A ROCK AND A HARD PLACE:STAR TREK NEXT GENERATION #10 (Star Trek Next Generation (Numbered)) [Mass Market Paperback]

Peter David (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: 1990

Paperback.

Product Details

• Mass Market Paperback
• Publisher: Star Trek; First Edition edition (1990)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0671693646
• ISBN-13: 978-0671693640
• ASIN: B001IUQAAU
• Product Dimensions: 6.7 x 4.1 x 0.8 inches
• Shipping Weight: 4.8 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 4.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (20 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #4,703,551 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars STNG #10 - A Rock and a Hard Place - Good early Trek!, July 20, 2003

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K. Wyatt "ssintrepid" (Cape Girardeau, MO United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: A Rock and a Hard Place (Star Trek The Next Generation, No 10) (Mass Market Paperback)

As good as his first Star Trek novel, Star Trek The Next Generation #5 - "Strike Zone" is, "A Rock and a Hard Place" is that much better. If you were to read through the entirety of the early STNG novels, you will quickly gather that there are a couple authors' novels that are to be looked forward to, Peter David's and Michael Jan Friedman's. With this particular installment, Peter David firmly reaffirmed and set himself in place as the one Star Trek author that can deliver a solid plot with thought provoking twists and an excellent sense of humor. His novels are the ones that will make you laugh as you read along.

The premise:

The planet Paradise is being terraformed but the terraformers in charge have fallen behind schedule and they've requested assistance. Commander William T. Riker of the USS Enterprise is given that task and sets off for Paradise. This is where we see Riker on his own, dealing with nature and its quirks.

Meanwhile, aboard the Enterprise, Riker's temporary replacement is a brazen individual by the name of Commander Quinton Stone and let's just says that he and the Captain and crew of the Enterprise aren't getting along chummily!

What follows is but a mere inkling as to some of the outstanding adventures that author Peter David will take Star Trek fans on in the future. I highly recommend this novel to any and all fans of the genre! {ssintrepid}

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars ST-TNG: A Rock and a Hard Place, April 2, 2003

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Joe Zika "Khemprof" (Cincinnati, Ohio) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: A Rock and a Hard Place (Paperback)

Star Trek-The Next Generation: A Rock and a Hard Place written by Peter David is a double plotted book. As Commander Riker is given leave of the U.S.S. Enterprise to help with the terraforming of the planet Paradise and his replacement on the Enterprise is Commander Quintin Stone.

Only Peter David could write such a compelling story with a double plot and keep the reader's intrest till the blockbuster ending. First off you'll be reading about the terraforming of the planet Paradise where it's Commander Riker vs. Nature storyline. We get a fleshing out of the character of Riker and we get to see how he does without of the influence of Captain Jean-Luc Picard looming overhead. As Riker is pitted against an unforgiving environment where unter the best of circumstances "unforgiving" would be a mild term.

We alernate plotlines to the next confrontation, that of Captain Jean-Luc Picard and the U.S.S. Enterprise vs. Quintin Stone. Stone is considered here as the prototype for Peter David's Captain Mackenzie Calhoun in the ST-New Frontier series. Rough around the edges, quite strong-minded, with a quick wit, and radically novel solutions to problems, this is how Quintin Stone is portrayed.

David hasn't lost his wit either as he pulls off the double plot with an ending the is both clever and stunning. You've got to read it to believe it. Confrontation between Store and Riker is all I'm going to tell you the rest you'll have to read for yourself. This book is a solid 4 stars, not quite as good as "Imzadi" but close.

Both plots keep the reader's intrest and I'd like to see further Quintin Stone books as he seems to be a very intresting character... a kind of by the seat of your pants, guy. This is a good read and you'll finish it wanting another story with the same character called Quintin Stone.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Cool!, April 13, 2000

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Siskoid - See all my reviews

This review is from: A Rock and a Hard Place (Star Trek The Next Generation, No 10) (Mass Market Paperback)

The two plots, one involving the replacement of Riker with another, slightly psychotic, first officer, and the other featuring Riker himself fighting giant wolves on an ice planet, work well together, though I enjoyed the former much more. Peter David's qualities as a writer lie in his ability to be both dark and funny at the same time, and he doesn't miss the mark this time either. Is this as good as some of his giant novels? No, of course not, or they would have made him expand it into an Imzadi. Is it better than your usual "numbered" Star Trek novel. Oh, yes!