Star Trek The Kabayashi Maru, Julia Ecklar
Star Trek The Kabayashi Maru, Julia Ecklar
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Star Trek: The Kabayashi Maru

Author: Julia Ecklar

Narrator: James Doohan

Abridged: 1 hr 22 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 06/01/1990


Synopsis

A freak shuttlecraft accident -- and suddenly Captain Kirk and most of his senior officers find themselves adrift in space, with no hope of rescue, no hope of repairing their craft, or restoring communications -- with nothing, in short, but time on their hands.

Time enough for each to tell the story of the Kobayashi Maru -- the Starfleet Academy test given to command cadets. Nominally a tactical exercise, the Kobayashi Maru is in fact a test of character revealed in the choices each cadet makes, and does not make.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Ashley on July 22, 2016

I listened to the audio version of this book and was very impressed with James Doohan's performance in narrating. It really added something extra to the story, and he was able to imitate the voices of the original actors for each character very well. This story recounts the Kobayashi Maru scenarios o......more

Goodreads review by Jamie on April 11, 2019

3.5 stars. Some interesting reminiscences from Kirk, Sulu, Chekov and Scotty and their time at the academy tackling simulated command challenges.......more

Goodreads review by Daniel on January 16, 2011

I'm surprised it took as long as it did to finally write a flashback novel to the Enterprise crew's various Kobyashi Maru simulation experiences, during their cadet days. Some of the vignettes weren't quite up to the expectations of my imagination...but the novel is ultimately worth it for (1) Scott......more

Goodreads review by Nadienne on February 14, 2023

Kirk and company are wounded and stranded on a disabled shuttle, and decide to regale themselves with tales of how each handled the infamous Kobayashi Maru test at Starfleet Command School. First up is Kirk, who tells a tale that I have heard elsewhere, so I'm wondering if this is potentially canonic......more

Goodreads review by Sean on May 14, 2009

"I am pleased to learn that eighteen hours of unnecessary confinement has not adversely affected your social skills." "Oh, get out of my way!" mccoy and Spock, bickering as always. it seems really odd to see that again, especially as I went to see the 2009 Star Trek film yesterday. That, and the fact......more