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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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Summary: Past and future all in one book.
Review: The book content was very mind boggling to say the very least. It kept my nose in the book from the begining to the end. I even lost some sleep because I wanted to finish it.
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Summary: Shows some promise...
Review: The first book in the Q-Continuum trilogy is one of the most irritating ones I have read. It's packed with potential left unused (Q...), stereotypical and inacurate characterization (Deanna...), and annoying little mistakes for nitpickers (Betazoid eyes being brown instead of black, Federation phaser beams being red instead of orange, Troi being a Liutennant Commander instead of Commander as promoted in the seventh season episode 'Thine Own Self', transporter beams being golden instead of silver... etc.), wich are present in other books by Greg Cox as well. The novel takes place in the year 2374 and tells us the story of the Enterprise-E taking part in an attempt to cross the galactic barrier, introduced in the TOS episode 'Where No Man Has Gone Before', as suddenly (once again...) Q shows up. We get to see The Calamarain, Q's wife and son again, who are, without a doubt, the best characters of the entire novel. It's all build-up, and no pay-off, but promises a story that might represent Star Trek's finest. Definitely not as good as Greg Cox's Voyager novel 'The Black Shore'.
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Summary: For those who want to know more about Q.
Review: This entire trilogy is a gold mine for those of us who are fascinated by Q. Unfortunately, it is probably not going to appeal to those who find Q annoying, or those looking for a classic Picard-centered adventure. This first book is really primarily set-up, weaving the story around which Q's revelations about himself, the Continuum, and his own past will be based. However, it is still definitely worthwhile reading, since Cox comes up with a great way of "prodding" Q to share these details with Picard (and, by extension, with the readers).
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Summary: Q is back!
Review: This is a great story of Q. It involves some history of Q and also maybe a new enemy for the future of the Federation. For a book involving classic starship battles and the history of Q, I highly recommend this novel
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Summary: This is a very good book!!
Review: This is a very good book. I have not enjoyed a book like this for a long time. I recomend this book to all.
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Summary: Begin of the best Q-Adventure!
Review: This is leading up to what I think is going to be the best Q-Story ever. The story draws Picard on an adventure, unwillingly taken by Q, to see Q's past and how he became who he is. (You can blame 0 for it!) A very entertaining story, two of it's NON-Q bonus is that it takes place of the Enterprise-E. Also they have the new security officer Lt. Baeta Leyoro. Great story, from reading the first two chapters of part 2, I think it will be getting better and better.
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Summary: Great capture of the spirit of the Continuum
Review: This is part 1 of 3 book trilogy and the premise is promising, but the first installment stops a bit short. The story so far deserves only three stars at best, but Greg Cox does an excellent job in writing the dialouge of Q and the introduction of yet another Q and q. Therefor, I gave it 4 stars, earning a star for its humor, just in itself! The most entertaining part of this novel is the continous antics of the Q we know and love, but some of the supporting characters are a bit dull and aggravating at times. I'm sure they will play a bigger part in the future installments. We see a very brief intoduction into Q's origin, and I'm sure this will be explored in the following books as well.
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Summary: Stretched way too thin
Review: This trilogy could have been condensed into a single novel, and then it would have been a very good book. There just wasn't enough material to span across three books! The plot got old and boring. Skip these TNG books -- there are far more entertaining ones.
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Summary: Q at his very best
Review: This trilogy could have been written in two, or even only one book. The author was extremely wordy, as if he was trying to fill up all the space given to him by the editors. The stories dragged on and on and on... and as much as I LOVE a good story about xenoarcheology I actually took all three books back to the book seller half way through the second book. The characters were believable, to the author's credit, but it just took too damn long to get anywhere of interest. Going in plot-circles just isn't my idea of a good time. I felt as though the editor and author got together and decided they wanted to make some extra cash by dragging out this plot line and I felt literally hoodwinked and cheated; that's why I returned the books. They probably figured because Q was involved, everyone would fall for it. I almost did. I have been leary of three-parters in the ST universe ever since. BUT I was pleasantly surprised by the Millenium trilogy for DS9.
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