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Julia Ecklar

Författare till The Kobayashi Maru

20+ verk 1,348 medlemmar 17 recensioner 1 favoritmärkta

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Inkluderar namnen: Echlaa Julia, Julie Ecklar

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Julia Ecklar is a science fiction author and a singer and writer of filk music. She also writes under the pseudonym L.A. Graf (with Karen Rose Cercone)

Verk av Julia Ecklar

The Kobayashi Maru (1989) 803 exemplar
New Earth: Rough Trails (2000) — Författare — 258 exemplar
Regenesis (1995) 94 exemplar
Traveller (2006) 5 exemplar
Dreamer (1990) 5 exemplar
Roundworm (2003) 4 exemplar
Divine Intervention (2002) 4 exemplar
Genesis 3 exemplar
Horsetamer 2 exemplar
The Human Animal 1 exemplar
Horsetamer 1 exemplar

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Namn enligt folkbokföringen
Ecklar, Julia Marie
Födelsedag
1964-03-14
Kön
female
Nationalitet
USA
Födelseort
Greenville, Ohio, USA
Yrken
author
singer
song-writer
Priser och utmärkelser
John W. Campbell Award (1991)
Särskiljningsnotis
Julia Ecklar is a science fiction author and a singer and writer of filk music. She also writes under the pseudonym L.A. Graf (with Karen Rose Cercone)

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A lot of people seem to have disliked this one, but I actually liked it pretty well. Lots of Chekov, Sulu and Uhura. Not, like, a stand-out, but it was pretty fun.
 
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everystartrek | 1 annan recension | Jan 7, 2023 |
A pleasant character study of a book. The Sulu bits may be offensive now - the term "Oriental" is used - despite clearly having been written with good intentions.
 
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everystartrek | 6 andra recensioner | Jan 5, 2023 |
This is a collection of short stories loosely linked into a story arc, all featuring the same protagonist: a field agent from Noah's Ark who likes animals a whole lot better than she likes people.

The stories are science fiction that involve (mostly alien) biology and ecological processes, along with an element of political intrigue that increases as the stories progress. The protagonist is a good strong female character that I find likable despite (or because of?) how unsociable she is.

Also, this kind of linked-into-a-story-arc collection is my favorite way to read short stories.

A good, reliable, rereadable collection.
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VictoriaGaile | 1 annan recension | Oct 16, 2021 |
Julia Ecklar’s 1989 novel, Star Trek: The Kobayashi Maru, begins with the Enterprise traveling to the Hohweyn system to check on the Venkatsen Research Group, with whom the Federation lost contact. The Venkatsen group is on Hohweyn VII, one of forty-seven planets – natural, captured, and rogue – orbiting an unstable tertiary sun. Just to add to the difficulty, various debris clouds and asteroid belts, including iron- and nickel-rich asteroids that disrupt sensors, orbit along with the planets. Captain James T. Kirk, Dr. Leonard H. “Bones” McCoy, Chief Engineer Montgomery “Scotty” Scott, Lieutenant Commander Hikaru Sulu, and Chief of Security Lieutenant Pavel Chekov travel to the planet in the shuttlecraft Halley as the small size of the craft makes it more maneuverable in the chaotic environment of the Hohweyn system, leaving First Officer Spock in command of the Enterprise.

Unfortunately, they encounter a gravitic mine and only barely survive, though with their shuttlecraft disabled. With no way to signal the Enterprise for rescue, the shuttlecraft crew’s minds turn to the Kobayashi Maru test from Starfleet Academy and they share their respective experiences. From there, the novel alternates between characters’ memories of the Kobayashi Maru test and their efforts to repair the shuttlecraft Halley or signal the Enterprise. Ecklar spends the most time on Chekov and Sulu’s Koyayashi Maru test, using the opportunity for excellent character development, while Scott’s own test gives a bit of light humor. Her depiction of Kirk’s test both fits his character and far surpasses the depiction in J.J. Abrams’ 2009 Star Trek film.

The novel’s flashback scenes foreshadow Pocket Books’ 3-book Star Trek: The Original Series – Starfleet Academy series of young adult novels from 1996 and Diane Carey’s subsequent 1997 novelization of the Starfleet Academy CD-ROM game. These flashbacks offer an interesting look at what Starfleet Academy could have resembled in the 2240s-2260s of the Prime Timeline, helping to explore the types of tests command training school involved. The novel begins with an historical note indicating that it takes place shortly after the events of Star Trek: The Motion Picture, though the overall tone of the story more closely resembles that of the Original Series novels. Further, Ecklar uses character ranks more in keeping with TOS as, between Star Trek: The Motion Picture and Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home, Kirk was an admiral rather than a captain. In fact, the only character whose rank resembles the films is Chekov, having changed from navigation to security.
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DarthDeverell | 6 andra recensioner | May 23, 2020 |

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20
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Medlemmar
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Recensioner
17
ISBN
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