Rating: Summary: Highest Quality Read Review: "The Nanotech War" explores the character and physiology of Seven of Nine in great detail, something remeniscent of the old ST:TNG Mega-novels that delved into Data's character.Beyond all that geeky stuff, Piziks puts together a killer plot, fast-paced scenario, and a great new alien race. If you're a fan of Star Trek books, definitely pick this one up.
Rating: Summary: Bad Review: A fifty year old man playing tag. I don't know if Steven Piziks has had a midlife crisis, but he's certainly intent on giving Chakotay one.
Rating: Summary: Good God... Review: A fifty year old man playing tag? This presents Chakotay/Seven as a reaction to a midlife crisis. This novel was mediocre, the C/7 just plain bad.
Rating: Summary: The Nanotech War is an awesome read! Review: Anyone who is thinking about buying this book - DO IT! You will not be disappointed. This book has many references to the Chakotay/Seven relationship that we all saw at the end of the series. The relationship of B'Elanna Torres and Tom Paris is another focal point of this story, as B'Elanna tries to overcome the kidnapping of her new husband by a group of aliens, who appear to be very nice. Steve Piziks is a wonderful author, and the one question that comes to mind: Why haven't we heard of him before?
Rating: Summary: A fantastic addition to any Voyager's bookshelf!! Review: Ever since I started watching Voyager about halfway through the series, I fell in love with it majorly. I like it better than any other Star Trek series, for the characters, the adventures, the races, technology, creatures, hard descions and starship battles. Voygaer represents all that can happen with the emotional part of life and all that can happen with the discovering part of life. When I heard of this new Voyager novel, I knew I had to get it. I would say that it's about time that they had a novel where the two main characters whom are captured, experimented upon, tortured, helped by the crew, and finally becoming the rescuers themselves are Tom Paris and Seven of Nine. Paris and Seven are my two top favorite characters of the Voyager cast and I have been waiting for an adventure when they were the main hero and heronie of the story. In this adventure Paris is the one who goes through more experimenting on and biological tamopering than Seven, who only has some of her nanoprobes extracted. Paris has his entire memory erased, which later puts a huge strain on all of his friends and most of all, his wife, B'Elanna Torres, and then he is stripped of his uniform and human clothing and outfitted with his own suit of Chiar nanites. After that, he is sold as a slave and forced to work around the clock under the hand of an abusive master. Seven is off of Voyager more than Paris, where she is imprisoned and betrayed by both conflicting sides of the Chiar society. And as in may cases, there is someone who wants the technology from her body to enhance their own. It's at this point when Seven has some of her nanoprobes extracted. Over confidence of the Chiar scientist proves to be deadly, and in the end, only Paris and Seven can save the Chiar homeworld. In this story, Seven of Nine learns more of her human side with the help of Commander Chakotay and comes closer to regaining her individuallity. Tom Paris gives us all an insight on why he loves B'Elanna Torres and of how he relearns his love is really touching. If you're a Voyager fan and don't have this book, GET IT!!
Rating: Summary: A fantastic addition to any Voyager's bookshelf!! Review: Ever since I started watching Voyager about halfway through the series, I fell in love with it majorly. I like it better than any other Star Trek series, for the characters, the adventures, the races, technology, creatures, hard descions and starship battles. Voygaer represents all that can happen with the emotional part of life and all that can happen with the discovering part of life. When I heard of this new Voyager novel, I knew I had to get it. I would say that it's about time that they had a novel where the two main characters whom are captured, experimented upon, tortured, helped by the crew, and finally becoming the rescuers themselves are Tom Paris and Seven of Nine. Paris and Seven are my two top favorite characters of the Voyager cast and I have been waiting for an adventure when they were the main hero and heronie of the story. In this adventure Paris is the one who goes through more experimenting on and biological tamopering than Seven, who only has some of her nanoprobes extracted. Paris has his entire memory erased, which later puts a huge strain on all of his friends and most of all, his wife, B'Elanna Torres, and then he is stripped of his uniform and human clothing and outfitted with his own suit of Chiar nanites. After that, he is sold as a slave and forced to work around the clock under the hand of an abusive master. Seven is off of Voyager more than Paris, where she is imprisoned and betrayed by both conflicting sides of the Chiar society. And as in may cases, there is someone who wants the technology from her body to enhance their own. It's at this point when Seven has some of her nanoprobes extracted. Over confidence of the Chiar scientist proves to be deadly, and in the end, only Paris and Seven can save the Chiar homeworld. In this story, Seven of Nine learns more of her human side with the help of Commander Chakotay and comes closer to regaining her individuallity. Tom Paris gives us all an insight on why he loves B'Elanna Torres and of how he relearns his love is really touching. If you're a Voyager fan and don't have this book, GET IT!!
