Customer Reviews

Equinox (Star Trek Voyager)

5 star:		(9)
4 star:		(4)
3 star:		(0)
2 star:		(1)
1 star:		(1)

 

 

WOW!! Next to Jeri Taylor, Diane Carey rocks when it comes to dealing with the complicated relationship between Janeway and Chakotay! Her additions to the scenes between them are wonderful, and the rest of the characters are treated equally well; the novel succeeds in giving a better look into the actions and reactions of everyone involved.

A must-read for all VOY fans, especially for the J/Cers among us!

you're prepared to see a side of Janeway you've never seen before! The show didn't come close to capturing her obsession with hunting Ransom, her absolute determination to see justice served--even at the expense of her first officer's respect and trust. I enjoyed the episode's portrayal of Janeway as maybe a little less than right (usually the show makes her adherence to Starfleet regulations look like "the only correct way to live in the Delta Quadrant," no matter what the circumstance), but after reading the novel, Janeway actually appears *wrong.* The added scenes between her and Chakotay are excellent, but the true jewel of the novel is Janeway's fallibility. This storyline is shaded in mostly grays, with very little in black and white. It's almost natural to sympathize with Ransom and his crew, while in the episode they seemed entirely heartless. The character development in this book is fantastic. True, if you haven't seen the episode, you'll be looking for more scenes, but it's the same with the "Caretaker" novelization. The extra scenes flow so smoothly that I've seen the episode more than once and I sometimes found myself thinking, "Was this in the episode or not?" Diane Carey has done a commendable job adding depth and "gray" to a well-scripted episode.

I never saw the episode, but I've read the script to it. I was thrilled. But reading the book was so much fun. I believe this book is the second best after "Mosaic", and Diane Carey's best - IMHO. The Janeway/Chakotay scenes were breathtaking, and extermelly well writen. Loved it all the way!

Equinox is an excellent novelization of the series season ending and season openers, Equinox Parts I & II. Diane Carey once again, shows why she is one of the primary authors that John Ordover and Pocket Books goes to for these novels.

The premise: The starship USS Voyager is cruising along on its merry way back to the Alpha Quadrant when they receive, to their great surprise, a Federation distress call. This, in and of itself, plays out a huge portion of the emotional intrigue for the crew of Voyager. When Captain Janeway and crew arrive on the scene, they find the USS Equinox, a Nova class science vessel under attack. What the starship is being attacked by is not immediately clear though. They rush in and extend their shields around the smaller vessel and begin to make their introductions. As one would expect, there is a lot of excitement between the two small crews, considering that both thought they were the only Federation personnel in the quadrant. What Captain Janeway and the crew of Voyager are soon to find out though is the Captain Ransom and his crew have had a lot rougher go of trying to get home than they have. I don't wish to spoil this for those that haven't read it or by chance not scene the two part episode.

Diane Carey's work on this novelization does deserve a lot of extra credit though. In many ways, this novel, in my opinion, is more intriguing and exciting than the two aired episodes. She perfectly captured the inner struggles that the primary characters, Captain Janeway, Captain Ransom and Commander Chakotay are going through. She truly captures Captain Janeways almost crazed, desire to stop Captain Ransom. This, by itself, almost costs her the relationship between her and her first officer. I've read a lot of the Star Trek novelizations and some, unlike this one, are mostly regurgitations of what was seen on the screen. There's no flair or added scenes to them. That is not the case with this wonderfully well written book. I would definitely recommend this one to any Star Trek fan or somebody just getting started with reading Star Trek.

I have to say that the novelization was better than the episode. For that, Diane Carey deserves a lot of credit, even though the story itself is poor. The way she wrote it made it more catchy than the episode was, and I read it more than once, even though I only saw the episode itself once. (Usually, I see episodes at least five times).

I first saw this episode on UPN and then I ordered the book. Both the episode and the book were suspenseful and exciting. The characters in the book were convincing and believable. I really enjoyed reading this book.

This book really WOW-ed me. I mean, it was so fabulous I don't know where to begin. I found myself sympathizing with the Equinox characters early on, even Ransom. Although I must say, it was a little hard to sympathize with his first officer, but still . . . the Equinox characters were portrayed as anything but evil. Janeway's one-way mission to make Ransom pay for killing the creatures gave me goosebumps. And the added scenes, particularly the whole "witch in the mirror" thing, were perfect examples of those behind-the-scenes snipits any trekkie imagines as they watch an episode.

Diane Carey's original Star Trek novels were great, but her novelizations were terrible. I suppose if you liked the episode(s) you might be able to muddle through, but its quite a slog.

I was very pleased with the seller. I received the book promptly and as described. I will be more than willing to use this seller again. Thanks

A great book. It showed some conflict between Janeway And Chakotay(you don't see that everyday). you see some betrayal and lots of drama. A must read book for any Voyager fan.