tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2529911059865628556.post3783263728984129276..comments2024-03-27T08:28:02.203-06:00Comments on Trek Lit Reviews: Literary Treks 275: Q is a YouTube Comment TrollDan Guntherhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05894089240112561224noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2529911059865628556.post-23257937390706226202019-07-24T15:28:35.541-06:002019-07-24T15:28:35.541-06:00I absolutely love the closing lines of this book:
...I absolutely love the closing lines of this book:<br /><br /><br />Q, Picard asked, what did going into Sherwood Forest and making me play the role of Robin Hood to Vashs Marian have to do with all this?<br />Shrugging, Q said, I just wanted to see you in tights, Jean-Luc.<br />With that, Q snapped his fingers, and Picard was gone.<br /><br /><br />I am a huge fan of "All Good Things." Not only is it a classic Trek episode, imo, it is also one of the very best series finales in television history. It's wonderfully written and has a grand premise and somehow manages to wrap the series up perfectly and fill me with a sense of...I don't know..."wonder" or "awe" at the limitless potential of the Trek universe. How do you follow up on that? You can't. I think that's why I've always been underwhelmed by the VOY Q episodes and the Q-centric novels. Everything pales in comparison to All Good Things. <br /><br />Now, having said that, I still found the book entertaining. I hate "small universe syndrom" type books but K.R.A.D. did a pretty good job here. I put it in the same category as the Strange New Worlds tale "A Christmas Qarol" A fun "What If?" type story. One that I don't count as part of my head canon but that I still enjoy on its own merits. <br /><br />p.s. In some alternate reality the universe was obliterated 0.0000001 milliseconds after Commander Sisko punched one of THEM in the nose. Bobhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17663980734898071684noreply@blogger.com