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Summary: Don't Bother
Review: Genesis Wave book 1 and 2 were excellent. I don't know what the author was thinking of when he wrote his 3rd book. He should have quit while he was on a roll.
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Summary: STNG The Genesis Wave III - A "not so" fitting conclusion!
Review: I found "The Genesis Wave" Book three to be a bit "over the top" as the far as the whole series goes. Credibly, this story could've been finished in two novels and been done there. I do very much respect what the author, John Vornholt, who is one of Star Trek's premier and most respected authors, was trying to do, but book three ultimately just isn't as satisfying a story as the first two were.Granted, as is the case with the majority of John Vornholt's novels, the plot setup, execution and pacing were all pretty good; the overall premise just seemed to linger on a bit too long. Although I didn't find the overall story overly thrilling, I did very much like the characters that inhabit this novel and I very much liked how they were used to further the story along. Ultimately though, this entire novel seems to be a "late," if you will, tie in to the "Gemworld" duology which was some of John Vornholt's best writing. The cover art for this novel is somewhat intriguing but doesn't strike one as being extraordinarily well thought out. The premise: Simply stated, the "Genesis Wave" trilogy more or less concluded with the second novel. This third novel takes an entirely different tack as Starfleet, the Romulans and everybody else that had been affected by the genesis wave and its destructive path now find themselves dealing with the consequences of the genesis wave's passing and its loosening of the thin threads between their reality and the reality of another dimension and the inhabitants of that dimension. What follows from there is a somewhat intriguing tale that doesn't actually spend a lot of time with the normal heroes of a Star Trek The Next Generation novel but rather with several new and old characters. The saving grace of this novel is those characters and how well they were written! I would recommend this novel to those wishing to complete the trilogy but mostly to those, like myself, who've set the personal goal of reading all of the Star Trek novels, good, bad or otherwise. {ssintrepid}
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Summary: STNG The Genesis Wave III - A "not so" fitting conclusion!
Review: I found "The Genesis Wave" Book three to be a bit "over the top" as the far as the whole series goes. Credibly, this story could've been finished in two novels and been done there. I do very much respect what the author, John Vornholt, who is one of Star Trek's premier and most respected authors, was trying to do, but book three ultimately just isn't as satisfying a story as the first two were. Granted, as is the case with the majority of John Vornholt's novels, the plot setup, execution and pacing were all pretty good; the overall premise just seemed to linger on a bit too long. Although I didn't find the overall story overly thrilling, I did very much like the characters that inhabit this novel and I very much liked how they were used to further the story along. Ultimately though, this entire novel seems to be a "late," if you will, tie in to the "Gemworld" duology which was some of John Vornholt's best writing. The cover art for this novel is somewhat intriguing but doesn't strike one as being extraordinarily well thought out. The premise: Simply stated, the "Genesis Wave" trilogy more or less concluded with the second novel. This third novel takes an entirely different tack as Starfleet, the Romulans and everybody else that had been affected by the genesis wave and its destructive path now find themselves dealing with the consequences of the genesis wave's passing and its loosening of the thin threads between their reality and the reality of another dimension and the inhabitants of that dimension. What follows from there is a somewhat intriguing tale that doesn't actually spend a lot of time with the normal heroes of a Star Trek The Next Generation novel but rather with several new and old characters. The saving grace of this novel is those characters and how well they were written! I would recommend this novel to those wishing to complete the trilogy but mostly to those, like myself, who've set the personal goal of reading all of the Star Trek novels, good, bad or otherwise. {ssintrepid}
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Summary: The Final Conflict!
Review: I like this audio book because it has the best characters I've never heard such as Yorka, Cassey Jaxon, Jeret, Picard, Troi, and Rainer Slevan. I also like the way Yorka calls the genesis the Orb Of Life. How could the genesis wave be called The Orb Of Life? That's wierd. I highly recommend this to future Star Trek Fans.
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Summary: A Wave GoodBye
Review: I truly enjoyed the first two books in the Genesis Wave series. However, Book 3 was a HUGE dissapointment, so I hope it is a wave goodbye for this series. The main TNG characters are relegated to minor and infrequent roles. The various settings are not tied together well at all and the linkage to the two previous books is quite. There's also a linkage to the Gemworld series which comes into play with a very weak rationale for how they realized there was a tie in (and if you didnt read Gemworld you wouldnt understand it at all). Also, Picard is too easily duped by the Romulans for the strong character he is usually portrayed as. Certainly do not buy this book in the full price hardcover, find the softcover version or find the hardcover on a clearance table.
