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Star Trek: The Original Series: The Rings of Time
by
Greg Cox
When a mining colony on an endangered moon is threatened, it’s a race against time forthe Enterprise crew to find a solution in this original novel set in the universe of Star Trek: The Original Series.The U.S.S. Enterprise responds to a distress call from a vital dilithium-mining colony in the Klondike system. The colony is located on Skagway, a moon orbiting Klondike-6,...more
Paperback, 384 pages
Published
January 31st 2012
by Pocket Books/Star Trek
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Given Cox's pedigree, I was unpleasantly surprised at how badly this book was written. I don't want to spend a lot of time on the review because, honestly, I barely finished the book. The plot idea was a good one, and revisiting a storyline from the original series was fun. But Cox is a lazy writer. This read almost like a first draft that he handed to the publisher and they set the type without any editing whatsoever. Cox's apparent need to reference TOS episode plots every other paragraph real...more
Star trek meets classic sci-fi story-telling...,
I really liked this approach of showing a new facet of the star trek universe; if the mission of the USS Lewis & Clark in 2020 reminded me many times of Arthur C. Clarke's ground-breaking Space Odysseys, so had it much more characterization and philosophy in it, which always were part of good star trek yarn. But the story also takes political, social and economic issues in account, such as the ramifications the present day economic crisis would...more
I really liked this approach of showing a new facet of the star trek universe; if the mission of the USS Lewis & Clark in 2020 reminded me many times of Arthur C. Clarke's ground-breaking Space Odysseys, so had it much more characterization and philosophy in it, which always were part of good star trek yarn. But the story also takes political, social and economic issues in account, such as the ramifications the present day economic crisis would...more
2012 gets off to a rather fun start as Greg Cox fills in a blank in the Star Trek timeline & does so in a way that gives fans of the original series a nice surprise. "The Rings of Time" is split between 250 years in history. In 2270, the Enterprise is sent to investigate the failing rings of Klondike VI & rescue the mining colony Skagway which is there to help mine dilithium from the rings. In 2020, the Lewis & Clark under the command of Colonel Shaun Christopher is launched as the f...more
It’s unusual these days to have stand-alone Trek novels, though the changes in the publishing schedules have made the long-term continuity-driven “events” less and less viable. (Just look at how the post-series relaunches and “New Frontier” line have fallen in priority.) Despite my love for long-form fiction with a sprawling story, it was a treat to sit down and read a relatively quick and self-contained novel in the Trek universe.
The astronomer in me was gratified to see that the “mysterious Sa...more
The astronomer in me was gratified to see that the “mysterious Sa...more
Aug 21, 2012
Anthony Burdge
rated it
5 of 5 stars
Recommends it for:
Trekkies
Recommended to Anthony by:
Simon and Schuster
The Rings of Time brings together a superbly rich tapestry of Trek lore from across the vast tapestry of the Trek Universe and a space program in our not to distant future. The book opens with the crew of the USS Lewis and Clark engaging in their first manned flight to Saturn. The 2020 NASA space flight is manned by astronaut Colonel Shaun Christopher whose surname may be very familiar to Trek fans, he is the son of Captain John Christopher, a U.S. Air Force pilot who had a brush with the U.S.S....more
The Rings of Time is a very good Star Trek The Original Series novel which is divided into two halves one firmly in the middle of the Enterprise's five year mission and the other half in the early part of the twenty-first century at the starting point of space exploration.
The stories are linked by a certain spacial phenomenon that exists on all ringed planets. Both crew across a strange object in orbit around the planets. The Enterprise beam it aboard and the commander of the twenty first centu...more
The stories are linked by a certain spacial phenomenon that exists on all ringed planets. Both crew across a strange object in orbit around the planets. The Enterprise beam it aboard and the commander of the twenty first centu...more
I am most familiar with the original series of Star Trek, so books like this fit into the canon I know best. I was intrigued by the blurb on the back of the book, so I picked it up.
