ST:TNG Resistance (SPOILERS)
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I thought I would be disappointed with this book, but I am happy to say it was way better than I thought it would be. For whatever reason, TNG related stories aren't at the top of my list right now, other than the TTN series. This novel has reignited my interest in these characters.
T'Lana and Nave were both interesting new characters...Nave's death scene was pretty intense and I wasn't expecting to see her go so soon.
I like the continuing pattern of inevitable change and growth in the main TNG characters. This book was well written overall - the dialogue was interesting and the action scenes were very tight and exciting, despite the fact that we've seen countless Borg chase scenes over the years.
One tiny nitpick I have though...since it is stated that the Borg have become hyper aggressive and want to wipe out humanity for good, isn't it strange that there weren't any Borg fighters or support craft flying around providing cover for the large Cube while it and the Queen were being prepared for the final push? Maybe they didn't have the resources? IDK, it just seems like it would have been logical that they would have taken extra caution to ensure there was no way a lone cloaked ship could have gotten in and taken them down like the Enterprise did. I still enjoyed the book though...just me griping a little
Well done!
T'Lana and Nave were both interesting new characters...Nave's death scene was pretty intense and I wasn't expecting to see her go so soon.
I like the continuing pattern of inevitable change and growth in the main TNG characters. This book was well written overall - the dialogue was interesting and the action scenes were very tight and exciting, despite the fact that we've seen countless Borg chase scenes over the years.
One tiny nitpick I have though...since it is stated that the Borg have become hyper aggressive and want to wipe out humanity for good, isn't it strange that there weren't any Borg fighters or support craft flying around providing cover for the large Cube while it and the Queen were being prepared for the final push? Maybe they didn't have the resources? IDK, it just seems like it would have been logical that they would have taken extra caution to ensure there was no way a lone cloaked ship could have gotten in and taken them down like the Enterprise did. I still enjoyed the book though...just me griping a little
Well done!
KRAD said:
I'm responding to several points at once here, so bear with me:
Marc: Janeway's promotion to admiral was established in the movie Nemesis, and dramatized in Homecoming by Christie Golden.
Nickyboy: Only if you buy that La Forge should become a captain.
JD & Rob: Yes, the preview in the back is for Before Dishonor, but Janeway does, in fact, appear in Q&A.
I am glad you put a piece about La Forge in the A time to series, i was just interested in seeing him progress up the command ladder to being captain of the Challenger (Voy: Timeless). But as I stated earlier I am no Worf fan.
I think i will still give it a miss an go and get another copy of Reap the Whirlwind (as I left my first copy on a plane)
The Enterprise felt like a ghost ship. At one point, Nave is calling out for survivors on the bridge, and only acknowledges T'Lana and Geordi as persons who were even there. I guess I really am spoiled by DS9 and TTN, which have rich supporting casts.
In many ways I felt I was reading a TNG novel set while the movies were being made. The novel created a disposable conn officer and security chief. Was it really necessary to start off the TNG-PN novels with less than the permanent crew?
Also, I for one find the idea of the Borg not assimilating, only destroying, a bit dull. Most bad guys want to destroy you. The Borg wanted to keep you alive, but remove everything that you were. That was way more interesting.
And why was everyone so certain about the Borg Queen being destroyed for good at the beginning? She'd been destroyed at least three times to Starfleet's knowledge (TBOBW; FC; Endgame).
I really hope Q & A is better.
In many ways I felt I was reading a TNG novel set while the movies were being made. The novel created a disposable conn officer and security chief. Was it really necessary to start off the TNG-PN novels with less than the permanent crew?
Also, I for one find the idea of the Borg not assimilating, only destroying, a bit dull. Most bad guys want to destroy you. The Borg wanted to keep you alive, but remove everything that you were. That was way more interesting.
And why was everyone so certain about the Borg Queen being destroyed for good at the beginning? She'd been destroyed at least three times to Starfleet's knowledge (TBOBW; FC; Endgame).
I really hope Q & A is better.
Four times, actually -- a Queen was destroyed in "Dark Frontier" as well.
However, in "Endgame," Admiral Janeway infected the Borg with a virus that spread widely and wrought havoc on their central Unicomplex, so it was reasonable to assume they'd struck a crippling blow.
However, in "Endgame," Admiral Janeway infected the Borg with a virus that spread widely and wrought havoc on their central Unicomplex, so it was reasonable to assume they'd struck a crippling blow.
Just finished this. Don't really have much to say about it other than..
I don't know yet if I like the new direction the Borg are taking.
I didn't know the Enterprise-E could separate like the D could. Has this happened in other places that I've missed?
The strange seemingly obvious relationship that's building between T'Lana and Worf is actually pretty cool.
And this was the very best characterization of Worf I've seen to date. Better even than how he was on TV in either TNG or DS9. Fantastic.
Now, the preview for Before Dishonor was strange but in a good way. I'm a little perturbed by Janeway's declaration of not being monumentally stupid, and then immediately saying something monumentally stupid. WTF.
I don't know yet if I like the new direction the Borg are taking.
I didn't know the Enterprise-E could separate like the D could. Has this happened in other places that I've missed?
The strange seemingly obvious relationship that's building between T'Lana and Worf is actually pretty cool.
And this was the very best characterization of Worf I've seen to date. Better even than how he was on TV in either TNG or DS9. Fantastic.
Now, the preview for Before Dishonor was strange but in a good way. I'm a little perturbed by Janeway's declaration of not being monumentally stupid, and then immediately saying something monumentally stupid. WTF.
