Surprised to see several people mention The Entropy Effect. I remember hating that one when I read it about a decade ago. Perhaps it needs to be revisited.
Feels horribly turgid...
TEE felt like a solid science fiction novel, by a rising star novelist, Vonda McIntyre. If any of the TV characterizations seemed off, I certainly didn't notice. McIntyre had added several new alien crewmembers to the crew. The time travel aspect of the novel was exciting! The alternate timeline was intriguing. A few months later, after McIntyre did the ST II novelization, I made a point of finding "Dreamsnake", an original SF story which had won the author an award and some notoriety. I liked that, too. And then came the ST III novelization: a masterpiece.
I wonder if anyone else remembered and enjoyed Betrayal? For something written in DS9's early season--and possibly even based only on the series bible rather than aired episodes--that is one hell of a good book.
USS Lydia Sutherland. I remember because my mind always goes "USS Donald Sutherland" first!(who remembers the name of Kirk's
command BEFORE the Enterprise?)
Which bit is "turgid"? "The Entropy Effect" moves so fast!
"Turgid" is the word I apply to ST novels that move sloooooowly. "Into the Nebula". "Warped". "The Laertian Gamble". Shudder. "Rebels" trilogy. "Dark Matters" trilogy. "Gateways: No Man's Land".
USS Lydia Sutherland. I remember because my mind always goes "USS Donald Sutherland" first!(who remembers the name of Kirk's
command BEFORE the Enterprise?)
USS Lydia Sutherland. I remember because my mind always goes "USS Donald Sutherland" first!(who remembers the name of Kirk's
command BEFORE the Enterprise?)
At least it's not the USS Kiefer Sutherland:
- Chronometer appears in big yellow numbers on all viewscreens and can't be turned off
- Computer takes care of intruders itself: "DROP THE PHASER! DROP IT NOW!!!"
- Every damn week, there's a different Federation President
- Captain can somehow get from his own quarters to the bridge in like 10 seconds without using the transporter or turbolift (give you all a few minutes to work that one out...)
- Any crew members who won't eat the chef's special, he shoots them in the thigh and yells "WHO ARE YOU WORKING FOR?!?!?"
- Way too many senior officers (than necessary) are obscure Canadian character actors
- It's Chief O'Brian, not O'Brien
- Every time you think you know who's behind the alien takeover of the week, turns out it's somebody else
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