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Summary: Enjoyed the book....but wanted more background information
Review: I enjoyed the story line, liked the ending but I felt like I miss something. Where and when this Captain Picard and his crew meet the X-Men before this book???????
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Summary: the book was great
Review: I LOVE STAR-TREK, AND X-MEN, SO I BOUGHT THIS BOOK, ANDREAD IT. IT WAS A GREAT BOOK WITH A GREAT PLOT. THIS BOOK WAS SUPPOSED TO TAKE PLACE AFTER THE X-MEN AND SPIDER-MAN: TIMES ARROW BOOKS. THE MISTAKE I SAW IN THIS BOOK IS IN THE TIMES ARROW BOOOKS WOLVERINE STILL HAD HIS ADAMANTIUM, AND IN THIS BOOK HE DOSN'T. i ALSO BELEIVED JEAN/PHOENIX SHOULD HAVE BEEN THERE BECAUSE OF HER TELEPATHIC POWERS, AND TELEKENETIC POWERS. OVERALL THOUGH THE BOOK WAS GREAT.
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Summary: Mutants Everywhere
Review: I read this book before actually seeing and reading the comic book that was its prequel. Which actually didn't matter at all. The story was great and for a X-Men or Trek fan this is a definite read. However, X-Men fans who couldn't care less about Star Trek might not like the fact that the X-Men don't have a big enough role in this book. Sure the mission is to help a planet of fledgling mutants become accepted in their society, but that's not really how it goes. The X-men spend their time stumbling around the Enterprise, not used to the strict discipline and heirarchy and causing accidental damage and getting into trouble. When they do finally get to do something useful the book places more emphasis on when and where powers are used as opposed to the story and character interactions. Ordinarily I don't think that is a bad thing with regard to X-Men, but Star Trek demands a bit more story. In this case I feel this book could have easily been a duology or even possibly a triology. That way we could get the story depth required of Star Trek and better use the abilities of the Xmen and their great character personalities. There are two noteworthy character dynamics that I loved and think the author could have exploited a bit more. That was Wolverine and Worf, and Storm and Picard.
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Summary: Mutants Everywhere
Review: I read this book before actually seeing and reading the comic book that was its prequel. Which actually didn't matter at all. The story was great and for a X-Men or Trek fan this is a definite read. However, X-Men fans who couldn't care less about Star Trek might not like the fact that the X-Men don't have a big enough role in this book. Sure the mission is to help a planet of fledgling mutants become accepted in their society, but that's not really how it goes. The X-men spend their time stumbling around the Enterprise, not used to the strict discipline and heirarchy and causing accidental damage and getting into trouble. When they do finally get to do something useful the book places more emphasis on when and where powers are used as opposed to the story and character interactions. Ordinarily I don't think that is a bad thing with regard to X-Men, but Star Trek demands a bit more story. In this case I feel this book could have easily been a duology or even possibly a triology. That way we could get the story depth required of Star Trek and better use the abilities of the Xmen and their great character personalities. There are two noteworthy character dynamics that I loved and think the author could have exploited a bit more. That was Wolverine and Worf, and Storm and Picard.
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Summary: X-Men & Starfleet Officers, A great combonation
Review: I really loved this book, and read it twice. I was confused a little bit the first time I read it, but realized that it was a sequel to a comic book. I thought that it was a good adventure all around, although Mike Friedman could have used other characters instead of members from Excalibur. I would have liked to have seen Gambit, Rogue, and Psylocke there instead. All in all, it was a good read. I hope that more Marvel Comics/Star Trek crossovers come out in novel form.
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Summary: The Marvel and Star Trek Universes are one.
