TNG: Indistinguishable From Magic by McIntee Review Thread (Spoilers)

[tomswift2002]

Hardly anything. But a lot of the action I found was just in there to get from point A to point B with no real purpose and the Hera plot was ridiculous; plus there was no meat to the story.

In the poll I gave the book a Poor rating.

[Saul]

I had no idea that

Berlingoff Rasmussen

was in this! I have wanted to see this character return ever since I saw him and hoped he might have popped up in Enterprise. I must pick up this book soon.

Does it go into detail about

how he steals the time ship?

[Lonemagpie]

Saul wrote:

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I had no idea that

Berlingoff Rasmussen

was in this! I have wanted to see this character return ever since I saw him and hoped he might have popped up in Enterprise. I must pick up this book soon.

Does it go into detail about

how he steals the time ship?

Yes it does.

[King Daniel Into Darkness]

Saul wrote:

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I had no idea that

Berlingoff Rasmussen

was in this! I have wanted to see this character return ever since I saw him and hoped he might have popped up in Enterprise. I must pick up this book soon.

Does it go into detail about

how he steals the time ship?

Yes it does. We meet it's previous owner, too.

EDIT: Ninja'd by the author. Gah.

[Saul]

Excellent. Can't wait to read it. Hopefully i'll find it in a book shop somewhere.

[MatthiasRussell]

Magpie, I keep hoping to hear we are getting another novel from you. Any progress on a new book?

[Lonemagpie]

MatthiasRussell wrote:

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Magpie, I keep hoping to hear we are getting another novel from you. Any progress on a new book?

I've got seven books under contract ATM - three novels and four nonfiction - but none of them are Trek related.

As for Trek... Haven't heard a peep out of the editor since about July last year, so who knows? The commissioning of IFM was out of the blue, so anything that happens in future probably will be too. But there are pitches from me in there.

[MatthiasRussell]

What non-fiction are you working on?

[Lonemagpie]

MatthiasRussell wrote:

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What non-fiction are you working on?

Standard By Seven, a book on Blakes 7 for Classic TV Press

Lore Of Kobol: The Big Frakkin Book Of Battlestar for Hasslein books

An as-yet unannounced book for Telos about a certain set of connected shows (they prefer to keep announcements until after the manuscript is finished, rather than when it's commissioned, so they can announce them with publication dates and preorder forms and suchlike)

An as-yet unannounced book for Osprey publishing, about... um, a sort of mix of history and myth. You'll see what I mean when it's announced, which will probably be sometime this week or next

[JD]

What about the novels?

[Lonemagpie]

The High-Jump, for Crossroads Press's OCLT series.

And a historical duology, whose first book is titled The Fall Of Grace, and the second book is as-yet untitled.

[jjh19]

Yup, I’m a little behind on the Trek Literature Timeline. I got bogged down by another Trek book, but finally finished it. Then moved on to Indistinguishable From Magic. Like a breath of fresh air.

My thoughts:
Overall, I really, really enjoyed Indistinguishable From Magic. A real page-turner for me. So much so I gave it an “Outstanding” rating. Thank you to the author, David McIntee, for such an entertaining read.
Geordi’s arc was filled with twists and turns and I had no problem with the cavalcade of former guest stars populating the Challenger Adventures. I think the familiar characters helped my brain flow with the quick scenes and snappy dialog (though like other readers, there were a few times I would have appreciated dialog anchors to help me with who was saying what).
I very much enjoyed the characterization of Nog - of all of the characters I felt like he was the most spot on.
I also think a real strength of this book is the return to the Galaxy-class design for the starring ship. Like spending time with an old friend. (though too briefly, as it turned out)

A couple wishes:
I wish the ending of the book was a bit more satisfying. I wanted to read more about the crew when they returned to the Alpha Quadrant. A lot had been lost, and gained for the crew of the Challenger, and the final chapter or two didn’t have the corresponding gravitas.
After reading through this thread, I wish S&S/CBS would invest in Editorial Leadership that would lead to long-term planning for all of the Post-Destiny Series to work together. I’d be extremely bummed to have now read the character development with Geordi and have it all dis-regarded by the next author.

[shanejayell]

I would have loved to see him finally leave Enterprise, maybe even become a Captain in the SCE. Woulda made a good series, in my humble opinion. Or alternate books with Geordi and the Da Vinci crew.

[Lonemagpie]

jjh19 wrote:

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Yup, I’m a little behind on the Trek Literature Timeline. I got bogged down by another Trek book, but finally finished it. Then moved on to Indistinguishable From Magic. Like a breath of fresh air.

Glad you liked it!

[Lonemagpie]

Oh, and

Lonemagpie wrote:

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The High-Jump, for Crossroads Press's OCLT series.

And a historical duology, whose first book is titled The Fall Of Grace, and the second book is as-yet untitled.

The second part of that now has a title- The Last Poor Knight