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Summary: Proverbial Pinocio gets his Wish
Review: This is a wonderful addition to any Trekkers library. When an away team is sent to a planet to investigate rumors of an all powerful God, it is up to Commander Data to follow a local girl as she journeys to the "Gods", to have them grant a wish to help her family. Upon arrival, Data finds 2 things. First, that the rumors were correct. Second, that he, like the girl, will get his fondest wish...to become Human. He learns the meaning of the saying-"Be careful what you wish for, you might just get it". A heart warming story, and extremely thought provoking, as well. Pick up your copy today
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Summary: An all-time favorite
Review: This is one of my all-time favorite Trek novels, one I keep picking up to read again. Data's innocence and intelligence are refreshing, and he's extremely well-written. This is one you'll want in your collection!
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Summary: I wish they'd make it an episode or movie
Review: This is one of the few books I really wish they would have adapted into an episode or a movie. If you know Trek like a soap opera and the characters personalities, Brent Spiner (Data) would have done a fantastic job with it. The book is one of the Trek novels and last longer so you have more enjoyment. It's a keeper
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Summary: Best Data Novel, Best Trek Novel
Review: This is without a doubt the best Trek book I have ever read. I sat on my bed for around 7 or 8 hours reading it. I couldn't put it down! This story gives us the information that we have always wanted to know: What would it be like for Data to become human. Data has to go through daring challenges and trials with the help of a friend, and in the end is rewarded with his fondest wish. From this story we get to know Data better as a person and not just a machine. We find out what adjustments and sacrifices he has to make in order to attain and keep his new gift. He ponders about Tasha and relives certain moments of their friendship with emotion. A Trek book has never before been so well written and given such depth to characters as this one. Read it, you won't regret it. Keep it displayed on a shelf in your home afterwards. When you walk by it, you will instantly remember all of the touching and daring scenes and a spark of emotion will flutter from your heart.
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Summary: Best Data Novel, Best Trek Novel
Review: This is without a doubt the best Trek book I have ever read. I sat on my bed for around 7 or 8 hours reading it. I couldn't put it down! This story gives us the information that we have always wanted to know: What would it be like for Data to become human. Data has to go through daring challenges and trials with the help of a friend, and in the end is rewarded with his fondest wish. From this story we get to know Data better as a person and not just a machine. We find out what adjustments and sacrifices he has to make in order to attain and keep his new gift. He ponders about Tasha and relives certain moments of their friendship with emotion. A Trek book has never before been so well written and given such depth to characters as this one. Read it, you won't regret it. Keep it displayed on a shelf in your home afterwards. When you walk by it, you will instantly remember all of the touching and daring scenes and a spark of emotion will flutter from your heart.
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Summary: Beautifully written, but over-ambitious.
Review: This novel is wonderfully written, so much so that it was able to hook me into its plotline, in spite of the fact that I've never been a fan either of Data or his quest for humanity. I've always considered that character concept too much of a "been there, done that" concept to really move me. (Gee, there's this artificial person who desperately wants to be human, and tragically never can, little realizing that his humanity is proven daily by his actions; where have I seen that before? "Pinocchio", maybe? "The Wizard of Oz"? Marvel comics "Avengers" comic, with the Vision? This concept has been beaten to death long before Data was created, and done well enough that there really wasn't much to add to the concept.) Still, the concept proved just too ambitious; given that the story is set early in the run of the series, there were obvious problems with making such a major change in a character who had clearly not experienced this change in later episodes; the book is set in the series' second season, immediately after the episode "The Measure Of A Man". This left the author fairly well hamstrung and unable to come up with a satisfactory ending to the story; there are only a very few ways to deal with such a situation, and the way she found is not really surprising, just terribly trite and quite a let-down after the superb job she did with the early part of the story.Definitely worth reading, but ultimately unsatisfying.
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Summary: The sequal to Survivors ST-TNG #4
Review: What is unique about this book is that it is the first "giant" book to be released, as well as being a sequal to a previous book. Of course, this was before the Hardcover books started coming out and before there were any miniseries. A good read, but make sure you read Survivors #4 first!
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Summary: A FANTASTIC NOVEL!
Review: When I first purchased a copy of "Metamorphosis", my original impression of its content was a far cry from its true escence, you could say I judged the book by its cover and its synopsis too quickly. When I finally turned the last page, I was literally stunned. Although this book was initially not meant for that reaction, the excellent writing, wonderful description, and remarkable storytelling upon a frequently wondered premise (what would it be like if Data was human) has highlighted this book as a truly fantastic and surprisingly thought-provoking (at least for me) novel. "Metamorphosis" is among one of the most well-written and wonderfully told Star Trek books ever. Even though I give this book such high praise, it is not perfect and I do have one comment. Although I enjoyed this part of the book very much, when Data and (for those of you who have never read it I will not mention her name) the girl go on their trek together, I felt that it was over done, that it should've been shortened, not as elongated as it was. Still, I suppose it was a vital part of the entire story. This book is highly worth the read, so pick up a copy of it today.
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