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Type of bind: Mass Market Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 813.54
EAN num: 9780671014636
ISBN number: 0671014633
Label: Star Trek
Manufacturer: Star Trek
Quantity: 1
Page Count: 274
Printing Date: June 01, 1998
Publishing house: Star Trek
Sale Popularity Level: 998559
Studio: Star Trek
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There's a bar called 'The Captain's Table,' where those who have commanded mighty vessels of every shape and era can meet, relax, and share a friendly drink or two with others of their calling. Sometimes a brawl may break out but it's all in the family, more or less. Just remember, the very first round of drinks is always paid for with a story...even beyond the final frontier.
Captain James T. Kirk must join forces with Captain Hikaru Sulu, new commander of the U.S.S. Excelsior, to resolve a simmering political situation in a distant star system. For more than twenty years, the ancient enmity between Nykkus and Anjiri has resisted the best efforts of Federation diplomats. Now Kirk and Sulu have one last chance to end the bloodshed -- before it erupts into a full-scale interstellar war!
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For fans of Captain Kirk & the original Star Trek series & movies- forget this book. I found it excruciating reading, and I couldn't get past the very first 50 pages.
The book has a fantastic premise: Captain Kirk is introducing Captain Sulu to a very cool & private bar called The Captain's Table. It's a special bar for commanders, where your very first drink is paid for with a story. It's all downhill from there.
The dialog between the characters has nothing to do with the beloved Star Trek folks we know & love. It is stilted & formal sounding. Like someone wrote it who had no idea of the cool personalities & quirks of our favorite Trek captain & crew.
Even worse is Spock's character. Again written in by someone who was clueless on showing us Spock's unique person. Worse still, is the not-so-subtle hinting that Spock has a homosexual 'thing' for Captain Kirk. Bleh! Give me a break. Not that there's anything wrong with gays, but please don't make Spock into one who 'long's for Kirk! Early on in the book, Spock is talking with Kirk after his (Kirks') workout. Then Spock insists, for no good reason, on continuing to talk with Kirk by following him into the shower room. Kirk is of course naked & showering while Spock is still in uniform & watching him all the while.
That was quite enough for me. The book (what little I read of it), was a TOTAL WASTE OF TIME.
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If they wrote this one yesterday they would have an entry for Enterprise with Archer as Captain. A book seven to this series might make it marketable again. The First book in this series shifts back and forth with Kirk in the classic to modern movie era with Captain Sulu of the Excelsior. I did like the scenes with Chekov recounting his days aboard the Regula station. He was powerless to help the scientists Khan and his men destroyed and he felt a sense of helplessness in this mission.
I have to say the characters weren't perfectly on target. However it was entertaining enough for me to read twice. I read this book in 98 when it was very first published and again this week because I never finished the series.
Now on book 2 "Dujonian's Hoard", I'll have to read the other 5 novels. From what I have read in the reviews it looks to be a good series. There is an anthology sequel paperback called Tales from the Captain's Table. It just came out this year and I would like to think there will be more!
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I really enjoy the founding premise of this series; the stories told in the very first person narrative of the captains themselves. However, I found the bar interludes a little cheesy. I find it hard to believe that in this particular time frame a Klingon or a Gorn would find themselves at a Federation outpost, especially Utopia Planetia.
I was a little disappointed by how Sulu was characterized, a little too soft for my taste. Specifically, all that business about the lizard he found in the gardens. I haven't found a story beyond those of canon, yet, that has really captured the Sulu we know and love. The characterization of Kirk was pretty on. What really halted me on the story was in the characterization of Chekov. A lot of his character development is based on a faulty premise. The premise being that the crew of his very first command post, The Reliant, had been killed during the Kahn incident. That is completely UNTRUE. It is KNOWN that Khan did not kill the crew of the Reliant, he stranded them down on Ceti Alpha V. After the incident Kirk returned with the Enterprise to pick them up. I might as well have been reading unlicensed fan fiction. The whole mess developed Chekov in to someone he shouldn't have been.
That part aside, the book wasn't bad. One of the cool items was the FL-70. A neat piece of technology, wouldn't mind seeing it again. A decent plot, however, not so much a page turner as others I've read. I hate to come off as a total Trekkie crank, but someone had to do it. The book is worth a read if you are bored or are delving into the whole Captain's Table series as a whole.
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Overall the LA Graf writing team has put out some really good work in the past, however, this book in my opinion doesn't really fall into that category. I started this book, put it down, picked it up again and put it down again. Due to an extremely demanding job I actually didn't read any books at all for around a year. I picked this one back up and trudged through it. There was a good story in there somewhere, the author's couldn't seem to find it and neither could I. The rest of the Captain's Table books, however, are absolutely a must read for all Star Trek fans.
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Twenty pages in, there were enough strikes against War Dragons that I doubted I would enjoy it. The whole "Captain's Table" concept turns out to be misleading; there's no time warp that allows Kirk/Picard/Sisko/Janeway to tell stories to each other - even though a look at each cover strongly implies it. The frame story involving the Captain's Table bar is weak and unconvincing. Kirk's and Sulu's stories are told in voices that do not sound like Kirk or Sulu; nor are they told in ways we'd expect a story to be told at a bar. Too much introspection, too much detail.
And yet War Dragons is one of the better Star Trek books out there. The plot structure is intriguing. Kirk's and Sulu's stories occur twenty years apart and are told in alternating chapters until they converge for the last third of the book. Each story has plenty of suspense and action and, once one puts aside the frame story, are well-written. There are excellent Trek moments, including a charming description of the beginning of Kirk & Spock's working relationship, and a tasteful cameo by Tuvok. Also interesting is the idea that Sulu pegged Chekov to be his very first officer; Graf successfully explains Chekov's eventual return to the Enterprise.
Not great literature, of course, nor great science fiction (read Harry Harrison's West of Eden for a masterful treatment of reptilian cultures that speak with physical movement as well as verbal cues). It is, however, very good Star Trek - amusing, entertaining, and satisfying.
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