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Summary: Dark Mirror Review
Review: Really good book. Stays to the plot and is exciting. Features main characters and esspecially Picard, Troi and LaForge.An exciting book with technical details that are easily understood by the regular reader. :D
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Summary: This Is One Cool Book!
Review: This book is so cool. The story is great. I love the part where Picard is facing the Dark Mirror of him self. I like how it keeps going from the real Enterprise and the fake Enterprise. If you want to read a good book, here it is. I recommend this book to all people. READ IT!!!
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Summary: We all love a good alternate universe
Review: This is a very good tie-in novel. It takes the basic alternate-universe premise and creates a strong story. Evil fails and good succeeds, but we get the delicious thrill of watching our favorites behave very badly indeed, often with the sexual threat that for some reason is always part of Star Trek alternate universes (e.g., evil Kira). Other reviewers have suggested this book violates "canon" as established in Shatner's books. I have no respect for Shatner, but it also violates "canon" established in the Deep Space 9 TV show; after more than 30 years and hundreds of writers, to expect total continuity would be unrealistic (whatever that means -- we're talking about Star Trek here). If you like, call it another alternate universe in itself, like Diane Duane's Rihannsu novels.
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Summary: Not half bad...
Review: I LOVE it when authors tie-in an episode from the original series with the Next Gen...I can't get enough of them, and I thought that I was in store for a rollicking good time with Dark Mirror but it just seemed to be 'missing' that extra something that would have made it really something special. What exactly 'IT' is, I'm not entirely certain, I just know that this story was missing 'it'. With that said, Diane Duane has given us a creative story that meld's the original episode of 'Mirror Mirror' with OUR Universe in the Next Gen timeline and it DOES work really well--when William Shatner writes about it in HIS incredibly fun series of books that begins with 'Star Trek: Spectre'. Now THAT is how I wanted this type of scenario to play out...but I have to admit that Duane DOES do a pretty decent job, but comparing it to the series that Shatner is in the process of writing now is very unfair, one is just plain superior to the other (guess which side I'M on...?). If you need a quick fix of Trek, and you have read just about everything else, go ahead and give this a try, it ain't half bad, but like I said, it just lacks 'it'. Understand?
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Summary: A must read
Review: Like other reviewers, this book did start out slow and was at times hard to read. But after the introductions of Hwii, a Delphine, who is an intellectual in hyperstring theory, we get down to the plot. The Enterprise Crew somehow finds itself in an alternate universe...and lo and behold another Enterprise crew awaits. However...this ship ICC-1701D and its crew are opposites. Picard, LaForge and Troi investigate after reading the details from Kirk's experience log. What they read and find are their mirror images, but with contrasting personas. Picard is selfish and ruthless, as is Riker and especially Deanna. There is no Data on the other Enterprise...and Worf and the Klingons, are actually slaves. To get back Laforge, Picard and Troi beam over without detection and assume the other's roles. Their goal is to download the information contained in the ship so they can get back to their universe. Gripping moments for the normal crew. This is a must read for a Trek fan. Per previous review, not sure why Shatner left the TNG crew from mirrored universe. Have not read Spectre yet. Guess this is what you get when you have various authors writing Star Trek novels. This book would have been a good TV episode for the TNG crew. The ending leaves room for sequels.
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Summary: Good but it doesn't fit...
Review: This was a great book but I just finished reading Spectre by William Shatner. These two books do not agree at all as Picard and the rest of the TNG crew have never (according to Shatner's story line) encountered the mirror universe. While this is annoying, I would tend to view Shatner's writings as "cannon" or "more real" than this book. But nonetheless a very well written, and entertaining novel. Its a shame that the entire Star Trek universe must be at odds with itself.
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Summary: good
Review: Like the reviewers I also thought this book was slow moving, but it was very enjoyable. The dolphin ambassador was funny and the alternate Enterprise crew members were intriguing. However, I wish Diane Duane would have gone into the minds of the evil doubles, not just the good people and given Data a larger part.
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Summary: Fair reflection
Review: Dark Mirror concludes the story of the mirror universe, introduced in the Original Series episode "Mirror, Mirror", and later concluded by five episodes in Deep Space Nine. Since this book was published before the first mirror universe episode on Deep Space Nine ("Crossover"), it doesn't fully co-incided with the episodes on DS9. With that said, the story itself is good, but very slow moving, especially in the beginning.
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Summary: Slow, But overall entertaining
Review: This was a nice book, but it could have been better. It does not match at all with the events in DS9, or the William Shatner novels. It was of course, released before those stories existed, but that dosen't make up for some other not-so-good chapters. The "dolphin" ambassador Hwii is just a page-filler! And the actions of the "real" crew just slow down the pace of the novel. There were some parts I did enjoy however. For example, when Picard is listening to his conter-part's actions as captain of the Enterprise, they mirror all of the episodes, but in a negative light. If you're not one for patience, skip to about chapter 6. The preceding chapters are just "Oh, what's happened?", and "What do you think we should do Data?". 6 is definetley where the action starts.
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Summary: There's no good reason not to read this book!
Review: This book has excellent characterization, perfectly capturing the very essense of the TV TNG characters (except Troi). Tampering with space-string harmonics, the Enterprise is pulled over be the alter-ego Enterprise. They must get home, before the Federation is doomed forever... Filled with danger, suspense, and an awsome plot, it is just what you need to kick back with a good book!
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