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MegaWhoppingCosmicBookwyrm
The Peacekeepers | Gene DeWeese
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Pickpick

4 ⭐️s
A much better installment to the TNG book series. I enjoyed the focus on Geordi and Data, especially the use of Geordi‘s visor! The moral questions brought up throughout the story were intriguing and made me think of a sci fi classic I read earlier this year, Way Station by Simak. But in this story, the threat of an alien conglomerate enforcing a handicap on a planets ability to govern itself and reach for the stars has become reality.

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MegaWhoppingCosmicBookwyrm
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Mehso-so

3 ⭐️s
There‘s a lot going on and also not much happens… Many of the characters (especially these three doofuses) are very different than their tv counterparts. Data shows too much emotion, I especially hated the moments where he seemingly got his feelings hurt. I LOATHED the part where Carey says he actually pouts like a child. Riker‘s an unprofessional lunatic. Geordi was just a tad bit too insubordinate. (Although I must say, his ⬇️

MegaWhoppingCosmicBookwyrm protectiveness over Data definitely fed my inner Data/Geordi ship demon.) 😅

The plot was meh. I still don‘t understand how this entity swooped through Earth in the 1990‘s, plucked one ship out of the ocean, then apparently left our solar system and didn‘t come into human contact again until the Enterprise stumbled across it randomly out in the galaxy… 🤷‍♀️

I don‘t know that I can blame Carey for not having a better grasp on the characters ⬇️
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MegaWhoppingCosmicBookwyrm mannerisms. The show premiered in late September ‘87 and this novel was published in July ‘88. She had to have been writing it either before it premiered or just as it was airing. So I don‘t know how much, if any, of the actors depictions she was able to see before writing this. Wesley especially seems like she wrote a completely different person in the role, down to his physical looks.

Book 2 of #BookTrek2024
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Roary47 Eeee I think I‘ve read this one a long time ago. 🤩 5mo
MegaWhoppingCosmicBookwyrm @Roary47 Lol, it‘s almost as old as I am. 😅 Have you read any other Star Trek books? I‘m working my way through the TNG series. ❤️ 5mo
Roary47 @MegaWhoppingCosmicBookwyrm Yes, I‘ve read a few. I need to get back into reading them. They seem to be the only Sci-fi I can actually get into. 😅 5mo
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RamsFan1963
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I am posting one book per day from my extensive, and ever growing, TBR shelves. Some are old and some are new, some were gifts and some I don't remember why I bought them.
Day 32 (yes I know I'm late, and this is the second Worf cover)
#ABookADay2024

Ruthiella Too much Worf is never a bad thing! Qapla‘! 10mo
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RamsFan1963
Shadows Have Offended | Cassandra Rose Clarke
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I am posting one book per day from my extensive, and ever growing, TBR shelves. Some are old and some are new, some were gifts and some I don't remember why I bought them.
Day 31
#ABookADay2024

MemoirsForMe 😍🖖🏻 10mo
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BoldCityBooks
Ghost Ship | Diane Carey
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Back patio Sunday afternoon reading.

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kwmg40
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I just had to share this photo after I saw the “sock monkey“ theme for the #MarchMadnessReadathon #DailyChallenge.

Years ago, I knitted a traditional grey and white monkey for my daughter. She loved it so much that I decided to adapt the pattern to make another, based on her favourite Star Trek character, Data.

@DieAReader @Andrew65 @GHABI4ROSES

#LitsyCrafters

DieAReader Love it!!!💙💙💙 (edited) 2y
Ruthiella So cute! 2y
bthegood love it - 2y
Andrew65 Wonderful! 2y
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mamareading
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Reading this as a buddy read with my son. He‘s practicing reading aloud and improving his English so he reads in Braille and I in print. We just randomly jumped in at book 8 because that‘s what was available in Braille. I think I might actually like the story, we‘ll see, it‘s not my usual genre!

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Chittavrtti
Dark Mirror | Diane Duane
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Kyndrill
Masks (Star Trek Next Generation 7) | John Vornholt, Vornholt
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My first Star Trek novel! At first I was thrown off by the omniscient third person point of view, a style I haven‘t read in a long time, but it worked for the ensemble cast. Occasionally the characterization was spot on, but sometimes it had me scratching my head, particularly how Data was constantly represented as having emotions. All in all, an amusing read with several fun twists.

StaceGhost Data always was more human than he gave himself credit for! When Tasha was killed he was sad about it— and that was early days! 3y
Kyndrill So true! Sometimes the whole “I cannot feel emotions” thing just doesn‘t seem right. Maybe he was always feeling them but just didn‘t know what they were. 3y
Nute I am a huge Star Trek fan, but only of the television shows. I have never considered reading the books. Are the books novelizations of the T.V. programs or are the television shows adapted from the books? 3y
Kyndrill @Nute They are novelizations based on the T.V. shows, but with different stories than any of the episodes. I grew up watching The Next Generation and remember my mom reading a lot of the books! So after finishing my re-watch of The Next Generation I decided I wanted to try some of the books. I have another two still to read which are a story about Q. Which is your favorite of the Star Trek T.V. series? 3y
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Avanders
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Ok I‘ve taken your comments, looked at a few more closely, and rejiggered a bit… here are the 4 I‘m considering now 😁Let me know what you think #GroupW #Round13 #LMPBC

@MaleficentBookDragon @carlthecattt @mklong

carlthecattt The terror sounds really good! 3y
mklong Again, I would be happy with any of them, but I guess Let the Right One In would be my first choice 3y
MaleficentBookDragon The terror sounds good, but at 769 pages it is a chunkster. My top choice is Voices in the Snow but Let the Right One in is also good. I've seen the American movie and I feel the book will probably be much better. 3y
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Avanders 😁😁 I‘m going to copy Chelle and have my husband pick our book out of a hat 😜 @MaleficentBookDragon @mklong @carlthecattt 3y
Gissy All of you have chosen interesting books for #LMPBC I‘m not participating but I‘m taking advantage to add some titles to my tbr
🍂🍁🍂🎃 👻🧙🏼‍♀️🖤🖤🖤
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Avanders @Gissy I know - I love it when I see all the book-selection posts, whether I‘m participating or not! 😄👏🏽👏🏽♥️♥️ 3y
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