STAR TREK VI: THE UNDISCOVERED COUNTRY

J.M. Dillard

Jun 2013 · Simon and Schuster · Narrated by James Doohan

About this audiobook

Internal pressures, enormous military expenditures, and the destruction of their primary energy source have brought the Klingon Empire to the verge of catastrophic collapse.
To avert disaster, Gorkon, Chancellor of the Klingon High Council, proposes negotiations between the Federation and Klingon Empire, negotiations that will put an end to the years of hostility between the two powers, and herald a new era of peace and cooperation. Captain James T. Kirk and the U.S.S. EnterpriseTM are dispatched to escort the Chancellor safely into Federation space.
But a treacherous assassination brings negotiations to a sudden halt and places Kirk and Dr. McCoy in the hands of the Federation's greatest enemy. With time running out, Spock and the Enterprise crew work to uncover the deadly secret that threatens to propel the galaxy into the most destructive conflict it has ever known.

Ratings and reviews

It's an acceptable adaptation of the film, but there is a lot of stuff missing. Spoilers ahead I guess. Several important lines of dialog from the film are missing; no explanation of why phasers wouldnt be used to vaporize gorkon's assassins, no scene where Uhura tries to translate klingon, Scotty never apprehends the assassin in the finale, there are no cries of havoc to let slip the dogs of war, and the cast send off with Kirk's iconic captain's log is nowhere in sight. Overall, the audiobook captures the main themes and overall plot of the film, but the omissions are glaring. As stated, it is an acceptable adaptation; with the exception of the prologue chapter, it does virtually nothing to expand on what was in the film, and tells a somewhat incomplete story. James Doohan did well with what he was given though.

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About the author

J.M. Dillard grew up coddled in the wilds of central Florida. After leaving her mother’s sheltering arms, she left Florida to reside in various locales, including Washington, DC, Vermont, and southern California. She herself now coddles a two-hundred-pound husband and two ninety-pound Labradors, all of whom are well-trained but persist in believing themselves to be lapdogs. She is the author of a plethora of Star Trek® books; as Jeanne Kalogridis (her evil alter-ego), she is the author of the acclaimed Diaries of the Family Dracul trilogy, and the historical fantasy The Burning Times.