Review of
Gene Roddenberry’s Lost Universe #5 First
Appearance of Xander
Four out of five stars
I found this
comic when I was trolling through the clearance shelves at a local used
bookstore. As a Star Trek fan, the name Gene Roddenberry has a special
attraction, so I had to buy it. I was not disappointed; the story exhibits some
creative science fiction aspects.
The premise is
that society has the capability to store an exact copy of a person’s DNA as
well as a snapshot of their full memories and personality. Dr. Grange was placed
in an alien stasis machine and his stay was to be for eight weeks. However, an
asteroid came along and devastated the area, so that stay was altered to 500
years. Everything on the planet Malay has been offline for over 500 years.
When a mission
was to be launched, it was decided that the best person to lead the mission was
the same Dr. Grange. Therefore, his stored DNA was used to create a clone and
the stored memories implanted into his skull. When the clone reached adulthood
and the original Dr. Grange was revived from stasis, there are two versions of
the same person. Both have anger issues for different reasons, and there is still
the ongoing mission to complete.
The premises
set up a great deal of room for future expansion of the story. I was so
interested that I am now trolling online looking for the other issues in this
series.
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