tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2529911059865628556.post7335183143212143343..comments2024-03-27T08:28:02.203-06:00Comments on Trek Lit Reviews: The Fall of Terok NorDan Guntherhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05894089240112561224noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2529911059865628556.post-68164187908543061682021-12-08T07:49:34.597-07:002021-12-08T07:49:34.597-07:00(Continued)
This should have been more than a tri...(Continued)<br /><br />This should have been more than a trilogy. This could have easily been a five or six book series. <br /><br />Dream scenario:<br /><br />Book One: Pretty much stick with the original novel, but cut out a chunk of the murder investigation plot. Replace those bits with some of the early parts of The War of the Prophets to establish our heroes in their new timeline.<br /><br />Book Two: The History of the Bajoran Ascendancy. Weyoun's trip to Grigari space, some Grigari worldbuilding, and a comprehensive look at the political/religious/cultural strife on Bajor as Weyoun takes over. Destruction of Earth and Enterprise. <br />Book Three: Project Looking Glass. Martok and the fall of the Klingon Empire. <br /><br />Book Four: Project Guardian. Voyager crew and Borg allies vs the Grigari. <br /><br />Book Five: Project Phoenix. Picard, Nog, Tom Riker, and Romulan intrigue. Keep a lot of what we saw in War of the Prophets. <br /><br />Book Six: A little less technobabble and little more characterization. Give Dukat, Weyoun, and Commander Arla more depth. <br /><br />I love these characters. I didn't realize how much I missed spending time with them until I started reading the first book. There are some flaws for sure, but overall this was a very entertaining read. <br /><br />I'll give this one 3 "Quark Howard Final Offer Eye Gouges" out of 5.<br />Bobnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2529911059865628556.post-53328387755808966412021-12-08T07:46:25.859-07:002021-12-08T07:46:25.859-07:00Good episode!
{SPOILERS below for anyone reading ...Good episode!<br /><br />{SPOILERS below for anyone reading who hasn't read the entire trilogy}<br /><br /><br />I think you guys may have missed a bit of dialog from Sisko about Odo accusing Quark of murder. At one point in book one Sisko tells Arla that he thinks that Odo is "enjoying this chance to make him sweat" and that "by appearing to think that Quark is guilty, Odo's making the real murderer feel overconfident." No one actually accuses Quark of killing the two Cardassians found dead later on either; Quark just freaks out because he (rightfully) feels persecuted. <br /><br />"In medias res" is the term that you were looking for, I believe. <br /><br />Oh, and Base wasn't really half Klingon. Vash says that that would be impossible "due to physical differences." Base is just ticked off because he's so ugly that people make that impossible assumption to explain his physiognomy. <br /><br />This was a second reading for me. I wasn't crazy about it the first time I read it. I think it was probably because I read it at the same time that I was tearing through the DS9 Relaunch books and those books are tough to beat. I enjoyed this trilogy much more on the second go around. In fact, I had such a hard time putting it down that i read the whole thing in a day and a half. <br />I think you guys are right about Jake sounding a little young and Kira sounding like a season 1 version of herself, but I still think the Reeves-Stevenses handled all of the main cast very well. As you guys pointed out, Kai Winn was written perfectly. I also really liked the scenes between Jake and Nog ("The Revenge!") as well as the way the relationship between Worf and Jadzia was portrayed. <br /><br />Complaints:<br /><br />- After all this time I still don't really understand the motivations of any branch of the Prophets<br /><br />- I have no idea what the motivations of the Grigari were<br /><br />- Religious fanatic Dukat just doesn't work for me. It's a waste of the series best villain. <br /><br />- Base. Terrible character. Book one had too many Ferengi jokes. <br /><br />- Book two was my favorite of the trilogy, but damn there was so much cool stuff going on that it was hard to keep up. <br /><br />- Book three had too much technobabble. It was high quality technobabble but still. Even though it felt like 75% of the book was an explanation of what was going on I don't think I still have a firm grasp on a lot of it. The stuff with Vic for instance. Hell, I don't even know if there was actually a second timeline and if there was whether it survived or ever existed. <br /><br />- J + G's love of Trek really shines through in their novels, however, I think this leads to a "kitchen sink" approach to their plots that I don't always enjoy. I find it distracting when so many elements of Trek lore get brought into a story, especially when there isn't enough space to do them justice. Bobnoreply@blogger.com