BW Media Spotlight

Chapter By Chapter (usually) features me reading one chapter of the selected book at a time and reviewing it as if I were reviewing an episode of a TV show or an issue of a comic. There will be spoilers if you haven’t read to the point I have, and if you’ve read further I ask that you don’t spoil anything further into the book. Think of it as a read-along book club.

In the previous chapter we met some of the newest supporting cast to the author’s take on Vulcans. I have never read an interview with Lorrah so I don’t know why she was so interested in Vulcan versus Earthling culture and how it pertains to romance, or creating a group who rejects Vulcans’ logic pursuit when we already have the Romulans. Regardless, this is at least her second time in this area and I enjoyed the last one. I even enjoyed this one enough to get the last one so many years ago even though this is only the second time I’ve gotten to read this novel.

This chapter will be taking us back to the Enterprise. One advantage books have over television is they don’t have to worry about building sets, hiring actors, or creating and applying alien make-up prosthetics. So they can get away with following other characters, creating different aliens by building on the races we already know from the show, and having locations that might not be easy with a 1960s TV budget. A good writer makes it appear in your mind, something I’m not so good at. Yes, that’s why I fell more into making comics. I just have to show you.

This is a rather short chapter, only four pages. Unlike…a few other novels I’ve reviewed for Chapter By Chapter, it’s not too bad so long as it doesn’t become a habit like those books. Plus I’m low on time today so it’s to my advantage. I like when that happens.

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