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Star Trek, The Next Generation: I, Q

Star Trek, The Next Generation: I, Q

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Rating: 4 stars
Summary: A good read especially for Q fans
Review: The omnipotent Q feels impotent when the multiverse appears to be at an end. His Continuum peers celebrate the beginning of the end, but he worries about his inability to stop the big crunch from happening. Q decides to enlist the help of his biggest thorn, Captain Jean-Luc Picard to save his wife and child from the Maelstrom.

After too many encounters with the merry prankster, Jean-Luc does not trust Q. However, he realizes that something is amiss in the multiverse. He reluctantly agrees to an alliance with Q to uncover who or what is causing the end and to find a way to keep the light shining even as forces seemingly more powerful than Q try to bottle up everything.

I,Q is an intriguing Star Trek adventure narrated by Q in a first person dialogue. At first ,the lead character's meandering babble is enjoyable in a Deja Vu sort of way, but the non-stop egotistical prattle becomes irritating to anyone who is not entirely enraptured by Q. The exciting story line never slows down as the audience accompanies Q and Picard on a wild journey filled with excitement and wonderfully weird characters. John De Lancie and Peter David open up a whole new perspective to the Star Trek consortium that will please fans of the series as well as the anti-trekkie science fiction reader.

Harriet Klausner

Rating: 4 stars
Summary: I really wonder what that was all about...
Review: What should I say about this book? One thing I can say FOR this book is that it really kept me reading. I always wondered what would happen next, and I also have to say that it was really entertaining, also including some wise and witty observations about these most curious creatures we call humans. On the other hand...when I read the conclusion, I really wonder... In my opinion, NOTHING was explained at the end of this book. It was not even a rashed throw-in-your-lap, as in some other books. After reading it, you sit there, and ask yourself: "What's the point of all this? IS there even a point?" I would have preferred not to give a rating, because I still don't know what to make of this book, but since I have to I'll give it 4 stars, because it was a good read nevertheless.

Rating: 2 stars
Summary: You gotta be hard core!!
Review: The audiobook has one thing going for it. Mr. de Lancie's smoothe delivery. If you enjoy John's (Q's) voice, inflections, irony, petulance then by all means pick this up. The plot line is overworked (end of the universe), they drag a lot of old hackneyed Trek lines around, and the other characters are wooden. I wanted to end it early but That Voice kept me going!

Rating: 1 stars
Summary: A bad book about Q?!
Review: I am a fan of Q and of Peter David. That is why I am disappointed about this book. It did not hold me like a good book should. The mystry was mininal and suspence lacking. Sorry guys about the bad reveiw and spelling

Rating: 5 stars
Summary: What need I say more, John de Lancie is Q and Peter David?
Review: John de Lancie tells it only as Q can really tell it through Q's eyes. The book is really multi-layered. There is a lot symbolism in the book, not just about god but also about death and the end of the universe. The story was told in a comic way, but it was a serious and classic story. Q embarks on a journey to find his missing family, acquiring companions along the way, Picard and Data, having adventures, overcoming obstacles, musing philosophically (sort of), until he reaches his goal. Q's wit, sarcasm and humor are apparent through out the book. Overall, the book is a good read and worthy of the Q Continuum Standard of Excellence Award!

There is a lot of interesting imagery. However, Q is getting softer and softer. The big, the bad and terrible mighty Q has been reduced to a meeker and milder Q. As Guinan would say, "How the mighty have fallen." It was a nice version on "Deja Q". I saw a lot of John de Lancie in this one and not as much of the really nasty Q.

I wonder how did John and Peter collaborated on the book? Did Peter come up with the story line and John filled in the Q parts? The book made me laugh a lot! The "I, Q" audiotape is terrific with John de Lancie and actress Marnie Mosiman, John's wife.

