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Star Trek Movie Tie-In Paperback – August 31, 2010

by Alan Dean Foster (Author)
4.6 4.6 out of 5 stars 286 ratings
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"Are you willing to settle for an ordinary life?or do you think you were meant for something better? something special?"

One grew up in the cornfields of Iowa, fighting for his independence,for a way out of a life that promised only indifference, aimlessness,and obscurity.

"You will forever be a child of two worlds, capable of choosing your own destiny. the only question you face is, which path will you choose?"

The other grew up on the jagged cliffs of the harsh Vulcan desert, fighting for acceptance, for a way to reconcile the logic he was taught with the emotions he felt.

In the far reaches of the galaxy, a machine of war bursts into existence in a place and time it was never meant to be. On a mission of retribution for the destruction of his planet, its half-mad captain seeks the death of every intelligent being, and the annihilation of every civilized world.

Kirk and Spock, two completely different and unyielding personalities, must find a way to lead the only crew, aboard the only ship, that canstop him.
"The wait is over."
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    Pocket Books
  4. Publication date
    August 31, 2010
  5. Dimensions
    4.25 x 0.75 x 6.75 inches
  6. ISBN-10
    1439194874
  7. ISBN-13
    978-1439194874
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Alan Dean Foster’s work to date includes excursions into hard science fiction, fantasy, horror, detective, western, historical, and contemporary fiction. He has also written numerous nonfiction articles on film, science, and scuba diving and produced the novel versions of many films, including such well-known productions as Star Wars, the first three Alien films, Alien Nation, and The Chronicles of Riddick. Other works include scripts for talking records, radio, computer games, and the story for the first Star Trek movie. His novel Shadowkeep was the first ever book adaptation of an original computer game. In addition to publication in English his work has been translated into more than fifty languages and has won awards in Spain and Russia. His novel Cyber Way won the Southwest Book Award for Fiction in 1990, the first work of science fiction ever to do so.

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Star Trek: The Original Series: Star Trek Movie Tie-In

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  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ Pocket Books; Reprint edition (August 31, 2010)
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • Paperback ‏ : ‎ 320 pages
  • ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 1439194874
  • ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-1439194874
  • Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 5.4 ounces
  • Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 4.25 x 0.75 x 6.75 inches
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Alan Dean Foster's work to date includes excursions into hard science-fiction, fantasy, horror, detective, western, historical, and contemporary fiction. He has also written numerous non-fiction articles on film, science, and scuba diving, as well as having produced the novel versions of many films, including such well-known productions as "Star Wars", the first three "Alien" films, "Alien Nation", and "The Chronicles of Riddick". Other works include scripts for talking records, radio, computer games, and the story for the first "Star Trek" movie. His novel "Shadowkeep" was the first ever book adapation of an original computer game. In addition to publication in English his work has been translated into more than fifty languages and has won awards in Spain and Russia. His novel "Cyber Way" won the Southwest Book Award for Fiction in 1990, the first work of science-fiction ever to do so.

Foster's sometimes humorous, occasionally poignant, but always entertaining short fiction has appeared in all the major SF magazines as well as in original anthologies and several "Best of the Year" compendiums. His published oeuvre includes more than 100 books.

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5.0 out of 5 stars One of the best audiobooks I've heard
Reviewed in the United States on September 5, 2013
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I initially started reading the paperback book version of this book for myself. Then I found out that Zachary Quinto himself read the audiobook. 'Spock' could read the Star Trek novelisation to me? Oh, why not?

I'm not an avid fan of audiobooks. Usually they're slow, they're bland, the voices are never how I expect them. I'm a fast reader so I generally like to pick up books and read on my own. So, I was a little hesitant in buying this. Basically, I heard a clip of Quinto reading Chekov's voice and decided to try it.

I'm glad I did. Quinto voices EVERY character in a different voice. In his narration voice, if you didn't know who was reading, you probably wouldn't make the connection that it's technically Spock talking. However, when he voices Spock, THEN you know it's Spock talking. His accents for Scotty and Chekov are cute and pretty accurate. His Southern drawl for Bones makes me laugh- it doesn't really sound like Karl Urban to me- but it's not bad. I like it. You can hear the humour in his voice in some of the scenes and the disdain in his tone in others. Really, he does a superb job at capturing the tone, mood, and character voices.

As for the book itself, it follows the movie. It gives back story to details that may have been unclear in the movie, or just little details that maybe you wanted to know. Deleted scenes from the movie made it into the book- Spock's birth, Kirk's childhood leading to stealing the car in the beginning of the movie- and further develop the characters.

All in all, the audiobook is totally worth it if you don't mind having someone read to you, or if you're a fan of Quinto or his voice. The book is totally worth it all the way around, no matter what form you get it in. If you're a fan of Star Trek XI, then this book definitely is a must-have.
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Patricia
5.0 out of 5 stars Audio Book: Enjoyable and well done
Reviewed in the United States on May 17, 2009
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Having seen the movie, I listened to the book and was very pleased. Some movie tie-ins merely recount the movie in the most basic manner and give us little extra information and background. Alan Dean Foster has managed to be faithful to the movie while adding to it. (Or, perhaps the extra dialog and scenes will show up as deleted scenes when the DVD is released. One can only hope.)

I imagine few who read this will be unfamiliar with Star Trek and the characters. For someone new to the world of Star Trek, the book gives enough for the book to be understandable, but there is no in depth explanations about Vulcans, their history, the Federation, etc. While it does explain a few plot holes, it is more about the characters than the action, as well it should be.

