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Summary: Too bad Amazon doesn't have a "zero stars" rating option
Review: A couple summers back, I bought a handful of Star Trek novels to pass the time. This was by far the worst of the bunch.If you like really bad slasher movies, then this is the book for you. Author Peter David is much more interested in writing about body parts than in any attempt at recreating the characters from the tv show. The best thing about this book is that I can donate it to the library and they can maybe make a buck or two by re-selling it.
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Summary: cool Shapeshifting!
Review: Although this story was written before they knew about the Founders it's still fun.
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Summary: A smash hit! (Pun intended)
Review: Contrary to what many previous reviewers have said, I do NOT like tons of gore. I pretty much ignored those parts. It's the way Peter David writes a story that just drew me in immediately. I absolutely loved it. Keep on 'till the end, which is hilarious
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Summary: New locale, old storyline.
Review: DS9 becomes the hunting ground of an elusive killer. (subsitute Enterprise etc. for DS9). We have seen this classic type of murder mystery before in Star Trek. If you are a murder mystery fan than get this book. This novel did help usher in DS9's DARKER feel and atmosphere.
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Summary: Surprisingly good!
Review: I didn't expect this to be good, considering how early in the season it was written, but I was happy to read the kind of well-written novel that only Peter David can write. You have to hand it to him, this one is another in his long series of great ST books. Even reading this after Deep Space Nine is finished, it rings true to much of the characters at that time. So read this book!
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Summary: Surprisingly good!
Review: I didn't expect this to be good, considering how early in the season it was written, but I was happy to read the kind of well-written novel that only Peter David can write. You have to hand it to him, this one is another in his long series of great ST books. Even reading this after Deep Space Nine is finished, it rings true to much of the characters at that time. So read this book!
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Summary: A good start to the series
Review: I thought that the book was very well done. The only thing that I didn't like is how they all acted so gloomy. They did act this way at the beginning of the series but they do not anymore. I also think that it is stupid how Pocket books is doing those mini-series now instead of sticking to books like these and keeping them within a big series. As of now there are no DS9 books in the series being published at least until April '99.
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Summary: DS9 #2 The Siege - An exceptional Peter David novel!
Review: It is quite fitting that Peter David, one of Star Trek's most popular and prolific authors was given the opportunity to write the very first original Star Trek Deep Space Nine novel. It's just too bad that he's only visited Deep Space Nine one time since this great novel. One of the most difficult problems that an author faces when writing a novel for such a young series is the fact that they just don't have much background to work with. This is something that certainly hindered early STNG authors. Peter David addresses this in the Preface of "The Siege," stating that at the time he'd written this, he'd only seen the first five episodes so if the characterizations are off, that's why. I believe that is one of the myriad of reasons that he has been on of the best Star Trek authors; you certainly didn't see any statements like this in the early STNG novels. Although Peter David did not have a lot of Deep Space Nine background to work with, thematically the entire tone of this novel is "dead on" perfect with the first and second seasons. As usual, his wit is in high gear with this novel, despite the "heavy" tone of the novel. The cover art for "The Siege" is quite truly standard fare for the time in which this novel was released and not really too impressive. The premise: Commander Sisko is forced to cut back entry to the wormhole due to increased graviton emissions and not long thereafter the overall atmosphere of the station becomes very tense. Suddenly an Edeman religious leader is but the first to be found murdered and Commander Sisko and Constable Odo must find the killer. The killer is seemingly striking without motive and the situation soon becomes even more harrowing as the Cardassians and Edemans arrive demanding that the killer be found and given to them or else they'll destroy the station. Adding a certain level of mystique in this story, Odo finds that he must destroy this killer but the killer is also the only link to his mysterious past. What follows from there is nothing less than a brilliant early Star Trek Deep Space Nine novel that will keep you guessing from cover to cover! I highly recommend this novel for your Star Trek collection as you will find it to be among the best of any of the series. {ssintrepid}
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Summary: DS9 #2 The Siege - An exceptional Peter David novel!
Review: It is quite fitting that Peter David, one of Star Trek's most popular and prolific authors was given the opportunity to write the very first original Star Trek Deep Space Nine novel. It's just too bad that he's only visited Deep Space Nine one time since this great novel. One of the most difficult problems that an author faces when writing a novel for such a young series is the fact that they just don't have much background to work with. This is something that certainly hindered early STNG authors. Peter David addresses this in the Preface of "The Siege," stating that at the time he'd written this, he'd only seen the first five episodes so if the characterizations are off, that's why. I believe that is one of the myriad of reasons that he has been on of the best Star Trek authors; you certainly didn't see any statements like this in the early STNG novels. Although Peter David did not have a lot of Deep Space Nine background to work with, thematically the entire tone of this novel is "dead on" perfect with the first and second seasons. As usual, his wit is in high gear with this novel, despite the "heavy" tone of the novel. The cover art for "The Siege" is quite truly standard fare for the time in which this novel was released and not really too impressive. The premise: Commander Sisko is forced to cut back entry to the wormhole due to increased graviton emissions and not long thereafter the overall atmosphere of the station becomes very tense. Suddenly an Edeman religious leader is but the first to be found murdered and Commander Sisko and Constable Odo must find the killer. The killer is seemingly striking without motive and the situation soon becomes even more harrowing as the Cardassians and Edemans arrive demanding that the killer be found and given to them or else they'll destroy the station. Adding a certain level of mystique in this story, Odo finds that he must destroy this killer but the killer is also the only link to his mysterious past. What follows from there is nothing less than a brilliant early Star Trek Deep Space Nine novel that will keep you guessing from cover to cover! I highly recommend this novel for your Star Trek collection as you will find it to be among the best of any of the series. {ssintrepid}
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Summary: Good, but not great.
Review: Peter David explains in his introduction that in writing this book, he was working under a handicap: the characters hadn't been very well-defined by the time he was assigned the task. Given that, he did an admirable job of anticipating the characterizations that would eventually become canonical. Still, the feel was a little bit off. Also, while David does manage to maintain his usual ability to write with humor even while writing a very serious plot, the plot is a little too dark for my taste, and the violence a little too graphic. This is definitely not one of David's better efforts, in fact it's the weakest book by him that I've yet encountered. But even his worst is fair to middling.
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