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Summary: Irrelevant
Review: A completely unnecessary book, comprised mainly of an absurd effort to tie in the Genesis Wave with the Gemworld books by the same author. Don't waste your money.
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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: Genesis Wave III is an Excellent Read
Review: Genesis Wave I & II were excellent reads. I was a bit hesitant about Genesis Wave III wondering what else could be said but the story and especially the characters quickly put my fears to rest. The story is relatively fast paced. We see Admiral Necheyev in a new light. There are two very engaging Romulan characters introduced and developed during the story. Jarit an assassin and an outlaw Regimol. There is also a niece of Spock Teska who is nicely portrayed. The story is engaging but its the development of and interaction between the characters that make the book a great success. For those interested in the story it basically follows a Bajoran Prylor who thinks a portable Genesis Wave device is a orb and the attempts of the Romulans to get it but as mentioned earlier the story is secondary to the character interaction. I highly recommend this book to every Star Trek fan. I want to see more of the characters introduced and one or two not mentioned
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Summary: Genesis Wave III is an Excellent Read
Review: Genesis Wave I & II were excellent reads. I was a bit hesitant about Genesis Wave III wondering what else could be said but the story and especially the characters quickly put my fears to rest. The story is relatively fast paced. We see Admiral Necheyev in a new light. There are two very engaging Romulan characters introduced and developed during the story. Jarit an assassin and an outlaw Regimol. There is also a niece of Spock Teska who is nicely portrayed. The story is engaging but its the development of and interaction between the characters that make the book a great success. For those interested in the story it basically follows a Bajoran Prylor who thinks a portable Genesis Wave device is a orb and the attempts of the Romulans to get it but as mentioned earlier the story is secondary to the character interaction. I highly recommend this book to every Star Trek fan. I want to see more of the characters introduced and one or two not mentioned
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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: 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: Why Why Why?
Review: I normally love all of John Vornholt's books, and really enjoyed the first two Genesis Wave books. I had waited a bit for GW-II to come out on paperback, and was suprised to see there was a third book - so I picked them up together. Genesis Wave - III seems very rushed and superficial. Instead of character and plot development, there are quick explanations of what they are doing (we really don't get into the minds of the characters at all). As I read this book, I kept wondering where this was going and why. When I finished the book, I only wondered "why?".
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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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