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Star Trek The Next Generation Cold Equations: The Persistance Of Memory (2000)

by David Mack(Favorite Author)

4.09 of 5 Votes: 3

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review 1: This book managed to capture the world of Star Trek along with strong science fiction writing. The story feels like a proper Star Trek adventure but it's not just about the characters because this book delivers a lot of detail when it comes to the technical aspects and the realities of the future. I think that's the author's strength - how he manages to bring so much detail to make this book such a strong Star Trek novel. I was so impressed by how immersive this was.This book delves into the backstory of Dr. Noonien Soong, creator of androids, and manages to bring a character we only see briefly in the TV series, to a very believable and detailed life. The author also made a lot of sense in how he characterized Dr. Soong, as I felt he drew well from what we knew about t... morehe character to make him a fully realized and nuanced person. His story makes up a large part of the narrative and even though most of it is backstory, I thought it was the most interesting part of the book.The mystery behind who is interested in the Soong type androids is the major plot line of this story, and it's a great suspenseful plot point to hold the whole narrative together. The mission the Enterprise undertakes in the end is a great finale to this book - full of danger, heroism, and loss unfortunately. It is a daring mission as the plot synopsis promises, and it's very exciting!There's something that happens in this book that made me really happy which I can't mention for fear of spoilers, but I thought I should say that is another reason why I enjoyed this book so much. As a Trek novel and as a science fiction adventure, I highly recommend this book!
review 2: I've never been a fan of Data, Noonien, or any of the androids (I never cared about them one way or the other) so I wasn't sure how I was going to feel about this book. However, I did like the majority of it. In the middle of the book, there are several chapters from Noonien's POV that are him writing a report about his life, basically. I tried reading those, but honestly just didn't care about what was there. I ended up skipping all of it (so like 1/3 of the book), and then just kept on reading once we're back with Picard. Normally, David Mack books are automatic 4 or 5 stars, but considering I skipped a major portion of the book, I gotta knock it back. less

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