Review of Collsion Course

I just finished Collision Course by William Shatner (with Judith and Garfield Reeves-Stevens [who I suspect actually wrote the meat and potatoes of the novel]). Okay, so maybe I'm a trekkie/trekker wannabe, but I actually enjoyed this book. As a fan of the original t.v. series (and its various films and later television outings) I found myself easily connecting with the storyline (based on the Kodos acting troop incident in one of the original shows... I won't show off my trekkie trivia knowlege by telling you the name of the episode, but it was first season episode 13 which took place on stardate 2817.6 -- I looked that up on startrek.com, by the way). The story tells of the first meeting and first adventure together of teenagers James Tiberius Kirk and Mr. Spock culminating in their joining of Starfleet. The story is fairly tightly woven with good character development, a bit of suspense, and a few technical details thrown in for flavor. William Shatner's humor is definitely visible in the story, as well. If you are a casual Star Trek fan, as I, you will find this book a nice easy, enjoyable read. However, if you get upset that Star Trek Comic number whatever contradicts any teenage Kirk/Spock storyline presented in this novel and the Star Trek Technical Manual specifically states that the dilithium could not be handled so willy-nilly as mentioned in this story, then this book is not for you -- so, go pick on Star Trek: Enterprise some more for its blatant anachronistic errors, while I recommend this book to my not-quite-so-fanatical-about Star Trek friends.