Boogeymen (Star Trek: The Next Generation, No. 17) [Mass Market Paperback]

Mel Gilden (Author)

Book Description

Series: Star Trek Next Generation | Publication Date: July 1, 1991

Eric Baldwin is the Federation's premier exologist, a specialist in all manner of alien life forms -- and one of Captain Picard's oldest, most trusted friends. But Baldwin's discoveries have made him enemies across the galaxy, and now he wants Picard to help him by erasing all traces of his existence.

but Picard soon finds himself with little time to worry about Baldwin's problems. For the U.S.S. Enterprise™. has suddenly become a strange and dangerous place -- a ship where assassins lurk in every corner, and even old trusted friends are not what they seem. Threats all masterminded by the strangest race of aliens Picard and his crew have yet encountered...

Product Details

• Mass Market Paperback: 244 pages
• Publisher: Pocket Books (July 1, 1991)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0671709704
• ISBN-13: 978-0671709709
• Product Dimensions: 6.6 x 3.7 x 0.7 inches
• Shipping Weight: 4 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 3.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (9 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,907,910 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

Mel Gilden is the author of many children's books, some of which received rave reviews in such places as School Library Journal and Booklist. His multi-part stories for children appeared frequently in the Los Angeles Times. His popular novels and short stories for grown-ups have also received good reviews in the Washington Post and other publications. (See new publications under his name at the Kindle Store of Amazon.com.)
Licensed properties include adaptations of feature films, and of TV shows such as Beverly Hills, 90210; and NASCAR Racers. He has also written books based on video games and has written original stories based in the Star Trek universe. His short stories have appeared in many original and reprint anthologies.
He has written cartoons for TV, has developed new shows, and was assistant story editor for the DIC television production of The Real Ghostbusters. He consulted at Disney and Universal, helping develop theme park attractions. Gilden spent five years as co-host of the science-fiction interview show, Hour-25, on KPFK radio in Los Angeles.
Gilden lectures to school and library groups, and has been known to teach fiction writing. He lives in Los Angeles, California, where the debris meets the sea, and still hopes to be an astronaut when he grows up.

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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars ST-TNG: Boogeymen, June 22, 2003

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Joe Zika "Khemprof" (Cincinnati, Ohio) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Boogeymen (Star Trek: The Next Generation, No. 17) (Mass Market Paperback)

Star Trek - The Next Generation: Boogeyman written by Mel Gilden is a Wesley Crusher novel along with an interesting computer race that uses the humanoid brain for warp propulsion.

A holodeck experiment that goes bad for Wesley Crusher after Data compiles a holodeck program called boogeymen and an exologist by the name of Eric Baldwin one of Captain Jean-Luc Picard's oldest most trusted friends wants Picard to erase all traces of his existence get crossed in the Starship Enterprise's computer and cause real problems for the Enterprise crew.

This is a well fleshed out story that will keep you on your toes as things really start to heat up for the Enterprise crew as the boogeymen pay a visit to the Enterprise. If you like stories about what can go wrong this is the story for you.

There are two stories that eventually blend into one major mess for the Enterprise as Captain Jean-Luc Picard and crew try hard to find out what has gone awry with the Enterprise computer. As they work their way through the ship, problems become suddenly dangerous and the boogeymen assassins lurk around every corner of the Enterprise and they want to win at all costs.

You'll find light mystery and intrigue in this story but the story moves rather quickly and you can finish this book in one setting as Wesley begins to grow up. And the messes that he creates cause Picard headaches.

This is a solid 4 star book as it is well-written and will keep your interest till the end and the ending is something that you will not suspect.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars The holodeck strikes again, June 4, 2008

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Jeanne Tassotto (Trapped in the Midwest) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Boogeymen (Star Trek: The Next Generation, No. 17) (Mass Market Paperback)

Long time Star Trek fans have probably wondered at least once or twice why Star Fleet allowed holodecks on their ships. It seems as if they cause no end of trouble.

Wesley is once again stressing over his entry into the Academy and in order to prepare he has reprogramed the holodeck to run a new training scenario, one where he will face the figures that used to haunt his nightmares. Unfortunately for Wesley and the rest of the Enterprise they have also just made contact with a particularly alien alien vessel - one that can travel at warp speeds without warp engines. It is only a matter of time before these events and the arrival of one of Picard's former classmates all combine to disasterous results. Needless to say the Enterprise crew manages to put all to rights and still find time to teach young Ensign Crusher a valuable life lesson.

Ok, so it is predictable but, as usual with this series it is not the destination but the journey that matters here....after all we all know going into this that the Enterprise and all the regular crew members will survive even before we open the book. The author has managed to capture the characters well, not violate any of the 'canon' as laid down in the original series still tell an interesting story.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Great light entertainment, January 8, 2004

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R. Spottiswood (Western Australia) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Boogeymen (Star Trek: The Next Generation, No. 17) (Mass Market Paperback)

This is probably my favourite in Next Generation reading for light entertainment. Wesley Crusher has designed imaginary aliens for use in holodeck simulations. One of Picard's old friends, Baldwin, has come on board with the intention of erasing his (Baldwin's) existence, starting with a computer virus. The two programs get together and cause havoc, first on the holodeck and then throughout the ship. The Enterprise is also investigating an alien group that cause some genuinely paranormal events to happen aboard ship.

This is written to be light entertainment and it works very well. The events that occur and the way they are written are funny, to the reader at least. The descriptions of the events are very good, although they are usually done with subjective commentary that comes close to getting in the way. The characters are generally a bit less serious than normally portrayed, but never to the point of diminishing them.