Star Trek Q&A -- Appreciation Thread ****SPOILERS*****

[JD]

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Aaron McGuire said:

Favorite passage:

"Q," Picard asked, "what did going into Sherwood Forest and making me play Robin Hood to Vash's Marian have to do with all this?"

Shrugging, Q said, "I just wanted to see you in tights, Jean-Luc."



Aaron McGuire

Well, I just found my new sig. So much for the Two and a Half Men quote. :thumbsup:

 

[Elemental]

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I just finished reading the chapter taking place on the Malon vessel and it references the Vidiians as having been cured of the Phage. Had this happened in a novel or episode I'm forgetting or is this its first mention?

 

[Brendan Moody]

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^In the VOY episode "Think Tank," the eponymous organization said that it had cured the Phage a few months before.

 

[Toxteth O´Grady]

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KRAD,

Q was always one of my favorite recurring characters. I loved that they bookended TNG with him. I even enjoyed DS9's "Q-Less", which seems to get a bad rap. Naturally when I saw your book at the store, it peaked my interest. It had been a very long time since I read a Trek novel. The '90s, I think. Seeing as it was a Q novel I gave it a shot. I loved it. I finished it within a few days. I enjoyed how every Q appearance was tied together for a bigger purpose. The nod to "Parallels" (one of my favorite episodes) was great. And I liked the new characters. I was afraid Leybenzon would be some hardass security officer that you love to hate, but I actually enjoyed his scenes.

You got me interested in Star Trek novels again, so thank you.

 

[KRAD]

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^ Thanks so much! And welcome back.

 

[D Man]

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I just finished the book, and most of my comments have been touched on already in this thread. Great book, fun read, can't wait for your next project!

One more thing, the bit at the end where Geordi brings in Data's poker visor gave me goosebumps. I thought Nemesis had royally screwed everything up, but first the ATT series and now the new TNG novels are adding meaning and resonance to a movie that had very little of either. Geordi beginning to deal with his best friend's death worked very well in this book, so kudos to you, KRAD! :thumbsup: Doesn't quite make up for the fact that the poor guy had about 3 lines in Resistance, though.

 

[captcalhoun]

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I'm barely started reading this, but i just want to say:

HOORAY! A Brit who talks like a real person and not a stereotype, even if she does say 'bollocks' which is a tad stereotyped, she also called Beverly 'love'. huzzah. All post-NEM TNG authors should be made to sit through six hours of mixed British TV to get the slang before writing Kadohata.

plus, loved the appearances of Riker and Shelby. Just getting to Klag's cameo.

it's a bit of a pain trying to work out which Q is which at times, mind...

 

[JD]

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Same thing goes for Scotty in A Time for Peace, A Time For War. The authors doing that never really offended me, it just made it hard to figure out what he was saying sometimes.

 

[KRAD]

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HOORAY! A Brit who talks like a real person and not a stereotype, even if she does say 'bollocks' which is a tad stereotyped, she also called Beverly 'love'. huzzah. All post-NEM TNG authors should be made to sit through six hours of mixed British TV to get the slang before writing Kadohata.

I've been watching British TV since I was eight and reading P.G. Wodehouse for even longer than that, so I know how Brits talk.

 

[rafterman1701]

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Good work KRAD. I really enjoyed this one.

 

[KRAD]

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Good work KRAD. I really enjoyed this one.

Thanks much!

 

[captcalhoun]

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well, close observation of Doctor Who, Torchwood and Spike in Buffy should help.

 

[Turtletrekker]

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Keith, I was wondering if, since Miranda Kadohata has been with the Enterprise D and E since "Farpoint", if there any plans to use her in any capacity in any future pre- Nemesis TNG books? Slings and Arrows, perhaps?

 

[KRAD]

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Keith, I was wondering if, since Miranda Kadohata has been with the Enterprise D and E since "Farpoint", if there any plans to use her in any capacity in any future pre- Nemesis TNG books? Slings and Arrows, perhaps?

Maaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaybe....

 

[captcalhoun]

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finished this today as i was under the weather with a stinky cold. brilliant. loved every page. particularly the multiple parallel universes. question on same:

F.S.S. = Federation Star Ship?
U.S. = ????
U.S.V. = United Star Vessel?
E.S.S. = Earth Star Ship?

shame there's no H.M.S.

sorry if this was already covered, i've not read all 9 pages...

 

[KRAD]

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U.S. was meant to be United Starship, with "starship" as one word (which is how it's usually spelled in any case). And U.S.V. I was thinking more United Space Vessel, but Star works, too.

 

[Jack Bauer]

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I just finished it and thought it was great. I'm loving Worf as first officer. :thumbsup:

 

[Mr. Laser Beam]

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KRAD said:
U.S. was meant to be United Starship, with "starship" as one word (which is how it's usually spelled in any case). And U.S.V. I was thinking more United Space Vessel, but Star works, too.

Pity you couldn't have used IAV or EAS.

*pause*

Could you?

(seriously, I *have* often wondered what an EAS Enterprise would look like...)

 

[JWolf]

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What I thought was that once Picard was bouncing around the various incarnations of the Enterprise that it felt a lot like The Best of Both Worlds.

 

[Elemental]

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JWolf said:
What I thought was that once Picard was bouncing around the various incarnations of the Enterprise that it felt a lot like The Best of Both Worlds.

Do you mean "All Good Things..."? Because that's what I thought.