Star Trek: The Original Series: Crucible: Kirk: The Star to Every Wandering

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As always, it felt good to ride. Tom Telegraph moved well and seemed strong today, and Kirk decided to take him over to the ravine. He directed the horse into a moderately wooded area, and amid the trees and bushes, they picked up speed as they neared the meters-wide chasm. At the ravine, the horse leaped up and forward. No matter how many times he had made this leap, it still scared the hell out of him whenever he did so again.

A break in stride, a bad approach, a short landing, all could have spelled trouble for Kirk and the horse. But Tom Telegraph landed in stride and continued on up the rise on the other side. Kirk peered forward again as Tom Telegraph reached the crest of the hill. There, in a saddle atop her own horse, sat a woman Kirk had never before seen. Tall and attractive, she had deep brown eyes, a Roman nose, and a wide mouth, all framed by full, dark hair that fell in waves past her shoulders.

She appeared perhaps ten or fifteen years younger than Kirk, but the lines around her mouth suggested that the two of them might actually be about the same age. I suppose I was just trying to protect a life. And before I jumped, I took note of the plank.

The woman tilted her head to one side and looked at him with obvious curiosity. Really long, he thought, since Spock had served as his first officer for more than a dozen years.

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Too often, people judged him by his reputation and not by their own experiences with him. Still, he had already started to introduce himself, and he would not lie. The woman reached over and shook his hand.

While her expression did not change, Kirk thought he detected a hint of mischief in her eyes. She regarded Kirk for a long moment before working the reins and pulling Romeo around to her right, heading him away from the ravine. Salvatori peered back over her shoulder at Kirk. For just a moment, Kirk considered riding after her. He liked challenges, but he also liked bending them to his own terms. Salvatori did indeed practice veterinary medicine in the area, he should have no trouble locating her.

Kirk turned Tom Telegraph back the way he and the horse had come. It had been an interesting morning, and he found himself for the first time in a long time open to new possibilities—and not only open to new possibilities, but anxious for them. Halfway down the hill, Kirk urged Tom Telegraph into a gallop.

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Much had come before, and much would come after, but nothing would color their lives more than that one, The Star to Every Wandering. Much had come before, and much would come after, but nothing would color their lives more than that one, isolated instant on the edge of forever. Kirk, displaced in time, allows the love of his life to die in a traffic accident, thereby preserving Earth's history.

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Returning to the present, he continues a storied career as a starship captain, opening up the galaxy. But as he wanders among the stars, the incandescence that once filled his heart remains elusive. Apr 26, Glenn rated it it was ok Shelves: This review has been hidden because it contains spoilers. To view it, click here. I picked this up as a way to feed my Trek craving in the weeks leading up to the new Star Trek movie.

My wife had bought it as a surprise, knowing my fondness for Kirk I decided not to read it after learning it was part three of a trilogy, and put it away until I could get the first two. As the new movie loomed closer and closer, I decided I couldn't wait any longer. With all due respect to an author who has feelings and I'm guessing a family, this was a so-so trip into the Star Trek universe, I picked this up as a way to feed my Trek craving in the weeks leading up to the new Star Trek movie. With all due respect to an author who has feelings and I'm guessing a family, this was a so-so trip into the Star Trek universe, and if this is any judge, I don't need to bother with the first two books in the series.

One of my pet peeves in Star Wars and Star Trek fan fiction is authors who attach too much importance to their creation's relative place in the worlds they are playing in. A prime example is Steve Perry's "Shadows of the Empire," which gives a his character of Dash Rendar important bits like giving Luke his black Jedi outfit in "Return of the Jedi" he just "happened" to have it stashed away in a compartment of his spaceship.

In a way, what George does is worse. This book does nothing less than rewrite key scenes of an existing Star Trek movie I won't say which , resulting in the new low of completely preempting the existing canon in favor of the writer's own world. In fan fiction, this is called an Alternate Universe, or AU, and is an accepted practice. I don't know what it's called when a licensed and bonded author of official Star Trek fiction does it, but I expect more from people who are actually getting paid.

In fact, there is some promise here. The scene of Lt. Kirk's encounter with the Tholians at a Federation research station is genuinely well done. Had the author leaned more on events like these, I think this book would have succeeded.

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As it was, this breaks virtually no other new ground in the character of Kirk. There's a lot of semi-confusing temporal jumping around, and far too much of this book involves chapter-long repeats of scenes just about any Star Trek fan is going to know by heart.

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Sometimes twice, with variations. What's more, George never really nailed the character of Kirk for me as some other authors have. All in all, this feels more like a corporate product instead of a labor of love.

Kirk: The Star to Every Wandering

Unless you're on a mission to read every Trek novel ever published, this probably isn't worth your time, Jul 25, Mikael Kuoppala rated it liked it. In the preface of this book author David R. George III explains that he wanted to do something different for the final part of the Crucible trilogy, unwilling to bend to reader expectations no doubt roused by the two preceding volumes.

This is the Kirk book of the trilogy, and I wanted to read about the character, learn new things In the preface of this book author David R. This is the Kirk book of the trilogy, and I wanted to read about the character, learn new things. It does in a way make sense that George III chose to write a compact, more adventurous story for Kirk and not the epic character study he delivered for both Spock and McCoy, who always were more contemplative characters than their commander.

But I must say that even though we do get some character insights, I was left hungry. The novel reads smoothly, and I enjoyed it reasonably well, but at the end my main thought was: And in the end the same themes of loss, memory and growing old are the backbone here, just as they were in the previous Crucible installments. This only underscores the lightness and brevity of this piece. The story is very unique, utilizing an experimental structure and fearless plot development.

Jan 05, Don Incognito rated it did not like it. I read this Star Dreck novel because I didn't feel up to reading anything more challenging. Two reading days wasted. It's definitely not one of the better Star Dreck novels.

Besides the writing skill being unimpressive, the plot is a cop-out: Generations I read this Star Dreck novel because I didn't feel up to reading anything more challenging. The only idea that interested me is a minor plot detail. Many different Star Dreck authors have used the Guardian of Forever, and have all had their particular ideas of what happens to it after the television episodes.

This author posits the most interesting idea I've yet seen: Anyway, the book is going into my recycling bin. Dec 27, The other John rated it it was ok Shelves: This is the third novel of the Crucible trilogy; the shortest and the most straightforward. For me, it was also the least enjoyable.

Which is not to say that it's a horrible book. As far as Star Trek books go, it's quite all right. The main sin of this book was that it tried to follow the format of the trilogy and have the protagonist--Captain Kirk, in this case--come to terms with his life and especially, the events of the episode "City on the Edge of Forever".

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