Given that the current Star Trek releases are The Original Series (of which I’m not really a fan), in anticipation of June’s Enterprise release, I’ve gone back to the beginning of the Enterprise books and am working on catching up on the ones I haven’t yet read.
Star Trek: Enterprise: Shockwave by Paul Ruditis is one of the novelization books, where the author takes an episode or two from the TV series and turns it into the book. In the case of Shockwave, it’s the novelization of the Season 1 finale and the Season 2 premier of the same name. It also has elements of other episodes tied in, including the episodes “Detained” and “Cold Front”, both from Season 1. There’s also a little bit from the very first episode, “Broken Bow”.
I saw this sitting on my shelf and wondered why this looked so pristine, as if I hadn’t yet read it. Apparently I read this back in 2007, but clearly I don’t recall. So I figured I’d re-read it.
The first part of the story is definitely an ethical dilemma on some of the dangers of space travel. Sometimes the dangers are just incomprehensible. How do you prove your own innocence, when the universe sees the blood of thirty-six hundred colonists on your hands? Then we get the fun romp of a time-travel story, with some humour added in the second half to help lighten the story.
Typically what I expect going in to a novelization is a bit more character development than you’d see in the TV episode – you get to glimpse at the character’s thoughts and reactions that wouldn’t necessarily make it to the screen. While this story did contribute to that some, I felt it could have done more given the gravity of the situation they were facing.
I also love the scene with Hoshi Sato facing her claustrophobia fears. The scene’s ending is hilarious, and it furthers my love of both Malcolm Reed and Sato.
All in all this is a basic Star Trek read. If you’ve seen the episodes before, it’s pretty much a rehash. If you haven’t, then it serves to help outline what the Enterprise series is like, as it does quite a bit of rehashing.
Star Trek: Enterprise: Shockwave by Paul Ruditis is one of the novelization books, where the author takes an episode or two from the TV series and turns it into the book. In the case of Shockwave, it’s the novelization of the Season 1 finale and the Season 2 premier of the same name. It also has elements of other episodes tied in, including the episodes “Detained” and “Cold Front”, both from Season 1. There’s also a little bit from the very first episode, “Broken Bow”.
I saw this sitting on my shelf and wondered why this looked so pristine, as if I hadn’t yet read it. Apparently I read this back in 2007, but clearly I don’t recall. So I figured I’d re-read it.
The first part of the story is definitely an ethical dilemma on some of the dangers of space travel. Sometimes the dangers are just incomprehensible. How do you prove your own innocence, when the universe sees the blood of thirty-six hundred colonists on your hands? Then we get the fun romp of a time-travel story, with some humour added in the second half to help lighten the story.
Typically what I expect going in to a novelization is a bit more character development than you’d see in the TV episode – you get to glimpse at the character’s thoughts and reactions that wouldn’t necessarily make it to the screen. While this story did contribute to that some, I felt it could have done more given the gravity of the situation they were facing.
I also love the scene with Hoshi Sato facing her claustrophobia fears. The scene’s ending is hilarious, and it furthers my love of both Malcolm Reed and Sato.
All in all this is a basic Star Trek read. If you’ve seen the episodes before, it’s pretty much a rehash. If you haven’t, then it serves to help outline what the Enterprise series is like, as it does quite a bit of rehashing.