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Summary: Excellent Next Generation Fun
Review: Can you believe it? Q is going to get it! He's going to marry Troi's mother, and she's a shrew. Remeber when she tried to marry Picard? Only here, she tried to marry Q,the guy who put humans on trial for being a savage child race. She's funny because she always chases the guys around, first Picard, then Riker, then she tries to hook up with the guy on the holodek, then she's wanted by that Ferengi, then she falls in love with the guy from MASH, then she wants to marry that guy who has the other guy telling him what to do. If I were Q, I'd run for cover! Also, Captain Picard is in this book and he's not jealous that Lwaxana wants to marry someone else!
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Summary: Q Marrys Lwaxana Troi
Review: Can you believe it? Q is going to get it! He's going to marry Troi's mother, and she's a shrew. Remeber when she tried to marry Picard? Only here, she tried to marry Q,the guy who put humans on trial for being a savage child race. She's funny because she always chases the guys around, first Picard, then Riker, then she tries to hook up with the guy on the holodek, then she's wanted by that Ferengi, then she falls in love with the guy from MASH, then she wants to marry that guy who has the other guy telling him what to do. If I were Q, I'd run for cover! Also, Captain Picard is in this book and he's not jealous that Lwaxana wants to marry someone else!
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Summary: The Best TNG novel EVER
Review: I fell in love with this book the day it came out...everyone that I know that likes TNG borrows it, I am surprised it still holds together, its so worn out. I have always liked the Q and Lwaxana characters, so pitting the two of them together, using the Enterprise as their playground was just priceless. I just could not put the book down, it was that good...the only novel I finished the same day I started on. And when the Audio version came out? I scooped that thing up. Having John DeLancie and Majel Barrett, the actors that portary the main characters was a smart move ... it made the audio book as good as the print version!Hey, Worf! Over here! I'll buy a ticket! (you must read/hear to figure out the joke)
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Summary: A Match For Even Q's Annoyance
Review: I have never laughed so hard while reading a Star Trek book in my entire life. Luxiana, please excuse my spelling, Troi who'se Betazed frankness and lack of restraint is evenly matched with the manifestation of Q as we know them. Within brief moments, we can see why Q are somewhat afraid of Terrans. One day, Q will have to put up with an advanced version of Luxiana! Forget about a civil war in the Continuum, all hell will break loose! As advanced as Q are, they are wise enough to know there's someone always wiser than they are, or will turn out to be. As Michael Strazinky did with Babylon 5, it would be interesting to see "humanity" one million years from now. What will humanity have evolved into? Just a brief taste of our potential would keep my appetite for Star Trek going for a lifetime. Peter David demonstrates that not all "Trekkies" and / or "Trekkers" have no sense of humor. In fact, they can be somewhat diabolical. <grin>
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Summary: Great Quality ST Audio Book
Review: I must say, this is one of the better audio books I've heard. John Delancy is a great narrator and he does very impressive imitations of Picard, Worf and other characters in the story (the voice acting is almost perfect actually). Majel Barette also does a very good Diana Troi, in addition to her own character. Thus, as far as the dialog and narration are concerned, as well as sound effects and background music, this audio book is a real winner. In this respect, I give the book 5 stars as most narrators can't pull the same sense of pace and excitement and can't provide convincing voice acting like John Delancy can. Peter David is known to be a more comical writer than most, so if that is the kind of story you were expecting, you'll be very pleased. You'll probably laugh out loud a few times at least, or something is wrong with you. However, I give the story only 3 stars, because it doesn't really develop any of the characters except for Q and Luaxanna Troi. The rest of the characters are just present, don't move the story along and aren't the center of attention. While Picard has some good dialog and Worf is definately his usual self, this is really a story about Q and Luaxanna. The story isn't incredibly enlightening or anything and Q is up to his usual things, so it's not really a masterpiece and it's not one of the best Star Trek novels I've read or listened to. It is, however, a delightful 120 minute diversion from life and that's probably what it was intended to be. Thus, overall, I give this audio book 4 stars.
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Summary: Fun again
Review: I've allways enjoyed Peter David's work, and he did it again. Good naration and a fun plot as well.
