The Eugenics Wars: Rise and Fall of Khan Noonian Singh v. 1 (Star Trek) |
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Greg Cox
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Pages: (Audio CD)
ISBN: 0743507584
Pub: Simon & Schuster Audio
Pub date: 2001-12-03
Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 744890
Editorial Review:
Star Trek has never been afraid to rewrite history, and Greg Cox's impressive first volume in The Eugenics Wars trilogy focuses on Trek's version of the late 20th century. It's the biography of charismatic dictator Khan Noonien Singh, the genetically engineered superman who featured in the original series episode "Space Seed" and the film "The Wrath of Khan". Kirk and crew appear briefly, visiting a planet of genetically enhanced humans, but most of the action takes place in Khan's time. In a fine piece of Trek continuity, the other main protagonists are the stars of original series episode "Assignment Earth": high-tech undercover agent Gary Seven and his assistants Roberta Lincoln and alien feline Isis. It's 1974, and they are investigating the Chrysalis Project, a secret research lab in India, where they find several hundred genetically enhanced children. Four-year-old "Noon" is already the leader of his toddler group. Seven and his sidekicks attempt to sabotage the project before the scientists' genetic tinkering can unleash deadly consequences. He watches over Khan's subsequent development, and 10 years later tries to recruit the boy to help in his own undercover work. The inclusion of Kirk and Gary Seven, as well as several bit-players from various Trek episodes, ensures that although the story takes place during our own recent past, and includes several real historical events, it always feels like a Star Trek novel. Khan himself is presented as a complex character, showing compassion as well as arrogance. This is a promising start to what should be a strong trilogy. --Elizabeth Sourbut
Reader Reviews:
Bring Back Ricardo Montelban! (3/3 people found this helpful)
This book seeks to relate the tale of Khan's part in the Eugenics Wars. The main protagonists are Gary Seven and his assistant Roberta Lincoln who discover a secret well funded project in India to develope a superhuman race. They infiltrate the organisation and destroy the project but show mercy on the surviving children and arrange their adoption. Khan is recruited as a teenager by Seven and then has a falling out wherupon he sets of alone to change the world to his liking.
Ricardo Montelban played the role in the original Star Trek series and a movie as a strong charismatic leader, but there is no trace of this in the book. The characters are wooden and one dimensional and the narrative is halting and difficult to read. The action scenes are slow and unconvincing and the dialogue just doesn't feel right.
There are constant and annoying cross references to Star Trek episodes. This is unecessary and a character such as Khan should stand alone.
What a wasted opporunity. Khan could have been given depth and emotion and a place in the real world. Instead he is portrayed as a musclebound arrogant B movie heavy.
a great combination of sci-fi and thriller styles (1/7 people found this helpful)
IT ALL STARTS WITH CAPTAIN JAMES T. KIRK LOOKING INTO ORIGINS OF HIS NEMESIS KHAN.KHAN AND HIS GENETICALLY ENHANCED HUMANS ARE CREATED IN SECRET FACILTY IN INDIA.THEN GARY SEVEN AN CHARACTOR APPEARED IN THE ORGINAL STAR TREK GOES & DESTROYS THE FACILTY.
THEN HE GET TO KNOW KHAN THEN SEE THEIR PATHS CROSS OVER THE YEARS.THE STORY IS ALSO INTERWOVEN WITH THE REAL LIFE EVENTS OF KILLING OF THE INDIASN PRIME MINISTER INDRIA GHANDI AND BHOPAL TRADGEDY AS WELL AS A FICTIONAL ATTEMPTED ASSINATION ATTEMPT ON MIKAIL GORBACHEV AT ICELAND SUMMIT WITH RONALD REAGAN.
GARY SEVEN FINDS TO HIS HORROR THAST KHAN IS A MADMAN TRYING TO GET TOGETHER THE OTHER GENETICALLY ENHANCED BEINGS CREATED IN INDIA TO TAKE OVER THE WORLD.
A WELL WRITTEN BOOK COMBINATION OF A THRILLER AND SCI-FI.WELL RESEARCHED AS IT IS INTERWOVEN WITH REAL LIFE EVENTS OF 1970'S & 1980'S.
A INTERESTING AND UNIQUE BOOK ABOUT CAPTAIN KIRKS MAIN NEMESIS Khan.
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