I know. I overreacted and probably should have donated it to a library or something, but I just couldn't stand the thought of any Trek fan coming across it. I'm on a business trip to Florida and have been saving this book for my trip, and I'm sorry to report that it's quite the disappointment. Poor characterization and every other paragraph appears to be required to reference ENT for some reason (nothing against ENT, but coming across two buildings/halls named for Archer and Mayweather seemed a bit much and a little self-indulgent, since R-S were on the ENT staff).
In the book's defense, I only got to page 80 or so before deciding to give it the heave, and much of that decision was based on the portrayal of George Kirk Sr. and Sam Kirk. Now, I LOVED the imagery of George and Sam (and young Jim) in Last Full Measure. That was exactly how I pictured the Kirk family in my mind's eye, so their portrayal in Collision Course REALLY bugged me. Particularly because I know that at least George will be appearing in Trek XI, and I really don't want my impression of him in the movie to be influenced by his relatively unfavorable portrayal in this book.
I'm not too broken up that the two follow-up books in this series appear to be on the back-burner, and I'll be glad when the Reeves-Stevens' start doing Trek books of their own again and aren't locked into Shatner's overdramatic plotlines. I will add, though, that while this is the only Trek book I've ever thrown away, it's also the first Trek book where I've pictured the new actors (Quinto and Pine) as Spock and Kirk and... it seemed it to work pretty well!
In the book's defense, I only got to page 80 or so before deciding to give it the heave, and much of that decision was based on the portrayal of George Kirk Sr. and Sam Kirk. Now, I LOVED the imagery of George and Sam (and young Jim) in Last Full Measure. That was exactly how I pictured the Kirk family in my mind's eye, so their portrayal in Collision Course REALLY bugged me. Particularly because I know that at least George will be appearing in Trek XI, and I really don't want my impression of him in the movie to be influenced by his relatively unfavorable portrayal in this book.
I'm not too broken up that the two follow-up books in this series appear to be on the back-burner, and I'll be glad when the Reeves-Stevens' start doing Trek books of their own again and aren't locked into Shatner's overdramatic plotlines. I will add, though, that while this is the only Trek book I've ever thrown away, it's also the first Trek book where I've pictured the new actors (Quinto and Pine) as Spock and Kirk and... it seemed it to work pretty well!
), but on their own, the Reeves-Stevenses wrote two of my favorite Trek books of all time, Prime Directive and the brilliance that is Federation. I'd love to see them go back to doing their own stuff.
