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Title: Call to Arms...: The Dominion War Book 2 (Star Trek Deep Space Nine) by Diane Carey ISBN: 0-671-02497-3 Publisher: Star Trek Pub. Date: 01 October, 1998 Format: Mass Market Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $6.50 |
Average Customer Rating: 3.75 (24 reviews)
Rating: 4
Summary: DEEP SPACE NINE FANS READ THIS BOOK!!!
Comment: I'm surprised by the low ratings some of the other reviewers have given Books 2 and 4. I was a skeptic about reading a novelization of the series, I thought it would be a boring rehash of events, but Carey's wonderful and imaginative writing won me over. There's plenty of new material not covered in the episodes to make these books interesting and well worth reading! Typically I prefer TNG books, but I think the DS9 Dominion War books are more informative and fun to read than the 2 TNG ones. Please don't let the negative reviews keep you from buying this book, you'll be missing out on a good read.
Rating: 2
Summary: My Advice: Read Something Else
Comment: I recently read through Dominion War 2 and 4. As I write this, it is 9/1/01, so I've had plenty of time for the episodes to churn through my head... I couldn't believe much of what I was reading. I remember enjoying most of the Diane Carey books I've read, including her novelizations, but this one was, shall we say, less than enjoyable. The necessary condensation of the episodes is frustrating at times, many of the best scenes being removed, but I expected that with 6 1/2 hours of TV being adapted into a little over 500 pages. But much of the writing makes me wonder if Diane Carey really watched the show. The characters just don't sync up with what we see on-screen. Here Sisko is not the same captain who read the names of every casualty in the war. He his cold, caring only about his immediate goals and ignoring the deaths of hundreds or thousands. (Admittedly, much of the relevant on-screen character development came AFTER the novel was written.) The "Tex" character (a less-than-subtle allusion to Chuck Norris) seems completely out of place, and serves as a ridiculous deus ex machina to allow O'Brien to escape the Jem'Hadar. But not before he outruns a dozen Jem'Hadar shooting at him... on foot... with an injured knee. In both of these novels (and "What You Leave Behind") the Jem'Hadar are treated as slow and stupid, and Carey repeatedly insists that they were bred for space combat, and clumsy on land. This attitude also makes the complex characters in "Rocks and Shoals" seem out of place.In the end, I often found myslef wondering if the author was confusing the Jem'Hadar and the Borg. (Why *does* she incessantly refer to the Jem'Hadar as white? She did the same thing in her novelization of WYLB.) Also the scale of the war frequently seems diminished from what we encounter on the show. Even the novel covers are symptomatic of this, showing only two ships on each cover. Don't get me wrong: The novel isn't horrifyingly bad. Despite my many qualms, I got through it rather painlessly. But it was a strain to see so much inconsistency. Spelling and logical mistakes abound as well. The Jem'Hadar are mispelled EVERY SINGLE TIME in book 2. NOVEL-ONLY SPOILER: The Centaur is chased by three Jem'Hadar ships: One breaks off, one is destroyed (by throwing a rope at it, no less [in a way that admittedly SOUNDS good, but when broken down, just wouldn't work]), and the Centaur gets home safe. WHAT HAPPENED TO THE OTHER SHIP??? Please, save yourself an exercise in frustration and just find something else to read.
Rating: 4
Summary: Would have read better had I not seen the show first.
Comment: Books 1 and 3 should really be part 1 of the Dominion War, and books 2 and 4, part 2 (or vice-versa) since there is no overlap between the two whatsoever. So it is ok to start reading book 2 having not read book 1. I believe had I not just watched DS9 on DVD that I would have enjoyed book 2 and 4 more than I did. The episodes were among my favorite, but reading it, much of which is taken word for word from the show, hardly offered new exciting twists. I agree you get a lot deeper insight into characters, especially Sisko and Martok's plan to do something about the War. At times I questioned whether Carey was right about some of the inner thoughts of Sisko and whether the producers of DS9 had the same views, or if Carey just invented them. Either way, it works. It's also good to see more of what happens when the Defiant goes off on a mission, esp. when Dax is in command. It was also good to see Charlie Reynolds and his crew. For that, I give this book 4 stars rather than 3, and also because I believe if one hasn't seen these episodes, that the books will be quite enjoyable. Seeing O'Brien on a suicide mission was quite funny, although the Tex character seemed very odd and out-of-place. Personally I prefered TNG books (1&3) more.
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Title: Behind Enemy Lines: The Dominion War, Book 1 (Star Trek: The Next Generation) by John Vornholt ISBN: 067102499X Publisher: Pocket Books Pub. Date: November, 1998 List Price(USD): $6.50 |
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Title: What You Leave Behind (Star Trek Deep Space Nine) by Diane Carey, Ira S. Behr, Hans Beimler ISBN: 0671034766 Publisher: Star Trek Pub. Date: 01 June, 1999 List Price(USD): $6.50 |
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Title: The Battle of Betazed (Star Trek: The Next Generation) by Susan Kearney, Charlotte Douglas ISBN: 074343434X Publisher: Star Trek Pub. Date: 01 April, 2002 List Price(USD): $6.99 |
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Title: The Farther Shore (Star Trek Voyager, Book Two of Two) by Christie Golden ISBN: 0743467558 Publisher: Star Trek Pub. Date: 01 July, 2003 List Price(USD): $6.99 |
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Title: Homecoming, Book 1 (Star Trek: Voyager) by Christie Golden ISBN: 074346754X Publisher: Star Trek Pub. Date: 01 June, 2003 List Price(USD): $6.99 |
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