Rating: 4 stars
Summary: A good read, although not as memorable as "Q-Squared".
Review: Wow! Peter David (one of the best professional Q-writers in the world) and John de Lancie - the actor who played him! What could be better?! I thought this book was very involving - it certainly kept me reading for the long haul. Seeing things from Q's viewpoint is certainly interesting -- some welcome revelations were made out of his character, such as the passage comparing human life to a mosaic -- the motives Q gave for his continuing study of humanity seemed... right, somehow, at this point -- it didn't feel like any big mystery was suddenly being answered in a "I'm Putting The Secret Of The Universe Into Your Lap" kind of way. On the other hand, having Q-as-narrator also lets the reader in on exactly WHY Picard et. al. find the entity so IRRITATING! Geez, the guy just won't shut up!! Which, at once is both annoying and enlightening, since, as a Q fan, I've never really seen it from the other side. You kind of understand, on a basic level, that Q is annoying to the crew, but since you love the guy, you can't really FEEL it. So that's both a bad and good thing. Q's constant asides and stories are also entertaining, but I could have done with fewer of them. As for the characters being "in-character"... Obviously, Q was in-character 98% of the time -- there were some instances that felt weird. (Calling Data an "asswipe"??) Data, also, was in-character the whole time, I felt. Picard seemed more obtuse than usual. I know we're seeing the captain through Q's eyes, but it just smacked more of bad characterization, at points, than "unreliable narrator", at least to me. The grudging respect and subtext between the two also seemed, sadly, missing, although the book DID depict their relationship as an evolved one (unlike the ABOMINABLE Greg Cox trilogy). I wonder if this was the work of the Pocket Books people, as that added "OOMPH!" that the Picard/Q relationship has is certainly THERE in the series (especially in "Tapestry" and "All Good Things"). David and de Lancie did, thankfully, try to hastily spackle the damage wrought by Voyager's "The Q And The Grey", putting in a welcome reference to TNG's "True Q". I'll never get used to Q having a nuclear family, but this book handled it and made it a bit easier to swallow. Still kinda wish they'd just said, "Sorry kids. The 'Q And The Grey' never happened. Read on." Or that it had been written before that episode aired. Oh, well. There are scenes in this book that crackle with energy, particularly toward the middle (I'm trying hard not to give anything away) that are worth any flaws the book has. There are too many great lines to count. The plot is a bit weird, but (if this makes any sense) the story isn't really about the plot, in my opinion. (Say what?!) It's about something beyond that. In any case, although I didn't find it as memorable as "Q-Squared" or "Q-In-Law", it's still a keeper. And the cover-art is GORGEOUS (not to mention the great pic of JdL on the back!). I sincerely hope that de Lancie and David partner up again -- now that they've gotten used to a collaborating with one another, I'm sure any sophmore effort they put out will be fascinating. Enjoy!!

Rating: 3 stars
Summary: Can anyone tell me what happened in this story?
Review: Peter David is my all-time favorite "Star Trek" author, but this time he has a story that ranks under what I'm used to rating him on. And, I think it has to do with Peter collaborating with another person, a person who has no prior experience in writing, as far as I know. Peter David needs to write his books like he always has...alone! Keep John de Lancie out of it.

I had trouble actually understanding what was going on. Yes, I know Lady Q and little q disappear, making much of the story Q's quest to find them, but what was the rest of this story about? Picard coming to grips with his Locutus character was one thing, Q meeting up with the M Continuum was another, but where did all of this come into the end of the universe?

In all, this is a bit of a disappointment. It's more like John de Lancie did the writing, and Peter David only supervised some, if at all. As I said, Peter David needs to write his stories his way.

Rating: 5 stars
Summary: A good read for any Q fan.
Review: I had been looking forward to reading this book for months. I definetly was not disapointed . This one ranked with Q Squared as two of the best Trek novels I have ever read. I look forward to reading more works from Peter David in the future.

Rating: 4 stars
Summary: An entertaining read, but could have been better
Review: I enjoyed reading this book as I'm a big Q fan and admire De Lancie a lot, but I was disappointed that the story was so short and that it lacked a certain depth. Reading Q's point of view was fun but it was obviously a biased standpoint, with a lot of limitations. It would have helped, and made the story longer, if we could have had Picard's point of view as well, either as captain log entries or a report, alternated with Q's writings. It would also have improved Picard's characterization a great deal. One gets the impression that since the publishers knew they were on a sure thing (2 great authors, a very popular character) they didn't put too much effort into this. A good editor would have polished the story to make it tighter and smoother, as well as helped the authors write a longer and more complex novel. I'm sure they both were up to it, with the right editorial guidance. The end result is good but could have been so much better. It's a pity that nowadays Star Trek more often than not does that: settles for average or even mediocre rather than have the vision to go for greatness.

Rating: 4 stars
Summary: Worthy addition to the Q stories
Review: I feel that I,Q was a very enjoyable book. I loved John DeLancie's tongue in cheek writing style. I felt he captured the real essence of Q as only he could. Q had grown emotionally and become a real boy (wait, that's Data! No, it's Pinocchio! Whatever!). I would have enjoyed it a little more if perhaps more of the characters could have appeared somehow. Deanna Troi, for example, would have been a useful addition to the adventure. Her mother would have been a real stitch. But I digress. . . My one question (phrased so as not to give anything away, I hope) is: why did Picard see Vash & not Beverly Crusher at a certain point in the story?


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