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Summary: ST-TNG: The Genesis Wave-Book Three
Review: ST-TNG: The Genesis Wave Book Three written by John Vornholt is the conclusion to a trilogy called "The Genesis Wave." As this final installment plays out the major characters of a Next Generation book are not the main characters in this book as they are relegated as minor players to give the story cohesion within the Next Generation genre. We are introducted to new characters such as: Yorka, Cassey, Jaxon, Jeret as this story unfolds, the damage has been done to the alpha quadrant from an attempt by an alien race to transform the alpha quadrant more to its liking. A side affect to this transformation is a rift between two parallel universes causing problems for each. This alien race was looking to survive extinction, but the resulting action now puts the survival of reality to the test. Yes, as I mentioned, we have Picard, Troi and Admiral Necheyev playing a minor theme, but an important theme nevertheless. As work progresses in the clean up operation, things begin to fall apart on a galactic scale as the walls between our dimension and the one next door. Now, a new threat harbors, a deadly threat where the survival of civilization is a stake. This book does moves rapidly and suffers from the lack of really good character development, as the narrative is rather straight forward, but it can get confusing at times. We find out that Spock has a niece named Teska and, of course, there are Romulans sprikled in the mix for spice. I don't know if it's just me, but the story seemed to be rushed and rather shallow, which is why I gave it only three stars. I felt, with a little more time and effort the author could have written a blockbuster conclusion, but all we really got was a whimper. This is mainly due to the superfical character development. In my honest opinion, this book is a library check-out only.
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Summary: ST-TNG: The Genesis Wave-Book Three
Review: ST-TNG: The Genesis Wave Book Three written by John Vornholt is the conclusion to a trilogy called "The Genesis Wave." As this final installment plays out the major characters of a Next Generation book are not the main characters in this book as they are relegated as minor players to give the story cohesion within the Next Generation genre. We are introducted to new characters such as: Yorka, Cassey, Jaxon, Jeret as this story unfolds, the damage has been done to the alpha quadrant from an attempt by an alien race to transform the alpha quadrant more to its liking. A side affect to this transformation is a rift between two parallel universes causing problems for each. This alien race was looking to survive extinction, but the resulting action now puts the survival of reality to the test. Yes, as I mentioned, we have Picard, Troi and Admiral Necheyev playing a minor theme, but an important theme nevertheless. As work progresses in the clean up operation, things begin to fall apart on a galactic scale as the walls between our dimension and the one next door. Now, a new threat harbors, a deadly threat where the survival of civilization is a stake. This book does moves rapidly and suffers from the lack of really good character development, as the narrative is rather straight forward, but it can get confusing at times. We find out that Spock has a niece named Teska and, of course, there are Romulans sprikled in the mix for spice. I don't know if it's just me, but the story seemed to be rushed and rather shallow, which is why I gave it only three stars. I felt, with a little more time and effort the author could have written a blockbuster conclusion, but all we really got was a whimper. This is mainly due to the superfical character development. In my honest opinion, this book is a library check-out only.
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Summary: A real letdown after the first two books.
Review: The DS9 series had a practice of showing a humorous, light entertainment episode after two or three very serious ones. I am not sure the author intended it, but he seems to have tried to do that and failed with the third book in his series. The Enterprise crew barely has an impact on the main section of the plot, and the seduction of Picard by a Romulan Commander is way over the top. The problem with side-lining the Enterprise characters is that the author's new characters, with the exception of the Ferengi, aren't very well done or interesting. Also, most of their action is undercover stuff, but it is so badly done and ridiculously written that it just comes off as a farce. There is also a sub-plot featuring a Romulan and a Vulcan that is annoyingly over-emotional, strange as that may sound. The sections featuring Admiral Nechayev as a starship commander are thankfully good but too few. Finally, the book ends with a metaphysical incident that I found really disturbing: our galaxy experiences a moment of total peace and harmony as Genesis kills an alternate, sentient universe. All in all, the entertainment value of this book was quite low, especially compared to its predecessors.
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Summary: Barely Two Stars- Very Poor
Review: The first two books in this series were very good. Admittedly, it was unnecessary to write two books when it could have been done as a thick hardcover, but such is life. The first two books were marked by an inventive plot, a well-rounded cast of characters, and a decent conclusion. I read both in hardcover, then bought them in paperback. I didn't get the chance to read this before purchase, so I was caught unawares by this terrible book. The third book was nowhere near as good as the first two. The plot was derivate, slow, and pointless. The regular characters were noticably out of character, and the characters written for this book were two-dimensional and unsympathetic. Picard especially made me wince, but Yorka was a close second for Least Believable. The ending was possibly one of the least satisfying conclusions I've ever read. It was the first time I was ever tempted to throw a book against a wall. No ending should solve the problem, kill the antagonists, and make everyone in the universe feel good in two pages. I expected much better from John Vornholt. If you liked The Genesis Wave I and II, then you might also like Gemworld One and Two, by the same author. You might also look for a Deep Space Nine trilogy called Millenium, which is possibly the best Star Trek I have ever read. If you really want to read Book Three out of completeness, check it out from the library, but you'll be disappointed.
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Summary: Too Many Waves...
Review: The Genesis Wave: books 1 & 2 were two of the best books I ever read. So naturally, when I heard about book 3 I thought it would be just as good. But it was terrible! It's slow, boring, and off the subject. The Genesis Wave: book 3, seemed to me, to be more about Picard's love affair with a fake Romulan rather than the Genesis wave. I thought that this book was more along the line of a sequel to John Vornholt's Gemworld series (which was also a very good read). It's like he took the two book series and blended them together. I don't really recommend this book to anyone. I like John Vornholt, and the way he writes, but this book just isn't worth your time and money.
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