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Star Trek The Wrath of Khan - Vonda N. McIntyre Book Review

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This is the novelization of the movie by the same name. It tells the story of Khan, a genetically engineered dictator who fought in the Eugenics wars of the 1990's (remember those?), was frozen, woke up, fought with Captain Kirk, was banished to Ceti Alpha V, where he now has escaped from and is after Captain Kirk for revenge. This story has a lot of great spaceship battles.
Steve, Resident Scholar


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Composition of Book
Descript. of chases or violence - 30%
planning/preparing, gather info, debate puzzles/motives - 40%
Feelings, relationships, character bio/development - 10%
Descript. of society, phenomena (tech), places - 20%




FANTASY or SCIENCE FICTION? - science fiction story
Tech./$$$/Info hunt Yes
Stealing/recovering/destroying - weapon
War or Invasion Yes
Major kinds of combat: - spaceship battles
Kind of series - Star Trek
Is this an adult or child's book? - Adult or Young Adult Book
Star Trek or Star Wars book? Yes

Main Character
Identity: - Male
Profession/status: - navy soldier
Age: - 40's-50's
How sensitive is this character? - hard edged
Sense of humor - Mostly serious with occasional humor
Intelligence - Average intelligence
Physique - average physique

Main Adversary
Identity: - Male
Age: - long-lived adults
Profession/status: - dictator
How much of work is main antagonist actually present in: - a substantial amount
How sensitive is this character? - mean, arrogant
Sense of humor - Mostly serious with occasional humor
Intelligence - Smarter than most other characters
Physique - very athletic

Setting
Spaceship setting: - futuristic human warship
Takes place in spaceship? Yes

Style
Person? - mostly 3rd
Accounts of torture and death? - generic/vague references to death/punishment
scientific jargon? (SF only) - none/very little science jargon needed
Sex in book? Yes
How much dialogue? - mostly dialog
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