I enjoyed the return of Kor and a bit of a different perspective of Kirk. Could have done with less of the “feisty” but fragile women motif though. Copyright for this story is 1984. According to the author note this is the only book Melinda Snodgrass wrote in the series. She then began scriptwriting for the New Generation.
so-soLike the TV series, some Star Trek books are great, some are meh. This is definitely meh. I appreciate the spotlight on Uhura, but at times it felt like I was reading a romance novel, her relationship was so sappy and coy. Plus, anyone who's seen one episode of ST knows what usually happens to the love interests of any of the main characters. 3 💥💥💥 out of 5
Ah, that's how Spock recognized the songs of humpbacks. He had encountered species singing like them earlier. Quite interesting. I'd have loved if there had been some meta about the link between the book and the later movie. Or something like 'That must be the reason why those species sound similar, Captain. This probe seems to communicate with all of them over a great distance.'
Still very interesting.
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