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4.0 out of 5 stars
A good read, a good plot, a little overdone...., April 20, 2000
This review is from: Debtors' Planet (Star Trek The Next Generation, No 30) (Mass Market Paperback)
Ferengi, Cardassians, Danger, Intrigue, and a 20th century crooked businessman. What more could you want? "Debtor's Planet" is definitely a well written book, which focuses not just on the main characters, but has decent plot development on the side of the bad guys, the not so bad guys, and some of the lower echelon crewman...oh, and Wesley Crusher. There is a nice interplay of humor (some of Ralph Offenhouse's lines are hilarious) and action, along with the very interesting proposal of what would happen to a society if the Prime Directive were completely ignored. My only criticisms would be the overdoing of Worf ...his actions and thoughts weren't how I see his character...however that problem is nicely undone at the end of the book (having to do with his relationship with his son). Overall, a good read for Star Trek fans. Pick it up, and enjoy!
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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars
Well-written., August 1, 2006
This review is from: Debtors' Planet (Star Trek The Next Generation, No 30) (Mass Market Paperback)
Good plot, good handling of characterization, including the odd (but interesting and plausible) use of the character Ralph Offenhouse, introduced in the episode "The Neutral Zone", a very successful businessman from the 20th century who was frozen when he died until a cure could be found, awakening in the 24th century and very much an anachronism, as a Federation Ambassador dealing with the Ferengi. The man is still an anachronism, but having had some time to assimilate into his new time period, we find that the skills which made him successful in his own time are not completely without merit in his new time.
Another item worthy of note: the syntax of the language of the aliens in this book is complex enough that the Universal translator, while making the words and even the meaning understandable, doesn't completely eliminate the sense of the exotic. A nice touch.
Well above average as Star Trek stories go.
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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars
Good story, June 10, 2001
This review is from: Debtors' Planet (Star Trek The Next Generation, No 30) (Mass Market Paperback)
Another pretty good Trek novel. We have a planet being overrun by Ferengi, who have enslaved the Megarans, in order to industrialize a once primative society into building starships. Ambassador Offenhouse is sent by the Federation, aboard the Enterprise, to resolve this situation. We find out that Offenhouse was a businessman from the 20th century, who was frozen after death, then apparently thawed out after finding a cure. Thompson never got into explaining this. Some of the Eugenics War was brought up where Offenhouse lost his son. Meanwhile, Offenhouse uses his financier wit to tick off the Ferengi. An away team beams down to find out what is going on, then are attacked by the Megarans, or so they thought. Enter the Cardassians, who are the real string pullers on this planet. Of course, Worf gets involved as does most of the main crew of the Enterprise to figure out what is going on. The Cardassians are discovered by an Ensign, who is an insectoid, resembling a bee! The Cardassians use the Ferengi and try to ambush the Enterprise in orbit. All in all, this book had action and humor mixed in. All of the main crew gets involved at some point. The only gripe I had was the way the book ended. It seemed to just stop all of a sudden, and leaves you wondering what else was going to happen.
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