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Summary: Good, entertaining, but not outstanding
Review: A TIME TO LOVE is well written and a good read. I enjoyed it, but honestly I think it and A TIME TO HATE could have been one book. The funny thing in "LOVE" is that on page 100 Troi beams back to the Enterprise, but on page 101 she is clearly still on the surface of the planet with Picard. I found this goof hilarious but forgivable. All in all, "LOVE," is worth reading.
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Summary: Starts slowly and works to a very tense ending
Review: As with most other recent Next Generation books, this one takes a lot of pages to get interesting. The book starts off with the obligatory recap. The next third or so is fairly slow reading. The author has the crew doing a lot of very mundane stuff throughout the book. It is all right when the crew are talking or otherwise interacting, but there is a lot of just thinking or watching. However, the author carefully increases the amount and intensity of events on the planet. It begins with a murder, with nothing added for a third of the book or so, and ends with the whole planet going crazy. The tempo is excellently gauged, after that first third, so the tension level is sky high by the time the book ends. The pace of the mystery behind the events is also quite well paced. With that said, I caught on to the core of the problem quite early in the book. Waiting for the Enterprise crew to catch up could have become frustrating, but as I began to feel that, the tempo began to pick up considerably and kept my interest level going up. That might not work for everyone. So, like its predecessors, much of this book is good and entertaining, but it takes a while to get there.
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Summary: New Title: A Time to Act Nuts"
Review: Even though I grew up with the Original Series Star Trek, I also came to love TNG as well and, later, VOYAGER and ENTERPRISE. Being an avid fan of sci-fi in general, however, it would be an injustice on my part not to mention the many other old and new sci-fi works that both led me to Star Trek and which have forever forged my love for all sci-fi works: "Stranger in a Strange Land", "Puppet Masters", "Foundation", "2001", "2010", "Rendezvous with Rama", "Ringworld", all the "Star Trek" and "Star Wars" books, as well as books as new to the genre as "Advent of the Corps" and others.
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Summary: An intriguing mystery
Review: First, I do have to agree with the previous review--this is not a roaring action adventure book. Of course, that's not necessarily a bad thing. My favorite Star Trek episodes are not action adventures, but quiet character pieces. A Time to Love sets up a very intriguing mystery. Where is Kyle Riker and what the heck is going on down on that planet? I think Greenberger does a good job setting up a mystery that will be resolved in the next installment, A Time to Die.The book reads very well; it's a very quick read that leaves you anxious for the next book. It reads as if it's a TNG episode and in my opinion it's a must for a Riker fan.
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Summary: the so far in the series
Review: on a peaceful planet, two diffrent cultures, the bader and the dorsets have colonized a world and learned to live in peace for 100 years. but their scientist have found an illness that shortens the life spans of both species and will have them extinct within 2 generations. the federation sends commander riker's father to help find a cure. they have test subjects who seem to be cured and the people decide to have a celebration of this and to mark 100 years of peace. on the day of the celebaration, the unthinkable happens. someone is murdered. there has been no crime for a 100 years and the ruling body is at wits end on how to deal with this new problem. the enterprise is called in when it is discovered that riker's father may have a connection to the murder and the continiung problems that are
escalating out of control. is the secret to the crimes the fault of the cure to the disease? or is there some more sinister work at hand?
this book keeps you intrigued all the way through. it is definitely the best one to date. really worth reading.
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Summary: The title says it all.
Review: Riker and Troi. The cover art for these two novels even feature them. The love story needs to be told and it has been. This story starts with the Enterprise being sent a troubled planet where there is no real way to solve the problem. The population is turning violent and the crew is stretched thin trying to put out the fires, both literally and figuratively. This is a wonderful character study of not just the regular cast but as well as new character including the security chief. In addition we get to explore Riker search for his father and struggle with the ailing relationship. I was disappointed in the clichés used in the end of the first part of the story. Riker finding his father at gunpoint and Crusher informing Picard that the cure for this planet is also the cause of the disaster it is facing. It gave me a false sense of expectations for the second part.
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Summary: The title says it all.
Review: Riker and Troi. The cover art for these two novels even feature them. The love story needs to be told and it has been. This story starts with the Enterprise being sent a troubled planet where there is no real way to solve the problem. The population is turning violent and the crew is stretched thin trying to put out the fires, both literally and figuratively. This is a wonderful character study of not just the regular cast but as well as new character including the security chief. In addition we get to explore Riker search for his father and struggle with the ailing relationship. I was disappointed in the clichés used in the end of the first part of the story. Riker finding his father at gunpoint and Crusher informing Picard that the cure for this planet is also the cause of the disaster it is facing. It gave me a false sense of expectations for the second part.
