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Summary: Ok, but not good as abridged (Audio Version)
Review: I would have really enjoyed the story, but too many details had to be left out to fit it in 3 hours of audio (I hope that's why it was hard to follow).Enjoyed the characters.
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Summary: The way Troi should've been written
Review: Let's face facts: for much of the show, Troi was simply eye candy. Why was she on the bridge? Eye candy. Oh yes, and she'd utter some blatantly obvious point (Troi: "Captain, I sense hostility" Picard: "No @#(*&, Counselor; the enemy's charging weapons!") every now and then. What a shame. "Dark Mirror" suggests the Troi that could've been. . .and I don't mean the mirror Troi; I mean "our" Troi. This Troi has real responsibilities and abilities; she's not a glorified telephone psychic. Heck, she's the one who rescues Geordi! It's things like this that make me wish that Duane had written for the show itself.
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Summary: Diane Duane Writes Spectacular STTNG Novel!!!
Review: Dark Mirror Was Soooo Cooool! I love how Picard,Troi,and Geordi go to the nasty ENTERPRISE and discover some shocking things about their alter egos. Picard is a selfish,womanizing creep who mentaly and possibly physicaly abuses his "woman",Beverly Crusher,who bitterly tells our Picard that his alter ego he murderd her husband to posses her. Troi is a sadistic torturer who enjoys a little S&M with a horrible Riker. I like this novel because it deals with the darker side of Humankind and shows what happens when man doesn't overcome his barbaric tendancies.
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Summary: Thought that it was a good book to sit down and read for fun
Review: Dark Mirror was a great book, and I am glad that I took the time to read it I would suggest this book to 'trekies' and even non 'trekies' it is great.
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Summary: Mirror TNG
Review: Diane Duane's first foray into writing Next Generation was the script for a memorable early episode called "Where None Have Gone Before." This is her first TNG novel. As the title suggests, this is a sequel to the fan-favorite TOS episode "Mirror, Mirror." The writing of this novel predates Deep Space Nine's own canonical sequelization(s) of "Mirror, Mirror," the first of which was quite good -- but this is better. Duane's broader canvas lets her explore levels of opposition between our familiar characters and their counterparts... Mirror-Troi, for example, is the political officer of her Enterprise, is the most feared officer on the ship... Not someone you want "empathizing" with you... Worth the price of admission is one brilliant scene where Picard discovers the differences between the works of our Shakespeare, and his Mirror-Counterpart's... Great stuff!
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Summary: the worst book that i have ever read
Review: this book tries to continue the legacy set in the original star trek episode, "mirror, mirror", but insteads disgraces it with unrealistic characterization & a wild and stupid plot; it contradicts the time that it was set in with the 'the next generation' series timeline and I am glad that the producers and writers on ds9 decided to ignore this book in their vision of the mirror, mirror universe. bottom line: the worst book that I have ever read. of course, that's just my opinion, i could be wrong. -AzraeL
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Summary: the best of ST's alternate-universe stories
Review: Dark Mirror, read my John De Lancie, is an excellent story and listening experience. As a fan of audiobooks, I must say this is one of my all-time favorites, both for the excellent reading by De Lancie, and for the well-meshed sound-effects on the tape. The story, for Trek fans, is one of the best--far superior to any of the lame DS9 alternate-universe stories of late. That this story never made it into a movie is a true crime.
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Summary: Thank You Diane Duane
Review: Once again, Duane proves she is the only author who truly captures the essence of the Enterprise-D cast. No other author has ever created such a useful role for Troi, or written so interestingly about Picard's stream of consciousness. A damn fine Star Trek book in a domain dominated by tripe.
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Summary: This book will Live Long and Prosper
Review: I LOVE THIS BOOK!!! I absolutely love it -- this is definately one of my favourite books. The story is very visual and envolving (although the 'dolphin' was a bit much) My favourite thing about this book is the description of the alternate universe's uniforms. -- Great. I also loved Troi's character, and the subtle mentions about Locutus. (where he is careful with the retinal scan, because he doesn't know if the alternate Picard was also assimilated). I have often wondered how I could enlighten Paramount that this would be a GREAT MOVIE IDEA. Q could make this (switch) possible, and instead of Data being dead and Wesley being there, Wesley would be dead and Data would be evil (sort of like Lore). NIFTY!!!
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Summary: I'll take a chance on anything by Duane
Review: Judging from the praise and invective in this thread, people seem to love or hate Duane's version of the Trekworld. Count me among the former. She creates a universe I'd like to poke around in, and her writing (derided by some in here as 'wordy') verges on the lyrical in its economy ... yes, economy. She can suggest whole universes in a turn of phrase, a skill not to be dismissed lightly in this age of thousand-page potboilers containing less actual story than the nutrition information panel on a can of Coke. My only complaint ... her Enterprise characters, with the singular exception of the good people of ICC-1701D, are all just too darn noble. In a complement of 1,000, or even 430, you've gotta have some people who just plain don't get along. But Duane's non-human creatures (particularly the Hamalki, less so the dolphin) are a wonder of inventiveness, far more so than the humans-in-bad-makeup that of necessity populate the canonical Trekverse. To the person who refuses to touch "Spock's World" ... ahh, c'mon. Take a chance. But I understand.
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