You should read it. For those of us who liked it, we seem to REALLY like it.
I'm in the group who thought it was a great read.
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You should read it. For those of us who liked it, we seem to REALLY like it.
I'm in the group who thought it was a great read.
Me too.
Though I'm probably alone in enjoying it more than any of the other TNG Relaunch novels.
thanks intrepid . I have just started the relaunch and have of course read death in winter and death before dishonor . I am now reading articles of the federation it's awesome ! kinda like west wing meets star trek love it . next will be resistance .
currently watching season 3 of supernatural and then season 2 of V.
currently reading star trek articles of the federation & star wars knight errant
I fooly admit I am a bookaholic I do two books a week plus comics and graphic's.
R.O.D
currently watching season 3 of supernatural and then season 2 of V.
currently reading star trek articles of the federation & star wars knight errant
I fooly admit I am a bookaholic I do two books a week plus comics and graphic's.
R.O.D
Me too.
Though I'm probably alone in enjoying it more than any of the other TNG Relaunch novels.
Nope - I said the same thing earlier in this thread. DiW is my fave TNG relaunch novel.
I liked Death in Winter primarily because I'm a Picard/Crusher shipper, and it finally did for them what the A Time to... series did for Riker/Troi, as well as provide more backstory for Dr. Crusher, my favorite TNG character.
I liked the medical crisis situation on Kevratas (would love to see this planet and species come back again), as well as the Romulan plot.
However, I also thought it was a bit of a stretch to involve Greyhorse, and would argue that he was thrown in just because he could be thrown in (à la Sisko in Rough Beasts of Empire). And the whole Worf and Geordi trying to find out what's going on was just stupid and added nothing beyond "Hey look, we're still on the Enterprise! We're still loyal to Picard!" Special guest appearance by Vice Admiral Janeway did nothing either.
All that criticism being said, both DiW and Q&A were original, intriguing stories that had nothing to do with the Borg in the post-Nemesis TNG novel series, and that was almost enough for me to like them alone.
(BTW, Before Dishonor=
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I liked the medical crisis situation on Kevratas (would love to see this planet and species come back again), as well as the Romulan plot.
However, I also thought it was a bit of a stretch to involve Greyhorse, and would argue that he was thrown in just because he could be thrown in (à la Sisko in Rough Beasts of Empire). And the whole Worf and Geordi trying to find out what's going on was just stupid and added nothing beyond "Hey look, we're still on the Enterprise! We're still loyal to Picard!" Special guest appearance by Vice Admiral Janeway did nothing either.
All that criticism being said, both DiW and Q&A were original, intriguing stories that had nothing to do with the Borg in the post-Nemesis TNG novel series, and that was almost enough for me to like them alone.
(BTW, Before Dishonor=
)
after crusher being captured they had to get someome as brilliant as her . And I am not sure what bashir is doing at the time . and it is allways fun to involve picard's past crew. Have'nt read it yet . I would like to see more lost era though allway's like to know what happened from where kirk disappearers on enterprise b to encounter at farpoint.
currently reading star trek articles of the federation and star wars knight errant
currently watching season 3 of supernatural and season 2 of V .
I am admitadly a BOOKAHOLIC I do two books a week plus comics and graphics.
R.O.D
currently reading star trek articles of the federation and star wars knight errant
currently watching season 3 of supernatural and season 2 of V .
I am admitadly a BOOKAHOLIC I do two books a week plus comics and graphics.
R.O.D
In that case, I'm glad I'm not the only one.
has anyone read resistance or Q & A ?
R.O.D
currently reading star trek articles of the federation and star wars knight errant
currently watching supernatural season 3 and V season 2.
I fooliy admit I am a bookaholic I read two books a week plus comics and graphics.
R.O.D
currently reading star trek articles of the federation and star wars knight errant
currently watching supernatural season 3 and V season 2.
I fooliy admit I am a bookaholic I read two books a week plus comics and graphics.
I didn't like Resistance very much, but Q&A was excellent.
Funny, but I felt the opposite, to some extent. I had heard also a lot of complaining about Resistance, but I wound up really enjoying it. I thought it was a fast paced read with a couple shocks. I liked the new crew members more than I did some of the ones that followed them. I didn't think the book was excellent, but I do think it was a good start to the multi-story Borg arc.
