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Summary: A short comment
Review: To be up front I was not a big DS9 fan. The DS9 books I have read to date have not impressed me. But the first book in the Millineum series is very worthwhile. It reads as much as a murder mystery as Scifi. The book is well written and well-paced. I am looking forward to the next two books in the series.
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Summary: THE FALL OF TEROK NOR ... the rise of a great Trek saga
Review: Told with, perhaps, not as much depth as some of the other tales by Judith & Garfield Reeves-Stevens, THE FALL OF TEROK NOR starts out very, very slowly but does deliver with an unbelievably-exciting climax to set up the second book (already on the shelves in the states).Arguably, this writing team go to great lengths to preserve the characters that make up the Trek universe, and THE FALL OF TEROK NOR is no example otherwise. All of your favorites from DS9 -- including an even impromptu but somewhat shoddily written cameo by Vic Fontaine -- appear in your mind's eye as they would on the small screen. The story? There isn't much that could be disclosed without ruining it for those who want to take a good Trek: suffice it to say that THE FALL OF TEROK NOR deals with the end of all life as we know it! Excellent reading.
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Summary: Excellent
Review: Well, a great story, with some minor faults. The whole things about 'red' orbs and the second celestial temple is cool, but when I read through the other books I find that yet again, an alternate timeline story involving the destruction of the Federation and most of the known galaxy, just like Spectre. Personally, I am sick of this type of things, and I am sick of these multi-book stories, which is all that I have been seeing lately. Does anybody else feel like this? But, the story is really good, accurate, detailed, thrilling. If you enjoy DS9, buy this book.
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Summary: Terrific Trilogy
Review: When I first began the Millenium trilogy, a scant two weeks ago I was a little disappointed. The first book has so much going on from so many vantage points that I didn't know how it related to either the overall premise or the forthcoming continuing novels. Boy was I surprised by Book II which at some points reminded me of Stephen King's The Stand where the DS9 crew is reduced to watching helplessly as their universe past/present/future crumbles at the hands of Kai Weyoun. Book III---Inferno goes even further because it tackles what is at the heart of understanding The Prophets, the Celestial Temple, Capt. Sisko's existence, the whole DS9 mythos which boils down to non-linear time. The concept of time having to be first explained to the Prophets and then their comprehending it enough so that they can teach/reveal/manipulate Sisko that what is always has been, what shall be is and that there is no what and that there always has been a thought that is staggering for a tv series/serial novel to accomplish. But the authors pull it off with an aplomb and yet a technical knowledge of physics and technobabble that makes it all comprehensible. It's good to see that the DS9 crew all experience different ideas of faith, belief in whether or not the Prophets are true "Gods" or merely interferring/insane aliens because it fosters a belief that all beliefs should be respected. One man's religion being anothers science. Even at the most desperate of times, Sisko and crew fight against the Pah-Wraiths destructive intent but never they're right to believe, a critical distinction. And the crew, particularly Sisko and to a heavy science bent Jadzia Dax and the surprising twist character of Commander Arla continuously question the Prophets, their pre-destined path for him and the world of Bajor that allows this final installment to securely lock with the two before into a terrific, wryly funny, dark, poignant story about faith and how the universe is bigger than any one crew. The DS9 crew (including Quark (who is both heroic and understandibly terrified, Nog (a boy/future Captain who risks literally everything to becming one of teh progenitors of all Bajoran faith with admiral Jean Luc Picard and the thief/vamp Vash, the hilariously dark Garak and Rom (who Garak secretly suspects is a master Ferengi scientist hiding as a dimwit)hurled through time, non-time, space, life and death have an intrinsic bond of group humanity/integrity/humor that makes them rival the original Star Trek Enterprise crew. A nice point about these novels is that it occurs a year in DS9 time before the final show so lots of plot points and foreshadowings are filled in to make the time spent with this crew even more rich to the serious fan. I am a serious Sisko fan, Avery Brooks fan, from way before DS9 but he embodies a captain, a father, a man, and to some degree though it isn't overtly stated, a Black man (the thought of Sisko being a discriminated against sci-fi writer of the early 20th century who is merely imagining/scrawling the DS9 adventures on a wall that Sisko's son, Jake will one day write as a book himself four hundred years in the future about a man in the 1950's who is a discriminated against Black sci-fi writer who writes about DS9 is chilling, non-linear and equisitely managed and bent and twisted and toyed with so that you actually leave with several fully co-existing, non-conflicting, non-linear beliefs about exactly what's going on. Forget STTNG, DS9 would be the hit Star Trek film Paramount is looking for! Makes you wonder what's going on with Voyager (Seven, Janeway and the Doctor pop up here too).
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Summary: I'm stunned!
Review: Wow -- what can I say about this book! By far, one of the best Trek books I've read. I've always been a die-hard TNG fan, and it's only recently that I've started to realize (through the glory of reruns) that DS9 is not only entertaining but really the most intellectual of the Trek series. At times when I was reading this book, I forgot that I wasn't actually watching it happen on the TV -- the authors know their Trek lore inside-out. Best of all, this trilogy is meaty, each novel being about 400 pages. I've been finding it hard to shell out six bucks for something that take a couple hours to read (most puny Trek novels), but these babies are keeping me entertained for awhile! The characterization is, for the most part, excellent. Vash is portrayed as a little more villanous than I remember her. My opinion of Sisko just keeps going up and up the more I learn about him -- he's like Picard but with a sense of humor! It's great to see Jadzia again (and her banter with Worf is amusing), and it's nice to hear more about Jake -- he seemed kind of absent from the last season. In short, this is a must-read for any fan of DS9 or Star Trek in general.
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Summary: The first step in DS9's greatest story
Review: „Star Trek: Deep Space Nine" has been and still is my favorite Trek series of them all. It had the most exciting setting, the most interesting characters, the best acting and, perhaps most important, a continuing storyline that was nothing short of absolutely fascinating. So when it all came to an end last year, for the first time in my life the conclusion of a TV series really got to me. Don't get me wrong, Voyager is a great series, but it's not quite... DS9. Then word came out that the upcoming novels from Pocket Books were going to expand/continue the story where „What You Leave Behind" left instead of presenting us more „ordinary" stories set sometime in any of DS9's seven seasons. My first thought was: „Well, get the right people to do this and it will turn out perfect. That way there will still be new DS9 stories." And here it is: „Millennium", the first multi-volume DS9 novel after the demise of the series. It begins with Sisko, who is dwelling in the Celestial Temple after his plunge into the Fire Caves. It appears the Prophets took him to them in order to learn from him more about the universe, space-time in particular. To that end, Sisko starts to tell them a story which takes place only a few days after the events depicted in „The Sound of Her Voice". It begins as a basic whodunit story, with Quark as the prime suspect in a murder mystery that seems to go back to the day the Cardassians withdrew from DS9. And little by little the authors add something to that mystery, like smugglers, Tears of the Prophets, Bajoran fairy tales, the Prophets and the Pah'wraiths... until it is absolutely clear that what began as a simple investigation is building up to the biggest story in DS9's history. I will not spoil you any further, you will have to read this awesome book for yourself. The portrayal of every character is spot-on, we meet not only DS9's senior staff, but a lot of the other great recurring characters - like Garak, Winn and Vic - as well. It is full of suspense, action and humor, and the cliffhanger which links it to the next volume (which is set 25 years into DS9's future; well, actually an alternate version of the future) is staggering. I am anxious to read the next two instalments. This novel truly is a must-have for every DS9 lover.
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