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Summary: The best Star Trek novel EVER! David is a Star Trek genius.
Review: This is the most ENGROSSING, COMPELLING, and BRILLIANT Star Trek book ever written. Peter explores the peaks and depths of the Riker/Troi relationship and does so in a can't-put-it-down kind of book. I read this book in two days! For those who may read one of the other reviews critical of the sex in the book, let me just say it was handled tastefully. Yes, Riker is a womanizing sleaze, but that is simply part of his character. The same man who is so successful and driven in his professional life, struggles with his sex drive and his personal life. This causes him some embarassment and costs him his one true love. That Riker has feelings for Deanna that are so strong he would defy Data, the Prime Directive and his feelings of duty - when that duty means as much or more to him than anything else in his life - is proof positive that he truly LOVES her. Sexual tension is part of any truly romantic relationship, is it not? In closing, let me say I bought "Imzadi" for a close friend and fellow Star Trek fan who had never read the books, and she loved it so much that she is now buying every single Star Trek book ever written by Peter David! I bought one of my friends who is quite pompous when it comes to Star Trek (he is an English major who feels that science fiction in general and Star Trek in particular is "drivel") "Imzadi" as well. He loved it! So pick up this book! Today! It's a masterpiece!
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Summary: This book is SUPER RAD - IGGY
Review: I must say, that this book was a little different, however, that's what is so good about it. It just keeps you reading and interested until the end ... the beginning of the end !
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Summary: One of the best Trek novels ever written
Review: These days, when you pick up the newest Star Trek book, it seems like you can categorize the plot into one of three basic storylines:1. Enterprise goes to potential member world and "Something Isn't Right"TM 2. Enterprise goes on "The Biggest Adventure Ever"TM, but to finish reading about it, you have to buy parts 2, 3, and 4. and/or ... 3. The life of a main character is threatened and it's either them or the Enterprise (Which can't happen in the end - there's a rule about killing off main characters or significantly changing the state of the Star Trek Universe - i.e. giving someone a kid, wife, etc...) That said, let me happily tell you that Imzadi is a much different breed of Trek novel. It's a good first start for a beginning Trek novel reader. Imzadi follows a few plot lines, each at a different point in history. A. Past: When Riker was a Lt. Com. on Betazed and was doing his best to win the heart of Deanna Troi, a young university student. B. Present: Riker and Troi, now friends, are in the middle of a diplomatic meeting on the Enterprise when she suddenly falls ill...and dies... C. Future: A bitter, angry Admiral Will Riker learns that Deanna's death was a result of someone tampering with history. Against all odds and orders, he fights friend and foe to get a chance to travel back in time and save the only woman he's ever truly loved. Imzadi is a tale of a love that spanned the reaches of time and space. It is an epic in every sense of the word. In reading it, you will learn the romantic story of the origins of Will and Deanna's tempestous romance that had cooled before we first met them on the TV series, and once and for all, you will learn what it truly means to be Imzadi. This is the absolute best Star Trek Novel ever written. End of Story.
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Summary: Disgusting
Review: Just about every Peter David book I have ever read--Vendetta, Imzadi, Q-Squared, Strike Zone, A Rock and a Hard Place, and Knight Life (not a ST novel)--contains some amount of disgusting, annoying, and unnecessary sexual innuendo, and it goes too far in this book. After reading it, I firmly decided I would never read it again.
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Summary: The best Star Trek book ever written!
Review: John Vornhult's Rogue Saucer is the only book that even comes close to be as good as this. I can only say that this is the ONLY book that I have ever read more then once and I enjoyed it even more the second and third time around. Peter David is an unusually gifted writer who knows what he's talking about. He is very knowledgeable about all areas of Star Trek and that knowledge shows in his work. He makes connections to other things in the Star Trek universe, which I personally find thrilling and entertaining. I highly recommend this and it's sequel.
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Summary: The best story even written!
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Summary: It's *OK*, but let's not kid ourselves, folks!
Review: I haven't read any Star Trek books since I was a 12-13 year old kid a couple decades ago. I saw the sequel to this book prominently displayed on the Amazon site, and flipped over to this page. After reading the glowing customer reviews, I decided to give it a try to see what I've been missing. (To be honest, I checked it out from the library.) All I can say is that if this is anyone's idea of a great book, or "the best book I ever read," that person needs to become a little more widely read. This book wasn't bad, but it wasn't really good either. I say that in the context of (1) good science fiction, and (2) good fiction in general. Go pick up a copy of Startide Rising by David Brin, or Red Mars by Kim Stanley Robinson. Those are two SF books I've read (and purchased from Amazon <g>) in the past year that I consider to be terrific in concept, detail, and execution. The writing and weaving of a story was a little thin. The book reads like an episode of the show. I suppose that's good if that is the goal. It results, however, in a very flimsy reading experience, and in an ending that is rather lacking in surprise. If this is indeed one of the best of the Star Trek books, written by one of the best of the Star Trek writers, I can indeed not worry about losing any sleep over not reading another one for the next couple decades. There are more interesting, more engaging books to read out there, folks!
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Summary: Future, past and present collide with nuclear proportions.
Review: Peter David takes a very Tarintinoian approach to this story, and creates a masterpiece. A glimps into the future, followed by an unfolding of an important chain of events in the past, with each plot climaxing in the same place at the same time...the present. Explosive!
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Summary: This is easily my favorite book!
Review: For those of you who gave this book 1 star, did you read the same book I did? From the first time I read it, I was hooked. My edition has pages falling out of it from reading it so much and I can quote passages! It's such a captivating tale that connects the t.v. plot lines fluidly! Fantastic! If only the show had reamined true to the book! How much do I admire Peter David?! He's fantastic, and this book reflects that!
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Summary: Definitely worth reading and adding to your bookshelf.
Review: Ever wondered just how much Riker and Troi mean to each other? Well, wonder no longer. Peter David does a beautiful job of telling the story about how Riker and Troi met and became "Imzadi." When I got to the last page of his book, I had to sigh and grin stupidly because the whole thing was just amazing. The characters are well done in the book. The young Lt. Riker and young Deanna Troi are exactly as how I imagined Riker and Troi might have been in their younger years. Plus, the changes from young Riker and Troi to present-day Riker and Troi are well developed. There are times in the book where you can almost see their attitudes and perceptions changing as they learn from each other. Plus, I love the time-travel stuff that Peter David does so well, and I love PD's sense of humour. I just have one comment to make for those who mentioned continuity problems between the book and the series... when you're reading it, keep in mind that the book was written before the TV series finished, during the early-to-mid point in the TV series, so some of the continuity problems didn't pop up until AFTER the book had been published.
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