The Stuff of Dreams (Star Trek: The Next Generation)

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In Swallow s new Star Trek novella, Picard comes face to face with the Nexus one last time As the Federation worries about the temporal portal that is about to enter Kinshaya space, Picard comes full circle Through his experience, he will not only understand Soran better, but himself as well. Best Download Books The Stuff of Dreams (Star Trek: The Next Generation) by James Swallow – kino-fada.fr Trek on and hop in the Nexus, baby This is a novella from Star Trek The Next Generation A short story which serves as a sequel to the events on the theatrical film Star Trek Generations. NEXUS AGAIN Thirteen years later, Captain Jean Luc Picard found himself again in front of the mysterious space phenomenon known as The Nexus , which has atemporal properties and it s able to bring a perfect life to anybody, IF they are able to get into it.I enjoyed a lot the reading of the novella O Trek on and hop in the Nexus, baby This is a novella from Star Trek The Next Generation A short story which serves as a sequel to the events on the theatrical film Star Trek Generations. NEXUS AGAIN Thirteen years later, Captain Jean Luc Picard found himself again in front of the mysterious space phenomenon known as The Nexus , which has atemporal properties and it s able to bring a perfect life to anybody, IF they are able to get into it.I enjoyed a lot the reading of the novella One has to take in account that in barely 100 pages, one can t expect a lot of development on characters and or a complicated story The best way to view it, it s to do it like if it was some kind of episode of the series.Still, I think that James Swallow, the author, was able to acomplish a lot of things in such short lenght of pages The Nexus has been if huge impact to the history of the starships named Enterprise Since, for one reason or another, The Nexus has been in the middle of the dea...Book Info Genre Science Fiction TV and Movie Tie inReading Level AdultRecommended for ST TNG fans, especially those interested in the Nexus.Trigger Warnings suicide, genocide historical Borg attacks mentioned , religious zealotsMy Thoughts This book is definitely for fans of Star Trek The Next Generation If you haven t watched the show and or followed the various books that have been written in the cannon and or seen the movie Star Trek Generations you will not have any idea what is go Book Info Genre Science Fiction TV and Movie Tie inReading Level AdultRecommended for ST TNG fans, especially those interested in the Nexus.Trigger Warnings suicide, genocide historical Borg attacks mentioned , religious zealotsMy Thoughts This book is definitely for fans of Star Trek The Next Generation If you haven t watched the show and or followed the variou...It s been a long while since I last read a Star Trek novel so, when The Stuff of Dreams came along for review, I found myself anxious to catch up with the original timeline and forget about the cinematic reboot.Right off the bat, you have to gives James Swallow credit for revisiting the problematic first cinematic adventure of Picard and crew In taking us back to the Nexus, he can t help but prompt memories of the awkwardness of the Kirk Picard encounter, and the weakness of Kirk s death Rat It s been a long while since I last read a Star Trek novel so, when The Stuff of Dreams came along for review, I found myself anxious to catch up with the original timeline and forget about the cinematic reboot.Right off the bat, you have to gives James Swallow credit for revisiting the problematic first cinematic adventure of Picard and crew In taking us back to the Nexus, he can t help but prompt memories of the awkwardness of the Kirk Picard encounter, and the weakness of Kirk s death Rather than dwell on it, he mentions, forgets it, and smartly moves on.Taking place within the post Nemesis, post Typhon Pact continuity, the story opens with the Enterprise being called to assist with destroying the Nexus before it can pass into the borders of the Typhon Pact Of course, nothing ever goes precisely to plan, and Picard ...Originally posted at Reading Reality.The Stuff of Dreams is a competent addition to the TNG series, but works best as a palate cleanser between novels Readers who are new to the recent TNG book series may find themselves a bit lost To best appreciate Swallow s entry, I recommend first reading the Destiny trilogy by David Mack and at least dipping into one or two of the Typhon Pact stories.One of the guilty pleasures of reading media tie ins is getting the chance to see loose ends tied up I Originally posted at Reading Reality.The Stuff of Dreams is a competent addition to the TNG series, but works best as a palate cleanser between novels Readers who are new to the recent TNG book series may find themselves a bit lost To best appreciate Swallow s entry, I recommend first reading the Destiny trilogy by David Mack and at least dipping into one or two of the Typhon Pact stories.One of the guilty pleasures of reading media tie ins is getting the chance to see loose ends tied up It can also be nice to see connections being drawn between apparently separate stories in the fictional universe However, stories that aim to invoke that apophenia risk overshooting The fallout from the events of the Destiny trilogy are going to provide a deep well for TNG reboot authors to dip into for ...Great stort novel that has Generations ties.DISCLAIMER I RECEIVED AN E ARC FROM THE PUBLISHER THROUGH NET GALLEY IN EXCHANGE FOR AN HONEST REVIEW RECEIPT OF THIS BOOK IN THIS MANNER DOES NOT AFFECT MY OPINION OF THE BOOK OR THE CONTENT OF MY REVIEW I d originally gotten a copy of this a few years ago, and promptly forgot about it With the changes to Net Galley, it came to my attention that I had never read or reviewed this title, so I set about correcting that error.If you are unfamiliar with the events of Star Trek Generations, I hig DISCLAIMER I RECEIVED AN E ARC FROM THE PUBLISHER THROUGH NET GALLEY IN EXCHANGE FOR AN HONEST REVIEW RECEIPT OF THIS BOOK IN THIS MANNER DOES NOT AFFECT MY OPINION OF THE BOOK OR THE CONTENT OF MY REVIEW I d originally gotten a copy of this a few years ago, and promptly forgot about it With the changes to Net Galley, it came to my attention that I had never read or reviewed this title, so I set about correcting that error.If you are unfamiliar with the events of Star Trek Generations, I highly recommend you investigate that movie movie novelization before attempting to read this book I was slightly lost, due to some new ra...An enjoyable short read, though a tad predictable I did not see the thing with the Orion operative but I called it with the scientist sabotaging the nexus experiment a mile away Still, it was a good read, and nice to see a somewhat happier alternative for Soren.Author James Swallow takes us to 13 years after the events of the film Star Trek Generations as Captain Picard returns to the nexus but this time him and the crew of the Enterprise 1701 E are tasked with destroying the nexus before it falls into the hands of the Typhon Pact While during the operation to destroy the nexus the Nebula class starship Newton who has been shadowing the nexus falls under sabotage but their chief civilian scientist sees this as a change to enter the nexus so he can re Author James Swallow ta...Return to the NexusOutstanding return to the Nexus of movie fame We have Picard s Enterprise oncecalled on to save the day Excellent recreation of our favorite Next Generation characters Great read Couldn t put it down.I really like the basic concept behind this e novella but I disagree with how Picard s experience in the Nexus was executed Without spoiling anything, I think it negates a couple of very important story points from the series and from Generations, weakening those works.

The Stuff of Dreams (Star Trek: The Next Generation)
  • English
  • 12 July 2018
  • ebook
  • 100 pages
  • 1451696612
  • James Swallow
  • The Stuff of Dreams (Star Trek: The Next Generation)