It was great. There are two stories running in parallel, and the author does a great job of keeping both stories going. One story involved Captain Kirk and the Enterprise around a ringed gas giant in the year 2370, while the other story involves man's first trip to Saturn (a ringed gas giant) in the year 2020. There i...more
It was great. There are two stories running in parallel, and the author does a great job of keeping both stories going. One story involved Captain Kirk and the Enterprise around a ringed gas giant in the year 2370, while the other story involves man's first trip to Saturn (a ringed gas giant) in the year 2020. There i...more
For both good and bad totally captures the essence of TOS. This has well described visuals, characters so true that I think Mr. Cox must have had a seance and had Roddenberry dictate there words and actions. This is very true of Kirk. The plot set in two different times around Saturn and another Gas Giant was very compelling with a wonderful scientific mystery for Spock and the crew to solve. Up until the last chapter I loved this book. Even in this it held true to TOS but was just an ongoing St...more
This was one of the most boring Star Trek books that I have read in a while. I had to drag my way through this one. The characters and story idea are great BUT, how many times can we read about a mind switch...ugh. Liked the look into the past with the U.S.S. Lewis & Clark and the whole ring thing was interesting. But the story it's self just dragged and more than once I considered putting this down and should have cause the ending as a let down too. I like Greg Cox, this is just not one of...more
This was another classic Star Trek novel that I thoroughly enjoyed. Mr. Cox juggled the two timelines quite well, bouncing back and forth between them with effortless ease. It was interesting to see the vast contrasts between the two space ages and to see just how far Kirk and company had come from the year 2020 when the exploration of deep space was still in its relative infancy.
There was a nice scientific mystery to solve and a few neat twists and turns. Learning more about Saturn, its rings a...more
There was a nice scientific mystery to solve and a few neat twists and turns. Learning more about Saturn, its rings a...more
Jul 25, 2012
Angela
rated it
4 of 5 stars
·
review of another edition
Shelves:
star-trek,
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A decent, well written story. It's actually more like 2 stories, one set in 2020 on a mission to Saturn, the other with the enterprise trying to save a colony. There are similarities between the 2 plots ans then they evolve. All the characters are well portrayed, and it is a bit of a page turner. A good read.
For the most part, The Rings of Time was satisfying, a nice fix of original Star Trek. It was nice to have the exploration of part of Trek history that hadn't previously been featured. While there are differences in the ages of the characters, it was nice to be able to feature (in my head) actor Roger Perry in the role of Colonel Shaun Christopher, after having already been introduced to his father in the original Star Trek episode "Tomorrow is Yesterday." Not perfect, with an ending that's a li...more
To me, this one actually read like an episode that might have been shown during the original series. And the characters were spot on.
There is a nice little twist in the end that I did not see coming and really enjoyed.
I do recommend it.
There is a nice little twist in the end that I did not see coming and really enjoyed.
I do recommend it.
I enjoy Star Trek novels and while I liked the premise and story of this one, I became annoyed at the number of references to unrelated TV episodes. To me, it came across as "look I really know my Star Trek lore" and intruded on the story rather than enhancing it. Which is too bad, because it's a really good story.
A very enjoyable book. The ending's a bit too pat and the "twist" is a bit too obvious, but overall I loved the contrasts between the two time periods.
A must read for all TOS fans. Feels like it came straight from Roddenberry's mouth. I would have no difficulty seeing this as one of the original episodes. The continuity was dead on and left me wanting more.
A thoroughly enjoyable read for any "Trekkie", with lots of references to events in the TV series and movies.
Feb 22, 2012
Walter
added it
Bringing together various Star Trek historic events and time lines...riveting so far! Awesome book...it collected so many different events and successfully merged them into a great story.
Feb 07, 2012
David Monroe
marked it as to-read
Sometimes I like 800+ page, footnote laden presidential bios, and sometimes I likes me some Trek.
Really good stuff particularly for TOS era! I liked it.
just alright
A fascinating time travel romp. I loved reading this.
Fairly decent, but utterly predictable
Excellent classic trek novel!
Mar 13, 2012
Andrew Beet
added it
i liked it it was a solid read i liked that you were in the year 2020 and then the year 2370. it had a great story and it had echoes of the original series episode Turnabout Intruder when Kirk swapped bodies with Janice Lester. Very good story it was one of those star trek books where you want to find out what's going to happen to the character e.g Kirk to see if he wil get back to his own time and body.
May 11, 2013
Matthew Robinson
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