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Summary: Gemworld...Worthwhile Reading!
Review: In my opinion John Vornholt captured each of the characters very well. It was nice to see Reg Barclay play a major role in this two part book series. As I was reading I could just imagine being there directly in the story playing a part in helping the crew of the Enterprise-E try to save the Gemworld planet. It was also intersting for me to visualize the Alpusta, the Frills and the other inhabitants of Gemworld besides the Elaysians. It was in my opinion a book that I could not put down, to me it moved at a nice pace. I would recommend this book to any Star Trek and any fan of Reg Barclay or Melora.
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Summary: A Cool Book For A Cool Planet
Review: John Vornholt has done it again. He wrote another great book! Picard and the crew of the Enterprise go to this world made of crystals. When they get there they find that Gemworld (the name of the planet) is dieing. Through out this book Picard and his crew are trying to find out what is wrong with the planet.This book is a must read for all Star Trek Fans. On of the Best. Five stars to Gemworld and John Vornholt. READ IT!!!
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Summary: A Cool Book For A Cool Planet
Review: John Vornholt has done it again. He wrote another great book! Picard and the crew of the Enterprise go to this world made of crystals. When they get there they find that Gemworld (the name of the planet) is dieing. Through out this book Picard and his crew are trying to find out what is wrong with the planet. This book is a must read for all Star Trek Fans. On of the Best. Five stars to Gemworld and John Vornholt. READ IT!!!
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Summary: STNG #58 Gemworld Book 1 - An interesting tale!
Review: One thing is for certain every time you pick up a Star Trek novel written by John Vornholt, he generally comes up with extremely well detailed descriptions for aliens and their worlds as he has done once again here with Gemworld. Capitalizing on the Star Trek Deep Space Nine second season episode of "Melora," John Vornholt has come up with a believable back story for her and her home world. There are two theories about Gemworld, one is that it is artificial and the more believable of the two is that it is an ancient world that has gone through many phases and for a millennia its inhabitants have done everything they can to keep it intact. Here is where John Vornholt's talents shine, besides the odd nature of the planet there are also six indigenous, sentient species on Gemworld, to include the Elaysians in which Melora is a member of. What makes this one even more interesting and unusual is that Lieutenant Reginald Barclay is pretty much in the spotlight. It is sometimes refreshing where the main characters aren't always the lead in a novel. The premise: Lieutenant Melora Pazlar is on board the Enterprise temporarily as a mission specialist and the Enterprise is on its way to Primus IV which is a low gravity planet. As the Enterprise speeds its way towards Primus IV, Melora has a very real dream which she believes to have been induced by the Lipuls which are one of the six sentient species on her home world of Gemworld. After a chance meeting between her and Lieutenant Reginald Barclay and a "Lipul" dream being forced on Counselor Troi, Captain Picard is forced to change course for Gemworld to determine what the crisis may be and hopefully help. What follows is but the first of a two book series where this, the first one is another of John Vornholt's excellent Star Trek tales. I highly recommend this and book two of this mini trek series as I'm greatly looking forward to reading the second one myself! {ssintrepid}
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Summary: Reg Barclay & Deanna Troi to the rescue
Review: Reg Barclay has long been one of ST:TNG's favorite characters. In Gemworld he comes into his own. He falls in love and becomes the hero as he tries to save Gemworld from total disaster. Data is, as usual, most helpful, but Reg, Melora, and Deanna Troi seem to do the most. Deanna or Reg should have been on the cover! This takes place after ST:Insurrection, so Deanna & Riker are Imzadi again. The second book concludes the adventure.
