Shockwave (Star Trek: Enterprise #3)

Posted on 22 July 2017 by Paul Ruditis

Time shall unfold what plighted cunning hides William ShakespeareThe Vulcan Science Directorate has concluded that time travel is impossible T PolThe Starship EnterpriseNX 01 has carried its crew farther into the reaches of space than any human has ever travelled Commanded by Captain Jonathan Archer, they have charted new stars, explored planets, and made first contact with races previously unknown to even the Vulcans And while it s true that they have made mistakes along the way, the crew of Enterprise have tried to live up to Starfleet s creed to boldly go.The Paraagan deep space colony was just another first contact, unusual only in two aspects it was a matriarchal society, and the planet s upper atmosphere was filled with a highly volatile gas But the officers of Enterprise knew how to handle their shuttlepod, and they understood the Paraagan landing protocols As the shuttlepod descended into the planet s atmosphere, they closed the plasma vents, certain that nothing could escape and ignite the gasThirty six hundred colonists were vaporized in the blast Every building, every living thing, everything on the surface was destroyed in the fireball But how could it have happened Every reading shows that the pod s vents were shut Nevertheless, it could only have been the Enterprise crew who caused the destructionRecalled to Earth, Archer knows that the Vulcan High Command has convinced Starfleet of what they have long insisted Humans are not ready for deep space exploration True, it was an accident But considering the catastrophic loss of life, Starfleet must agree that deep space exploration must wait just a little longer, perhaps another twenty yearsor longerBut these were not the events as history recorded them No one died Enterprise was never recalled This is the startling information offered by the mysterious Crewman Daniels who claims to be from the thirty first century and a foot solider in the temporal cold war With a renewed sense of determination, Archer sets out to prove Enterprise s innocence, armed with the knowledge that if he succeeds, his ship will be safe, his future secure But time is a swiftly moving river in whose deadly rapids Enterprise and her captain are now caught Is there anything one very small starship can do against these forces Read Shockwave (Star Trek: Enterprise #3) – kino-fada.fr 3.5 stars.A decent novelization of a pivotal episode But, by definition, this doesn t bring anything particularly new or memorable to the table.A novelization is a hard thing to write On the one hand, fans of the source material will know what is going to happen from the beginning of the novel, meaning the author has to add just enough new material to keep those readers engaged On the other hand, the novel must also be accessible to people unfamiliar with the original production.Such is Shockwave, a two part episode of Enterprise As a novel, this version of the story includes a minor subplot regarding the goings on at Starfleet a A novelization is a hard thing to write On the one hand, fans of the source material will know what is going to happen from the beginning of the novel...MehA good novelisationI stopped at about the 1 3 mark it s a bit spoon feedy, and I couldn t stay focused I ll come back to it later If only there was a Partially Read shelf, sigh.This is not a particularly well written novelization of a not particularly well thought out or well written episode The Admiral Forrest interludes are okay.Shockwave is a novelization of two Star Trek episodes namely the Season 1 Finale and the Season 2 premier I have to admit that I found Shockwave to be one of the better stories in the initial few seasons of the show so I was looking forward to refreshing my memory with this novel.The basic premise of the story is that the Enterprise manages to vaporise several thousand people in a major accident whilst visiting a planet Then, as the Enterprise prepares to be recalled back to Earth, Captain Shockwave is a novelization of two Star Trek episodes namely the Season 1 Finale and the Season 2 premier I have to admit that I...As a shuttle from the Enterprise lands on a mining colony, the atmosphere ignites killing all the colonists All signs point to an engineering malfunction or crew error The Soval, the Vulcan Ambassador, sees this incident as yet another sign that humans are not ready for space, and recommends the Enterprise be grounded.This book is a novelization of two part episode of the season one finale and the season two premiere I don t remember watching the episode although the scene where Hoshi gets vo As a shuttle from the Enterprise lands on a mining colony, the atmosphere ignites killing all the colonists All signs point to an engineering malfunction or crew error The Soval, the Vulcan Ambassador, sees this incident as yet another sign that humans are not ready for space, and recommends the Enterprise be grounded.This book is a novelization of two part episode of the season one finale and the season two premiere I don t remember watching the episode although the scene where Hoshi gets volunteered to crawl in the ducts seemed familiar because they joke that she s the size of a child I remember thinking that it didn t make sense to send the claustrophobic linguist when T Pol was about the same size I looked it up they re both around 5 6 , which really isn t that small p Then laughing my ass off when someone made a pointed glace at T Pol s ample boobage Maybe I misremembered and that part was just my mental improvement or they reused the bit.Anyway, the plot is ve...I think that novelisations of TV episodes can either be good or bad However, this was a really good adaptation I really liked how we got to seeof Forrest and his aide, the cadet was so cool to read about, as well as getting to seesnippets of Daniels and Archer Maybe the writing style still wasn t the best, I really liked that I could picture the events, like they were in the episode I m not one to read books that I ve seen on screen first, but this one is definitely a good one, m I think that novelisations of TV episodes can either be good or bad However, this was a really good adaptation I really liked how we got to seeof Forrest and his aide, the cadet was so cool to read about, as well as getting to ...Pretty good adaptation of the TV episode I though it was well written and enjoyable, but somewhat on the short side The best adaptations are the ones that bring something new to the story they are adapting, and this one didn t re...

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22 July 2017

Paul Ruditis