Star Trek Q&A -- Appreciation Thread ****SPOILERS*****
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Oh, they're probably at Minotaur here, but I'm not really willing to pay a premium just to get it a few weeks earlier, given that I'm waiting on the PAD one as well. I presume Borders will get it in eventually. If not, I'll have to find somewhere better than Collins to order from next time...
With the soaring Aussie dollar, I could probably order direct from the US myself, since the book shops don't seem to pass on the savings...
Oh, they're probably at Minotaur here, but I'm not really willing to pay a premium just to get it a few weeks earlier, given that I'm waiting on the PAD one as well. I presume Borders will get it in eventually. If not, I'll have to find somewhere better than Collins to order from next time...
With the soaring Aussie dollar, I could probably order direct from the US myself, since the book shops don't seem to pass on the savings...
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although while I complained about the cost of these paperbacks before (and they're still AU$16.95 here), trade books have gone from AU$35 to AU$25, which is rather nice. but that's the only change in price I've seen.
except amazon charges $4.99 per shipment + $4.99 per item for books, which is rather ridiculous for a book that costs $7.99.
although while I complained about the cost of these paperbacks before (and they're still AU$16.95 here), trade books have gone from AU$35 to AU$25, which is rather nice. but that's the only change in price I've seen.
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Just finished it on my lunch break. Twas a fun book and I enjoyed it more than Resistance. I liked how Q's constant testing really paid off.
Just finished it on my lunch break. Twas a fun book and I enjoyed it more than Resistance. I liked how Q's constant testing really paid off.
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I just finished it a second time. It just may be the definitive Q novel.
I just finished it a second time. It just may be the definitive Q novel.
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You are welcome, Keith.
You are welcome, Keith.
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Even though I picked this up today and am now around the ninety page mark, I'd just like to say how good it is! It's probably the best Star Trek book I've read in a while.
I was sat on the Underground reading it earlier, at the point when Commander Kadohata is talking to her husband, and calls the new security chief "a bit of a wanker". I burst out laughing, and attracted some baffled looks from my fellow passengers!
Even though I picked this up today and am now around the ninety page mark, I'd just like to say how good it is! It's probably the best Star Trek book I've read in a while.
I was sat on the Underground reading it earlier, at the point when Commander Kadohata is talking to her husband, and calls the new security chief "a bit of a wanker". I burst out laughing, and attracted some baffled looks from my fellow passengers!
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Howdy. Finished Q&A the other day, just thought I'd add my two cents.
I liked it, as I have most of the more recent Trek books (the quality has certainly risen in the nine or ten years I've been reading Trek). Every scene with Q was great. Keith, you got his personality down pat, I could hear the dialogue in my head exactly how de Lancie would say the lines. The story itself was really cool, I loved how all of Q's appearances were tied into some overall grand scheme, and I thought making Q responsible for Worf's little journey in Parallels was clever. The various realities Picard goes through toward the end were neat. I liked the cameos from Wes, Madden (clever way to include an apocryphal character), the Kirsten Dunst alien, etc.
Oh, and the reference to Picard's decision in Resistance to turn himself back into Locutus being "borderline insane" was priceless, cracked me up, because when I was reading Resistance this week, I was thinking the very same thing.
What I didn't particularly like... Commander Kadohata. She just didn't do it for me. Leybenzon I did like, but Kadohata... I don't know, for her first appearance, there was too much of her. I wouldn't have tried to cram her into the crew so forcefully, having her carry on with the more established characters like she's been there the whole time (and apparently she has been?--I also didn't like the fact that she was Data's unseen protege). Plus, she came across as a little too perfect (I'm loath to drop the "Mary Sue" bomb, but...) to me. Perhaps she'll grow on me, but when I was reading Q&A... I dunno, I just wanted to her to stop speaking.
Other than that, though, Q&A wasn't bad. Good job, sir!
-Wes.
Howdy. Finished Q&A the other day, just thought I'd add my two cents.
I liked it, as I have most of the more recent Trek books (the quality has certainly risen in the nine or ten years I've been reading Trek). Every scene with Q was great. Keith, you got his personality down pat, I could hear the dialogue in my head exactly how de Lancie would say the lines. The story itself was really cool, I loved how all of Q's appearances were tied into some overall grand scheme, and I thought making Q responsible for Worf's little journey in Parallels was clever. The various realities Picard goes through toward the end were neat. I liked the cameos from Wes, Madden (clever way to include an apocryphal character), the Kirsten Dunst alien, etc.
Oh, and the reference to Picard's decision in Resistance to turn himself back into Locutus being "borderline insane" was priceless, cracked me up, because when I was reading Resistance this week, I was thinking the very same thing.
What I didn't particularly like... Commander Kadohata. She just didn't do it for me. Leybenzon I did like, but Kadohata... I don't know, for her first appearance, there was too much of her. I wouldn't have tried to cram her into the crew so forcefully, having her carry on with the more established characters like she's been there the whole time (and apparently she has been?--I also didn't like the fact that she was Data's unseen protege). Plus, she came across as a little too perfect (I'm loath to drop the "Mary Sue" bomb, but...) to me. Perhaps she'll grow on me, but when I was reading Q&A... I dunno, I just wanted to her to stop speaking.
Other than that, though, Q&A wasn't bad. Good job, sir!
