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Summary: STV #2 The Escape - An extremely well written novel!
Review: "The Escape" is the first in the line of original Star Trek Voyager stories and quite rare indeed insomuch as most first original novels for the other series just plain fell flat on their intended purposes. That is certainly not the case with this novel, as I believe Pocket Books and Paramount gave the authors the proper amount of time to get to know the characters from the episodes as opposed to only asking them to write a story based off of the bible written for the series. That patience pays off quite well in "The Escape.""The Escape" is also only the second Star Trek novel for this extraordinary writing team and, as always, I found their writing styles to be quite intriguing and very fast paced. They just don't seem to get bogged down in the details as some authors do. This novel is well worth the time to read it based on the characterizations alone, which are extraordinarily accurate to the series and the characters at the time this novel was published. The cover art for this novel can be counted among the best of any of the Star Trek novels at the time this novel was released, it's nice to see "some" thought actually being given to that aspect in Star Trek fiction. The premise: Captain Janeway finds that her ship is in desperate trouble. Voyager's systems are damaged and the warp engines are failing, without immediate repairs, the valiant but troubled crew could find themselves stranded between the stars, open to attack from the local hostile races. Janeway leads her ship to an ancient, deserted planet in hopes of repairing their ship and restoring their supply stores, but they soon find that the planet is hiding more than one deadly secret... I highly recommend this early Star Trek Voyager novel as it is a true rarity among the first few Voyager novels and it makes for an excellent Star Trek read! {ssintrepid}
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Summary: STV #2 The Escape - An extremely well written novel!
Review: "The Escape" is the first in the line of original Star Trek Voyager stories and quite rare indeed insomuch as most first original novels for the other series just plain fell flat on their intended purposes. That is certainly not the case with this novel, as I believe Pocket Books and Paramount gave the authors the proper amount of time to get to know the characters from the episodes as opposed to only asking them to write a story based off of the bible written for the series. That patience pays off quite well in "The Escape." "The Escape" is also only the second Star Trek novel for this extraordinary writing team and, as always, I found their writing styles to be quite intriguing and very fast paced. They just don't seem to get bogged down in the details as some authors do. This novel is well worth the time to read it based on the characterizations alone, which are extraordinarily accurate to the series and the characters at the time this novel was published. The cover art for this novel can be counted among the best of any of the Star Trek novels at the time this novel was released, it's nice to see "some" thought actually being given to that aspect in Star Trek fiction. The premise: Captain Janeway finds that her ship is in desperate trouble. Voyager's systems are damaged and the warp engines are failing, without immediate repairs, the valiant but troubled crew could find themselves stranded between the stars, open to attack from the local hostile races. Janeway leads her ship to an ancient, deserted planet in hopes of repairing their ship and restoring their supply stores, but they soon find that the planet is hiding more than one deadly secret... I highly recommend this early Star Trek Voyager novel as it is a true rarity among the first few Voyager novels and it makes for an excellent Star Trek read! {ssintrepid}
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Summary: Excellent writing, excellent story.
Review: Particularly given that this story was written very early in the run of the "Voyager" series, making characterization that will ring true to those who've followed the series much longer difficult, and that it involves time-travel, a very difficult concept to do well, it is amazing how well-written this story is. The characterizations feel spot-on, (except for the fact that the EMH is consistently referred to as "Dr. Zimmerman", which is the name of his creator, but not one that was ever used for the EMH himself during the entire run of the show, a very minor quibble) rare in novels written early in the run of a series, and there are only minor glitches in the time-travel concepts, which are handled much better than is usual in stories that attempt to deal with the paradoxes inherent in time-travel. I found the time-travel aspects reminiscent of Poul Anderson's "Time Patrol" series.
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Summary: Fun time-travel
Review: The Escape is an excellent book. Unfortunately, it's impossible to tell what the story's about from the blurb on the back, so I suspect many people don't read it. The Escape is a time-travel story, and a very good one. The main characters in the book are Torres, Kim, and Neelix, who are separated from the others. We also get to see a lot of Paris and Tuvok working together, which is interesting. The plot is really interesting and very twisty - after all, it's time travel. At first, all the talk of Time Periods, Real Time, time-jumping and back-timing is very confusing, but the authors do an excellent job of explaining it and making it clear. I couldn't figure out how they'd solve the problem, and the whole book was very intriguing. This is one of the more inventive books I've read - most authors don't want to tackle the confusing concept of time-traveling, and it's great when someone does. Even though the book is a very early Voyager, the characters are well done and there are few errors. The Escape is a well-written, suspenseful, and fun time-travel story!
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Summary: Fun time-travel
Review: The Escape is an excellent book. Unfortunately, it's impossible to tell what the story's about from the blurb on the back, so I suspect many people don't read it. The Escape is a time-travel story, and a very good one. The main characters in the book are Torres, Kim, and Neelix, who are separated from the others. We also get to see a lot of Paris and Tuvok working together, which is interesting. The plot is really interesting and very twisty - after all, it's time travel. At first, all the talk of Time Periods, Real Time, time-jumping and back-timing is very confusing, but the authors do an excellent job of explaining it and making it clear. I couldn't figure out how they'd solve the problem, and the whole book was very intriguing. This is one of the more inventive books I've read - most authors don't want to tackle the confusing concept of time-traveling, and it's great when someone does. Even though the book is a very early Voyager, the characters are well done and there are few errors. The Escape is a well-written, suspenseful, and fun time-travel story!
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Summary: A very exciting story...I couldn't put it down!
Review: This is the kind of story that would make a great Star Trek episode. I loved the whole concept of this novel. It was well thought out. The characters were very interesting. I enjoyed every page!
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Summary: Funny and surprisingly good
Review: This was a surprisingly good book, espically for the first in a series. The authors got the characters pretty well for the show being new, and it was funny. It was also complicated enough to be more than just a light read. I highly recommend it to any Voyager fan.
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