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Summary: My favorite Voyager book
Review: I loved this book, it mixes her skill of a horror novel writer and a science fiction writer to make one good book, she is definately one of my favorite authors, even better than Stephen King!
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Summary: Best!
Review: I read it a million times, and it's always good. I love Christie, she is such a good writer. This is a great story of "things aren't always what they seem", and has a great, classic Trek message.
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Summary: This was an okay book
Review: I read this book and was disappointed by it. Now dont get me wrong it was a good book but I cannot call it excellent.
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Summary: disappointing to say the least
Review: I'm a real Voyager fan, but I was very disappointed reading this book. I remember looking up from my book every half hour or so, and telling myself to keep on reading, not to give up on Voyager. On the whole I found it "flat". Flat in characterisation and shallow in plotline. There can be much more made of this book when you really start working on it's possibilities on the exploration of planets, cultural changes during millenia, religious depth and goasts, being evil usurpors, slavery, wormholes, loyalty versus madeness. The story touches all these wonderful elements, but never gets to explore them in a better way then is done in a childrens book: easy and shallow....And then there are those major plot-damaging inconsistencies. One of the major points is that the "slave race" never has seen the face of their usurpors. But on the other hand they have their technology copied, because one of the evil ships crashed on the planets surface.... What was nice was the crossreverence to the series, to things happened in the Voyagers past. It really was our crew that way.But what I really hated was her getting into Janeways head, making her a bit of an neurotic women, with a rather typical set of values and attitudes for instance on bravery and keeping up appearences. I'm not sure if I'm allowed to quote passages (copywrite and such things) so I'd better not, sorry. On the whole I think this book was an easy ride for the aut! hor. It has all the characteristics of a having-to-pay-the-rent-quickie. And yes: we fans we are known to be loyal buyers of spin-off of our series, so we even "buy" these things (in both senses of the word). I don't want to give up on Voyager books altogether, but I sure hope the others are better.
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Summary: Best of the Voyager books
Review: I'm amazed to see some negative reviews of this book. It's by far the best of the Voyager series. I'm not a big Voyager fan, but I would be if the characters on TV were as interesting as they are in this book. Golden shows you how good the TV show might have been. If you like Voyager at all, get this book.
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Summary: Best of the Voyager books
Review: I'm amazed to see some negative reviews of this book. It's by far the best of the Voyager series. I'm not a big Voyager fan, but I would be if the characters on TV were as interesting as they are in this book. Golden shows you how good the TV show might have been. If you like Voyager at all, get this book.
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Summary: Solid Story
Review: It was nice going back to read this story. Copyright 1996, it shows beautifully the Voyager crew as they were at that time. Certainly, we've learned new things about the characters as the seasons progressed, and later novels reflect this, but these first efforts should not be dismissed just because they may not fit what we now know. Besides, this one was chock full of references to Chakotay's Native American heritage, which was, in fact, integral to the plot - something sorely lacking in the show after about the second season. For this reason (and also because it's still a Kes-inclusive story), it's worth the read. Okay, so the plot was a teensy bit predictable (two alien races at war, with a big secret between them), but why is that bad? This is a Star Trek tale, ferheavensake, it doesn't have to be the world's greatest novel. It just has to be a lively and entertaining ensemble story that makes me feel good at the end. Spot on for me, my friends!
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Summary: Solid Story
Review: It was nice going back to read this story. Copyright 1996, it shows beautifully the Voyager crew as they were at that time. Certainly, we've learned new things about the characters as the seasons progressed, and later novels reflect this, but these first efforts should not be dismissed just because they may not fit what we now know. Besides, this one was chock full of references to Chakotay's Native American heritage, which was, in fact, integral to the plot - something sorely lacking in the show after about the second season. For this reason (and also because it's still a Kes-inclusive story), it's worth the read. Okay, so the plot was a teensy bit predictable (two alien races at war, with a big secret between them), but why is that bad? This is a Star Trek tale, ferheavensake, it doesn't have to be the world's greatest novel. It just has to be a lively and entertaining ensemble story that makes me feel good at the end. Spot on for me, my friends!
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Summary: Not up to Standards
Review: This book, while having some redeeming qualities, is hard to swallow, particularly in the characterizations. Golden has a real problem with the differences between men and women. All of her male characters are women with slightly different chromosomes. Read the other books first
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