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9 of 10 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
Pathways By Jeri Ryan (Not a Very Orignal Title? Huh?), December 9, 1999
I read the book Pathways by Jeri Taylor and it was absolutely terrific. Pathways does not start out slow like some books, it jumps head first into the action. Chakoty,Tuvoc,Tom,Neelix,Seven,B'elana,Harry,and Kes are seprarated from Voyager, and are imprisoned in a disese ridden internment camp. That is run by a hostile race of aliens. but the true chalenge is to get out of this awful situtation alive. To pass the time while they are in a shaby patched together tent, they each in turn tell the story of their life before comming to Voyager. This book like Imzadi tells the unknown story behind each of the charcter's lives and gives new insite into the dynamics of each of the charcters. And it also explains the reasons behind some of their little personaity quarks, that you just could never figure out watching the show. This book is not only written well it is technicaly accurate in part because it is written by the Co-Creator of the series.I loved it and I STRONGLY recomend it to anybody that is a fan of any of the Star Trek series. But, you(HaHaHa)don't have to take my word for it.
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6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars
Too bad it's unofficial, August 19, 2000
Since this was written by one of VOYAGER's cocreators, and since some material from MOSAIC actually appeared in a few episodes, I expected this to be the authoritative collection of backstories for each of the characters. Unfortunately it isn't; there were a slew of contradictions between what was presented here and what was deemed "official" by what was dropped here and there in episodes, and that's why it lost a star. The book says Harry's Academy roommate was George Mathers, but the episode "The Cloud" says it was James MacAllister. Torres' mother's name is Prabsa here, but was revealed to be Miral in "Barge of the Dead." There's no mention of Paris' desire to join the Federation Naval Patrol instead of Starfleet as he explained in "Thirty Days." However, it did give some interesting looks into possible backstories for them, such as Chakotay and Harry having the same officer shepherd them during their respective plebe summers at Starfleet Academy, Neelix's drug addiction, Tuvok's original plan to be a priest, and Paris being in the same Maquis cell as Chakotay and Torres.
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5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars
Richly detailed, enjoyable, and not for the nit-picky, July 14, 1998
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First, forget the plot synopsis, shown in this listing, about Capt. Janeway lying near death. The fact that this isn't the premise (probably an early idea that was later discarded) isn't important, because the plot is simply a device for letting each character tell his or her life story. This is a *good* thing, as opposed to those lifeless Star Trek books that treat the characters as one-dimensional props to keep the "action" moving along. (But there's still plenty of excitement in these stories.) "Pathways" is basically a companion to "Mosaic," which gave us Capt. Janeway's life story. This one tells us the history of each of the other Voyager crew members, with some familiar material along with a lot of surprises. The stories are richly detailed, and crafted with an obvious love for this group of people who were thrown together by fate. However, this kind of book leaves itself wide open to nit-picking by those who have memorized every d! ! etail of the Voyagers' stories from the TV series and the previous books. And, indeed, there are some discrepancies here, even within the book itself--as when Neelix bemoans the fact that he didn't share much of his past with Kes, then during Kes' story we hear how he spent his first weeks with her telling her all about his life, including his drug addiction and agonizing withdrawal. Yes, I noticed some of these slipups, and couldn't help mentally comparing the "Pathways" storylines with what's been established already, even though I'm not a hardcore Trekker. So I wish that the research and continuity had been given more attention. However, this is still a terrific book, one that I enjoyed reading very much. I bought this in hardback and it was worth the extra expense--it's definitely a keeper.
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