Rating: Summary: Wonderful, wonderful Review: Perfection, really. A science-fiction stream of consciousness novel from the ULTIMATE consciousness, Q. How _dare_ us mortals trivialize Q's omniscient disgressions as "ramblings." We obviously haven't the mental ability to comprehend the depth of his thoughts, so belittling them is as idiotic as attempting to comprehend them.Read and enjoy, my fellow mortals!
Rating: Summary: You will assimalate this book. Review: This book is sooooooooooooooooo cool. Q and Picard save the universe from distruction agian with Data. This is a page turning action-comedy. Anyone that doesn't respect Star Trek can read this book and love it! You will comply.
Rating: Summary: save your money Review: I like John DeLancie, and really enjoy Peter David's work. 'Q' does a great job reading this story. However the story itself is just odd, long, and rambling, very incoherent. I love the character Q, but don't care of this book.
Rating: Summary: Great book almost on a par with Peter David's best! Review: (I meant to write this review last week!)(Sorry.) I will read ANYTHING that Peter David writes - period. His inventiveness is phenomenal and he always has a new way of looking at things. "I,Q" is no different. The only negatives I found with the book were its nonstop frenetic pace, which didn't allow for subtle developement of character or action, and its not going as far as I know David could. On the plus side are its irreverence and its many inside-jokes to see if you are paying attention! I heartily recommend that you read this book! There are too few good books being published nowadays. And Peter David doesn't write often enough! [Hey, Peter! I don't know if you read these reviews, but ... The scenes with the Nagus are worth the price for the hardback! Laughed until tears flowed! ]
Rating: Summary: Denial, anger, bargaining, depression... and acceptance. Review: "...But the one thing that usually persists through all these stages is hope." E. Kubler-Ross M.D. I believe it is important to point out the relevance of the relation Data gives to Dr. E. Dubler-Ross' work and the end of the Uni(multi)verse in this book. Mr. De Lancie and Mr. David give a detailed and humorous work for fans to read. In all, a more human and mortal side to the character of Q. Data points out the theoretical five stages a person goes through when they are facing their own death, but he does not give much detail. He also does not point out the rest of the theory involves that through all the stages hope is always a factor. Hope is with us throughout the reading of the book. Whether it is hope that Q will stop his endless babbling and rambling at some points, hope that Q will find his wife and child whom he loses, or hope that Q, Jean Luc, and Data will somehow find a way to stop the disastrous end of everything, it remains with you 'til the very end. Then, do you realize, there is always hope for new beginnings. This is a great read, but ONLY because of needless rambling at some points am I giving I, Q four stars.
Rating: Summary: Rambles nowhere .... Review: This is the kind of novel that you seriously wonder why it was ever printed and wonder even more why they wasted the money to move it to audio other than to scam the general public. By the end of side two of tape one I ejected the story and threw it away. It's work like this that will destroy the Star Trek Franchise. Peter David and John Delancie should never have been allowed to publish this work and its a serious crime that Simon and Schuster did. The Star Trek franchise needs a new breed of young exciting authors to carry on the dynamic adventures of Star Trek and the heroic adventures of Jean Luc Picard and Captain James T Kirk. It's apparent from this book that the authors are going through some pretty serious personal problems and I for one don't want to listen to it.
Rating: Summary: Graphic violence mars fun story ... Review: What is it with Star Trek writers, that they feel a need or maybe its a secret urge to have to include some graphic violence into their story line for it to be successful. As a long time fan this is the last Star Trek novel and audio novel I will ever purchase. I would like to send a loud clear message to Simon and Schuster and especially to the current Star Trek writers that this type of writing will not be tolerated. That's the bad news. The good news is that the audio engineering is superb and has increased considerably since Star Trek Pathways. John Delancie does an excellant job with this script! He is extremely enjoyable to listen too. So with regards to audio engineering, the team is now easily on par with Star Wars X-Wing. Unfortunately stricker guide lines need to be set down for the writing team. I will no longer support your work.
Rating: Summary: Like Y2K, much to-do about nothing. Review: The whole did not equal the sum of the parts. The end of the universe (multiverse) is a BIG theme. No knot is big enough to tie this all together neatly. That being said: I feel I was cheated out of an attempt to do so anyway. The end was cryptic to the point of being meaningless. Yet, I enjoyed to ride.
Rating: Summary: Q is now the preeminent Star Trek character. Review: Great audiobook !! John De Lancie brings Q to life. I thought Q was right there with me as I listened. I actually felt myself wanting to ask Q questions. I'm a trekker from way back. As a child, I waited for weeks with great excitement to watch the first episode of Star Trek in the late 60's. From the first episode, I was enamored with Spock. Kirk, "Bones," Chekov, Sulu, and Uhura were great, and so were the characters of Next Generation and Deep Space Nine, but noboby came close to Spock--until now. This book and audio put Q on top! Q's sagacious wit, rapier tongue, and socratic intellect make him more fascinating than any other character in the whole Star Trek multiverse. Q is now the preeminent Star Trek character. I can't wait for more Q.
Rating: Summary: a thought provoking look at Q and the stages of death Review: Peter David and John De Lancie craft a Q novel that will not only delight fans of the novels featuring the ominipotent adversary of the Enterprise, but deepen their understanding of the Q character. David and De Lancie craft a novel unlike past explorations of Q's character, which range from the humorous( Q-in-law ) and the adventurous ( Q-Squared ). I, Q involves Q confronting the death of the multiverse, spoken in the first person. As if anyone can adequately speak for Q! Q whisks Captain Picard and Data for Q's exploration into the loss of his wife, his child, and the multiverse as Q knows it. Fans of Peter David's previous Q novels can expect the sarcastic bantering between Q and the good captain in " I,Q". John de Lancie's contribution to the novel seems most obvious in those passages. However, at the moment these witty repartes seem predictable, Q and company contemplate the meaning of death and their inherent stages, documented by Helen Kubler Ross. "I, Q" is a thematic book with unexpected guest stars and dialogue between the characters that would fit into the Star Trek:The Next Generation continuity seamlessly.
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