Just finished reading Resistance. I really enjoyed it. The characterizations of Picard, Crusher and Worf were really good. I liked how the book referenced canon to explain the character's actions and thoughts. It made the characterizations more realistic. I particularly liked how the Borg were portrayed. The Borg were scary and felt like a real threat again. I think this story "fixes" the Borg after Voyager.
The story really felt like a sequel to First Contact. Reading the book, I could easily picture it as a movie as good as FC.
The story really felt like a sequel to First Contact. Reading the book, I could easily picture it as a movie as good as FC.
I just finished the book and I really enjoyed it. I loved Worf's and Picard's characterization and the trials and tribulations that they go through during the whole book. I especially loved the intenisty of the action sequences on the Borg cube, which I always found lacking on the show (although there's some of it in First Contact). I knew Nave was going to kill herself and Lio the moment the narration described the terrible abyss below them which I found touching.
But I didn't think of that scene. Oddly, I was reminded of Dukat and Sisko's fall in "What You Leave Behind."
You mean the Doctor Who episode? Remember, Allyn, there are some poor souls who don't watch the show (or have even heard of it), so context is necessary.Allyn Gibson said:
he only one who thought the scene in "42," when the freighter captain spaces herself and her possessed husband?
No, it's probably just me.
But I didn't think of that scene. Oddly, I was reminded of Dukat and Sisko's fall in "What You Leave Behind."
Overall, I enjoyed "Resistance"; I found it a quick and entertaining read. (Here comes the inevitable 'but') But, there were a couple of things I didn't like. IMO, Picard was waaaaaaaay to quick to suggest becoming Locutus again. Surely there would be options? Also, I don't like the whole Borg equals insects comparison. While I was OK with the concept of a queen for "First Contact", it seems to me the queen thing was better as a one-off idea. And why can't the Borg be a hive mind without a queen? I hope further books can, as advertised, put the threat back into the Borg, but for me they still seem second-rate.
While I enjoyed "Resistance" I found I enjoyed it less than 9 out of 10 novels since the turn of the millenium/decade. Nothing "bad" about the book, so much as that the bar is so high, that I didn't feel "Resistance" really met it. It felt a little unfocused, bogged down. Less driven than most "relaunch" novels.
What I liked:
What I didn't like:
Mixed Feelings:
End of the day... mixed feelings is the best way to sum up how I felt about "Resistance"
What I liked:
- Crusher and Picard finally together
- Worf as XO
- Janeway, gotta love Admiral Janeway
- Nave & Lio Battaglia (sp?)
- Return of the Borg
- E-E Saucer Seperation
- Worf references to "Change of Heart" and Jadzia
- Borg Queen
- Viscious Borg
What I didn't like:
- Fate of Nave and Lio; felt it ended up "wasting" their entire storyline.
- T'Lana. Do not like her. At all.
- T'Lana+Worf "ship" - my feelings on this? Replace the P in "ship" with a T...
- Lack of good use of the Borg Queen
- LOCUTUS?! AGAIN!? Faking it is one thing; DOING it again... just... WTF? Picard would go suicidal! It's like raping a rape victim, you know? Takes something horrible and make it soooo bad that... *shakes head*
- Lack of La Forge
- Name of the Crew Lounge; Lame
Mixed Feelings:
- B-4/Data ending - resolution makes sense, but... should have gone "Search for Spock" with B4!
End of the day... mixed feelings is the best way to sum up how I felt about "Resistance"
Theoretically, separation ability is standard for most Starfleet vessels. The TOS and movie versions of the Enterprise were capable of separating the saucer from the rest of the ship, but it was meant as a last-ditch emergency maneuver. What was novel about the Galaxy class was that it was designed to perform separation as a routine maneuver that could be easily reversed without the need for a drydock.
It's generally safe to assume that any ship class with separate saucer and engineering hulls with an interconnecting dorsal is capable of at least emergency separation. The exceptions would be the classes with more integral hulls, like Miranda, Intrepid, and so forth.
Larry Niven wrote a TOS plot outline in the 60s entitled "The Pastel Terror" that featured a saucer separation.
Star Trek: The Motion Picture was, at one time, going to end with a saucer separation.
The Mirror Universe Saga featured the Mirror-Enterprise undergoing a saucer separation.
Star Trek: The Motion Picture was, at one time, going to end with a saucer separation.
The Mirror Universe Saga featured the Mirror-Enterprise undergoing a saucer separation.
Of course, the reason we so rarely see saucer separations is that they tend to turn into messy saucer divorces and protracted saucer custody battles....
Yes, but when the broken saucer finds new love and a new ship to be with, it's a heart-warming thing. Why, one might even get a little teary.
^^Don't you mean "when the broken saucer finds Super-Glue?"
[Helen Lovejoy]
"The shuttlecraft! Will somebody please think of the shuttlecraft!"
[/Helen Lovejoy]
"The shuttlecraft! Will somebody please think of the shuttlecraft!"
[/Helen Lovejoy]
Ah, yes, a follow up to the also unsuccesful "The Plaid Horror".
Fictitiously yours, Trent Roman
I forgot to something mention in my earlier review: While I enjoyed the overall book, one thing kept bothering me throughout the book. Why wasn't this Borg situation referred to during the course of Articles of the Federation? This is a pretty big deal, even if the Borg didn't attack, so one would think the President of the Federation would have heard about this incident and whatever occurs in Before Dishonor.
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