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Summary: ST-TNG: A Time to Love
Review: Star Trek-The Next Generation: "A Time to Love" written by Robert Greenberger is the fifth book in a nine book series. Now we are told about the adventures of the Enterprise and her crew from the time of Star Trek "Insurrection' to the time of Star Trek "Nemesis." This book is shorter than the rest of the books, so far, in the series and reminds me of a short story. You'll read this book in just a few hours and that is the rub. As "A Time to Love" works off of the previois books in this series and works as a set-up for "A Time to Hate" which is the next book in this series. I found this book to be a rather light-weight book in both story plot and action as the Enterprise and her are sent to Delta Sigma IV to help celebrate an event of one hundred years of peace, but the population is dying off early as the life spans of both the Bader and Dorset, the two species that have settled Delta Sigma IV, are being cut short with each successive generation. Now the Enterprise crew must find the answer. "A Time to Love" works essentially as a set-up book and gives information that is found in the earlier books of this series and Captain Jean-Luc Picard has to clear the name of Enterprise for the rest of the fleet as scuttlebutt has the Enterprise with a tarnished reputation. As Picard would prefer a crew that would put the ship and the Federation first, that has not been the case as transfers off of Enterprise mount. "A Time to Love" is a book that gets the major characters involved into the story, Captain Jean-Luc Picard, Will Riker, Beverly Crusher, Geordi LaForge, and Christine Vale. Each of these character plays a pivotal role in the progression of the story and makes the book interesting as the character involvement works and we see good interaction. As Picard coordinates this mission. Will Riker is chasing down his father Kyle Riker as there is some suspicion that the elder Riker may have some involvement with the violence that has besiged Delta Sigma IV. Beverly Crusher is in the roll of medical doctor and researcher trying to find the cause and then a cure. Geordi LaForge is working on the supply shortage of replacement parts and is working an exchange program among the starships. And Vale has her security team streched far and wide acrossed the planet trying to keep the peace. Data is minding the ship through the all of this. "A Time to Love" is NOT an action-adventure book. In fact, it wasn't really interesting till the last 30 pages or so when the author cranked up the action to get you interested in the next book in this series "A Time to Hate." This is why I gave this book only four stars as the story was kind of bland and the fact that this book could be combined with "A TIme to Hate" and make one good book instead of two books for marketing purposes.
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Summary: Finally this series is going somewhere
Review: The A Time to... series of novels have been a bit underwhelming thus far but in "A Time to Love" and "A Time to Hate" the series begins to come into it's own with the strongest pair of novels yet. It doesn't require non-stop action and excitement to provide an absorbing tale, although both these novels have their share of tension and conflict. Robert Greenberger takes the simple and straightforward approach of letting the characters be the center of the story, which makes for an extremely rewarding read. Jointly colonized a hundred years ago by two violent races previously hostile to each other, the Bader and the Dorset, the Federation member world Delta Sigma IV has always been a model of interspecies cooperation. When it was discovered that a naturally occurring gas is shortening the inhabitant's life spans it seemed as if Starfleet Medical had found a counter agent. But someone has seriously miscalculated and the Enterprise-E is assigned to investigate when mysterious outbreaks of violence seem to be linked to the treatment. To complicate matters, Kyle Riker, William Riker's estranged father, the man who headed the Federation delegation working to study and resolve the medical issues of the Bader and Dorset, is missing and he aims to stay that way. The situation quickly dissolves from bad to calamitous as escalating violence begins to spread across the planet and the governing council proves to be incapable of making any decisions. Called upon to provide everything from medical aid and security to damage control and repair teams for an entire planet whose population is hostile to each other and to them, the crew of the Enterprise soon realize that they can't hold the planet together for long. Knowing they are on their own, Beverly Crusher works franticly but when she does unravel the mystery behind what has been triggering the long-suppressed aggression of the Bader and Dorset, the answer just provokes more questions. Speed is of the essence and finding a solution must take priority, and when a solution is found it is far from ideal. To save the populace of Delta Sigma IV, Picard must also condemn them. As "A Time to Love" opens Captain Picard, and by extension his crew, are still laboring under the shadow of their encounter with the "demon ship" ("A Time to be Born", "A Time to Die"). Now considered a liability by many at Starfleet Command this latest is just another in a string of what one Admiral called "lousy assignments" meant to try to nudge Picard toward retirement. Beverly Crusher is contemplating a return to Starfleet Medical and Riker and Troi have started to give serious consideration to their own futures. Given everything that has gone on in the characters lives over the course of the first four novels of this series it is refreshing to have Greenberger focus on the characters and their relationships with each other. It gives the reader an opportunity to really get to know each character a bit more at this point in their lives; the years have brought changes to them all. The years have also meant new crew members, characters we don't know as well, and these two novels also provide an opportunity to get to know several characters like security chief Christine Vale a whole lot better. There is a lot going on in "A Time to Love" and "A Time to Hate". Several sub plots weave themselves together into one cohesive whole. "A Time to Love" starts out a bit slowly as each of the numerous character arches are established but once that is accomplished the story begins to pick up momentum. One of the strongest sub plots is Will Rikers hunt for his father, that storyline supplies much of the mystery and intrigue but also builds on everything we already know about their relationship. Fans of the William Riker and Deanna Troi romance will no doubt be satisfied by the direction their lives take in these novels. In case I've given you the impression that the story is all about the characters let me assure you that these two novels aren't without action sequences, although primarily it is hand-to-hand combat and the majority of the action takes place in "A Time to Hate". As you read you also begin to get an inkling that there is something more than meets the eye going on with regards to the Bader and Dorset's medical issues but the major plot twist in the final pages of "A Time to Hate" still comes as a complete and shocking surprise. "A Time to Love" and "A Time to Hate" finally have this series heading in the right direction.
