Star Trek: The Manga Volume 2: Kakan Ni Shinkou
by Bettina Kurkoski, Diane Duane, Wil Wheaton
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TokyoPop, a strong producer of manga, dove into the realm of Star Trek a couple of years ago when it introduced a volume of short stories produced in the Japanese graphic art form. This is the second volume to come out, and it is a group of five very interesting tales.
One of them does a wonderful job of examinig what happened to Lt. Uhura after her mind was wiped by the traveling probe Nomad.
Another is written by Wil Wheaton (a.k.a. Wesley Crusher from Star Trek: The Next Generation ...more
One of them does a wonderful job of examinig what happened to Lt. Uhura after her mind was wiped by the traveling probe Nomad.
Another is written by Wil Wheaton (a.k.a. Wesley Crusher from Star Trek: The Next Generation ...more
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Read in December, 2007
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Trek fans, Manga fans
Well, I was bit disappointed with the story quality of the first volume, and while it's improved here, it's still not satisfying me. The two stories that stand out are the ones by Will Wheaton and Diane Duane, both long established Trek personalities, so it's really no surprise that there's were the best. What I think is most telling is that the best story in here was the bonus story, excerpted from a separate short story collection. Basically, the writing is slightly better, but the novelty of ...more
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Read in October, 2007
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Dedicated Star Trek Fans
This book consists of five stories ranging from pretty good to excellent, sadly trimmed to outline length and attached to crappy anime-quality art. In four of the stories, the characters are barely recognizable, more closely resembling characters from Final Fantasy or Speed Racer than the crew of the Enterprise. In all five, the brief length of the format prevents the stories from being fully developed. I bought it because I like Wil Wheaton and Diane Duane, and I'm not sorry I did - but unle...more
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Read in October, 2007
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Star Trek / Sci Fi / Manga Fans
This is Volume 2 in a successful TokyoPop Manga rendition of new stories for the Star Trek Universe, and it does not disappoint.
The first story, probably the best and most authentic Star Trek Original series story, is written by Wesley Crusher himself: Wil Wheaton. While I normally dislike Cast Written Books/Stories, this one is without a doubt the most enjoyable in the series.
That isn't to say the rest of the stories are without merit.
If you are a Star Trek fan, specifically old St...more
The first story, probably the best and most authentic Star Trek Original series story, is written by Wesley Crusher himself: Wil Wheaton. While I normally dislike Cast Written Books/Stories, this one is without a doubt the most enjoyable in the series.
That isn't to say the rest of the stories are without merit.
If you are a Star Trek fan, specifically old St...more
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Read in April, 2008
The stories in the first volume were consistently OK; here it varies from really good to really meh. The third story, "Communications Breakdown", is by far my favorite. Uhura ftw!
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