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Title: The Children of Hamlin (Star Trek The Next Generation, No 3) by Carmen Carter ISBN: 0-671-73555-1 Publisher: Star Trek Pub. Date: 01 December, 1990 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $5.50 |
Average Customer Rating: 3.43 (7 reviews)
Rating: 4
Summary: STNG #3 The Children of Hamlin - Thought provoking!
Comment: "The Children of Hamlin" is but the first of only three great Star Trek The Next Generation novels that this fine author brought to fruition. While not being her best STNG novel, which in my opinion is "The Devil's Heart, it is a well written and thought provoking early Star Trek The Next Generation story. What is amazing is that it took the author two years to write her previous Star Trek The Original Series novel, "Dreams of the Raven," but after being given only three months for this novel, she wrote it so well!
The premise:
Everybody in Starfleet and the Federation knows the tale of the small Federation colony of Hamlin where aliens called the Choraii came and destroyed the colony, killed all of the adults and abducted the children and disappeared into the blackness of space. It is now fifty years later and the Choraii have returned, but this time they will have to deal with the USS Enterprise NCC-1701-D, her stalwart commanding officer, Captain Jean Luc Picard and her crew.
I would definitely recommend this early Star Trek The Next Generation novel for it's author is among one of the best of the early trek authors and it is a well written, thought provoking tale, raising the question of children who were kidnapped and later, as adults, are given the opportunity to return to their own kind but wish to stay where they are. {ssintrepid}
Rating: 3
Summary: Average Trek Fare
Comment: Carter's first Trek novel, Dreams of the Raven, was an outstanding effort. The Children of Hamlin, however, doesn't rise above the level of an average Trek book - a pleasant diversion, but nothing more. Like so many Next Gen episodes, Children of Hamlin is saddled with both an inane subplot (involving the ever-popular technology-impaired wandering farmers; fortunately, these don't talk with Irish accents!)and too much Wesley. Its main story, though, about efforts to reclaim children abducted by aliens fifty years before, raises interesting philosophical, moral, and ethical issues that are only given lip service by Picard and the crew. But, then, if you're looking for insights into philosphical, moral, and ethical issues you're not likely to be reading a Star Trek book, are you?
Rating: 4
Summary: Suprisingly good, if a bit slow-moving.
Comment: This story is good for the interesting ideas it addresses in a science-fiction format, not as an action-adventure story. Ideas such as: if someone is the victim of a kidnapping, and has remained in the custody of their kidnappers for many years before an opportunity comes to free them, is it more appropriate to free them or not to free them if they have been brainwashed by their captors to the point where they do not desire freedom, and wish to remain where they are? Clearly, they are incapable of making an informed decision, but then, isn't freeing them against their will rather a contradiction in terms? Fascinating concept, and one that never is definitively answered in this story, for the obvious reason that there is no definitive answer. Still, it is addressed evenhandedly and in a very interesting manner. Further, the characters are handled well, the established characters ring true and the new characters are interesting (if in some cases not very pleasant). All in all, a well-written story, and worth reading.
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Title: The Peacekeepers (Star Trek The Next Generation, No 2) by Gene DeWeese ISBN: 0671736531 Publisher: Star Trek Pub. Date: 01 December, 1990 List Price(USD): $5.50 |
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Title: Ghost Ship (Star Trek The Next Generation, No 1) by Diane Carey ISBN: 0671746081 Publisher: Star Trek Pub. Date: 01 June, 1991 List Price(USD): $5.50 |
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Title: Strike Zone (Star Trek: The Next Generation, Book 5) by Peter David ISBN: 0671735160 Publisher: Star Trek Pub. Date: 01 November, 1990 List Price(USD): $4.50 |
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Title: Survivors (Star Trek The Next Generation, No 4) by Jean Lorrah ISBN: 0671742906 Publisher: Star Trek Pub. Date: 15 March, 1991 List Price(USD): $5.50 |
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Title: A Call to Darkness (Star Trek The Next Generation, No 9) by Michael Jan Friedman ISBN: 0671741411 Publisher: Star Trek Pub. Date: 01 May, 1991 List Price(USD): $5.50 |
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