After listening to it, I saw the movie again and found my new insights made the movie even more enjoyable. I agree with an above reviewer that you should see the movie first.

Zachary Quinto, the actor who capably played Spock, does a terrific job of reading the book. His pronunciation is clear and unhurried with appropriate emphasis and feeling. He differentiates the characters well with slight modifications of his voice, but not in a cartoonish or exaggerated manner. He does struggle a bit with Scotty's brogue, however. Also, there are no distracting sounds such as noisy breaths or nose hairs whistling. (No joke- I've come across that before in an audiobook!)

Overall, the audiobook is worth buying and adding to your summer listening lineup.
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C. Bayne
4.0 out of 5 stars Pretty good novelization
Reviewed in the United States on June 3, 2009
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I saw the movie first, THEN read the book to see if it filled in any gaps. I thought the movie was absolutely awesome, though I'm still not sure about how I feel about the "reboot" of the Star Trek universe. It's a brilliant idea, but I'm not sure how I feel about it. What about all this history I know...

But I digress. I liked this book. I've always liked Alan Dean Foster - he's a competent writer, but the fun in reading his work is that he's so enthusiastic about it. This book was quite faithful to the movie, which either means ADF got all the new bits as they were filming or editing, or JJ Abrams didn't deviate much from the script that ADF was given. Whatever - it wasn't a letdown after seeing the movie.

This is a solid 4 stars, maybe even a smidge more, like 4.2. It's quick, engaging, and actually follows the movie. It adds a little to the characters, but not much needed adding.
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Bennet Pomerantz
5.0 out of 5 stars Beam up for adventure
Reviewed in the United States on July 24, 2009
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If you have NOT seen this summer's blockbuster film yet, PLEASE GO SEE NOW . . . leave the review alone and see it! Now if you have seen this film, this audio is a great companion piece to the film . . . but you do not need to see the film to enjoy the cd presentation.

For the loyal fans of classic 1960's Star Trek, I will say this . . . this is NOT your Star Trek. This is a re imagining of the beginning of the Trek universe. If you are such a prude of change, this TREK film and audio is NOT for you . . .

So if you are willing to give this new film (and audio) a chance, you will enjoy it. It changes some of the Trek history what some die hard fans have known for years and years. It liking to a tweak in the Sherlock Holmes canon. The basic elements are there with new chemistry that will gel.

Also one of the best things this novel and audio has going for it is written by classic Star Trek scribe Alan Dean Foster. Foster wrote the Star Trek Logs (these were novellas based on episodes of Classic Star Trek the animated series . . . and the depressing news is NONE of these novellas are on AUDIO!). In his hands, this unabridged audio text sparkles with less high tech and more high adventure . . . similar to when he did the Trek logs. Foster fills in the detail gaps that the film glossed over. This novel should makes this text works as a spring board for a new classic Trek re imaged novels (and possibly more audio presentations).

Zachary Quinto, who plays Spock in the new film, takes on the narrative of the audio presentation. He capture all the characters vocally with an ease unknown to first time narrators, but without sounding like a characture himself. With his easy narrative style, he makes this a comfortable audio to spend six and a half hours with.

So beam up for a FIVE STAR TREK and enjoy!

Bennet Pomerantz AUDIOWORLD
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Florence
3.0 out of 5 stars Scarsa qualità del volume.
Reviewed in Italy on December 31, 2017
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Ero curiosa di leggere un'altra delle versioni "cartacee" di Star Trek, e questa si presenta altrettanto interessante. L'unica pecca è che la copia che ho ricevuto appare decisiamente ingiallito dal tempo, soprattutto sui bordi interni della copertina.Non un dramma per me, ma dato il prezzo mi aspetta una qualità leggermente migliore. Impossibile da regalare.
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pramit
5.0 out of 5 stars space, the final frontier
Reviewed in India on October 20, 2015
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if anyone is a fan of star trek films and has watched the movies, then they should read this book. novel is very gripping and one would feel being sent into warp alongwith the spaceship.
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Bri
5.0 out of 5 stars Beauuty!!!!
Reviewed in Canada on January 20, 2014
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I LOVE ZACHARY QUINTO! He is so awesome and it is nice to listen to at night. Relaxing... <3 <3
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Stefan Seitz
5.0 out of 5 stars An excellent adaption of the film and more
Reviewed in Germany on May 28, 2009
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Since I saw the movie already three times before I was reading this book, I understandably was reading it with great care to the details, accuracy of the same and how it gives more supplemental information than the film can. Said this I was astonished by the exceptionally good work Alan Dean Foster has done here, he not only retells the movie which this kind of books naturally always do, he fits in much more details and tells in much greater detail the emotions and feelings within each character than the movie ever could. In combination with the comic Countdown which takes places before this novel, relatively speaking you can also understand the motivation of Nero a whole lot better than in the movie also. Said this I think this book should be a MUST-READ for every trekkie and isn't simply an adaption but also quite a good well-written book in itself.
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selenityshiroi
5.0 out of 5 stars Excellently narrated
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on May 19, 2009
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I've been lucky enough to already listen to this, and it's amazingly narrated by Zachary Quinto.

The novel itself is a typical Star Trek novel-not spectacular literature but certainly enjoyable and entertaining.

It differs slightly from the movie, in places (where script edits were made, I assume) but it makes up for it by adding and expanding other scenes.

However, the narration really is the highlight of this audiobook.

Zachary Quinto reads smoothly and does an excellent job with every character voice. I thoroughly enjoyed all eight hours of his reading!
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