No Time Like the Past

Posted on 19 August 2019 by Greg Cox

An original novel set in the universe of Star Trek The Original Series STARDATE 6122.5 A diplomatic mission to the planet Yusub erupts in violence when ruthless Orion raiders attempt to disrupt the crucial negotiations by force Caught in the midst of a tense and dangerous situation, Captain James T Kirk of the U.S.S Enterprise finds an unexpected ally in the form of an enigmatic stranger who calls herself Annika Seven STARDATE 53786.1 Seven of Nine is taking part in an archae ological expedition on an obscure planetoid in the Delta Quadrant when a disastrous turn of events puts Voyager s away team in jeopardy and transports Seven across time and space to Yusub, where she comes face to face with one of Starfleet s greatest legends.STARDATE 6122.5 Kirk knows better than most the danger that even a single castaway from the future can pose to the time line, so he and Seven embark on a hazardous quest to return her to her own era But there are others who crave the knowledge Seven possesses, and they will stop at noth ing to obtain it even if this means seizing control of the Enterprise Download No Time Like the Past – kino-fada.fr Time the Final ParadoxThese are the voyagesof the Starship EnterpriseIts 304 pages mission isto explore strange already visited worldsto help out the mysterious Dr Annika Seven ,who claims to be from the future,to boldly go where no Borg has gone before I wanted to read this novel but to be honest I didn t expect something extraordinary The very basic premise was that Seven of Nine, a popular character from Star Trek Voyager will meet the legendary Captain James T Kirk of Star TrekTime the Final ParadoxThese are the voyagesof the Starship EnterpriseIts 304 pages mission isto explore strange already visited worldsto help out the mysterious Dr Annika Seven ,who claims to be from the future,to boldly go where no Borg has gone before I wanted to read this novel but to be honest I didn t expect something extraordinary The very basic premise was that Seven of Nine, a popular character from Star Trek Voyager will meet the legendary Captain James T Kirk of Star Trek The Original Series A fun idea to set a meeting of the original ladies man with the galactic bombshell, but without depth in storytelling.However, I wa...I don t know why I still allow myself to be sucked into these things I should know better I stopped reading Star Trek books a long time ago because, once TPTB caught on to slash, they stopped allowing any sort of emotional context in their books Especially between Kirk and Spock.But I was hopeful I mean, it sounded good I like time travel stories, and what with several of TOS s episodes being highlighted, there appeared to be some meat to the story.No such luck Everyone is just sort of I don t know why I still allow myself to be sucked into these things I should k...I m so incredibly behind on reading the Star Trek prose novels that I collect that even though I bought this book when it was published in 2014, this is the first time I ve had the chance to actually sit down and read it.Thankfully, it was an experience well worth waiting for Though this is ostensibly an Original Series novel, it is a crossover tale where Seven of Nine from the Star Trek Voyager series through a series of events best read than explained is transported back 100 years in the I m so incredibly behind on reading the Star Trek prose novels that I collect that even though I bought this book when it was published in 2014, this is the first time I ve had the chance to actually sit down and read it.Thankfully, it was an experience well worth waiting for Though this is ostensibly an Original Series novel, it is a crossover tale where Seven of Nine from the Star Trek Voyager series through a series of events best read than explained is transported back 100 years in the past This leads her to meeting Captain Kirk and the crew of the Enterprise The circumstances of the initial meeting are less than ideal as it comes in the midst of an ambush during a delicate diplomatic conference.Time travel, Orions, spies and the push pull desire of learning what is to come in the futur...I gave up attempting to keep up with all Star Trek books many years ago The quality seemed to keep decreasing, with the rare exception Every now and then I ll pick up one that catches my attention, hoping for a gem Unfortunately, this wasn t it It honestly seems like Greg Cox took a list of every overworked Star Trek cliche and strung them together into a book Every time a redshirt is introduced, you know they re about to die Nobody else, just the security guard The banter and exposition I gave up attempting to keep up with all Star Trek books many years ago The quality seemed to keep decreasing, with the rare exception Every now and then I ll pick up one that catches my attention, hoping for a gem Unfortunately, this wasn t it It honestly seems like Greg Cox took a list of e...One of the problems that Star Trek fiction had during its glut years was that a large amount of the books being written weren t much better than the fan fiction that had circulated via photocopy and fanzine in the years before the show became a big hit on the big screen In fact, some of the fan written work was better than the official stories coming out under Paramount and Pocket Books approval The recent scaling back of the production line might have helped stem this problem, but if Greg One of the problems that Star Trek fiction had during its glut years was t...While he s not quite in the same pantheon as Peter David, Greg Cox still offers upthis fair share of intriguing, well told Star Trek tie in novels So when I saw the cover of No Time Like the Past promised an epic crossover event, I was willing to give this blending of classic Trek and Voyager a chance.And for the most part, it was a fairly fun read, even if I felt like the book overstayed its welcome by about fifty or so pages.Thanks to some relic in the Delta Quadrant, Seven of Nine is While he s not quite in the same pantheon as Peter David, Greg Cox still offers upthis fair share of intriguing, well told Star Trek tie in novels So when I saw the cover of No Time Like the Past promised an epic crossover event, I was willing to give this blending of classic Trek and Voyager a chance.And for the most part, it was a fairly fun read, even if I felt like the book overstayed its welcome by about fifty or so pages.Thanks to some relic in the Delta Quadrant, Seven of Nine is sent back to the era of Kirk, Spock and McCoy In order to get back and to prevent damage to the future time line, Seven enlists the help of Kirk and company to reassemble a time travel device and return home Pieces of said artifact are scattered across the galaxy...Though this story had its occasional bright spots, this was probably my least favorite Greg Cox novel from the Star Trek universe Most of the time it seemedplodding than it needed to be.Great interactions between Seven and the classic Trek crew make this novel a memorable one Greg Cox really captures the voices of the original cast as well as that of Seven of Nine, and the interplay between Seven and the TOS crew felt very genuine Additionally, revisiting some of the greatest hits of the original series is an interesting concept that plays out well I especially enjoyed the exploration of the culture of Cheron.Greg Cox has certainly shown a penchant for unique time twisting Great interactions between Seven and the classic Trek crew make this novel a memorable one Greg Cox really captures the voices of the original cast as well as that of Seven of Nine, and the interplay between Seven and the TOS crew felt very genuine Additionally, revisiting some of the greatest hits of the original series is an interesting concept that plays out w...This was not a top tier Star Trek book the plot was fairly pedestrian basically, the plot was simply a rationalization for the basic idea, which was to have an Original Series Voyager crossover in which Seven of Nine meets Kirk co The idea was fascinating, as Mr Spock would say, and the characterizations were pretty well handled But really, there wasn t much substance here The conclusion, in which the time and space traveling is rationalized, is pretty well a deus ex machina, and not This was not a top tier Star Trek book the plot was fairly pedestrian basically, the plot was simply a rationalization for the basic idea, which was to have an Original Series Voyager crossover in which Seven of Nine meets Kirk co The idea was fascinating, as Mr Spock would say, and the characterizations were pretty well handled But really, there wasn t much su...Rather than the usual Voyager books that have been released lately, this one is set during the voyage through the Delta Quadrant as well as during Kirk s five year mission, which made this book an enjoyable romp through time as well as space Some of the plot twists were obvious, includin...

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19 August 2019

Greg Cox