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Summary: Good start - but the Galactic Barrier?
Review: if you like Q you will love this book (and the sequels).....
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Summary: Q's at it again....
Review: Imagine yourself a superior being with cosmic powers living out just another typical boring day, with nothing new to do. It's just another day to basically count off as you live out each and every new day of eternity. You might say that this day is going to be another dud-that is until a starship, known as the "Enterprise", is about to do something stupid-break through the Outer Galactic Barrier. The being with these advanced traits is called Q, simply Q. He is part of what is known as the Q continuum-a realm where other infinite beings with godlike powers, also called Q, call their home and coexist. Now, the problem with this certain Q is that he is one who basically has "been there, done that." He needs to find something to occupy his time, so naturally this "trickster" bothers the primitive mortals of time and space. The story begins with captain Jean-Luc Picard and the crew of the Enterprise, helping the renowned professor Faal to complete the final chapter of his experiment. This scientist from the nearby planet of Betazed is determined to finish his life's work before a sickness known as Iverson's disease claims his life for good. His work involves a warhead that will create a wormhole in the Outer Galactic Barrier, a gaseous wall at the edge of the galaxy, to see what is on the other side of this obstacle. Naturally Q shows up at the time of imminent discovery and plans on halting Enterprise's plans without immediate explanation. It isn't until long after Picard demands an explanation as to why the Outer Barrier exploration shouldn't be continued, that Q zaps him out of the ship right in mid-battle. This leaves his first officer William T. Riker to take sudden control of a damaged ship while handling a misunderstood battle with an alien species known as the Calamarain. During the time of attack, Q is showing Picard a long and unnecessary journey through the life of his apparent egotistic self, which doesn't necessarily answer the captain's question right away but does offer some lovely scenery and insight to Q's past and origin. I found this book greatly enjoyable, humorous, and not to mention exciting. I could honestly say that I was glued to each and every word. And when this book seemed to be slow, along came an interesting twist of plot and character. But be warned. Those who have not seen the show before will most likely find some aspects not to mention characters confusing and foreign to them. But I do believe the author, Greg Cox, did do a good job of mentioning flashbacks of the previous shows to keep the readers well informed and up to date. Keep in mind that this is merely book one of three and there are more things that have yet to be explained. And I do believe it was necessary to make this a three part book, for it allows breathing room for the reader to understand completely what was just read as well as to anticipate an interesting turn of events soon to come. I will most likely find myself buying the remaining two parts of this trilogy and I invite any other fan of the Star Trek series and Q to do the same as well.
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Summary: Welcome to the Continuum!
Review: In Q-Space Greg Cox begins an excellent Star Trek trilogy. Despite some minor continuity issues that the author does not usually succumb to. On the whole, the trilogy is an absolute must read for serious Star Trek fans.
While Riker and the crew of the Enterprise are stuck dealing with the angry Calamarain, Picard is taken all throughout the history of the galaxy by Q. The villains are great in this. Without ruining the trilogy for those who have not read it, let's just say that you will really enjoy it. The only unfortunate thing at this time is that the second book in the trilogy is no longer in publication. This is something I'm hoping that Pocket Books will correct as soon as possible. Thank you to Greg Cox for one of the best Trek trilogies.
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Summary: Welcome to the Continuum!
Review: In Q-Space Greg Cox begins an excellent Star Trek trilogy. Despite some minor continuity issues that the author does not usually succumb to. On the whole, the trilogy is an absolute must read for serious Star Trek fans.
While Riker and the crew of the Enterprise are stuck dealing with the angry Calamarain, Picard is taken all throughout the history of the galaxy by Q. The villains are great in this. Without ruining the trilogy for those who have not read it, let's just say that you will really enjoy it. The only unfortunate thing at this time is that the second book in the trilogy is no longer in publication. This is something I'm hoping that Pocket Books will correct as soon as possible. Thank you to Greg Cox for one of the best Trek trilogies.
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Summary: This book begins to uncover Q's past.
Review: In this Star Trek book, the mysterious realm of Q begins to unfold. Jean Luc Picard, captain of the Enterprise, is whisked away by the omnipotent being known only as Q. In the past, Q has troubled the Enterprise, seemingly for no reason at all. Q takes Picard through his painful past, trying to convince Picard not to crack the galactic barrier, which has been hindering human exploration. For instance, Q shows Picard that he brought to the Milky Way Galaxy, one of the mostevil and powerful beings of all time. In a battle the Q-Continuum fought in, Q uncovers, the entire race of the dinosaurs is demolished as one of the causualties. Q also flips in hints and tips of much of the galaxy's history, over hundreds of millennia. Tis book being the first in the trilogy, the author has really caught my attention.
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Summary: Q at his very best
Review: It actually took me months to read the book through, but that doesn't make it less interesting, fascinating, flattering... than it is. Q is one of the best characters, and having him show his past to us...! Well, hello, I say!This is actually one of the best stories I have ever read on Star Trek, and the fact that Q is the main character (also my favorite character) makes it all the better. Q's past is as flattering and interesting as I expected it to be. Having him admit that he made mistakes that took a BIG influence on the whole system was a real revelation. My recommendation: Read it!
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Summary: Very Good but not detailed enough !
Review: It was nice to gain more insight into the Q and there dealings with lesser species and how Q wasn't always a good for nothing skum bag. Its interesting how the character of O was added to the storie, the Q are suppost to be all knowing and all seeing. But the character O is new to the Q's and this was hard to beleave. But it great how they tied in different parts of the star trek universe. It will nice to see how it finishes in the third book, the only thing is the storie has opened to is full width and it had taken two book to do this and its hard to see how they are going to close the storie without disapointment from fans.
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Summary: Finally, a story to explain Q!
Review: Many ST:TNG fans have wondered what black hole Q crawled out of and this series finally explains it. It is simply one of the great books in the world of Star Trek
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Summary: And so it begins...
Review: Set after the events of Star Trek: First Contact, Q-Space does what Trek books used to do best--create great new stories for the characters while filling in gaps the series left. Cox has more continuity references that even I could catch, which is a good thing. However, he's also got a great story to go with it that has the luxury of three novels to playout. It's easily one of the better paperback Trek entries in quite some time and a great start to this summer series.
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Summary: ST: TNG - The Continuum: Q-Space
Review: Star Trek: The Next Generation - The Continuum: Q-Space written by Greg Cox is an action adventure book written about the Q Continuum. The prime characters are Q and Jean-Luc Picard as Q hijacks Captain Picard on an untimate adventure with, of course, under currents to save the universe. But, this book is the set-up for a trilogy and as such works to give us some of the little known information of the mysterious realm of Q's past and we learn a few of Q's secrets. I've always believed that Q choses Jean-Luc Picard because Picard acts like a conscience to mitigate Q's consummate outrageousness... a kind of lightening rod for all of Q's transgressions. Well, we are not disappointed here, as we find Q as a youth was rather mislead, but Q's mind has more than his usual pranks in store for Picard. As the Enterprise and her crew prepare to breach the galactic barrier with the help of a brilliant Betazed scientist where Q's enemy lurks, this galactic story begins and takes us on a wild ride of odyssey into Q's past with the reader and Captain Jean-luc Picard in tow. There are ties with the TV series throughout the book to bring a tighter knit to the novels and the series. As the author tells the tale, the reader is propelled into the Q Continuum with "O" and the Calamarain all are omnipotent with a varing degree of omniscient power. Greg Cox does a good job capturing Q, not as good as Peter David, but nevertheless you can get into the character flow of Q. As this book is the set-up, I hope we will receive further explaination of Q's past.
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