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Title: Miracle Workers, S.C.E. Book Two by Keith R.A. DeCandido, Kevin Dilmore, David Mack, Dayton Ward ISBN: 0743444124 Publisher: Star Trek Pub. Date: 01 February, 2002 Format: Mass Market Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $6.99 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.6
Rating: 5
Summary: Great story lines!
Comment: I was fortunate to pick these stories up via e-Book format long before it was published in paperback. Currently they are on Book 16 "Oaths" but buying the paperback version saves you [money] if you want to wait (not including Palm Pilot batteries) . The story lines include a gay character (Bart Faulwell) which is refreshing for me, not having seen anything remotely homosexual in Star Trek ever (Gene said there would be, but sadly he died before we got to see gay characters). Books 17 & 18 "Foundations Books 1 & 2" will tell the tale of the beginning of the S.C.E.. ...
Rating: 5
Summary: Continued Good Reading.
Comment: I can't say much in this review of Book 2 of the Starfleet Corps of Engineers that I didn't already say in my review of Book 1. That is, it's great! Well-written, believable, and very entertaining, with nods to continuity throughout. If you're not reading these, or the DS9 re-launch, then you're missing out on some great stuff.
An added bonus in the back of this publication is the S.C.E. Minipedia, written by one of the good ones, Keith R.A. DeCandido. Set up like the Star Trek Encyclopedia, it contains all you'll need to know and more about the persons, places, and things in the S.C.E. universe, which includes, of course, plenty of the canon stuff we've come to know and love. And for those of you who favor nitpicking, there's an e-mail address where you are invited to send in errors, corrections, or comments if you wish.
Win-win, if you ask me.
Rating: 4
Summary: Another great short story set in the Star Trek universe!
Comment: Picking up where we left off in "Have Tech, Will Travel," this series of short stories of the Starfleet Corps of Engineers is collectively titled "Miracle Workers."
First, the "Interphase" tale is completed, and I was quite impressed with the tone and pace of the second half of the story. It had a rare amount of nostalgia to it that didn't suffer from being trite or overwrought. As always, the characters shine - again proving that in the Star Trek universe, the depth of the character is what matters, not how much screen time they might have had on the television shows or movies.
From there, while there are less stories in this package, the tales are of such high quality that you don't suffer from the lack of them. Nog, as a lieutenant from the DS9 Books set in the "Avatar" and "Abyss" timeline, guest-stars in one of the stories, and doesn't distract from the overall story. The authors really have a deft touch with these shared characters: I have never noticed a character to act out of character from previous stories - quite a feat!
The only negative I can mention from the reading was the inclusion of the "Androssi" as a villain race that the S.C.E. have previously battled - but we have never seen. It was a bit awkward, and made me wonder if I'd missed a story somewhere - the aliens were spoken of as something I should know, but no real details were given. I enjoy good backstory, but there was too much left to backstory in this case.
The inclusion of a "Minipedia" - an encyclopedia of all the information from the various stories in the S.C.E. series, and it was well received by this reader. It was good to look up minor characters and events and have them on hand.
Grab it folks, Trek fans of all kinds will be happily surprised...
'Nathan
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Title: Have Tech Will Travel : SCE Omnibus by Keith R.A. DeCandido, Christie Golden, Dean Wesley Smith, Dayton Ward, Kevin Dilmore ISBN: 0743439961 Publisher: Pocket Books Pub. Date: 01 January, 2002 List Price(USD): $6.99 |
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Title: The Brave and the Bold Book Two by Keith DeCandido ISBN: 0743419235 Publisher: Star Trek Pub. Date: 26 November, 2002 List Price(USD): $6.99 |
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Title: Immortal Coil by Jeffrey Lang ISBN: 0743405927 Publisher: Star Trek Pub. Date: February, 2002 List Price(USD): $6.99 |
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Title: The Battle of Betazed (Star Trek: The Next Generation) by Charlotte Douglas ISBN: 074343434X Publisher: Star Trek Pub. Date: April, 2002 List Price(USD): $6.99 |
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Title: Rising Son (Star Trek: Deep Space Nine) by S.D. Perry ISBN: 0743448383 Publisher: Star Trek Pub. Date: 31 December, 2002 List Price(USD): $6.99 |
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