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Title: A Time to Sow (Star Trek The Next Generation) by Dayton Ward, Kevin Dilmore ISBN: 0-7434-8299-9 Publisher: Star Trek Pub. Date: 01 April, 2004 Format: Mass Market Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $6.99 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.75 (4 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: FUN TO THE THIRD POWER
Comment: In actuality I give this one 4 1/2 stars. In the third installment of the A TIME TO... series, A TIME TO SOW, Ward and Dilmore have created an even better book that the first two in the series. Regulated to unglamorous duty, Captain Picard and the Enterprise must answer a centuries old distress call. What they find there is both unexpected and potentially dangerous.
This book is excellent in that it deals with the internal struggles of the main characters. Entire chapters are devoted to the thoughts of the main crew. Couple this insight with the exciting plot, and this novel is a winner. It has elements of mystery and intrigue that move wonderfully. Not to be missed.
Rating: 4
Summary: The long windedness does not quite obscure a good story
Comment: This turns into an intriguing mystery story, but takes forever to get going. There seems to be some disease spreading among Trek authors, compelling them to fill the first third of a book with boring and/or long winded material. Prior to arriving in the Dokaalan system, the authors spend time with each major character, going into great detail on their current feelings and situation. The Data-La Forge scene was good and relevant to the story, but only it and one of the others should have actually been in the book. Including them all was just too much. Also, after the dramatic rescue that is the first non-introspective scene, Troi and Picard immediately have to talk it over. The authors also have a bad tendency to put several paragraphs of reflection between single lines of dialogue. During action scenes, they sometimes call a time out and put in two or three pages of historical exposition. It's rather boring since it goes over Trek history that should be common knowledge, it isn't exactly relevant to the story, and it breaks up the flow of the story and reduces the tension level.
Despite all this, this is a good story with a lot of faults rather than the reverse. The characterisations are very good. The long winded scenes are not inaccurate, just long. Not only are the major characters well done, but the relatively minor ones of Kell Perim and Christina Vale are given serious development. Even one-line characters contribute noticeably to the humour or tension of a scene. The action scenes, the exploratory and diplomatic scenes are well described and clear. Most of all, the build up is very well planned. By the end we actually know more or less what the Enterprise's enemies are doing and how, but why and by what group is a mystery. Unlike the first book of this series, I am not only looking forward to the mysteries being revealed, I am actually looking forward to the way it will be written.
Rating: 5
Summary: Another Hit
Comment: Dayton Ward and Kevin Dilmore continue with there winning writing with a Time to Sow. This story picks up where John Vornholts "A Time to" books leave off. The opening set during the time of Archers Enterprise and we see some nicely written scenes involving characters from that era and it sets up the rest of the book. Jump to 2378 and Picards time and we find he and the crew of the Enterprise E sent into relatively uncharted space to investigate message probes sent from a civilization whos world was about to be destroyed. They arrive there without incident and find the survivors living on asteroids. The Enterprise capabilities are hampered by extreme radiation so the crew must do more on site work to find out how things work for the survivors. They encounter opposition who much to their surprise are using pre federation weapons and Klingon weapons. There is also a spy on the Enterprise. There are nice continuity bits through out the book. The characters ring true. It is easy to visualize them when reading the book. I look forward to the remaining book that will finish the story. Its easy to see these authors are fans as well as good story tellers.
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Title: A Time to Love by Robert Greenberger ISBN: 0743462858 Publisher: Star Trek Pub. Date: 01 June, 2004 List Price(USD): $6.99 |
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Title: Daedalus's Children: Part Two of Two (Star Trek: Enterprise) by Dave Stern ISBN: 0743476468 Publisher: Star Trek Pub. Date: 01 May, 2004 List Price(USD): $6.99 |
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Title: Catalyst of Sorrows (Star Trek: The Lost Era, 2360) by Margaret Wander Bonanno ISBN: 0743464079 Publisher: Star Trek Pub. Date: 01 January, 2004 List Price(USD): $6.99 |
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Title: Deny Thy Father (Star Trek: The Lost Era 2355-2357) by Jeff Mariotte ISBN: 0743464095 Publisher: Star Trek Pub. Date: 01 December, 2003 List Price(USD): $6.99 |
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Title: Well of Souls (Star Trek: The Lost Era, 2336) by Ilsa J. Bick ISBN: 0743463757 Publisher: Star Trek Pub. Date: 01 November, 2003 List Price(USD): $6.99 |
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