Spoilers TOS: Legacies: Book 1: Captain to Captain by Greg Cox Review Thread

Finally finished it. I thought it was all right. Was there anything in the Enterprise novels that had Romulsns taking human captives?

 

Hate to say it, but this is probably the first Greg Cox novel I have ever not enjoyed. I found the bookend material on Kirk's Enterprise mostly dull, but I think the worst problem for me lies in the focus on "Number One". I have never found that character particularly compelling, and that held true here as well. Additionally, the twist at the end with the "Ahaha, fooled you!" moment felt both hollow and tacked on.

I'll still buy any Trek novel with Mr. Cox's name on the cover, but this one left me flat.

 

I couldn't disagree more. This book was great! It had a good story, covered different time periods, and had some nice weaving in of Star Trek canon, like the Tantalus Field. The aliens were neat and the plot kept moving. I finished it in 2 days. I found it very enjoyable.

 

I thought it was average - it's a solid if trad entry. I think my main issue with it is that the story is a little thin, the characters are always pages behind the reader and you guess what is coming up with little trouble. Having said that the characters were spot on in regards to how they were played on-screen although we were told how good Una was at everything a little too often - we got that point a couple of chapters in and that got a little tiresome.

Just as an aside - the extract from the second book was an odd choice, given it was simply a recap of what we'd just read!

 

I enjoyed it but it felt a bit of slog to read, I found the middle section set in 2249 slow going and found the fast resolution to the Jatohr incursion a little annoying. That being said I enjoyed the final twist and....

Spoiler: Spoilers

I really like the concept of the Romulans using the decendants of human POWs from the Earth/Romulan war as sleeper agents. To me thats a novel right there begging to be written

 

I really liked this. The dialog and characterizations of the TOS crew was spot on. I could hear the lines in my head. It was a really fun TOS style adventure with just enough call backs.

 

Thank you, Greg Cox, for the best Star Trek novel experience I've had since The Entropy Effect by Vonda McIntyre back in 1981! In fact, I think it's as good as that classic. Captain to Captain is a fantastic novel for Trek fans, as you clearly know the original show and its back history so thoroughly. Loved the humor in the book, the thought-provoking story, the aliens, the adventure, the character moments, etc. And what a cliffhanger!

When is book two coming out!?

My 20-year old son is also a fan of Captain to Captain. We listened to it on a trip in the audio version, which is read by Robert Petkott, who does an excellent job with the very wide range of voices. Great audio book.

Anyway, thanks again. After feeling let down by Beyond, this book gives me hope for Trek again and something to look forward to....

I wish they could make this book into part of Star Trek Discovery.

 

Book two is already out. I'm over 3/4ths of the way done. I don't think it's as good as book one but it's still interesting. I believe book three will be out at the end of this month.

 

What's the title of the second book? For some reason I'm not finding it at amzn.

 

^Star Trek Legacies: Best Defense

 

By a different author....Hmm. No wonder it's already out!

 

Yeah, book 3 is done by 2 different authors too. They all worked on them at the same time.

Book 3 is titled "Purgatory's Key"

 

Yep, in order to get the entire trilogy out in time for this summer and the 50th Anniversary, we split the labor: I did Book 1, Dave Mack did Book 2, and Dayton Ward & Kevin Dilmore did Book 3 . . . which meant lots of emails flying back and forth between us as we coordinated our efforts!

 

So how are you all pronouncing Una? I'm always curious about such things.
oo-na
yoo-na

 

I'd assume Oo-na, since it's Latin (or Spanish) for "one." I didn't even realize there was another way to pronounce it, though Googling just now revealed that a number of people do go for "Yoo-na."

 

May jel

 

A few words in support of the pronunciation Yoo-na, all signifying singular or one:
universe
unity
uniform
unicycle
I'm opting for Yoo-na myself, but only because it's a bit more musical to my ear.

 

Yeah, but all of those are derived from the Latin word for "one," which actually is Una in the feminine. So to me, it seems natural to go with the Latin pronunciation. Which would also be the Spanish pronunciation. I think it would be pronounced more like "oona" in most languages. English is kind of weird in the way most of its long vowels are diphthongs rather than single sounds.

It sounds just the opposite to me.

 

For what it's worth, the audiobook reader went for "oona".