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Summary: A masterful compilation.
Review: The Star Trek fan will love this book. Especially those who enjoy the character of Q. John de Lancie was the perfect man to bring out the true character and humour of Q. Some parts have you giggling to yourself, some have you laughing out loud. The book is packed with bitter ironies and an amazing plot. Q's son and wife are falling victim to a strange phenomenon, as are many speices all over the multiverse. Q enlists Picard and Data to help him find out what the heck is going on before its too late. Some examples of the irony I mentioned earlier:1. At one moment Q, who is the narrator of the story, tells the audience about a discussion he has with he child. He tells him that his father is NEVER afraid. A few pages later he's scared out of his wits 2. He tells the audience that he trusts his first instincts, and a page later, goes against that! 3. He tells us he is omniscient, but then doesn't know something! This book is a real must have for any Star Trek fan, and a laugh riot for those Q lovers.
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Summary: An Interesting Viewpoint From An Omnipotent Being
Review: The above people are likely Trekkie fans, and read this book solely because it was in the Star Trek section. Believe me, this book is one of the best I have ever written, and definitely is one I recommend to anyone seeking to understand the universe better. The entire story (almost) was written by Q, as a narrative. Some people apparantly did not like this. I did. It showed a lot of wit, philosophy, and just plain good writing. Some of the jokes were incredibly funny, like the one about the man complaining to god. And I spent much of the book wondering about the hidden jabs against both religion and atheists. But which one is truly being supported? I cannot say. This book however, is really a funny view on life in general with the camoflage of being just another dull Star Trek adventure. I hope to see more books from Q's viewpoint written as well as this in the future.
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Summary: one of the best Q books ever
Review: It is one of the best Q books ever it is about how the univers almost endes thats all I am goingto say hope you like
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Summary: A few flaws, but still good
Review: This is astonishingly the first time I've given a Peter David novel less than a 5 star rating! This is one of those types of books were you read certin things in the plot and wonder "Was there a huge underlineing signifigance about this part, that I missed, or what?" Be mindful, though, that this book did have some very good points. Some surpriseingly drimatic points. Like Picard's encounter with a mirror image of him self as Locutus of Borg - or Q's travels in the vally of dispair. (Truely, I could almost feel the hopelessness.) The characters were very in-character. (Why another reviewer would think otherwise is a mystery to me. There always seem to be people who think that, for the strangest and unkown reasons.) The story, as a whole, is very symbolic - which, based from past Star Trek episodes, you'd expect. Symbolism can be very confuseing, sometimes, but some times, also, very enjoyable. I think the "End of the Universe" plot of this story was very symbolic of our approching "End of the Century" Which I found as a very enjoyable twist. The symbolism, though, gets strange at the end, concerning the end of the universe. (Which we wen't really told how it ended.) But, then again, to not understand is to truely understand. A good book, but not really worth the cost of a normal hard cover. (Too small for a hardcover) Wait for the paper back, which might look a little bigger in terms of size.)
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Summary: Ha, Ha.
Review: Peter David is funny. Very funny. John DeLancie is funny. Very funny. Together, such strongholds of wit ought to do very well in portraying Q as he really ought to be. Sadly, the book comes out as too absorbed with its own humor to really be the fall-on-the-floor laughing riot the authors think it should be. If you like Piers Anthony's writing, especially the later books in the Xanth series, this ought to be right up your alley.
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Summary: Histerical Q
Review: Verry funny, and a good storyline as well. See a "human" side to Q, and great tangents as we would expect.
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Summary: STNG - I, Q - Simply genius!
