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Legacies Book 1 Captain to Captain Star Trek The Original Series eBook Greg Cox

Nearly all of this story is about the woman Star Trek fans know as Number One. Not only would I prefer that at least HALF of a TOS novel be about Kirk and Spock, but the story makes Number One look like an idiot. We're TOLD that she's blindingly competent, but every time we see her in action, she makes stupid decisions and seems kind of bumbling.

The author forces his characters and their technology to behave the way he wants them to, regardless of whether or not this is realistic. So people equipped with tricorders do not scan for local inhabitants and are surprised and captured by them, even when they know that local inhabitants exist. It seems as if "do a scan with your tricorder before getting out of the shuttle" would be a Week 1 lesson at Starfleet Academy, but it's evidently beyond a woman that we're told is gosh, oh, so wonderfully competent. Oh, and it's possible to put multiple bugs -- both cameras and sound -- in the captain's quarters without anyone detecting them, even though a highly important object was stolen from those same quarters earlier in the book, so one would think Kirk or Spock or Scotty -- probably all three -- would be on their guard.

When Kirk and Spock do put in their rare appearances, they aren't always in character. For example, when Kirk tells Spock that his piloting stinks, Spock replies, "If I had feelings, they would be hurt." SPOCK said that? No way! Totally out of character.

The story is not uninteresting, and the tie-in to the technology in "Mirror, Mirror" was intriguing, but if I'm reading a Star Trek novel, I want the characters to be IN character, I want them NOT to behave in weirdly stupid ways, and I want the book to be mostly about Kirk and Spock, not mostly about a minor character from the first pilot.

I've read FAN fiction better than this book. Is it too much to ask that the book be mostly about Kirk and Spock and that they be in character?


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Legacies Book 1 Captain to Captain Star Trek The Original Series eBook Greg Cox Reviews

Good plot and the scientific jargon wasn't silly or contrived. The character and plot lines weren't overwhelmed by it either; this is a pleasant change from a majority of Trek fics. Number One is a character that has been waaaay under utilized. I really enjoyed this book!
Excellent start to the 50th anniversary of Star Trek. Reminiscent of the old James Bliss novels. Ever since I first saw the Cage,i 'be wanted to know more about Number One,her name,where she came from. This book gives us a view of her history, along with more insight to Captain April who made an apparence in the book Best Destiny over 20 years ago with a 15 year old Jim Kirk and his father. Well written, lots of background without dragging the story line down. Excellent mix of history and present events in the Trek universe.
Another great beginning for a three book series. Loved learning more about the original Number One that served in Pike's day along with a young Spock. A secret kept by consecutive Enterprise captains becomes the source of the ongoing saga. Another conquering species is introduced. Number One goes rogue and Kirk must deal with her and keeping The Secret. The conundrums are epic.
This is a very well-written, well-conceived story. I have only two quibbles that keep it from being given a fifth star 1) after concluding the main plot points for the current story satisfactorily, it adds a scene that leaves things hanging, ruining the feeling of completeness that we were ALMOST allowed to feel, and 2) the actions of Captain Una, aka Number One from the original Star Trek pilot, "The Cage", seem somewhat out of character. Granted, the first quibble is simply a matter of my preference for stories that are NOT continued, "same bat time, same bat channel", and the second is simply a subjective matter of my take on her character based on a very limited amount of information.
First book of the 50th anniversary trilogy. Well written, if a bit predictable. Enjoyed having Robert April making a long overdue return to the literary form. We could use some more April stories in the future. Since the first captain of the Enterprise doesn't get much time as Pike and Kirk.
Other than that a enjoyable novel.
The writing in this book is simply awful. Beyond that, the author has no idea what the Star Trek universe is. None of the known characters speak or think the way they do in any of the other novels, the TV series or movies. The best example (or the worst example, depending on how you look at it) is Spock. He's not even close to the character we've come to know and love.

The careless of all the characters is overwhelming. No one has a clue? Security is so bad that the Captain's quarters are not only bugged but have cameras?

I'm not reading the rest of the books in this series.
Let's face it...there are a lot of Star Trek novels out there, and often times it feels like a dime a dozen. But this one is one of the good ones. "Captain to Captain" in the Legacies Book 1 series is a novel which brings back a previously lesser known but important character, Number One from the original Star Trek pilot, "The Cage" and the "The Menagerie". It tells a story which delves through history and invokes a prior Enterprise captain, Robert April and his crew. Like other novels which exploit different time periods, this one shifts between the present and past, but it does it in a coherent way which is essential to the story. It has a great underlying story with plot twists and turns, a lot of excitement, and some really interesting aliens. There is also a very interesting underlying theme which links to something else in the original Star Trek canon. And the ending is very surprising and sets up the story for the next novel to come.

All in all, this is a very entertaining, easily-read novel which fits well within the Star Trek universe. It is well worth the effort and will make you look forward to the next novel.....I am looking forward to it myself!
Nearly all of this story is about the woman Star Trek fans know as Number One. Not only would I prefer that at least HALF of a TOS novel be about Kirk and Spock, but the story makes Number One look like an idiot. We're TOLD that she's blindingly competent, but every time we see her in action, she makes stupid decisions and seems kind of bumbling.

The author forces his characters and their technology to behave the way he wants them to, regardless of whether or not this is realistic. So people equipped with tricorders do not scan for local inhabitants and are surprised and captured by them, even when they know that local inhabitants exist. It seems as if "do a scan with your tricorder before getting out of the shuttle" would be a Week 1 lesson at Starfleet Academy, but it's evidently beyond a woman that we're told is gosh, oh, so wonderfully competent. Oh, and it's possible to put multiple bugs -- both cameras and sound -- in the captain's quarters without anyone detecting them, even though a highly important object was stolen from those same quarters earlier in the book, so one would think Kirk or Spock or Scotty -- probably all three -- would be on their guard.

When Kirk and Spock do put in their rare appearances, they aren't always in character. For example, when Kirk tells Spock that his piloting stinks, Spock replies, "If I had feelings, they would be hurt." SPOCK said that? No way! Totally out of character.

The story is not uninteresting, and the tie-in to the technology in "Mirror, Mirror" was intriguing, but if I'm reading a Star Trek novel, I want the characters to be IN character, I want them NOT to behave in weirdly stupid ways, and I want the book to be mostly about Kirk and Spock, not mostly about a minor character from the first pilot.

I've read FAN fiction better than this book. Is it too much to ask that the book be mostly about Kirk and Spock and that they be in character?