Star Trek: The Next Generation: Q&A
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Publisher Description
After facing the Borg menace, the crew of the U.S.S. Enterprise is looking forward to a little exploration when the enigmatic Q informs them that the universe is at stake if they don’t unravel the mystery of a strange planet in this Star Trek: The Next Generation novel.
Nearly two decades ago, Jean-Luc Picard took command of the U.S.S. Enterprise NCC-1701-D, knowing it was an honor without equal.
On her first mission, the Enterprise was sent to Farpoint Station for a simple, straightforward investigation. Perfect for a crew that had never served together. Then there was Q; an omnipotent lifeform that seemed bent on placing obstacle after obstacle in the ship’s—and in particular in Picard’s—way. And it hadn’t ended with that first mission. When he was least expected, Q would appear. Pushing, prodding, testing. At times needling captain and crew with seemingly silly, pointless, and maddening trifles. Then it would turn all too serious, and the survival of Picard's crew was in Q’s hands.
Why was it today that Picard was remembering the day he took command of the Enterprise-D? Now he commanded a new ship, the Enterprise-E, with a different crew. But Picard couldn’t shake the feeling that something all too familiar was going on. All too awful. All too Q.
Customer Reviews
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This book is almost exactly like the series finally All Good Things.
Half way through and nothing's happened yet.
This book reads like one of those 'best of Trek' episodes where you end up feeling cheated of an hour of your time, except because this is a novel, you're actually cheated out of a whole bunch more.
The entire first half (at least, since I haven't finished it, and do not plan to) consists of tedious and plodding conversations or interminable reminiscing about trek history, with a painful amount of pseudo-introspective, psychobabble which I suppose is meant to give you insight into the characters, but which has nothing to do with the arc of the story.
I'm exactly half way through and there is still no conflict, no clear motive for the supposed antagonist, who has at this point merely made an appearance and hasn't posed any threat whatsoever, except for mentioning a cryptic "They" once in a while. Besides this it's just a lot of completely unrelated groups of characters flying pretty much aimlessly around in space and encountering big energy balls that seem to be little more than curiosities.
YAAAAAAWWWWWWNNNNN.