Greater Than the Sum blurb (general plot spoilers)

[8of5]

It's new Pocket catalogue time, highlight of this one: the blurb for Greater Than the Sum:

Believing that the destruction of the Borg controlled ship Einstein will wipe out the Borg forever, Starfleet Command sends out the Enterprise-only to discover how very wrong that decision is....

One lone ship, the former science vessel Einstein, has been taken over by the Borg. Cut off from the rest of the Collective, if the ship can be found and destroyed, the Federation could rest easy. The discovery of a system-wide slipstream that could enable the Einstein to reach the Collective, or worse, give the Borg the ability of instantaneous transportation, convinces Starfleet to send the Enterprise to stop the Einstein once and for all. Although it's only one ship, the Borg have evolved and are more determined than ever to make Earth, and the Federation, theirs.

I'm surprised we're getting a follow up on the Einstein so soon, but glad, I'm certainly not one of those "oooh the Borg again! blah blah, over used blah, etc" people. I eagerly await being absorbed by Greater Than the Sum… I wonder if this continuing Borg story will carry on into Destiny…

 

[JAG]

I am looking forward to this.

 

[Defcon]

Christopher's comment regarding the blurb over at psiphi.org:

In the case of GTTS, the catalog blurb gives a moderately accurate description of the setup for the novel, but it doesn't describe what the novel is actually about. Rest assured, GTTS does go in a different direction than Resistance and Before Dishonor. It's not just "more Borg action."

 

[8of5]

Defcon said:
Christopher's comment regarding the blurb over at psiphi.org:

In the case of GTTS, the catalog blurb gives a moderately accurate description of the setup for the novel, but it doesn't describe what the novel is actually about. Rest assured, GTTS does go in a different direction than Resistance and Before Dishonor. It's not just "more Borg action."

I'd wouldn’t expect anything else, there wouldn't be much point doing another novel of exactly the same thing.

 

[JoeZhang]

I'll hold fire on this one and see what the reviews are like - I'm am one of the people who are all borg'd out for the moment.

 

[D Man]

It's a Trek novel by Christopher, which means that even if it were yet another ACTION PACKED TWO-HOUR BORG SPECIAL® I'd be in. I'm looking forward to it even more seeing as it's going in a new direction, and hoping for a few The Buried Age references if possible.

Is that smiley laughing, or is he pissed off? I think he's laughing, but it's hard to tell with Klingons.

 

[Julio Angel Ortiz]

It's by Christopher. It's pretty much guaranteed to PWN. Or something.

 

[LightningStorm]

I personally don't think it's fair to judge a book solely by the fact that the Borg are in it. The problem with the Borg isn't the Borg, it's the misuse of them. And since these books are all written by different people you can't really judge how one author will handle them as opposed to another.

Granted I do see how people are jumping to the conclusion that it must be the Borg since the last several novels that had the Borg in them have gotten less than stellar reviews around here. (Before Dishonor, Resistance, Engines of Destiny, Homecoming/Farther Shore). But even with that, I posit that it couldn't possibly be the Borg themselves that are the problem as they are one of the more popular enemies of Trek and when they debuted was one of the biggest "wow" factors in Trek history. So at some point they were done "right" to many people we just need to find the next author who will do them "right."

 

[Christopher]

JoeZhang said:
I'll hold fire on this one and see what the reviews are like - I'm am one of the people who are all borg'd out for the moment.

Well, it isn't just about the Borg. And insofar as it is about them, it's about different facets of them than previous books have been. But what it's mostly about is the Enterprise crew.

 

[Mr. Laser Beam]

I admit I'm interested to find out how the Borg, of all races, could possibly have "facets" as such, but I'll keep that in mind.

 

[8of5]

Babaganoosh said:
I admit I'm interested to find out how the Borg, of all races, could possibly have "facets" as such, but I'll keep that in mind.

Well the Borg on the Einstein are a separated special little bunch of Queen-Janeway just in-case keep a back-up Borg. And who knows what’s going on with any other stray Borg wondering about the galaxy. The Collective is seemingly no longer all joined up, so each cluster of surviving Borg could be developing in quite different ways.

 

[J47]

I don't for a second doubt it will be a fantastic novel, but I truly hope that the Borg element is little more than a set up for the events of the novel and doesn't actually factor in too heavily. Three out of four books would make Voyager look like they used the Borg in moderation.

 

[Trent Roman]

Babaganoosh said:
I admit I'm interested to find out how the Borg, of all races, could possibly have "facets" as such,

Well, to start off with, your average Borg cube will have six facets.

Fictitiously yours, Trent Roman

 

[Mr. Laser Beam]

Trent Roman said:

Babaganoosh said:
I admit I'm interested to find out how the Borg, of all races, could possibly have "facets" as such,

Well, to start off with, your average Borg cube will have six facets.

I am w'oqing away from that joke.

That reminds me though: What would a Borg Flatland look like? Would it be all squares?

 

[Christopher]

J47 said:
I don't for a second doubt it will be a fantastic novel, but I truly hope that the Borg element is little more than a set up for the events of the novel and doesn't actually factor in too heavily.

That depends on how broadly you define "Borg element."

 

[JD]

I'm pretty anxious for this book, because Chris is one of the authors who's name alone is enough to get me to buy the book without a second thought.

 

[JoeZhang]

Christopher said:

JoeZhang said:
I'll hold fire on this one and see what the reviews are like - I'm am one of the people who are all borg'd out for the moment.

Well, it isn't just about the Borg. And insofar as it is about them, it's about different facets of them than previous books have been. But what it's mostly about is the Enterprise crew.

great and if that is the case, the reviews will reflect that and I'll pick it up. I really liked ex Machina and Orion's hounds that (checking on google) this bennett guy did, but all the borg novels I've read in the last five years have been so awful, that simply saying "borg" makes me want to run away from the book store - I thought I was onto a winner when Peter David did the last one but... well...

 

[Dayton Ward]

^ Well, since "this bennett guy" is Christopher, you might want to give him the benefit of the doubt when he offers you a hint or two regarding the plot of his book.

 

[William Leisner]

^ So that's why I've never seen "Christopher" and "this bennett guy" in the same place at the same time...

 

[ncc71877]

A little O/T, but I enjoy seeing the catalogue, I know some of the covers may not be the final cover art but some of those are very nice. 2008 as a whole looks like a very good Trek Lit year.

ncc71877