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Summary: Peter David does wonders creating new charaters
Review: I must say that Peter David created new star trek charters and keeped the star trek line in tact. The new frontier books blend nicely into the Star Trek universe and should be a hit. Well done Peter, for an author know to use other people charaters. You created your own perfectly.
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Summary: Definately a beatifully written series!
Review: I must say that Peter David did an excellent job on this. A great new group of heroes for one to look up to. I especially like Soleta and Cwan, very interesting people. Now if only he could make a show out of it!
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Summary: Best of Trek
Review: I only began the "New Frontier" series in the fall of 2001, if only to continue the adventures of the TNG era, rather than go back in time and sit through the wonderless "Enterprise". I am hooked, and hope to aquire the rest of the books shortly.In the first book, we are more or less introduced to the crew of the Excalibur, and the fall of the Thollian Empire. Furthermore, the series is kicked off by some old TNG characters, including Picard, Jellico, and Spock. The second, third, and fourth books creat a story-arc that really is comparable to any of the best Trek episodes, and has a nice semi-surprise ending. I would reccomend these books, and better if you can get the four-book collection.
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Summary: Boldly Going in Circles
Review: I wqas quite surprised to hear that Paramount was going to let someone create new Trek characters for an ongoing series of books, and glad to hear that Mr. David - the best of the Trek novelists - was going to be be the man to do this. But I waited to read this, suspecting that something would be missing. It is. But it's not merely the lack of exciting characters. The plots in this series are rather weak, and feel like warmed-over Next Gen. The hero of the series, Mackenzie Calhoun, shows signs of being more than the two-dimensional former wunderkind he is here, and some other aliens are quite intriguing. I especially liked the Thallonian ambassador. But most of the cast is rather flat - Robin Lefler is as dull as she was when young Wynona Judd played her, Cmdr. Shelby shows little of the spark we saw on Next Gen, and we can really do without the overly titillating hermaphrodite engineer and Worfish security officer. Other little things alot hinder the book, such as PAD's literal use of "the Great Bird of the Galaxy" and the transformation of Edward Jellico from a somewhat annoying but capable officer into a complete jerk. PAD's Trek novels always entertain, but this one fails to do much more than set up a series. Without the visuals of the TV shows, this is more a storybaord than a story. It could make a great Trek TV series, but it's not much of a novel.
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Summary: Best Star Trek Novel I've Read!
Review: I'm not the biggest reader of ST novels, but I truly enjoy this series. What sets it apart is that while it has ties to the TNG universe, it gets back to the roots of the original series: exploring space with the Federation playing a very minimal role in the overall course of events. The protagonist, Mackenzie Calhoun, is engaging and the supporting cast is a wonderful use of the infinite diversity of the universe. Also, there are enough ties to TNG for the TNG fan (such as myself) to truly enjoy this series and all of the characters are handled in a manner that engages the reader. Adventure, humor, political intrigue - it's all here and every book so far has been a real page turner!
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Summary: Best Star Trek Novel I've Read!
Review: I'm not the biggest reader of ST novels, but I truly enjoy this series. What sets it apart is that while it has ties to the TNG universe, it gets back to the roots of the original series: exploring space with the Federation playing a very minimal role in the overall course of events. The protagonist, Mackenzie Calhoun, is engaging and the supporting cast is a wonderful use of the infinite diversity of the universe. Also, there are enough ties to TNG for the TNG fan (such as myself) to truly enjoy this series and all of the characters are handled in a manner that engages the reader. Adventure, humor, political intrigue - it's all here and every book so far has been a real page turner!
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Summary: Better Format for the First Four Books
Review: I've always enjoyed Peter David's Star Trek: Next Generation novels. He does very well blending new characters and concepts with old favorites. When this series first came out, I did not buy the books. Partially was because each of the first four books were relatively short in size (and I did not feel I was going to get my money's worth). I recently came across this hardcover edition. Though the price was comparible to the cost of the four original paperbacks, I felt the hard cover and having the whole first arc in one book was a more attractive package.
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Summary: If you've read the book, you'll need to fill some things in.
Review: I've read the books and enjoyed them very much. The reader was good, but the characters' lines were choppy and seemed forced. The audio tracks, especially the fighting yells, were the same ones used through out the story, and while I know its an abridged production, I feel they missed a few "key" scenes that helped a lot. All of Zak Kebron's humor sequences, the parts that really showed how intelligent this hulking brute was, were cut out. Still, I enjoyed the book and the tape. Just get the book if you can.
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Summary: "Eh." She shrugged.
Review: If I'd bought each of these books separately and paid 6 bucks a pop for them, I'd have been annoyed. As it was, I spent not too much money for an enjoyable four hours or so. They're not too lightweight for tie-in novels, but inasmuch as I didn't come to these books knowing and loving the characters, I wanted the author to make me love them. And he didn't. However, these guys are recognizably Federation in their attitudes and actions, and if you like the world of Star Trek but aren't that attached to specific people in it, this just might be an amusing read.
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Summary: Note-Perfect Pulp for new Star Trek crew
Review: If you like Star Trek, and you like Peter David, you can't go wrong with the first four books of "The New Frontier", his introduction to Captain Mackenzie Calhoun and the rest of the crew of the Excalibur. I was hooked on David's writing through his classic "Grey Hulk" series of Marvel Comics. I find his prose and wit stands out from the crowd (though they did bring in some good writers for the original Trek book series). These first books in the ongoing "New Frontier" series are classically organized, developing the characters in their individual threads and then bringing them together on the Excalibur for a unifying adventure in their new territory. There's very nice balance between characters and a breezy pace. The Star Trek comics, er books, have a little more leeway with asides that you don't get in the TV shows or movies. With Peter David writing, the often serious tone is punctuated with comic relief. The time and place is set around the time of the Next Generation, with Jean-Luc Picard and even Spock putting in an appearance. Just to be clear -- these books read like comic books, or like a Star Trek episode. It's pure pulp, but pulp of the highest order. One word of warning: these "books" are barely novella length; it takes about an hour to read each, and that's if you read the funny parts twice. All in all, just as Star Trek should be.
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