-Wes.
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^ Sorry you didn't like Kadohata, and glad you liked the rest of the book.
As for her being around all that time -- there were 1000 people on the Enterprise-D, and we saw less than 100 of them over the seven years the show was on the air. That means we didn't really interact with 90% of the people who served on that ship as viewers, but it's ridiculous to think that the crew didn't.
I created Kadohata as a person who'd worked her way up the ranks on the D doing one of the many dozens of jobs that we never really got a good look at -- but those other 900 people had to be doing something.
And the Enterprise is unlikely to have gotten its reputation as having the best and the brightest of Starfleet solely on the basis of seven people's work.
Anyhow, glad you liked the book. Thanks!
^ Sorry you didn't like Kadohata, and glad you liked the rest of the book.
As for her being around all that time -- there were 1000 people on the Enterprise-D, and we saw less than 100 of them over the seven years the show was on the air. That means we didn't really interact with 90% of the people who served on that ship as viewers, but it's ridiculous to think that the crew didn't.
I created Kadohata as a person who'd worked her way up the ranks on the D doing one of the many dozens of jobs that we never really got a good look at -- but those other 900 people had to be doing something.
And the Enterprise is unlikely to have gotten its reputation as having the best and the brightest of Starfleet solely on the basis of seven people's work.Anyhow, glad you liked the book.
Thanks!
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I'm about 1/4 of the way through the book and must say, KRAD, I love the way your books make a great effort to show the continuity within the novel universe and make you feel that the current crew we are following in the novel is just a small part of a much larger universe (at least in the two novels I've read; Articles of the Federation and now Q & A). I really like the incorportation of characters from the other novel series as well.
I'm a bit disappointed by how the crew have run-down B-4 however and referred to him as Data's "idiot cousin". I was saddened when I learned he was being shipped off the E-E. It seems to me that many authors felt that him embodying Data's past knowledge was more of a disrespect to Data than a means by which he is still living on in some sense. Oh well, I hope we see him again in some respect in the future.
I'm about 1/4 of the way through the book and must say, KRAD, I love the way your books make a great effort to show the continuity within the novel universe and make you feel that the current crew we are following in the novel is just a small part of a much larger universe (at least in the two novels I've read; Articles of the Federation and now Q & A). I really like the incorportation of characters from the other novel series as well.
I'm a bit disappointed by how the crew have run-down B-4 however and referred to him as Data's "idiot cousin". I was saddened when I learned he was being shipped off the E-E. It seems to me that many authors felt that him embodying Data's past knowledge was more of a disrespect to Data than a means by which he is still living on in some sense. Oh well, I hope we see him again in some respect in the future.
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^ I didn't think it was a way of disrespecting Data, but we've seen this kind of memory-dump before, both in Data himself: Lal, and the Omicron Theta colonists. Lal didn't "live on" in Data (except in the metaphorical sense), nor did the Omicron Theta colonists, so there's no reason to assume that Data would, in turn, live on in B-4.
Besides, I'm well and truly sick of the impermanence of death in Star Trek. Data blew up into billions of subatomic pieces. He's an ex-parrot. I'd rather he stayed that way, so his sacrifice actually meant something, instead of yet another cheapening of the reality of death from Trek.
Glad you're enjoying the book!
^ I didn't think it was a way of disrespecting Data, but we've seen this kind of memory-dump before, both in Data himself: Lal, and the Omicron Theta colonists. Lal didn't "live on" in Data (except in the metaphorical sense), nor did the Omicron Theta colonists, so there's no reason to assume that Data would, in turn, live on in B-4.
Besides, I'm well and truly sick of the impermanence of death in Star Trek. Data blew up into billions of subatomic pieces. He's an ex-parrot. I'd rather he stayed that way, so his sacrifice actually meant something, instead of yet another cheapening of the reality of death from Trek.
Glad you're enjoying the book!
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Data was probably my favourite Next Gen character and his absence from the cast somewhat reduces my enthusiasm for post-NEM TNG fiction. I quite appreciated KRAD cleverly allowing Data(s) to participate in Q&A, which I very much enjoyed.
Having said that, I wouldn't care to see Data resurrected in the Lit by way of B-4 or otherwise. Data's death in NEM was an unnecessary waste but what's done is done. Someone in Star Trek has to stay dead.
Data was probably my favourite Next Gen character and his absence from the cast somewhat reduces my enthusiasm for post-NEM TNG fiction. I quite appreciated KRAD cleverly allowing Data(s) to participate in Q&A, which I very much enjoyed.
Having said that, I wouldn't care to see Data resurrected in the Lit by way of B-4 or otherwise. Data's death in NEM was an unnecessary waste but what's done is done. Someone in Star Trek has to stay dead.
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Keith, just wanted to say a big "thank you!" for including the nod to Q-in-Law in Q&A. I know you didn't have to do anything in regards to the books and comics and such, but that quick nod to the other book, and to Lwaxana (with Q STILL being afraid of her) was brilliant. I loved it!
Keith, just wanted to say a big "thank you!" for including the nod to Q-in-Law in Q&A. I know you didn't have to do anything in regards to the books and comics and such, but that quick nod to the other book, and to Lwaxana (with Q STILL being afraid of her) was brilliant. I loved it!
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