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Report this Mar. 05 2008, 11:18 am

Well, it did not feel real...

for example: Facing the probably biggest thread Earth ever had, two Admirals just joke around and use colloquial language...  

Picard and Calhoun joke around with this "Commodore" thing... Picard was completely out of character...

Then this whole sucking up Pluto thing... and then the sun. It was just ridiculously written, and I could see some cheap B-movie style SFX in front of my mental eye...

It started really great, but turned into a true disaster...

And why include Spock in the story, anyway?

Sorry, but this one was a complete letdown.

Let's hope the best for next installment.

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Report this Mar. 06 2008, 2:27 pm

Quote (Legate_James_T_Shatner @ Mar. 05 2008, 5:35 am)

I come to find out that this book is Part II to J.M. Dillard's Resistance, released 2 months prior to Before Dishonor. This book explains about the Enterprise single-handedly defeating the Borg cube, and this violation of Janeway's orders they keep referring to. I didn't know it was a second parter to anything. I just saw thiis new Peter David book and thought, "This looks cool!!"

Actually, it's not the second "part," it's the third. In September, October, and November, Pocket released three post-Nemesis books, Resistance by J.M. Dillard, Q & A by Keith R.A. DeCand i d o (that's me), and Before Dishonor by Peter David. Q & A doesn't involve the Borg, but it does introduce the characters of Kadohata and Leybenzon. Instead, it's a big-ass Q story that ties together all of his previous appearances.

Edited to add: For some reason, the board software, which was obviously written by drunken monkeys coming off a meth-bender, is "censoring" the last four letters of my last name for no good reason that I can see. This is the second time that's happened, and it really needs to stop....

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Report this Mar. 07 2008, 10:37 am

Wow, are we reading the same book? ¿I thought Before Dishonor was the best Trek book I've ever read (and I've read a lot of them). ¿I couldn't put it down; and the cast of characters were intriquing and had depth (a rarety for Trek books). ¿It was well written (again, another rarety for recent Trek books).

I thought the combination of Lady Q, Spock, Janeway, Seven, and the TNG crew was awesome. ¿In addition, Peter David's humor is biting and well-written. ¿And when the Borg threatened Q? ¿That was classic!

Lastly, the last chapter makes it clear that Stevens was Lady Q. ¿

I read Resistance, but have yet to read Q and A. ¿I'm looking forward to it. ¿We'll see if the ole' Krad can outdo Peter David. ¿I'll let you know, Krad--it will be the first book I've read that was written by you! (I haven't gotten to the "Time To . . . " book you wrote. ¿So many Trek books; so little time!

In addition, some of you commented that the story line is far-fetched.  Whenever I read a Star Trek book, and it is predictable or cliche, I think to myself, "This is science fiction.  The author has so much freedom; why limit it?"  With Before Dishonor, I felt that I was actually reading an author who was taking chances, creating an entire realm that is new and fresh for ST, and is going outside of the box (A living Borg?  Absorption rather than assimilation?  That's new stuff!.  So I thoroughly enjoyed it.

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