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Summary: Tne best!!!
Review: I love this book!!! It is the probably the best Star Trek novel I've read so far. The beginning was a little slow, but once it picked up, I couldn't put the book down. The characters are great! I began to feel a certain bond with them. A few parts of the book even brought tears to my eyes. I will certainly buy the sequel!
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Summary: Star Trek at its Best
Review: I loved Dreadnought the moment I picked it up off the bookshelf nearly a decade ago. I have read it about thirty times and I, too, wished I was Piper. Unlike some other novels which attempt to minimize Star Fleet into a future U.S. military, Dreadnought keeps the truth of Trek right on track - Starfleet is NOT a military organization as we know it, not based on fighting, but on exploration, science, and of course, human beings at their best. Please read this novel. Carey really knows her stuff.
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Summary: childhood inspiration
Review: I read this book and Battlestations for the first time when I was in Junior High. They were my favorite two star trek books for a long time and still rank right up there. Before Voyager, Piper was the epitome of Star Trek Women. I wanted to be her. I think these two books are great and really let female readers get into the star trek universe in a way we can't reading about captain kirk chasing skirts.
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Summary: Piper's one of the best
Review: I really loved this novel. Lt. Piper is a wonderful character, and like many reviewers have said, I wanted to be her, too. The characterization is excellent, and her friends Merete, Scanner, and especially Sarda, are fascinating and fun. Piper gets thrown into a serious situation before she can even report to her station aboard the Enterprise, and she deals with it very well. She is not shown as a perfect heroine, but as a young woman who makes mistakes but does her best. The plot was well done, and the book was exciting, suspenseful and had lots of action with great character development, too!
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Summary: Piper's one of the best
Review: I really loved this novel. Lt. Piper is a wonderful character, and like many reviewers have said, I wanted to be her, too. The characterization is excellent, and her friends Merete, Scanner, and especially Sarda, are fascinating and fun. Piper gets thrown into a serious situation before she can even report to her station aboard the Enterprise, and she deals with it very well. She is not shown as a perfect heroine, but as a young woman who makes mistakes but does her best. The plot was well done, and the book was exciting, suspenseful and had lots of action with great character development, too!
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Summary: A fun story with a persistent young commanding officer
Review: I think I enjoyed the intense relationship between a human officer and her Vulcan counterpart who at first hates her, yet he comes to understand and essentially like her. The amount of humor the author puts into this story will keep you awake and alert the entire time, as well as the eccentric characters in the story like Piper's friends.
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Summary: An entertaining entry
Review: In my reviews of Classic Star Trek novels, it must be understood that I adhere to the original canon as invisioned by Gene Roddenberry, and not the "Star Trek" universe accepted by Rick Berman and company.I generally rate a classic novel thus: Adherence to Canon -- does this novel adhere to the vision of the original Star Trek? In this case, pretty much so. Believability (within the confines of 23rd century Star Trek viability) -- is this novel well-plotted and well written? Can I picture this novel or imagine myself in it? Yes. Definitely.
Coherence and Consistency -- does this novel internally consistent? Is it consistent with other Star Trek
novels by the same author? Is it consistent with what is known of the CLASSIC Star Trek universe? Yes, as well as with a sequel. Mitigating Factors -- pluses or minuses which dramatically affect the enjoyment of this book The book is fun. Not particularly brilliant, but fun. Certainly one to bring to the beach or to the pool for an afternoon diversion.
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Summary: Star Trek has never seen such action!
Review: In this side-story in the Star Trek universe, we see that the Federation has a new class of ship at it's disposal, the Dreadnought! A must have for anyone who loves ship-to-ship combat in the galaxy. Also, there are a few surprises that you wouldn't count on in this kind of battle...
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Summary: Not very good.
Review: On the plus side, this novel had an interesting main character, a young command trainee fresh out of Starfleet Academy, and we only see Kirk, Spock, and the rest of the crew through her eyes. This was an interesting and novel approach for a Star Trek novel. Unfortunately, the main plot was NOT a novel and interesting one; it was that old, beaten-to-death standby of a Starfleet admiral gone rogue. What is it with Starfleet; does it have a requirement that ANYBODY promoted to admiral MUST be a psychotic sociopath? Is it against policy to promote sane, rational people beyond the rank of captain? You'd think so, given how often this plot shows up in one form or another. Further, Ms. Carey continues her tendency to have the occasional rather questionable word choice; the example that comes to mind here is the use of the word "sniggering" when she clearly means "niggling". Not completely worthless, nor even close to being the worst Star Trek novel out there; still, it's even farther from the best.
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Summary: Great Book!
Review: Star Empire is the Federation's most powerful new weapon--a dreadought, first in a class of super-starships--capable of outgunning a dozen Klingon cruisers, or subduing a galaxy. On the eve of her maiden voyage, Star Empire is stolen by terrorists who demand a rendezvous with the Enterprise--and with Lietenant Piper, stationed aboard Kirk's ship on her first training cruise. Now Piper must discover why her friends from Starfleet are among the terrorists...and why they insist the ship was stolen not to attack the Federation--but to save it! This book is so interesting. Buy it NOW for a great adventure!
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