Star Trek 6

A few years after the original Star Trek series was cancelled, a phenomenon began. Once the series went into syndication it was a staple of the afternoon television fare and a publishing "enterprise" also began. The books where James Blish adapted episodes from the original series were the first steps in the development of what has become an enormous genre. In this book, Blish adapts the episodes: *) The Savage Curtain *) The Lights of Zetar *) The Apple *) By Any Other Name *) The Cloud Minders *) The Mark of Gideon None of these episodes even cracks the upper half of my rankings of episodes in the original series. However, Blish makes the paper expenditure worthwhile by engaging in some of his best writing in this series of books. He manages to capture a great deal of the tension and action of the episodes, something that can be especially difficult in a science fiction series. It is still a worthwhile book to read.