Ghost-Walker
Ghost-Walker is a Star Trek: The Original Series novel written by Barbara Hambly.[1]
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| Author | Barbara Hambly |
|---|---|
| Cover artist | Keith Birdsong |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Genre | Science fiction |
| Publisher | Pocket Books |
Publication date | 1 February 1991 |
| Media type | Print (paperback) |
| Pages | 273 pp |
| ISBN | 0-671-64398-3 (first edition, paperback) |
| OCLC | 23011735 |
| Preceded by | Home Is the Hunter |
| Followed by | A Flag Full of Stars |
Plot
Elcidar Beta III, inhabited by the Midgwins, is a planet strategically located between the Federation and the Klingon empire. The Midgwins' refusal to embrace technological advances have left their planet devastated and their people endangered. The U.S.S. Enterprise tries to help but is hampered by a murderous force that roams its corridors seemingly at will.
gollark: > Tell factories to produce 100K units of winter clothing and give them free choice of a variety of different accepted models.But then you don't know how much stuff each factory will need.
gollark: But a firm has the simple goal of "maximize profit", which makes all that way easier.
gollark: And you have to somehow merge the disagreements into some compromise version and it's all quite hard.
gollark: Anyway, the linear programming thing: just how do you assign values for millions of different end-product goods? If you have people vote on it, they'll probably only be remotely competent to decide on a summary or something, and the process of translating the summaries into full plans will probably involve someone making subjective decisions themselves and influencing the process.
gollark: Yes, that is very silly.
References
- Ayers, Jeff (2006). Voyages of Imagination. Pocket Books. ISBN 1-4165-0349-8.
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