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The World House
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If only The World House had been an episode from The Original Series of Star Trek. I'd have liked it much, much better, although I did like it enough (surprise, surprise) that I intend to read the sequel. I know ,,, I'm a sucker.
STAR TREK NEXT VOYAGE
KIRK: Captain's Log Stardate 3634.8. After finishing our eventful shore leave on Argelius II, we received orders from Starfleet to return immediately to the Terran System. Months long subspace negotiations between the the Daimoni and the Federation have been interrupted by the sudden onset of an inexplicable cosmic disturbance. Before the Daimoni will return to discussions to officially join the United Federation of Planets, we must discover the source of this strange occurrence and set things right. Mr. Spock, Dr. McCoy, Lt. Pearce -- our old Earth historian and weapons expert -- and I will beam down to heart of the disturbance and do our best to put things right.
INT. ENTERPRISE BRIDGE. WORKING HOURS
SPOCK looks over his shoulder from the direction of his science station.
SPOCK: The temporal disturbance is increasing, Captain. I recommend that immediate action be taken.
KIRK punches his console, and speaks:
KIRK: Dr. McCoy, Lt. Pearce, meet us in the transporter room.
KIRK rises and heads to the lift.
KIRK (CONT'D): Mr. Scott. You have the bridge.
SCOTT (crossing to the Captain's seat): Aye, sir.
Pausing before the lift, KIRK waves SPOCK through the doors.
KIRK: After you, Mr. Spock.
EXT. OLD EARTH. ALLEYWAY. DAY
BONES crouches over the body of LT. PEARCE, checking her vitals with his medical scanner. He looks up.
BONES: She's dead Jim.
KIRK stares spitefully at ASHE, a gun wielding, elderly man in a fedora and raincoat, whose gun is trained on the Captain.
ASHE: I'm afraid you're next, Captain.
SPOCK: The box you hold, Captain, is the heart of the temporal displacement.
KIRK (holding up a non-descript wooden box with Chinese characters): This box?
ASHE: That box, Captain.
ASHE pulls the trigger and the gun barrel flashes.
MONTAGE
CAPTAIN KIRK drops from a ladder to avoid a giant, vicious snakes, then shoulder rolls to avoid its strike. He fights a creepy chef in a gleaming kitchen, delivering a double axe handle to the base of the CHEF's neck. He trudges through the snow only to kill a deadly polar bear with his phaser.
END MONTAGE
INT. WORLD HOUSE. CORRIDOR. LATE DAY*
CAPTAIN KIRK and ASHE are engaged in a heated discussion with CARRUTHERS, a world famous explorer, and PENELOPE, a beautiful woman from the twenties.
KIRK: "Ashe has witnessed these events from a dual perspective: he was there as a younger man and ... as an old man. ... So it all comes down to whether his foreknowledge will be enough for him to change how things occur this time."
ASHE: "And, therefore, how they will have occurred."
KIRK: "It's a paradox."
PENELOPE: "As always, darling, you make sense only to yourself.
PENELOPE stands on her tiptoes, and KIRK embraces her in a lingering, closed mouth smooch.
EXT. ENTERPRISE IN ORBIT
ENTERPRISE orbits earth to the sound of Alexander Courage's theme.
FADE OUT
*all quoted dialogue is Guy Adams; the rest is mine.
STAR TREK NEXT VOYAGE
KIRK: Captain's Log Stardate 3634.8. After finishing our eventful shore leave on Argelius II, we received orders from Starfleet to return immediately to the Terran System. Months long subspace negotiations between the the Daimoni and the Federation have been interrupted by the sudden onset of an inexplicable cosmic disturbance. Before the Daimoni will return to discussions to officially join the United Federation of Planets, we must discover the source of this strange occurrence and set things right. Mr. Spock, Dr. McCoy, Lt. Pearce -- our old Earth historian and weapons expert -- and I will beam down to heart of the disturbance and do our best to put things right.
INT. ENTERPRISE BRIDGE. WORKING HOURS
SPOCK looks over his shoulder from the direction of his science station.
SPOCK: The temporal disturbance is increasing, Captain. I recommend that immediate action be taken.
KIRK punches his console, and speaks:
KIRK: Dr. McCoy, Lt. Pearce, meet us in the transporter room.
KIRK rises and heads to the lift.
KIRK (CONT'D): Mr. Scott. You have the bridge.
SCOTT (crossing to the Captain's seat): Aye, sir.
Pausing before the lift, KIRK waves SPOCK through the doors.
KIRK: After you, Mr. Spock.
EXT. OLD EARTH. ALLEYWAY. DAY
BONES crouches over the body of LT. PEARCE, checking her vitals with his medical scanner. He looks up.
BONES: She's dead Jim.
KIRK stares spitefully at ASHE, a gun wielding, elderly man in a fedora and raincoat, whose gun is trained on the Captain.
ASHE: I'm afraid you're next, Captain.
SPOCK: The box you hold, Captain, is the heart of the temporal displacement.
KIRK (holding up a non-descript wooden box with Chinese characters): This box?
ASHE: That box, Captain.
ASHE pulls the trigger and the gun barrel flashes.
MONTAGE
CAPTAIN KIRK drops from a ladder to avoid a giant, vicious snakes, then shoulder rolls to avoid its strike. He fights a creepy chef in a gleaming kitchen, delivering a double axe handle to the base of the CHEF's neck. He trudges through the snow only to kill a deadly polar bear with his phaser.
END MONTAGE
INT. WORLD HOUSE. CORRIDOR. LATE DAY*
CAPTAIN KIRK and ASHE are engaged in a heated discussion with CARRUTHERS, a world famous explorer, and PENELOPE, a beautiful woman from the twenties.
KIRK: "Ashe has witnessed these events from a dual perspective: he was there as a younger man and ... as an old man. ... So it all comes down to whether his foreknowledge will be enough for him to change how things occur this time."
ASHE: "And, therefore, how they will have occurred."
KIRK: "It's a paradox."
PENELOPE: "As always, darling, you make sense only to yourself.
PENELOPE stands on her tiptoes, and KIRK embraces her in a lingering, closed mouth smooch.
EXT. ENTERPRISE IN ORBIT
ENTERPRISE orbits earth to the sound of Alexander Courage's theme.
FADE OUT
*all quoted dialogue is Guy Adams; the rest is mine.
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He doesn't stop introducing characters until the penultimate chapter, although those are mostly supporting cast. It wasn't so bad. But I found it terribly uneven. Some was excellent. Some was poor. And I'd have given anything for the "interludes" to be the main part of the novel. As I finished today, I thought that you would like this, C, and I was going to send my copy to you. No need, though, I see.
Oh, thanks though, Brad! I went on an Angery Robot buying frenzy at the Borders that is shutting down, so I have a bunch of them now.
No prob. I'm certainly going to be digging into more Angry Robot books. They look like an interesting publisher, for sure.
Love the Trek analogy.