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Summary: Could Have Been Worse, But Should Have Been Far Better
Review: Unfortunately, the rest of Diane Carey's works are unfamilliar to me. This one, however, is rather bad. The story is not very consistent with "The Next Generation" TV show, and is not well written even by "Star Trek" novel standards. The ending is easily the worst part of the book, leaving the reader wondering why the book was written at all. Of all the Star Trek books I've ever read, I've found this one to be the least enjoyable.
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Summary: Great one but not for D.Carey
Review: This book could've been better, however I thout that is was a pretty good one. I wold recommed this book. This wasn't a very good one for Diane Carey; however, if it was written by someoneelse, it would've been a very good book. Because I saw Diane Carey as the author, I was -tobe honest- expecting a lot more. In the movie "First Contact" an at the end of "Generations" the part for Thenew ship being built was left out and D. Carey had done something thatwas needed: She told how this ship first started her journey. I recommend this book to all Trekkies.!
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Summary: Not one of Diane's better books
Review: This one really didn't do much for me. A lot of it was really implausible...like the fact that, with all the time-traveling we've seen in Trek, they still don't take that into consideration when considering a captain's tenure! Sorry, I just don't buy them giving the Ship of the Line to someone who is out of his time. Many of the other characterizations just don't work for me, like Picard being so upset by losing the Enterprise. We saw him at the end of Generations, and he did not look like someone grieving over-much for the ship. That said, once you get into it, the book does for the most part hold your attention. It bounces around a bit much and the various plots are all resolved much too quickly in the end. Not one of the worst Trek novels by any means, but not one I'm likely to read again.
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Summary: Star Trek: Ship of the Line
Review: This book was very entertaining and would relate well with any trekkie. This book relates previous episodes with current series and movies pertaining to anything related to Star Trek which is pretty cool. The book starts out by describing the situation which lead the Bozeman from the 23rd century toi the 24th where they meet Captain Picard and the Enterprise-D. After reviewing that episode, the book preseded to describing the current movie where the Enterprise-D was destriyed at Veridian III. Now Captain Bateson and Captain Picard are strugglung to discover their belonging while Captain Batesman's rival, Klingon Commander Kozara now 93 years from Batesman's time are plotting to destroy the reputation of the Enterprise and Bozeman.
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Summary: This book is GREAT
Review: I read this book in one week because I couldn't put it down. After having seen the episodes of the TNG TV show that this book is based on I was extremely enraptured with the exactness of this book. This story spans from befor the time of The Wrath of Kahn and ends up with the beginning of First Contact! Carey quoted the movie and the episodes exactly... I checked. As a big ST fan I had to make sure of the authenticity of this story. It fits perfectly with the others (like it would be publised if it din't)! I recommend this book to any one who likes either Star Trek the next Generation or The Star Trek Movies.
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Summary: Comments :)
Review: The book itself was great, but there are some fault areas, for example, when Picard accepted the mission for rescuing the MIAs, he was given the command of Rear-Admiral. The area of conflict is that Picard never was given the command of the rear-admiral, but his original position, captain. This book was a good start off before the movie/novel "First Contact". Besides this gap, I think its alright and acceptable, since I finished it in four hours. :)
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Summary: It almost hit the spot
Review: This is one of the better Star Trek books I've ever read, and it is good to see work that covers over the gaps left between movies. Diane Carey is a good author, but she is definitely better at Original Series books than Next Generation ones. The character of Morgan Bateson is very accurate, and his dialogue is so well written that it actually sounds like Kelsey Grammer (Frasier)talking. However, Bateson is the only really developed character in the book, and his crew, including his drunkard first officer are merely cutouts, with none of the depth of Picard and company. Carey has however not studied Trek history well enough, and several inconsistencies throughout make the book heavy going in places. Also, according to Star Trek lore, the Enterprise-E was built in Earth Orbit, not at the obscure Starbase 12. The Klingon characters are good enough, but they too are flat, and often seem too stupid to be the warrior crew of a Starship. However, all the scenes with Bateson and Kirk and Scotty are welcome, and help iron over the obscure Cardassian connection, and the fact that the Klingons and the Federation actually do get along in the 24th Century, not hate each other as indicated in the story. This is a good continuation of Bateson's adventures, but not quite as I imagined it. And does anyone know the Starship class of the new Bozeman. I think its the sistership to the Enterprise E.
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Summary: A good plot and interesting twists, but the pace was rushed
Review: I waited on this book and was eager to read it. The story was good and filled in a lot of the backstory to not only the new Enterprise but the Bohzman crew also. After the story shifts to the 24th century things get rushed though. There was a lot going on and a lot of hard work by the characters, but the situations were resolved too quickly. There were too many coincidences and anticlimatic saves. Characters seem to come out of left field, are used, then discarded. I really liked the plot and enjoyed reading the book but felt as if there were at least 50 pages of the story that were cut somewhere from Carey's desk to the bookshelf. I do recommend the book though as long as you read it expecting a good story that could have been executed a little better.
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Summary: Great
Review: What problem do I have with this book? It's just too good. It's one of the most intresting Trek novels. Finding ou more about Capt. Bateson and his crew is excellent and well thought out. The only problem I had was all these dedications to Diane Carey's sunken ship. DOes it look like I care?
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Summary: way too much ship nostalgia
Review: The dedication to old navy ships was way too hokey. She did a good job of trying in familiar scenes from movies and episodes, however. I think she used her thesaurus too much in this book. I know this sounds uncomplicated, but I really would have preferred to have a villain in this book.
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