Dreadnought!

What a shame that a writer with lots of elan and a Mary Sue style protagonist who's actually a lot if fun, would be an Objectivist and full of really awful political takes.

Another fine book by the Dean of Star Trek authors, Diane Carey. This one introduces a fascinating couple of characters, Lt. Piper and her first officer, the Vulcan Sarda, as the new Federation battlecruiser dreadnought ship is hijacked by protesters asserting that Admiral Rittenhouse plans to use it to wipe out the Federation's enemies. The story itself is a good one, but the real pleasure comes from seeing Lt. Piper and her young crew learn the ropes, interact with each other, and the developing trust and affection between Piper and Sarda.

I don't have much that's useful or interesting to say. ?áI do want to reply to some of the reviews on GR, though. ?áFirst, I did not see Piper as a Mary Sue. ?áShe was too flawed, in fact, she was so flawed, so much of twit, that I don't know how she managed to avoid getting flunked off the captaincy track. ?áBut by the end she learned a lot, so that's good character development. ?áSecond, the Objectivism that some see in the middle seems more like Libertarianism, to me; but I do agree that it's over-simplified to the point where it doesn't fit in to the Universe that Roddenberry created. ?áThird, there were mistakes that an editor should have caught; perhaps the most disturbing was when Piper admitted that she was show more stunned by something, but the word printed was stunning."

Overall, if the book falls into your hands, and you like pulp ST:TOG, and have a few hours to kill, read it. ?áOtherwise, don't bother." show less

Lame. Told from the point of view of a whiny, self-centered cadet with little interaction with the main crew. Not my favorite.

One of my early favorites.

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