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Review Date: 6/3/2021
Do not let the book cover image fool you! This is NOT a mass market paperback, but a minibook (4 inches wide by 6 inches tall). It is 84 numbered pages and xii preface pages (i through iv pretty much standard ISBN stuff). There are eleven black and white photos and two pages (83 & 84) to record nine 'future' rules. Page 82 is blank. While the last rule is #285 and the list starts with #1, the list only contains about seventy 'rules' ... one per page. For an original purchase price of $6.00 this is an excellent example of Ferengi merchandise.
Review Date: 12/7/2011
The vast majority of the Star Trek/Star Wars books I have read based upon canon characters leave me seeing the characters as they are 'speaking'. All of the characters in this one seem to speak in the exact same style, with the same mannerisms ... stilted and lifeless ... even Data (who is supposed to be less animated) is usually more interesting. Whereas most novels I read in a day or two, I read one chapter of this one and have to put it down to do something else. The last time I stopped in the middle of Chapter nine ... so I have not truly completed the book, to see if it becomes better later on. I can but hope.
Review Date: 5/19/2018
This was the most disappointing David Weber involved novel I have had the displeasure of reading. Of course, I did not have access to the first two books in what turns out to be a four book series, so obviously missed a lot of background information. On the other hand, if I had access to book one, I would never have seen this one, I'm sure.
This just does not qualify as Science Fiction ... except for references to a star-spanning 'empire'. And it does not even have anything remotely approaching a conclusion. I was sucked in by the name David Weber on the cover, thinking in terms of the Honorverse. This comes no closer to that than the Safehold series. If you want a bit of an education into terms used in sailing ships, then this is the book series for you ... there are at least 120 pages of that!
This just does not qualify as Science Fiction ... except for references to a star-spanning 'empire'. And it does not even have anything remotely approaching a conclusion. I was sucked in by the name David Weber on the cover, thinking in terms of the Honorverse. This comes no closer to that than the Safehold series. If you want a bit of an education into terms used in sailing ships, then this is the book series for you ... there are at least 120 pages of that!
The Rise and Fall of Khan Noonien Singh (Star Trek: The Eugenics Wars, Bk 1)
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Review Date: 1/28/2011
Greg Cox really "did his homework" on this one! Weaving together factual occurrences in late twentieth century world history with the fictional behind-the-scenes activities of Gary Seven and Roberta Lincoln to present a very believable Star Trek story.
I have not read "Q-in-law" (yet), so cannot compare that novel to this one, as another reviewer did, so my opinion is that this is the BEST Star Trek/Star Wars novel I have read ... and I have read well over a hundred in each fictional world!
Greg Cox has become my favorite science fiction author with this book (and Volume 2 along with "Exile", which I am currently reading), supplanting Anne McCaffrey and the Pern world (and others!) in terms of pure enjoyment and "unable to put it down" readability. I am looking forward to acquiring the books of the Q Continuum next. ;^)
I have not read "Q-in-law" (yet), so cannot compare that novel to this one, as another reviewer did, so my opinion is that this is the BEST Star Trek/Star Wars novel I have read ... and I have read well over a hundred in each fictional world!
Greg Cox has become my favorite science fiction author with this book (and Volume 2 along with "Exile", which I am currently reading), supplanting Anne McCaffrey and the Pern world (and others!) in terms of pure enjoyment and "unable to put it down" readability. I am looking forward to acquiring the books of the Q Continuum next. ;^)
Review Date: 3/1/2013
This is primarily a "blood and gore" novel, with very little 'science', and little to enhance the characterizations of any of the Deep Space Nine regulars.
I read Star Trek and Star Wars books in a day ... two at most. This one took me three weeks(!) to plod through, in the vain hope that I would find something to justify my time ... but found nothing at all.
If the reader enjoys Gothic plots regardless of the impossibilities presented, the reader will strongly disagree with my valuation. If the reader is more in line with Gene Roddenberry's Star Trek, s/he should give this one a 'pass'.
I read Star Trek and Star Wars books in a day ... two at most. This one took me three weeks(!) to plod through, in the vain hope that I would find something to justify my time ... but found nothing at all.
If the reader enjoys Gothic plots regardless of the impossibilities presented, the reader will strongly disagree with my valuation. If the reader is more in line with Gene Roddenberry's Star Trek, s/he should give this one a 'pass'.
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