Rating: Summary: An Enjoyable Read. Review: First of all, don't be misled by the cover art. Don't *ever* be misled by cover art! Haven't we all learned this lesson? Although intriguing, it does not mean this is a P/7 story, as some avid P/Ters were certain of when this book first appeared. While the story's key players happen to be Paris and Seven, their plotlines go in different directions. In fact, this story, set after the Paris/Torres nuptials but before Miral, has enough P/T moments in it to qualify as naughty fanfic, if lines like "And that was all either of them said for quite some time." or "Then she kissed him. Hard." were expanded a paragraph or two. As an avid P/Ter myself, I was able to fill in those particular blanks very nicely, thank you. And speaking of Miral, I don't think this story is set too much before her. Torres is nauseous enough times to make me suspicious, and one time she actually pukes, so, hey, you do the math. Obviously, a story about people who use nanotechnology almost exclusively would eventually involve Seven rather intimately, but the Paris subplot leaks dangerously into the gratuitous plot device, involving as it does "accidental" kidnapping and amnesia in Our Favorite Pilot. I'll let you figure out what happens when he's returned to the ship without his memory. (These people, by the way, named the Chiar, were described as looking something like St. Bernard dogs, but I kept calling them the Chair and imagining my dining room. Funny what a one-letter switch will do to a word, huh?) Janeway, unfortunately, does little in this book but stomp from the bridge to her ready room and figure *everything* out in the last dozen pages or so. Fortunately, we've seen this enough times in Trek, so the "too much, too fast," ending is no surprise. And you can see, after all this, I still gave the book four stars. That's because: a) I love Star Trek Voyager, and b) I thought it was an enjoyable read, if not a memorable one. Despite the numerous typos and odd repeated use of the same word in the same sentence (i.e., "Seven shut the tricorder and headed for the mouth of the alley, her mouth set in a grim line."), there were enough clever moments to make this book worthwhile. One final note of caution: If you're not a fan of C/7, then you'd better watch your step with this one. It is most certainly pointing in that direction. But at least we're given a clue about how C/7 got its start, something distinctly missing from the show. And that clue was believeable and well-written, IMNSHO.
Rating: Summary: Charming and relaxing! Review: I enjoyed reading about Chakatoy and Seven's relationships at the holdeck.Tom and Seven are held hostage. Tom's memory had been erased by the nanties. I felt sorry for Tom. A lovely touch at the end. It was very relaxing to read.
Rating: Summary: A Very Good Read! Review: I think this book was probably one of the better Voyager books I have read. It took me about 2-3 days to read completely, but once I got into it, I couldn't put it down. I strongly suggest this book to anyone who likes Voyager or just Star Trek in General.
Rating: Summary: Nanotech Rocks! Review: I thoroughly enjoyed Star Trek Voyager Nanothech War! The suspense and deep emotion of this book kept me coming back for more. The characters are very likeable, and I also think that the book was very well written. I won't ruin it for you by telling you exactly what happens, but I think it's safe to say that the emotional developement of Seven of Nine was very well played out in this book. I rate it five stars. Read it! Nanotech Rocks!
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