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Summary: STNG #25 Grounded - An interesting premise gone awry!
Review: With "Grounded" the author, David Bischoff came up with an exceptional premise but when it came to the execution of this premise the author's efforts seemingly fall flat. When choosing a Star Trek novel from any of the particular series to read one generally believes that the author "knows" that series and the canon involved in it and if not, the editor will keep them on track. This seemingly did not happen with "Grounded" which, did not entirely detract from the story itself but distracts the average fan of the episode. I do not normally like picking apart a Star Trek novel for the minor inconsistencies with known canon that an author and editor have either forgotten or chosen to ignore; therefore I will only mention these aspects but not go into detail on each and every one of them in this review.The cover art for grounded is actually one of the best covers to date, with the standard pictures of the primary characters for the story and some very good background art. The premise: The Enterprise answers a distress call from a remote science station. The Enterprise herself soon becomes infected with a mysterious alien life form which starts feeding on her and transforming inorganic materials. The great starship begins to disintegrate and Captain Picard is ordered to abandon her in the hopes of not infecting other ships. Captain Picard and crew now find themselves in a race against time as they must find a way of saving the Enterprise before she is lost and the crew is scattered about the fleet to fill other positions. While I wouldn't highly recommend this novel as one of the best stories in Star Trek fiction it is certainly not the worst of them and I would recommend it to complete ones library of Star Trek novels and as a mildly interesting early STNG novel. {ssintrepid}
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