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Title: End Game (Star Trek New Frontier, No 4) by Peter David ISBN: 0-671-01398-X Publisher: Pocket Books Pub. Date: 01 August, 1997 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $3.99 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.33 (9 reviews)
Rating: 4
Summary: New Frontier, Book 4: End Game
Comment: This book nicely ties up the loose ends from the previous three; as I've said before, the first four books of this series should really have been made one large book; in fact, they've been collected into an omnibus edition, and that edition I would rate at five stars. The storyline for the first four books combined is a fine one, the characters are handled quite well, and the writing style maintains Peter David's usual high quality, especially his ability to tell a dramatic story without losing his sense of humor.
Still, this book on its own is only a story fragment; it has an ending, with just a couple of ongoing subplots (which is perfectly fine) but no beginning. And no story fragment is worth five stars. This is unquestionably the best "book" of the four, however.
Rating: 2
Summary: Better than 90% of ST fiction, but...
Comment: I just finished reading the omnibus which collected the four separate New Frontier novels into one volume (which was less expensive than buying each separately). The biggest attraction of the NF series for me was getting to know new characters whose behavior, ethics, background, etc. had not been previously established (or only vaguely established). Unfortunately, I didn't like most of the characters in the book. The Security Chief ("Kebron") was a big, strong, tough guy. Period. Lt. Soleta was a clone of Saavik, a character who appeared in the early ST movies, right down to her connection (very forced) with Spock. Calhoun was a space cowboy who can beat up all the other Trek captains. Lt. McHenry is a space cadet. Burgoyne 172 (what a name!) did nothing in 600 pages except serve as a focus of sexual tension. As for the characters who had appeared previously in Trek (Shelby, Lefler, and Selar), I felt that their portrayal was untrue to their original characterizations. Shelby was much too willing to toady to Calhoun's unorthodox tactics, and I don't believe for a second their history together based on what we saw of Shelby in the classic "Best of Both Worlds". Although Selar and Lefler were minor TNG characters who I really didn't have any preconceived notions on, the whole Selar subplot was interesting for about two pages. Several reviewers have criticized NF for its protrayal of sexuality. I don't have a problem with exploring the sex lives of ST characters. I think ST as a whole tends to be a little sterile when it comes to depicting relationships in general, and sometimes it goes to extremes when touching on characters' sex lives...they're depicted as either playing loose-and-easy (Kirk, Riker) or as living in celibacy (Geordi, Bashir, and practically the entire crew of Voyager). It's nice to know that people still have sex in the 24th century, but can't they act like mature adults? Plus, was it just me, or did the scene between Burgoyne 172 and Selar in sickbay just scream "sexual harassment"? Plot-wise, the pacing was good, but the political intrigue was a little convoluted at times. By the middle of the fourth novel, I had no idea what the relationship between the Thallonians, the Xenxians, and the Danteri was. It's a good thing that the omnibus edition includes a "who's who" at the end. By that point in the novel, however, you could read them all the same: BAD GUYS. There was nothing that made these people anything more than the Alien Villain of the Week. Something I look forward to in Star Trek is the evocation of well-defined alien cultures. What ST delivers more often, however, is varying nose and ear prosthetics. I can forgive the TV series for this, given their budget limitations, but in a novel (much less four!), there should be enough room to develop at least some uniqueness to individuals or species. In all, I walked away from the NF novels without a desire to pick up the next novel in the series. I just don't care what happens to any of the NF characters because I don't know anything about them and what I do know doesn't make me sympathize with them. While I'd agree that the NF novels are better than 90% of ST fiction, I have to say that 95% of ST fiction that I've read (or tried to!) is awful.
Rating: 5
Summary: I love it!
Comment: The book was nonstop action. It would make a great show, Buy this book if you like the Next Generation
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Title: House of Cards (Star Trek New Frontier, No 1) by Peter David ISBN: 0671013955 Publisher: Pocket Books Pub. Date: 01 July, 1997 List Price(USD): $3.99 |
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Title: Dark Allies (Star Trek New Frontier, No 8) by Peter David ISBN: 0671020803 Publisher: Pocket Books Pub. Date: 01 November, 1999 List Price(USD): $6.50 |
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Title: The Quiet Place (Star Trek New Frontier, No 7) by Peter David ISBN: 067102079X Publisher: Pocket Books Pub. Date: 01 November, 1999 List Price(USD): $6.50 |
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Title: Martyr (Star Trek New Frontier, No 5) by Peter David ISBN: 0671020366 Publisher: Pocket Books Pub. Date: 01 March, 1998 List Price(USD): $6.50 |
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Title: Fire on High (Star Trek New Frontier, No 6) by Peter David ISBN: 0671020374 Publisher: Pocket Books Pub. Date: 01 April, 1998 List Price(USD): $6.50 |
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