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Summary: DS9: Strengthening The Relaunch
Review: The "Misson: Gamma" series came out and sated appetites. "Rising Son" revealed what Opaka and Jake Sisko endured during the months of the aforementioned "Gamma" saga. And "Unity" still hasn't been released, so what is a fan of the continuing saga to do?
Purchase "Prophecy and Change," of course.
I was anticipating this release, and when I finally finished the last story, Andrew J. Robinson's "The Calling," which furthers Garak's character and has to be the best story of the bunch. I mean, this IS Garak, and as "A Stitch in Time" proved, no one knows the character better than the man behind the mask. I always chuckled at the dark humor behind Garak's oblique statements and rather droll yet bold declarations, and it's like you have an audio loop of Robinson delivering every line.
However, his is not the only story of note. The highlights of this anthology are Terri Osborne's tale of Jake and Ziyal's blossoming friendship during the Dominion's takeover of DS9; Keith R. A. DeCandido's "Broken Oaths" which finally ties the thread of "how and why did O'Brien and Bashir kiss and make up after 'Hippocratic Oath,'" a story that proves DeCandido is one of the best Trek authors to come down the pipeline in a very, very long time; Heather Jarman's "The Devil you Know" which allows us to catch up with T'Rul and empathize with her character, something we never had the opportunity to do in the series; and, finally, Andy Mangels and Michael Martin's tale of Kai Winn and Nog teaming up, the much-hyped story that pays off in the end, a story that explains why Nog had a desire to do something as...altruistic...as join Starfleet.
"Prophecy and Change" works because it gives us a chance to revisit the characters from new standpoints, almost always at pinnacles of their development. The stories are set before, after, and during the series, and all are worth a read.
Excellent anthology. Highly recommend to anyone who casually watched the series or is immersed in the relaunch.
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Summary: A book that takes place during and after the TV series
Review: There are many stories that take place during and after the series. Andrew Robinson's story in particular was the best of the bunch. I hope to see a sequel to his novel,"A Stitch in Time." The story presented takes place after the book. The others fill in a lot of gaps that were not covered in the TV show. One teams up Nog and the Bjoran character portrayed by Louise Fletcher. There will be other anthologies that will follow. This one is one of the best Star Trek books this year.
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Summary: Excellent writing but depressing reading.
Review: These stories are basically like novelisations of really good episodes of the show. Everything that made the show worth watching is here. The writing is consistently of very high quality, the characterisations are perfect, and the descriptions are good. The stories are almost entirely fill-in-the-blank stories, covering things that were not covered in the show but must have taken place in some way. As such, I think this collection is for DS9 fans. Whether people unfamiliar with the shows characters and events would understand it or enjoy it so much I don't know. I do have one issue with this anthology, however: it's depressing. The stories start out very serious and when they hit the Dominion War they turned depressing as well. It might be appropriate for the period but it's not fun to read. The TV series was always careful to have one light or humorous episode after two or three very serious ones. This collection really needed at least one light-hearted story. I would definitely recommend this to all DS9 fans, but don't read it right through like I tried to do. The stories are too intense for that.
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Summary: almost perfect deep space nine book
Review: This anthology is a wonder collection of stories from some of the best short fiction writers in the Star Trek genre. Short stories have always been a personal favorite and I jumped into this book with glee. I was excited when I glanced at the cover and saw a new story from Andrew J. Robinson about the continuing adventures of our favorite simple tailor, Garak. I enjoy Garak and the love what Robinson does to continue the character but I was slightly disappointed with this tale. The writing exceptional I have grown to expect from this multi-talented individual but I felt the gap in the story. Robinson's story, "The Calling," continues after his novel "A Stitch in Time" and a stage play "The Dream Box." I search to find the manuscript but failed and the breach in the story line jumped out. The first story showed the initial step of Kira accepting Sisko as the Emissary, a powerful story and considering the quality of all the stories the best in the collection. Marco Palmieri complied a terrific collection of tales from both amateur authors and seasons professionals. If you are a Deep Space Nine fan, take the time to pick up this anthology, you will not be disappointed.
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Summary: Short but imposing tales from Bajor
Review: This anthology is a wonder collection of stories from some of the best short fiction writers in the Star Trek genre. Short stories have always been a personal favorite and I jumped into this book with glee. I was excited when I glanced at the cover and saw a new story from Andrew J. Robinson about the continuing adventures of our favorite simple tailor, Garak. I enjoy Garak and the love what Robinson does to continue the character but I was slightly disappointed with this tale. The writing exceptional I have grown to expect from this multi-talented individual but I felt the gap in the story. Robinson's story, "The Calling," continues after his novel "A Stitch in Time" and a stage play "The Dream Box." I search to find the manuscript but failed and the breach in the story line jumped out. The first story showed the initial step of Kira accepting Sisko as the Emissary, a powerful story and considering the quality of all the stories the best in the collection. Marco Palmieri complied a terrific collection of tales from both amateur authors and seasons professionals. If you are a Deep Space Nine fan, take the time to pick up this anthology, you will not be disappointed.
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Summary: almost perfect deep space nine book
Review: this great anthology has ten new stories that take place on the space station deep space nine. nine of them are during the time the tv show was on the air. one of them, which is written by Andrew J. Robinson, the man who played garak, takes place after the tv show. it also isn't very good. this surprised me, because Andrew wrote a stitch in time, which is a great deep space nine novel. there's also an Ezri Dax story which isn't very good because Ezri is a stupid character nobody cares about. the other eight stories are great, though, especially two stories by people who've never written stories before. Terri Osborne does a story that features Jake Sisko and Tora Ziyal and Una McCormick does a story that features Kira, Garak, and damar. these are the best stories in the book, especially since they expand on episodes of the tv show, doing thigns the show should've done but didn't. i hope that Terri and Una write more star trek books because they're both very good writers. Terri wrote a story in no limits that was also very good. the six that are left are good, too. editor Marco Palmieri has put together his second great anthology, the other one was the lives of dax, which was great even though it had Ezri in it. every fan of deep space nine MUST buy this book!
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