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Summary: Disappointing.
Review: I've always been fond of Peter David's work; what enthralls me is the fact that he's one of the few writers of Star Trek books who can capture the feel of some of the original series episodes, like "Trouble With Tribbles", "A Piece of the Action", and "Shore Leave", which manage a tongue-in-cheek humor without sacrificing the drama of an actual plot. This book didn't seem to me to find that balance as well as others of his that I've read; the humor seemed more heavy-handed, the plot sillier and less worthwhile. It finished better than it started, but on balance I didn't feel like I was reading a real Star Trek story with a bit of humor to it; I felt as though I was reading a comedy with the gloss of a Star Trek story superimposed on it. Still not a bad book; just not nearly as good as I expect from Peter David.
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Summary: STNG #18 - Q-In-Law - An outstanding early David novel!
Review: If you've read many of the earlier Star Trek The Next Generation novels to include Peter David's work, you will have found that his stories are among the most intriguing, hilarious and captivating among them. "Q-In-Law" is no exception to that and, in fact, this particular novel is a step above his already high standard of writing. Few of Star Trek's authors' capture the characters as well as Peter David does and even fewer are capable of dignified comedy with the characters as Peter David is. The premise: The Enterprise is chosen as the site for a wedding between two powerful but rivaled families of the space faring merchant raced called the Tizarin. As is custom, Captain Picard is quite happy to be hosting the wedding right up to the point in which the Federation delegate from Betazed shows up, Lwaxana Troi. Captain Picard now finds himself attempting to dodge the romantic overtures from Lwaxana Troi and still run his ship. Everything seems to be going smoothly until Q shows up to examine the human concept of love. Everything seems to fall apart from there. Q's experiment in love with Lwaxana Troi turns haywire on him and from there you will find that you're reading one of the most hilarious and engrossing early STNG novels! The Audio Tape: As an added bonus, this particularly great story was produced as an audio book as well! It is made even better having been read by Majel Barrett and John de Lancie themselves. This audio book is certainly a great way to spend three hours on the highway! I highly recommend this novel and the audio tape to any and all fans of Star Trek as they're both extraordinarily entertaining! {ssintrepid}
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Summary: Maybe a one joke STNG book, but it is a great one joke
Review: The vast majority of Star Trek novels are somewhat diverting and we make do with them because now we are down to just one series left in production, which means whichever show was your favorite in this franchise all you have are DVD editions and novles. But every once in a great while there is a Star Trek novel that you wish had actually been an episode, which is the highest compliment you can pay such stories. For me, "Q-In-Law" is one of those rare novels. I am not surprised it was written by Peter David, who is my favorite Next Generation author (with "Imzadi" my favorite STNG novel), but I am rather surprised that he has written a story that is intended to be a stitch from start to finish. As the cover proclaims in a wonderful bit of understatement, "Two of the most powerful forces in the galaxy are about to collide..." Just the idea of Q meeting Lwaxana Troi should be enough to make you read this book with a smile on your face and an insane gleam of anticipation in your eye. Add the fact Q has popped in on the Enterprise crew to examine the human concet of love and that Lwaxana attains the cosmic power of the Q, and let your imagination run away with what wonders are contained within this volume. There is Romeo & Juliet subplot involving a pair of rival space faring merchant families in which Wesley becomes involved, but the focus of all the fun is clearly on that great love triangle of Picard, Q and Lwaxana. Once you read this book track down the audio book version, which features John DeLancie and Majel Barret as the readers. Granted, it is not the filmed version you have created in your mind's eye, but actually hearing DeLancie and Barret going at each other is still priceless.
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Summary: An experiment in controlled chaos.
Review: This book has a very deserved reputation for being one of the funniest pieces of Star Trek fiction ever written. Viewers and readers all know what Lwanana Troi is like, and they all know what Q is like, so just imagine the consequences if the two should meet. Star Trek writers have to be very careful when using Q, and Peter David is a master of it. I actually laughed out loud several times while reading this book, and the ending gives a whole new meaning to the saying "Hell hath no fury like a woman scorned." Highly recommended.
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