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Web of the Romulans (Star Trek: The Original Series #10)
by
M.S. Murdock
Ravaged by a killer virus, the Romulans enter Canara, where the only antidote can be found. Desperate, they incite a victorious "U.S.S. EnterpriseTM attack on one of their vessels, but Kirk discoves their ruse. Meanwhile the central computer has fallen in love with him, severely crippling the "Starship EnterpriseTM. Somehow Kirk must overcome the lovesick computer and brin...more
Paperback, 220 pages
Published
September 15th 1989
by Pocket Books
(first published 1983)
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Mar 04, 2012
S. J.
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4 of 5 stars
Recommends it for:
Star Trek fans, fans of the Romulans, readers who want something that ties directly into the series
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[These notes were made in 1983:]. This is a well thought out, interesting story, close to the original series in both conception and philosophy. Kirk and his stalwarts find themselves battling war-mongering on both the Romulan and Federation sides - precisely that paranoid mistrust which is all too familiar from our own super-powers these days. Add to that the serious implications of a computer in love with the Captain, and you have a genuinely workable plot. M.S. Murdock nowhere gives any clue...more
Jan 31, 2012
Ibis3
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2 of 5 stars
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An extremely slow story with only a few positives to recommend it and a number of glaring negatives. First, the positives:
The writing was a bit over the top at times, but was generally good. The characters were well drawn--the characters we know acted like themselves and the characters we didn't seemed better than two-dimensional--and the plot was fairly believable. No glaring scientific impossibilities (though at one point Kirk has the Enterprise go from one side of a planet to the other at War...more
The writing was a bit over the top at times, but was generally good. The characters were well drawn--the characters we know acted like themselves and the characters we didn't seemed better than two-dimensional--and the plot was fairly believable. No glaring scientific impossibilities (though at one point Kirk has the Enterprise go from one side of a planet to the other at War...more
Misogynist, badly paced, weak Star Trek novel featuring the Original Series crew. The Enterprise computer is programmed with female personality and falls in love with Captain Kirk. This results in deliberate computer malfunctions as "she" cannot concentrate on anything more than "her" love for Captain Kirk, including wiping the hard drive of the records of all female crewmembers in an effort to "kill the competition." Meanwhile, three other subplots unfold and quickly become disjointed and confu...more
A well-written Star Trek novel, set during the Original series right after the episode 'Tomorrow Is Yesterday'.
Without having been given time to repair the ship's computer from an annoying personality, the Enterprise's must go to patrol the Neutral Zone and face confrontation with Romulans, while also dealing with multiple malfunctions aboard. Romulan fans should like this novel even more than I did. Definitely recommended.
Without having been given time to repair the ship's computer from an annoying personality, the Enterprise's must go to patrol the Neutral Zone and face confrontation with Romulans, while also dealing with multiple malfunctions aboard. Romulan fans should like this novel even more than I did. Definitely recommended.
Das Buch liest sich flüssig, die Charaktere handeln wie gewohnt. Interessant ist der kleine Einblick in die romulanische Gesellschaft. Lustig auch die Zusatzhandlung mit dem Computer der Enterprise, der bei einer Überholung eine Persönlichkeit verpaßt bekam und sich in den Captain verliebt, was einige Probleme nach sich zieht.
This is a good example of Trek fiction. The characters were well thought out, the plot was original, and the secondary plot of the Enterprise having a 'personality' was well put out.
Pretty good. Only distracting thing was that Murdock didn't see to have a perception of how was warp actually is. Warp 6 as a evasive manoeuvre? Warp 1 to edge around a planet? Unlikely.
Enjoyable.
Kept feeling like the computer-in-love-with-the-captain thread had been done in an episode. In fact, this novel could just about have been an episode.
Kept feeling like the computer-in-love-with-the-captain thread had been done in an episode. In fact, this novel could just about have been an episode.
Disposable Star Trek entertainment. Had this been a television episode, it would be equivalent to some third-season filler story.
Not a bad read---I may have read it before; I read so many of the ST books that I can't remember which I read before :)
If you like Start Trek: The Original Series, it's not bad. If you don't, not really worth the read.
If you like Start Trek: The Original Series, it's not bad. If you don't, not really worth the read.
Slow start; a bit hard to get into but then redeemed itself somewhat by the end.
Not bad. A likeable read.
Following directly on from 'Tomorrow Is Yesterday', the Enterprise computer is still crushing on her captain. It's become full-bore obsessive and jealous, a dangerous malfunction even while the Romulans are massing for invasion.
Good characterization for the Romulans: S'Talon and S'Tarleya are appealing and honourable foes. It's really their story. And if the Romulans are more sympathetic today, there's Starfleet Admiral Iota playing the part of the hawk and itching for a fight.
It's a good read...more
Good characterization for the Romulans: S'Talon and S'Tarleya are appealing and honourable foes. It's really their story. And if the Romulans are more sympathetic today, there's Starfleet Admiral Iota playing the part of the hawk and itching for a fight.
It's a good read...more
The storyline is predicable and it's been done many times...but this is one of the first, and Romulans are always fun.
Classic Star Trek. Not flawless, but pretty good.
Kirk has to figure out motives of the Romulans to prevent galactic war. Other federation persons are on his side, but a rogue federation admiral must be thwarted to keep peace.
Kirk has to figure out motives of the Romulans to prevent galactic war. Other federation persons are on his side, but a rogue federation admiral must be thwarted to keep peace.
Generally pretty good, although I thought it lacked a sense of place on Romulus and the farm world came in just right at the end.
Another Star Trek book about the origional crew. The story was a little simplistic but decent.
BBQ sauce for the casual SciFi reader.
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