Rating: Summary: STNG All Good Things... - An exceptional novelization! Review: "All Good Things" is only the second of three episode novelizations for Star Trek's most prolific author, Michael Jan Friedman. As is standard fare for a Michael Jan Friedman novel, it is another excellent read. When setting out to put a novelization of an episode in print, the main things the readers are looking for are personalization of the characters thoughts during "on screen" moments and some added "between" the scenes, scenes. MJ Friedman accomplishes this with great ease.The only sad thing about this novel is that it was, at the time of its publishing, just another sign that an era of extraordinary and historic television had come to an end. The upside would be the movies, for the better part, but overall, this show is sorely missed by many. Credit to Ronald D. Moore and Brannon Braga for the original screenplay for "All Good Things..." which made up the outstanding conclusion to seven years of the some of the best television episodes ever to grace the home theater. The cover art for this, the hardback and the later published paperback is "right on" with the overall theme of the television shows grand finale! The premise: As Star Trek The Next Generation began with Q introducing himself in "Encounter at Farpoint," so does it end with him once again challenging humanities right to be among the stars in "All Good Things..." How does he go about this; in his usual style of harassing but teaching Captain Picard, all at the same time. Captain Picard wakes to find himself on board the Enterprise D at the time in which he belongs, yet before he awoke he was thoroughly convinced several years had passed and he'd been an old man. What follows from there is nothing short of one of the most brilliant episodes of Star Trek The Next Generation and an outstanding novelization in which Captain Picard is bounced around between three different time periods and the past, present and future of not only the Enterprise and her gallant crew are at stake but humanity itself is at stake. I highly recommend this novelization to any and all fans of Star Trek, whether you can find it in hardback or paperback. I believe this is one story that Gene Roddenberry would truly have been proud of! {ssintrepid}
Rating: Summary: STNG All Good Things... - An exceptional novelization! Review: "All Good Things" is only the second of three episode novelizations for Star Trek's most prolific author, Michael Jan Friedman. As is standard fare for a Michael Jan Friedman novel, it is another excellent read. When setting out to put a novelization of an episode in print, the main things the readers are looking for are personalization of the characters thoughts during "on screen" moments and some added "between" the scenes, scenes. MJ Friedman accomplishes this with great ease. The only sad thing about this novel is that it was, at the time of its publishing, just another sign that an era of extraordinary and historic television had come to an end. The upside would be the movies, for the better part, but overall, this show is sorely missed by many. Credit to Ronald D. Moore and Brannon Braga for the original screenplay for "All Good Things..." which made up the outstanding conclusion to seven years of the some of the best television episodes ever to grace the home theater. The cover art for this, the hardback and the later published paperback is "right on" with the overall theme of the television shows grand finale! The premise: As Star Trek The Next Generation began with Q introducing himself in "Encounter at Farpoint," so does it end with him once again challenging humanities right to be among the stars in "All Good Things..." How does he go about this; in his usual style of harassing but teaching Captain Picard, all at the same time. Captain Picard wakes to find himself on board the Enterprise D at the time in which he belongs, yet before he awoke he was thoroughly convinced several years had passed and he'd been an old man. What follows from there is nothing short of one of the most brilliant episodes of Star Trek The Next Generation and an outstanding novelization in which Captain Picard is bounced around between three different time periods and the past, present and future of not only the Enterprise and her gallant crew are at stake but humanity itself is at stake. I highly recommend this novelization to any and all fans of Star Trek, whether you can find it in hardback or paperback. I believe this is one story that Gene Roddenberry would truly have been proud of! {ssintrepid}
Rating: Summary: Follows the episode closely! Review: A great read, but unfortunately, there are none of those "extra" scenes thrown in, at least none that I can remember. But if the final episode was a little confusing, this book will help you get a better understanding for what was going on. I only wish they made a book for the episode "Masks", I still cant understand that one!
Rating: Summary: As usual...great stuff! Review: A must read even if you have seen the TV version! Check out the audio version as well!
Rating: Summary: Better than watching it on TV! Review: By far one of the best episodes of TNG comes to print. Definitely a must read for any hard-core Trekker. Sure to be a book of the month soon at Federation Books!
Rating: Summary: All Good Things... (Star Trek: The Next Generation) Review: Could not put this one down. This is an amazingly well-written book that trancends the genre.
Rating: Summary: THe Best Novel I Have Ever Read! Review: I am a big Star Trek fan and I have read a lot of Star Trek books and this is thee best I have ever read. The characters seem so real I could imagine that I was there.
Rating: Summary: Boring! Review: I do not like star trek next generation. I think the should bring back captain Kirk. Then maybe you'd have a good book.
Rating: Summary: A pretty good version of the show Review: I felt that it was a very good and interesting Star Trek novel. the story line was very close to the T.V. show Episode. I really enjoyed the plotline and seeing the tng cast in the future. I think you would enjoy it.
Rating: Summary: A Terrible Book! Review: I hated this book for the lack of detail and the lack of a good story on the part of the writer.
|