Hello All,
I received my copy of "Star Trek: The Doomsday Machine: A Berserker in our galaxy" today from Amazon Prime. In my previous thread "Star Trek The Doomsday Machine Book" I inquired if anyone owned a copy and promised to do a review. My apologies for not providing a link to the appropriate website, thank you fellow forum members for doing that on my behalf. I spent the day reading the book and will now give a brief summary.
The book starts off with an overview of the U.S.S. Constellation's encounter with the Berserker prior to the Enterprise's arrival. The author shows a star map of the machines journey into our galaxy as well as its passage into Klingon space. The author discusses how the "Preservers" may have been its creator and shows other examples of Preserver technology. He then goes on to discuss possible encounter scenarios with other classes of Federation Starships and how well they might have fared against the machine.
He gives detailed information on L-370, L-374 and the Rigel star system. He gives stats on the machine and shows examples of 21st century equivalents. He then goes on to show images of possible points of origin for the machine. He speculates on the events Starfleet Command undertook following the machines destruction.
The author writes about the General Energy Dampening Field and the Machines Antiproton Beam. This is were things get complicated, as he throws out a lot of math equations. He talks about "Degenerate Matter Neutronium," more math equations. He writes about its "Lattice Construction"-no idea. He touches on its tractor beam, scanners, sensors, maneuvering, emergency venting, control mechanisms, memory banks and hall of records. He writes about its plasma furnace, ramscoops, and total conversion drive-more math. He speculates on how the machine may have been constructed as well as the motives of its builders. He goes on to speculate how other species may have perceived the machine as well as their encounters with it. I don't know how, but he has some cool pictures of its interior as well as a blueprint naming all its internal parts with a brief description of its function. He also writes about "A Doomsday Like Any Other".
Overview- The book reads more like a science textbook than a work of fiction. It seems to be very well written and researched with lots of science to back it up. I am glad I got it, Thank You for reading my review.
I received my copy of "Star Trek: The Doomsday Machine: A Berserker in our galaxy" today from Amazon Prime. In my previous thread "Star Trek The Doomsday Machine Book" I inquired if anyone owned a copy and promised to do a review. My apologies for not providing a link to the appropriate website, thank you fellow forum members for doing that on my behalf. I spent the day reading the book and will now give a brief summary.
The book starts off with an overview of the U.S.S. Constellation's encounter with the Berserker prior to the Enterprise's arrival. The author shows a star map of the machines journey into our galaxy as well as its passage into Klingon space. The author discusses how the "Preservers" may have been its creator and shows other examples of Preserver technology. He then goes on to discuss possible encounter scenarios with other classes of Federation Starships and how well they might have fared against the machine.
He gives detailed information on L-370, L-374 and the Rigel star system. He gives stats on the machine and shows examples of 21st century equivalents. He then goes on to show images of possible points of origin for the machine. He speculates on the events Starfleet Command undertook following the machines destruction.
The author writes about the General Energy Dampening Field and the Machines Antiproton Beam. This is were things get complicated, as he throws out a lot of math equations. He talks about "Degenerate Matter Neutronium," more math equations. He writes about its "Lattice Construction"-no idea. He touches on its tractor beam, scanners, sensors, maneuvering, emergency venting, control mechanisms, memory banks and hall of records. He writes about its plasma furnace, ramscoops, and total conversion drive-more math. He speculates on how the machine may have been constructed as well as the motives of its builders. He goes on to speculate how other species may have perceived the machine as well as their encounters with it. I don't know how, but he has some cool pictures of its interior as well as a blueprint naming all its internal parts with a brief description of its function. He also writes about "A Doomsday Like Any Other".
Overview- The book reads more like a science textbook than a work of fiction. It seems to be very well written and researched with lots of science to back it up. I am glad I got it, Thank You for reading my review.
