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Star Trek: Devil World (Star Trek)
Kirk takes the ship to the quarantined planet of Danon to locate the father of his paramour, even though that man is known to be a traitor who forsook the Federation for the Klingons. But the man they find is almost mad, and all the original settlers of the colony are gone. Now, the crew is at risk from the natives of Danon, who are none other than immortal devils.
Mass Market Paperback, 160 pages
Published
October 1st 1995
by Spectra
(first published 1979)
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It's short, can't call it sweet.
Gilla is Jainist, which in this story means she can't eat anything more sentient than a grape.
I'm a meat-a-tarian, so I find the idea of someone who starves themselves for a principle very sad. Almost as sad as the fatty heart disease I'm courting.
Also, the aliens look like devils, if you go to their planet their old machines try to assimilate you, and you go mad. Gilla, dying anyway, dies there in her insane father's place. Trading a literally starving artist f...more
Gilla is Jainist, which in this story means she can't eat anything more sentient than a grape.
I'm a meat-a-tarian, so I find the idea of someone who starves themselves for a principle very sad. Almost as sad as the fatty heart disease I'm courting.
Also, the aliens look like devils, if you go to their planet their old machines try to assimilate you, and you go mad. Gilla, dying anyway, dies there in her insane father's place. Trading a literally starving artist f...more
Gordon Eklund delivers a rather mediocre Trek story with "Devil World," a tale of a planet inhabited by a dying ancient race fallen from grace.
There are some great high brow concepts here and the story has some nice surprise moments, but there are also far too many predictable aspects to it. And it felt like the original characters have been left somewhat fleshless. Not bad in any way- Eklund sure can write in a nicely flowing way- but I feel like I'm forgetting the story already.
There are some great high brow concepts here and the story has some nice surprise moments, but there are also far too many predictable aspects to it. And it felt like the original characters have been left somewhat fleshless. Not bad in any way- Eklund sure can write in a nicely flowing way- but I feel like I'm forgetting the story already.
Kirk wants to help an artist find her father on a quarantined world.
Not bad, but not the best. A simple short read though.
Eklund, in a similar vein to 'Who Mourns for Adonis?' from Star Trek: The Original Series, gave the reader some background on the mythology of devils/demons. In certain aspects this worked, but in others it seemed almost silly. This book was a great read and it is more akin to an episode from the third season than a fully fleshed out novel. If you are a Trek reader, by all means read this one, but if this is your first foray into Star Trek, there are other more suitable novels to peak your inter...more
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