Spoilers TNG: Shadows Have Offended, by Cassandra Rose Clarke - Review Thread

[100Pic]

It was great fun to read a TV era TNG novel. For me, I really enjoyed the Crusher storyline, as I’ve always been a big fan of her character. Overall, it was nice little piece of escapist fiction — perfect for these trying times.

My full review is here: https://scifibooks.club/reviews/shadows-have-offended-book-review/

 

[Kilana2]

Just finished it and voted above average.

 

[DS9forever]

Are there any more DS9 and TNG novels like this in the works?

 

[Reanok]

I'm hoping we'll get more newds9 and Tng books too.

 

[The Wormhole]

Are there any more DS9 and TNG novels like this in the works?

IIRC, someone recently said the success of this and DS9 Revenant was noticed and will be taken into account when making future decisions. But at the moment, the only Trek novels on the schedule are tie-ins for the current shows, and a TOS novel.

 

[100Pic]

I’m almost certain we’ll get more TNG books of this sort — since TNG is a perennial favourite, and the Litverse is now done. DS9 and VOY though? Who knows.

 

[The Wormhole]

DS9 and VOY though? Who knows.

Revenant did prove there's a market for TV series-era DS9 novels. The question is Voyager or Enterprise. Voyager I'd be surprised if we didn't get a new novel within the next few years, as that show seems to be experiencing a surge in popularity in recent years, due in part to Seven of Nine being on Picard as well as Janeway and other Voyager characters appearing on Prodigy. Enterprise, might be questionable.

Though I imagine if a notable enough author pitches a novel for either show it would help. Indeed, Revenant happened mostly because it was by a notable genre author.

 

[DGCatAniSiri]

Yeah, I have to imagine that before too long, there will at least be AN Enterprise novel, testing the waters of the willingness of the public to pick it up, that there will be room for one once in a blue moon, at least. If Voyager is getting a reappraisal due to Seven in Picard, I feel like Enterprise has also been re-evaluated some by some people because of their dissatisfaction with the current era of Trek - it being easy to call that thing they hated before better than the thing they hate now.

The big issue, of course, is just the present issues in production that’s given us only two books on the docket for 2022. In a non-pandemic world, we might have gotten at least one novel for TNG, DS9, Voyager, or Enterprise this year, but... Well, reality always gets in the way of the ideal.

 

[The Caretaker]

Just read this over the weekend, a fairly enjoyable book. It did bother me a bit that this felt like two novellas in one volume, the two plots did not connect at all.

The Kota story felt like a blend of Home Soil and Night Terrors, with Beverly taking on Troi’s role in the latter. It felt bit of a stretch that Beverly was able to overcome the effects of the beach to be the one to make the communication breakthrough (I know the aliens said that was down to them as well). As soon as the plot mentioned ‘fossils’ early on it became pretty obvious what was going on.

As for the Betazed plot, it was fairly clear that the artefacts were going to vanish when they were described as being behind a screen. That story didn’t really pick up for me until the characters were off world to track the artefacts down. From what I remember from the show, Betazed was fairly central within the Federation so it seemed unlikely that the lawless worlds visited could only be a few hours away. I did like reappearance of the Ferengi whips which soon vanished on screen!

As others have said, the book just ended… What happened on Betazed when the artefacts were returned? Who took the credit for their return? Did the refugees manage to settle anywhere other than Kota?!

P.S. This is not the novel for Geordi fans!!

 

[hbquikcomjamesl]

"Aurelian . . . births . . . notoriously dangerous to both mother and child"?!?

Aurelians are canonically avian. Wouldn't they be oviparous?

 

[Victoria]

"Aurelian . . . births . . . notoriously dangerous to both mother and child"?!?

Aurelians are canonically avian. Wouldn't they be oviparous?

Presumably that's why Aurelians births are notoriously dangerous. They ought to be oviparous and aren't!

 

[hbquikcomjamesl]

Or maybe they lay tetrahedral eggs (OUCH!)
Just hit the end of chapter 8 in my re-read. The whole chapter reads like the teaser of a Banacek movie. This is a good day for an old Polish proverb.