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Summary: ST-TNG: Gemworld Book #1
Review: Star Trek-The Next Generation: Gemworld Book #1 written by John Vornholt is an action-adventure mystery with the main character being none other than Reginald Barclay helping a world experinecing a natural disaster. Mostly, Lieutenants Reginald Barclay and Elaysian, Melora Pazlar help solve the problem of world destruction. Gemworld is a sparkling world to behold and is one of the wonders within the Federation: an artifical world comprized entirely of crystaline formations. While to atmosphere is held in place by a sophisticate network of force fields because of the low or no gravity within the three-dimestional snowflake, with mammoth spires of crystal, gemstone arcs and dazzling prisms, called Gemworld. What I liked about this book is the portrayl of the Barclay/Pazlar characters. A real fleshing out is found when reading about the problems facing Gemworld. Six entirely different sentient races inhabit Gemworld making for a dazzling display as the writer explains each with the Alpusta and Frills being some of the most beautifully portrayed within the book. Barclay is the brilliant/socially inept character that we know and love and is spot on in this story. While the description of Gemworld is vivid and very colorful. This story takes place after Star Trek: Insurrection and that makes Riker/Troi still Imzadi. The descriptions made within this book puts the reader right in the the middle of the story as endless fractal staircases float by as the characters move about in low or no gravity by floating. Lieutenant Melora Pazlar who was introduced in the series DS-9 is telepathic and while on the Starship Enterprise alerts the crew of the impending danger that exists on her home planet Gemworld. Captain Jean-Luc Picard plans a rescue mission and when the Enterprise and her crew arrive at Gemworld they find the planet in chaos and the Starship is also in danger. The action-adventure with mystery and intrigue is nicely paced and has its suspenseful moments and you'll have to read both books the get the whole story as Book #1 sets-up Book #2. All in all, you'll love the very descriptive writing which makes reading them both that much easier.
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Summary: Another Vornholt classic!
Review: Star Trek: Gemworld Book 1 is one of the best Star Trek novels I have ever had the pleasure of reading. The descriptions of Gemworld are so precise, I felt as if I could see it myself. I loved how the characters of Melora Pazlar and Reg Barclay got developed, and how parts of the Enterprise-E never seen before were described. Well done!
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Summary: GREAT DESCRIPTIVE WRITING OF GEMWORLD!
Review: The story was great with the crew of ST:TNG coming to the rescue of a planet that is a member of the Federation. But what even caught my attention more than that was the description of the planet and it's inhabitants. These fairytale like inhabitants and the planet itself really allows you to stretch your imagination into a realm that you would never want to leave.
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Summary: Exellent premise, enjoyable story, bad writing
Review: The two Gemworld novels must be the most visual Star Trek novels I've ever read. Think of a planet that is so old it has to be artificially maintainned by growing magnificent chrystal formations to keep the hollow planet from deteriorating to extinction. Due to the low mass of the "planet", there is virtually no gravity, and the six very different species that inhabit it are constasntly "flying" through the chrystal formations. Sounds like a fairy-tale? Well, it is. But the childishness is an acceptable side-effect considering the ideal setting that produces it. Unfortunately the story doesn't guite live up to the setting. We get the usual sabotage/murder mystery we have seen so many times we cannot remember. Unfortunately, the story is just as childish as the setting, and has nothing to back it off. Fortunately the story is structured well, and the exellent use of Lt. Reginald Barclay and Commander Deanna Troi, who isn't usually portrayed in the way she deserves, not to mention the DS9 guest character Melora Pazlar, who, by the way, was originally created as the regular doctor of the series, and the exellent characterization of all of the three good characters makes this book, that takes place in the year 2376, one of the most entertaining ones in a long time. It's nice to see some more rarely used characters from time to time, instead the old and recycled TNG characters, that ,at this point, have absolutely nothing new to deliver. But the writing. The first few chapters of the book cause pain for the reader, because the writing of John Vornholt, who has proven himself to be quite a good writer, is absolutely unprofessional. But in the end, I recommend this unique, and entertaining book, that offers the best mental wievs possible.
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Summary: Gemworld Book 1
Review: This book is Star Trek at its very best. It takes you beyond the two dimensions of television and movies by letting your imagination take you into the characters minds and their surroundings. You travel with them on this mission and are drawn in instantly to the mystery and non stop twists and turns. Once I completed this first part I immediately had to find book two to see the outcome.
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