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Summary: One of the best ST novels
Review: This was one of the books, along with "Spock's World" (also by Diane Duane) and several others, that made me a Star Trek fan. It's fascinating and compelling reading.All Star Trek novels are at heart fanfic, which can be a very bad thing, but which can also produce quite excellent results. This is an example of good fanfic---a creation of a totally original character (Arrhae, the human posing as a Romulan) who avoids becoming a Mary Sue; the exploration of Romulan history and culture; the discussion of how Romulans are changing as a result of contact with the Federation and the Klingons. It's fun to read, too. :-) I personally liked the manner in which the Romulans created their culture: they formulated, discussed, and propagated it via their Internet while they were en route to a new home. It doesn't sound terribly unlikely to me.
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Summary: One of the best ST novels
Review: This was one of the books, along with "Spock's World" (also by Diane Duane) and several others, that made me a Star Trek fan. It's fascinating and compelling reading. All Star Trek novels are at heart fanfic, which can be a very bad thing, but which can also produce quite excellent results. This is an example of good fanfic---a creation of a totally original character (Arrhae, the human posing as a Romulan) who avoids becoming a Mary Sue; the exploration of Romulan history and culture; the discussion of how Romulans are changing as a result of contact with the Federation and the Klingons. It's fun to read, too. :-) I personally liked the manner in which the Romulans created their culture: they formulated, discussed, and propagated it via their Internet while they were en route to a new home. It doesn't sound terribly unlikely to me.
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Summary: Exploring a wonderful strange new world
Review: What was done for Vulcans in Spock's World, is now done for the Romulans. They are made real, given a culture and a history. Of all the Trek books deserving reprinting, this has to rank among the top. Duane takes us on a tour not of trite and worn plots or repetitive adventures, but of a new and alien culture. Truly here, as in most of her other novels, Duane creates and takes us on a tour of an interesting, richly believeable world guided by three-dimensional characters.
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Summary: Good Story for Science Fiction
Review: When I was a kid, I used to love Science Fiction in general and Star Trek in particular. I read a lot of the Star Trek books for the Origional Series and Next Generation. This is by far the best. What I liked best were the chapters on Vulcan/Romulan history. Almost every other chapter was dedicated to past events, like the Romulans leaving Vulcan, and roaming through space before settling on Romulus & Rhemus. I also like the Romulan language and Glossary of terms. Romulan sounds a lot like Scots Gaelic or Welsh. Although I tend to stray away from SciFi these days, I have read the book a few times over the years, and I still think it is some of the best fiction I've ever read. If you like Star Trek novels, buy anything by Duane - She really fleshes out the alien species in her books.
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