Broken Bow

Being a fan of just the movies and not the TV shows I gave Enterprise a shot and love it! This book is based on the tv shows first two episodes Broken Bow. The book of course gives even more insight and I am happy I read it. Don't know why the show did not catch on with Trekkies. Anyway check out the book and then the series.

Serviceable enough adaptation of Enterprise's pilot episode, though far from spectacular. Unlike other pilot episode adaptations, this one feels the most like the televised version, with each character speaking in their "voice." There are no real misfires in the novel: events play out exactly as they do in the "official" version. What you do notice here-and what might not come across on TV-is how downright angry Jonathan Archer is toward the Vulcans, a T'Pol in particular. He, and other members of the crew, come off as mean spirited at best and racist at worst throughout the novel. This is something I don't remember from source material.<br /><br />This is a quick read, a literal translation of the shooting script, without much added to bring extra texture or insight to the story. That's fine, in the long run. I'd rather have something true to the source than an author making things up and destroying the voice of the characters.

This book was OK, it is based on a pilot that was neither spectacular nor very interesting. It followed the pilot episode to the dot on what happened and when it happened. It even includes the two deleted scenes that are on the Blu-ray. The writing style is easy to read, but I had an issue with the way the characters were written. The inner monologues and thoughts of the characters -- most especially Archer -- did not reflect what was shown on the show. Archer and Trip, with the inner dialogue are mean, racist and angry. Not really people I would want to follow along for a five year exploration trip.

This is the novelization of the pilot episode of he series. It isn't bad as such efforts go, but DON'T buy the ebook version. It was rife with typos, to the point that reading BROKEN BOW was a chore.

Saw the pilot for this on T.V. but I really enjoyed the novel much more. It was good!

Well written but not a good episode of Enterprise in my opinion.

Review originally posted on my blog: <a href="http://killie-booktalk.blogspot.com/2011/10/star-trek-enterprise-broken-bow-diane.html" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">http://killie-booktalk.blogspot.com/</a><br /><br />I have to admit that I have let my geeky tendencies out with this latest review. Basically I decided that I will try and read through all the Star Trek novels I can obtain in as close to chronological order as I can work out. I suspect some of these books will be bad, I suspect some will be good, but it will be an adventure either way! Anyway, the first book to read was Broken Bow by Diane Carey which is actually a novelization of the Star Trek Enterprise pilot episode of the same name.<br /><br />The story itself is set 150 years from now and humanity has basically made contact with a few other races but they haven't ventured out much into the Universe yet. However, the newly formed Starfleet is getting it's latest high speed ship ready to head out and explore the cosmos, even though their allies and more advanced mentors, the Vulcans don't believe they are mature enough. When two alien species start a fight on Earth, the crew of this new ship are drawn into an adventure involving time travel, genetic engineering and political intrigue.<br /><br />I have to be honest here and say that I was a little bit disappointed in this novel. I felt that this was a good opportunity to try and enhance what was a rather average episode but instead it is just a basic retelling of the pilot without anything original in terms of characters or some storyline enhancement. It is a shame really as an improved story could also have been used to try and draw new people into this series.<br /><br />The main issue I did have with the story though were the characters, I am aware that they do improve and grow to be quite likeable as the series progresses but at this stage I didn't really like them. I just felt they were all quite weakly developed and rather petty to be honest. The bickering, talking behind backs and basic childishness that goes on is all rather pathetic and I found it irritating. I understand there is obviously some issues that humanity has regarding aliens and the way they have been treated but I believe they would have been a bit more professional than what we see here.<br /><br />After all this you would probably expect me to say that I disliked the entire novel but that isn't actually true. The story itself wasn't that bad and had an enjoyable mix of adventure and political intrigue. There also isn't any real techno-babble here and it does feel a bit more down to earth feel than some of the other Star Trek series set in future years. If you have never seen the TV series then it is perfectly adequate introduction to the universe and the characters. <br /><br />In summary, I have to say that this book was a mildly interesting sci-fi adventure that does at least ensure the reader is introduced to all the new characters that will be involved in the Star Trek Enterprise series. I felt that it didn't really add anything new the Star Trek universe and an average TV episode has just become an average novel. Basically if you want to read every Star Trek book then go ahead and read this, but to be honest if you have seen the TV episode already then I wouldn't bother picking this up.<br />

This delivered what I was looking for, additional scenes/moments of conversation from the Enterprise pilot that didn't make it to the screen. The writing was rushed and at times clunky, as one tends to expect from television novelizations. Most interesting were the "behind-the-scenes" interviews at the end, which in retrospect I think reveal part of the reason why the approach of Enterprise's creators didn't pan out as intended.<br /><br />May 2022 Update:<br />A little better than I remembered. The prose has a kind of rough-hewn vigor that keeps things moving along nicely. For a novelization, 4 out of 5 stars.

the way Enterprise is shown in its initial stages and how humans and vulcans started to work together was very great. i loved the way the image of the vulcans changes from those who criticize us to those who help us. the book was awesome .liked it

A great prequel Star Trek series. After watching the pilot episode, I was excited to read this book. I wasn't disappointed when I started reading. By the time I finished the book, I was ready for more Enterprise novels.