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Mel Gilden

Forfatter af Boogeymen

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Værker af Mel Gilden

Boogeymen (1991) 565 eksemplarer
The Starship Trap (1993) 366 eksemplarer
Surfing Samurai Robots (1988) 185 eksemplarer
Hawaiian UFO Aliens (1989) 87 eksemplarer
Tubular Android Superheroes (1991) 74 eksemplarer
The Pet (1994) 74 eksemplarer
Wuzzles: Win One for Bumblelion (1984) 36 eksemplarer
Cardassian Imps (1997) 34 eksemplarer
Beverly Hills 90210 (1991) 32 eksemplarer
Born to Howl (1987) 26 eksemplarer
Pet of Frankenstein (1988) 25 eksemplarer
Outer space, and all that junk (1989) 22 eksemplarer
M Is for Monster (1987) 22 eksemplarer
The Jungle Book (1994) 20 eksemplarer
Z Is for Zombie (1988) 13 eksemplarer
Yuckers (Fifth Grade Monster) (1989) 11 eksemplarer
The Pumpkins of Time (1994) 8 eksemplarer
The Planetoid of Amazement (1991) 7 eksemplarer
Nascar Racers: How They Work (2000) 6 eksemplarer
Chain Reaction (NASCAR Racers) (2001) 4 eksemplarer
Ghost on the Net (Cybersurfers) (1996) — Forfatter — 4 eksemplarer
The Return of Captain Conquer (1986) 3 eksemplarer
Toy Story 2 (2000) 2 eksemplarer
El libro de la selva (1995) 2 eksemplarer
Deadline 1 eksemplar
Hawaiian Aliens 1 eksemplar
Cyberspace Cowboy (1997) 1 eksemplar
The Accidental Time Cadet (2015) 1 eksemplar
Beverly Hills : Pas de secrets (1999) 1 eksemplar
Small Miracles 1 eksemplar

Associated Works

100 Great Fantasy Short, Short Stories (1984) — Bidragyder — 246 eksemplarer
Orbit 12 (1973) — Forfatter — 102 eksemplarer
Perpetual Light (1982) — Bidragyder — 99 eksemplarer
My Sherlock Holmes: Untold Stories of the Great Detective (2003) — Bidragyder — 90 eksemplarer
Betcha Can't Read Just One (1993) — Bidragyder — 73 eksemplarer
Clarion (1971) — Bidragyder — 61 eksemplarer
Bruce Coville's Book of Ghosts II: More Tales to Haunt You (1997) — Bidragyder — 43 eksemplarer
Strange Bedfellows (1973) — Bidragyder — 40 eksemplarer
Clarion III (1973) — Bidragyder — 39 eksemplarer
Ascents of Wonder (1977) — Bidragyder — 27 eksemplarer
Bruce Coville's Alien Visitors (1999) — Bidragyder — 12 eksemplarer

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Juridisk navn
Gilden, Mel S.
Fødselsdato
1947-07-03
Køn
male
Nationalitet
USA
Fødested
Chicago, Illinois, USA
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Autor
Organisationer
Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America

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For the first time, we see computation dealt with in terms that seem close to today's: the Enterprise is still a "mainframe," but there is a depiction of a virus that actually illustrates some of the things that could happen if a virus affected the Enterprise. It's not exactly all coherent - there's a good bit of "and then it can do this because PLOT should happen" - but that's OK; it works nonetheless. That's pleasant, but even more pleasant is that the novel makes Wesley into a sympathetic character.… (mere)
 
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everystartrek | 2 andre anmeldelser | Jan 7, 2023 |
I found this book to have an interestingly self-conscious Kirk—maybe it's just more interested in his internal mental state than some other books. The plot hinges on a politician and scientist who have rather simplistic ideas about how to end war in the galaxy and seem to blame the existence of war on Starfleet. Ultimately I found that part of the book pretty silly. More interesting is the superweapon the scientist creates, which randomly sends starships to other universes, many of which are inimical to life. (His idea is no starships, no wars...yeah, I didn't say it hung together.) Perhaps most interesting of all is the introduction of a character with a brain-enhancing implant that allows her to record her visual and auditory inputs. That's something Star Trek has never really fully explored (despite Geordi and, yes, the Borg) and which I wish there was more of. Still, all that said, I don't think this was the finest outing. Passable!

Oh, and amusingly: they spell "petaQ" or "p'takh" wrong: "p'tach." I wonder how Klingon spellings were circulated among the various strands of the franchise? I'm pretty sure that 1993 is after they were laid down, especially for common words like petaQ...
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everystartrek | 5 andre anmeldelser | Jan 6, 2023 |
Cute little story. Jake plays baseball in the holodeck. Jake and Nog take care of a harmless seeming alien. The station is facing an attack with aliens demanding the return of their prince.
 
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nx74defiant | Oct 28, 2022 |
Growing up, I never read books but I was a fan of 90210 so I was given this book, maybe in hopes that it would make me a reader or maybe just because I was a fan of the show. Regardless, as a teen I never read it but I still have it so I read it.

I super enjoyed it for the "historical aspect" -- like pay phones and VHS tapes(!). The whole time reading it I was wondering if it would still hold up today ... I'm sure the plot line of Steve searching for his birth mother and how he goes about doing that would be upsetting for people today but in 1992, when this book was published, that's how easy things were and that was the mindset regarding adoption.

I'm going to keep it.

Adrianne
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Adrianne_p | Sep 3, 2022 |

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