I just didn't get Q&A. I thought KRAD did a great job depicting Q, but I never got a sense that the TNG crew or the universe were really on the line. I didn't really understand what the threat was. However, it was much much better than Before Dishonor.
I think the main reason why I didn't like it was the fact that it meant the Borg was (were?) back. My feelings toward the Borg are almost the same as my feelings toward the Klingons. In the case of the Borg, They were overused in the series, and I was glad when Endgame ended (or so I thought) the Borg.
Plus, to me, it meant that once again the Federation would have to be forced into more conflict, while trying to still rebuild from the Dominion War and all the other stuff that went on.
It felt like it was too easy of a storyline to implement, and, though it did create new possibilities and storylines, I think that the Typhon Pact could still have been brought into existence with Destiny. "Hey, let's bring the Borg back, and let's have them be mad, and then let's have them go crazy and try and destroy everything in the galaxy."
Plus, until Greater than the Sum and Destiny, the Borg books were not, in my opinion, of high quality or an adequate base to build off of.
I think that because Q was involved, the nature of the story is going to have some element of ridiculousness and unbelievability to it. The thing I liked was the fact that it was light (both on its own and when compared to the other books in the TNG Relaunch at that time) and went back to the type of stuff that TNG was based on back when it was on TV. But I agree with you wholeheartedly about it being better than Before Dishonor.
Fair enough. I did think the Borg were overused, courtesy of Voyager. However, I still like them, and I didn't mind seeing them again. They are intimately tied to TNG and Picard so it would make sense to really kick off the TNG Relaunch with them. Unfortunately the DS9 relaunch had already used the neural parasites, which I thought would've worked better in the TNG books, BTW.
To me, Resistance and Before Dishonor belong as part of the multi-story arc that ended with Destiny. I consider it a six book arc. Resistance did try to at least do something different with the Borg and I liked the idea of the royal protocol (though I think the VOY relaunch had introduced this; haven't read those books). Resistance helped, for me at least, to return a menacing aspect to the Borg. Before Dishonor was over-the-top, but Greater than the Sum brought the storyline back down to Earth.
With Q&A, I guess the lightness wasn't my cup of tea. The book cover made it seem that something really big was in the offing and it was handled in such a light manner. At the time I didn't really know what was coming, so perhaps it was best to have a respite before the storm.
To me, Resistance and Before Dishonor belong as part of the multi-story arc that ended with Destiny. I consider it a six book arc. Resistance did try to at least do something different with the Borg and I liked the idea of the royal protocol (though I think the VOY relaunch had introduced this; haven't read those books). Resistance helped, for me at least, to return a menacing aspect to the Borg. Before Dishonor was over-the-top, but Greater than the Sum brought the storyline back down to Earth.
With Q&A, I guess the lightness wasn't my cup of tea. The book cover made it seem that something really big was in the offing and it was handled in such a light manner. At the time I didn't really know what was coming, so perhaps it was best to have a respite before the storm.
All of your points are completely valid, and I agree with some of them.
(And yes, the royal protocol was brought up in Christie Golden's Homecoming/Farther Shore books.)
(And yes, the royal protocol was brought up in Christie Golden's Homecoming/Farther Shore books.)
Actually I don't think the term "Royal Protocol" is referenced in Resistance. That term was from Homecoming/The Farther Shore and was a nickname for the software that downloads the Borg Queen programming/consciousness into a drone. Resistance featured a hormonal substance nicknamed "royal jelly" that biologically transformed an asexual drone to prepare it for becoming a Queen. In Greater Than the Sum, I acknowledged both those ideas and established them as facets of the same overall process of what I suppose could be called reginagenesis (or basilissagenesis if you want to be strictly Greek, though I may be getting the form a bit wrong).
I like the term basilissagenesis. I'm going to try and find ways to use it more often.
In regards to the "Royal Protocol", I haven't read Resistance in a good long while, and sold my book to Half Price Books at the first chance.
I'm going to try and find ways to use it more often.In regards to the "Royal Protocol", I haven't read Resistance in a good long while, and sold my book to Half Price Books at the first chance.
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