Sulu?

[tool_of_satan]

While I like the original cover, the composition looks very 80s to me, so I can see why they would want a new one. I have no idea why they would want this one, however.

"As it happened, Dr. McCoy had never done a colonoscopy on a Vulcan before."

[starlady38]

The new cover is terrible. The book is better.

Re: "Spock, Messiah!" Who decided to publish that? WHO!?

[matt_doyle]

Oh God, I've read that.