Review: If you ever suspected that the Marvel and Star Trek Universes are really one and the same, this book, plus an X-Men/ TOS Star Trek crossover story written in comic book form by Scott Lobdell in 1996 is the evidence for this. Both are fun and entertaining to read,solid science fiction story telling, and Michael Jan Friedman (along with Peter David) is a fan of both universes, thus his enthusism for this book is shown here. I would love to see more Marvel/Star Trek crossover stories, they give new meaning to the Vulcan IDIC (Infinite Diversity in Infinite Combinations).
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Summary: The X-Men added the cowboy touch thats been missing
Review: If your a real sci-fi fan then you will like the way that the author has conbined comic sci-fi and sci-fi in general. The X-Men would not seen so out of place in the 24th century and there powers would not be feared. But at the same time you could not have a team like the X-Men doing battle agaisnt evil doers because the cause that brought them together is the first place (fear of their kind,) would not be as noticable in the 24th centruy.
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Summary: Why?
Review: It seems that it's become par for the course that crossovers between pop-culture mainstays exist...but it doesn't mean it has to be done by everyone. I didn't shell out money for this book; I read it in my local bookstore, because I was dumbfounded how a successful franchise like Star Trek -- rather, Paramount -- could ally themselves with Marvel's the X-Men and have a story result from it. It's utterly ridiculous. I won't even go into how inane the concept is; better that such crossovers remain the domain of those fanatically-obsessed wannabe writers who have to have the crew of the ENTERPRISE interact with every other pop-culture/sci-fi character out there. I'm waiting for the inevitable Trek/Dr. Who crossover, the Battlestar Galactica/Trek crossover...and how could we forget the one that's fueled millions of flamewars on the 'Net...Star Trek/Star Wars? While I believe Friedman an incredible writer and I've enjoyed his work immensely, I think this was one assignment he should have left in his desk drawer. It stinks.
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Summary: Monday night sci-fi meets Saturday morning cartoons.
Review: Let me start by saying that I am, without meaning this offensively, in no way an X-Men fan, so I truthfully cannot comment on alot relating to the X-Men, considering the fact that this book was the first time I have ever read anything about them. Star Trek: The Next Generation, on the other hand, is something that I am well-endowed in. The first thing that I have to point out about this book is it's one main, and very serious flaw. See, I picked up this book at one of the bookstores I shop at, thinking that it would be cool to see the crew of the Enterprise meet the uncanny X-Men. What I was not aware of was that before the book takes place, the X-Men had already been aboard the Enterprise. I hate that feeling of getting about two chapters into a book, and realising it is a sequel. At the very least, the publisher could have mentioned that regard on the back of the book. Beyond that, the only other thing that bothered me about this book was the terrible over-usage of certain phrases. For example, did you notice that everyone in the book was always "grunting" or speaking "matter-of-factly"? As for the good points to this book, I loved the full-paced action near the ending. It has all the elements for a decent movie, or at least a two-part television episode... The ongoing battle with an alien ship, the war taking place on the surface of Xhaldia, the intelligent and often humorous conversations of the crew and the X-Men. The epilogue itself almost made me glad I read the book before skipping ahead to cheat and find out the ending before hand. I do wish, however, that there was more in the line of cameo appearances. Instead of having Worf help out with Federation-Klingon relations, he and his wife, Jadzia Dax, from Deep Space Nine, should have been on their way to a second honeymoon, and casually offered a lift from the Enterprise for 'old times sake'. That would have been more uncoincidental, and it would have brought Jadzia along for the ride! That would have been cool, in my opinion. Overall, I give this book 4 stars. Michael Jan Friedman may not be a super-writer, but he is a pretty cool storyteller.
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Summary: MUTANTS ON THE ENTERPRISE AND ITS ALL GOOD!!!!!
Review: Mr.Friedman has written a great team-up between Tv icons and comic book legends. The interplay between the characters is great and what makes it even more intriguing is the fact that Patrick Stewart may one day portray Prof X in a big feature film. And this novel does show him as a Xavier type character (especially with Archangel). I also liked the small tributes to Marvel artists Jack Kirby and Steve Ditko. A true fun read.
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