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Summary: Finally this series is going somewhere
Review: The A Time to... series of novels have been a bit underwhelming thus far but in "A Time to Love" and "A Time to Hate" the series begins to come into it's own with the strongest pair of novels yet. It doesn't require non-stop action and excitement to provide an absorbing tale, although both these novels have their share of tension and conflict. Robert Greenberger takes the simple and straightforward approach of letting the characters be the center of the story, which makes for an extremely rewarding read. Jointly colonized a hundred years ago by two violent races previously hostile to each other, the Bader and the Dorset, the Federation member world Delta Sigma IV has always been a model of interspecies cooperation. When it was discovered that a naturally occurring gas is shortening the inhabitant's life spans it seemed as if Starfleet Medical had found a counter agent. But someone has seriously miscalculated and the Enterprise-E is assigned to investigate when mysterious outbreaks of violence seem to be linked to the treatment. To complicate matters, Kyle Riker, William Riker's estranged father, the man who headed the Federation delegation working to study and resolve the medical issues of the Bader and Dorset, is missing and he aims to stay that way. The situation quickly dissolves from bad to calamitous as escalating violence begins to spread across the planet and the governing council proves to be incapable of making any decisions. Called upon to provide everything from medical aid and security to damage control and repair teams for an entire planet whose population is hostile to each other and to them, the crew of the Enterprise soon realize that they can't hold the planet together for long. Knowing they are on their own, Beverly Crusher works franticly but when she does unravel the mystery behind what has been triggering the long-suppressed aggression of the Bader and Dorset, the answer just provokes more questions. Speed is of the essence and finding a solution must take priority, and when a solution is found it is far from ideal. To save the populace of Delta Sigma IV, Picard must also condemn them. As "A Time to Love" opens Captain Picard, and by extension his crew, are still laboring under the shadow of their encounter with the "demon ship" ("A Time to be Born", "A Time to Die"). Now considered a liability by many at Starfleet Command this latest is just another in a string of what one Admiral called "lousy assignments" meant to try to nudge Picard toward retirement. Beverly Crusher is contemplating a return to Starfleet Medical and Riker and Troi have started to give serious consideration to their own futures. Given everything that has gone on in the characters lives over the course of the first four novels of this series it is refreshing to have Greenberger focus on the characters and their relationships with each other. It gives the reader an opportunity to really get to know each character a bit more at this point in their lives; the years have brought changes to them all. The years have also meant new crew members, characters we don't know as well, and these two novels also provide an opportunity to get to know several characters like security chief Christine Vale a whole lot better. There is a lot going on in "A Time to Love" and "A Time to Hate". Several sub plots weave themselves together into one cohesive whole. "A Time to Love" starts out a bit slowly as each of the numerous character arches are established but once that is accomplished the story begins to pick up momentum. One of the strongest sub plots is Will Rikers hunt for his father, that storyline supplies much of the mystery and intrigue but also builds on everything we already know about their relationship. Fans of the William Riker and Deanna Troi romance will no doubt be satisfied by the direction their lives take in these novels. In case I've given you the impression that the story is all about the characters let me assure you that these two novels aren't without action sequences, although primarily it is hand-to-hand combat and the majority of the action takes place in "A Time to Hate". As you read you also begin to get an inkling that there is something more than meets the eye going on with regards to the Bader and Dorset's medical issues but the major plot twist in the final pages of "A Time to Hate" still comes as a complete and shocking surprise. "A Time to Love" and "A Time to Hate" finally have this series heading in the right direction.
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