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The Stuff Of Dreams (Star Trek: The Next Generation) (2013)

by James Swallow(Favorite Author)

3.7 of 5 Votes: 1

ISBN

1451696612 (ISBN13: 9781451696615)

languge

English

genre

Science Fiction

publisher

Pocket Books/Star Trek

review 1: As a major fan of Star Trek (TV, movies and books), I can say this book is a perfect fit for the canon. James Swallow absolutely nails the world and the characters; he made me feel like I was watching one of the better episodes of Next Generation.In Stuff of Dreams, Picard is married to Dr. Crusher, Worf is his second-in-command, and La Forge is chief of engineering. There is a temporal phenomenon called the nexus that a science vessel is going to destroy. The ship needs the Enterprise's assistance. Picard has had some experience with the nexus and is conflicted about destroying it. As he debates his involvement, there is an explosion aboard the science vessel and many people are killed. Worf and La Forge are convinced it was sabotage.The best episodes of Star Trek ar... moree those that explore the grey areas in which we live. This is no exception. Picard is a fantastic captain (I prefer him to Kirk which is blasphemous, I know!) and he is conflicted in ways that give him great depth. He is thoughtfully conflicted, if that makes any sense.Now I want to watch TNG. LOL...
review 2: THE STUFF OF DREAMS is a tidy little novel. It draws on a range of Roddenberry's pre-built world and owes much to the existing TNG canon. All in all, not a bad read, but more could have been made of this one. It was an entertaining holiday read, but I felt it could have been longer, and explored more of the paradoxes of time and space inherent in anything involving the Nexus. Everything was just a little too pat. less

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