Review: As we learned in Peter David's first Q novel, STNG #18, "Q-In-Law" and his later and even more brilliant hardback, "Q-Squared," he knows Q and he writes Q with nothing but perfection. With I, Q, Peter David raises that level of perfection to a new height as this narrative story, written almost entirely from Q's perspective is nothing short of brilliant, witty and extraordinarily intriguing. Of course, this novel is made even better by the fact that Q himself, John De Lancie co-wrote this masterpiece. While some may have found the style in which this novel was written somewhat distracting, I found it to be "dead on" with the character of Q and his personality. The premise: We begin this story with a character that by all appearances seems to be superior to Q and the Q-Continuum. In this beautifully well written beginning, we learn that this "supreme" being has decided that the multiverse is no longer of any value and that it should literally be run down the drain. Just as this process begins, this "supreme" being discovers a bottle with a narrative in it, written by you know who. This is where the story gets extremely interesting as Q takes us through his narrative as he takes Captain Picard, Data and us, the readers, through multiple planes of existence, on a search to find his wife and son. While the story advances along, he also regales us with tales from his past that at times are utterly intriguing, humorous and a bit telling of his character. In no uncertain terms, I, Q is a purely brilliant story as Peter David takes us through Q's trials and tribulations along the way to finding his wife and son while the multiverse is crumbling around him. While there are many absolutely great Star Trek authors, Peter David work stands above the rest, as does I, Q. I highly recommend this Star Trek novel to any all fans of Star Trek, whether you're a die hard fan or a casual fan that has only seen one or two episodes with Q, you will thoroughly enjoy this outstanding Q novel. I would also recommend the audio book or CD, as it makes for a wonderful way to pass three hours on the highway, made even better by the fact that this story is read by Q himself, John De Lancie. {ssintrepid}
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Summary: ennui
Review: Make sure you know the definition of "ennui" before you read this novel, because it is repeated throughout. There is very little that is more annoying than someone, who thinks they are funny, when they are not. Such is the case with this novel. The reader is subjected to such hilarious comedy such as "Q, go stand in that queue." Makes one want to double over with laughter. Most serious, the story is told by Q but there are so many metaphors that are strictly human that the reader is unable to maintain any "suspension of disbelief." More often than not the reader is stopped cold wondering why Q would be making comments about "needles in haystacks." The worst was a half-chapter devoted to the letter "Q". Q discusses the symmetry of the letter...apparently the reader is suppose to accept that the Q-continuum uses human English as its designated alphabet, or that by some fluke the letter is the same from human to Q. Yet another annoyance was the cardboard cutout characters. Picard's entire role in this novel is to yell at Q about how smug he is. The universe is collapsing and this Picard is worried about whether Q is "belittling" him. One would think that such pettiness would be best saved for, say, when the universe isn't collapsing. There are two good points I can make for this novel:
1) It is an excellent example of why writers should be very careful when choosing to write in first person narrative. The use of first person here hinders the story and is very annoying after the first few chapters.
2) If the author had removed about 200 pages there would have been a pretty good idea for a novel. If interested in reading about Q, try "Q-Squared" instead.
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Summary: Call me Ishmael, well on second thought...
Review: Q is a great Star Trek character that Jon De Lanice plays brilliantly. The fact that he co-wrote a book is a real treat.
These types of books are best if you don't take them too seriously and just enjoy the ride. Q's anecdotes and asides were more entertaining than the story being told which at times seemed like an attempt to pack as much action as possible onto every page. Often times it felt like television channlels flipping too rapidly. However the humorous tone of the book makes it worthy of a rather enjoyable if thoughtless afternoon. Picard and Data seem to be thrown into the action for no reason but I guess they had to be there since it's a Next Generation book and all. Picard isn't very noble in this book functioning mainly to yell at Q. He sounds like a bitter old man. Ah well. Other than that I think people will enjoy it if they like the Q character and aren't expecting Moby Dick.
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Summary: First TNG Purchase, No Regrets
Review: I have however always held a fascination with Q and everything that this character represents. Simply stated: This book provided no epiphany (though the premise of the books adventure is certainly on that scale), nor was it the be-all end-all of anything significant. It was just a very thoroughly enjoyed book in which I laughed and at times thought all in the course of a weekend which normally I don't have time to read. I do think it is in line and true to the spirit of the character. It's an easy ready and very enjoyable one.
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