Lost Years (Star Trek: The Original)

Since it is obvious this was the beginning of a saga of books designed to cover the "lost years", I felt it was a good start.

I've often re-read it, favouring Dillard's ability to pull off an occasional witty line that was more for nostalgic and sentimental reasons than for any real revelation into the world of Star Trek.

It is a good read, regardless of what people may have said- don't forget, if you pick up this book, you're most likely looking to reacquaint yourself with Kirk, Spock and Bones. And that you will do.


What happens to the crew after a 5-yr. mission ends?   July 1, 1999
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This novel focuses on several fronts: Kirk's promotion to admiral and his first assignment to negotiate the release of hostages; McCoy's visit to Vulcan's Kolinahr retreat and subsequent hi-jacking by a reincarnated Mind Lord; and how Spock made his decision to enter the Kolinahn discipline. The title is misleading: The story covers a 6-month period after the Enterprise returns to Earth, not 3+years before V'Ger.


The title is a misnomer. The book covered 6 mos.,not 1 year.   November 18, 1998
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I wondered if the intent of this novel was to explain how Kirk became Admiral, McCoy acquired his beard, and Spock went into his Kolinahr. If so, then the book achieved its purpose in 2 out of 3 ways--Kirk became Admiral after lots of convincing by Nogura, and Spock entered Kolinahr after experiencing lots of adventures. But how did McCoy decide to grow a beard--he looked good in it in the first few minutes of STTMP. The subplot involving the Romulans and the kidnapping negotiations was rather interesting, especially the stuff about the old wizard who possessed a Kolinahr's disciple's mind. I thought the fight between the wizard (or was it wa warlock?) and Spock's fiancee (she harbored the warlock's opponent) was great. All in all, a good novel, but it should have been renamed something else, like After the Five-Year Mission Ended...


I haven`t read many Star Trek books but I did enjoy reading   October 11, 1998
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this book. It was a good account of the period after the original 5 year mission. I enjoyed it so much I have bought the next 3 books in the Lost Years saga.