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Summary: Mirror, mirror?
Review: This novel feels a lot like a character exploration of Chief Engineer Tucker. The plot is simple but surprising well done and I enjoyed the read.We spend the first fifty pages on the Enterprise and that is it. We spend the rest of the time exploring a civil war a new alien race and watching Trip struggle with his own first contact procedure. One of the advantages of doing this `off ship' story it is very easy to hit the reset button and get everything back to normal. I was disappointed with the ending--too predictable. The clues and logical explanations were everywhere. I look forward to seeing how this story resolves so I am waiting to get my hands on the second part.
Rating:
Summary: Mirror, mirror?
Review: This novel feels a lot like a character exploration of Chief Engineer Tucker. The plot is simple but surprising well done and I enjoyed the read. We spend the first fifty pages on the Enterprise and that is it. We spend the rest of the time exploring a civil war a new alien race and watching Trip struggle with his own first contact procedure. One of the advantages of doing this 'off ship' story it is very easy to hit the reset button and get everything back to normal. I was disappointed with the ending--too predictable. The clues and logical explanations were everywhere. I look forward to seeing how this story resolves so I am waiting to get my hands on the second part.
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Summary: Best Enterprise Story - so far
Review: This was the best Enterprise novel, so far. Yes, it did only focus on Trip and Hoshi, and the supposed villan is removed a little too easily, but it keeps your attention in the current era storyline. The flashbacks are a little disjointed, but will link up to the current story and sequel. I think they should have released it as one book, since the first is relatively short (but that is the way of the Star Trek publishers). Why combine the story into one book for the reader, when you can get 2x the price by splitting up the story until MAY.
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Summary: The TV show should be written this well
Review: We get to see part of federation history aboard a ship that didn't have a successful engine design. Years later Trip and Hoshi hope to prevent the same from happening while captured aboard an alien ship. Stern has a good grip on the characters. It's almost like a two part TV episode. The overall feel of the book is just like the show. Now if only the producers would hire Dave Stern to write for the Enterprise show.
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Summary: Full of Surprises
Review: What surprised me the most about "Daedalus" was how enjoyable a reading experience it was. I readily admit that I wasn't expecting much based on the previous Enterprise novels but "Daedalus", despite its weaknesses, was an interesting story with appealing characters that was solidly executed. Not great but certainly engaging and entertaining. The title, Daedalus, refers to the ship of that name, an experimental warp capable vessel that exploded on its maiden voyage thirteen years earlier. Tucker, who had worked on the Daedalus project, finds his memories of that catastrophe coming back to haunt him in more ways than one in this story and it is Commander Tucker who quickly becomes the main character in the novel. Stern's characterization of Trip is excellent, the personality and voice of the engineer comes through marvelously. While Hoshi and Tucker are the only two main Enterprise characters utilized in "Daedalus" after the first three chapters, and Hoshi plays only a limited role, the other characters are well drawn. They are sympathetic but strong. The Denari doctor, a woman named Trant is particularly likable. However, the apparent villain, General Sadir, is only seen superficially, primarily through hearsay. Just after the midway point the plot of "Daedalus" takes it's first startling twist but it is in the final chapter that Stern guarantees you'll want to read part two, "Daedalus's Children", by dropping another astonishing, and hopefully unforeseen turn into the story. How the story is concluded in the second part will ultimately determine just how good this first part was, and hopefully the plot can maintain its momentum and we will have to wait until May 2004 to find out, but based on the story thus far I'm feeling a lot more optimistic than I expected.
Rating:
Summary: Full of Surprises
Review: What surprised me the most about "Daedalus" was how enjoyable a reading experience it was. I readily admit that I wasn't expecting much based on the previous Enterprise novels but "Daedalus", despite its weaknesses, was an interesting story with appealing characters that was solidly executed. Not great but certainly engaging and entertaining. The title, Daedalus, refers to the ship of that name, an experimental warp capable vessel that exploded on its maiden voyage thirteen years earlier. Tucker, who had worked on the Daedalus project, finds his memories of that catastrophe coming back to haunt him in more ways than one in this story and it is Commander Tucker who quickly becomes the main character in the novel. Stern's characterization of Trip is excellent, the personality and voice of the engineer comes through marvelously. While Hoshi and Tucker are the only two main Enterprise characters utilized in "Daedalus" after the first three chapters, and Hoshi plays only a limited role, the other characters are well drawn. They are sympathetic but strong. The Denari doctor, a woman named Trant is particularly likable. However, the apparent villain, General Sadir, is only seen superficially, primarily through hearsay. Just after the midway point the plot of "Daedalus" takes it's first startling twist but it is in the final chapter that Stern guarantees you'll want to read part two, "Daedalus's Children", by dropping another astonishing, and hopefully unforeseen turn into the story. How the story is concluded in the second part will ultimately determine just how good this first part was, and hopefully the plot can maintain its momentum and we will have to wait until May 2004 to find out, but based on the story thus far I'm feeling a lot more optimistic than I expected.
Rating:
Summary: Full of Surprises
Review: What surprised me the most about "Daedalus" was how enjoyable a reading experience it was. I readily admit that I wasn't expecting much based on the previous Enterprise novels but "Daedalus", despite its weaknesses, was an interesting story with appealing characters that was solidly executed. Not great but certainly engaging and entertaining. The title, Daedalus, refers to the ship of that name, an experimental warp capable vessel that exploded on its maiden voyage thirteen years earlier. Tucker, who had worked on the Daedalus project, finds his memories of that catastrophe coming back to haunt him in more ways than one in this story and it is Commander Tucker who quickly becomes the main character in the novel. Stern's characterization of Trip is excellent, the personality and voice of the engineer comes through marvelously. While Hoshi and Tucker are the only two main Enterprise characters utilized in "Daedalus" after the first three chapters, and Hoshi plays only a limited role, the other characters are well drawn. They are sympathetic but strong. The Denari doctor, a woman named Trant is particularly likable. However, the apparent villain, General Sadir, is only seen superficially, primarily through hearsay. Just after the midway point the plot of "Daedalus" takes it's first startling twist but it is in the final chapter that Stern guarantees you'll want to read part two, "Daedalus's Children", by dropping another astonishing, and hopefully unforeseen turn into the story. How the story is concluded in the second part will ultimately determine just how good this first part was, and hopefully the plot can maintain its momentum and we will have to wait until May 2004 to find out, but based on the story thus far I'm feeling a lot more optimistic than I expected.
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