by James Blish
I think this must have been the last book Blish published in his life-time. It says that Star Treks 1-10 total 6.5 million books printed which is interesting in that over 40 years later it's not these that are still in print, but rather a half dozen or so very influential SF novels straight from his...
Not the best of the James Blish-authored series, but not the worst either. Most of the episode adaptations in this collection are far from memorable ... with "What Are Little Girls Made Of" and "The Squire of Gothos" really the only ones that might possibly make any fan polls. I will mention that th...
I've got a soft spot in my head for this Blish collection, as it included adaptations of "The Empath" and "The Galileo Seven", the first two episodes of Star Trek I ever saw. There's also one of the "Shatner, Lord of the Jungle" episodes with "A Private Little War", and the first truly non-human ali...
*4 Stars**The Gush* I was pleasantly surprised by how much I liked this book. I grew up on this series, though I only watched what was on tv on reruns. All of these particular episodes are ones I was previously very familiar with. Surprisingly, that was not needed. These short write ups of the episo...
The Prime Directive features prominently in this volume...pesky culturally interfering Klingons and rascally deranged Star Fleet Captains posing moral dilemmas for Kirk.My edition has a Blish bio in the back that notes that he died at 54 of lung cancer. That history of witchcraft was never finished....
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