Star Trek the Next Generation: Forgiveness (Star Trek: The Next Generation) [Import] [Hardcover]

Scott Brin; Hampton David (Author)

Product Details

• Hardcover: 96 pages
• Publisher: Titan Books Ltd 1/1/2001 1/1/2001 1/1/2001 (2001)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 184023329X
• ISBN-13: 978-1840233292
• Product Dimensions: 10.3 x 6.9 x 0.6 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.1 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)

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7 of 11 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Good Star Trek, Fair Brin, July 28, 2003

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This review is from: Star Trek the Next Generation: Forgiveness (Star Trek Next Generation (DC Comics)) (Paperback)

I'm a fan of David Brin's. I've liked pretty much everything I've read of his, and I've made a concerted effort to read it all. From the early short stories to the broad and sweeping Uplift Series/Uplift Storm, I've liked the worlds he's created. The Uplift everythings, I've read several times. My favorite was his collaboration with Gregory Benford in Heart of the Comet.

I saw this with some eagerness, listed both on Brin's website and then subsequently on Amazon.com. I preordered it some time ago and just got it over the weekend. I socked it away in less than an hour.

Not a bad story. There were similarities I think with ST:First Contact in the angle of inventor/developer of commonplace future technologies. The characters were well used and as an ensemble piece (which Star Trek usually is) its pretty good.

If I had a complaint, which I don't really, it only that Mr. Brin seems somewhat hemmed in when building stories in someone else's universe. I've come to expect him to push the envelope, to develop characters that I really like (Mr. Brin, I'd very much like the phone number of Athaclena...I would not have hesitated, Tymbrini or not...<sm>).

Its all there for the average author but I was a little let down.

A suggestion if I may...Mr. Brin, now that you've ventured into the world of graphic media, please adapt your other works, the ones that you've done such a wonderful job building and populating. I would love to see Heart or any/all of the Uplift series adapted as graphic novels.

1 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Good, March 31, 2003

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This review is from: Star Trek the Next Generation: Forgiveness (Star Trek Next Generation (DC Comics)) (Paperback)

A nice stand alone story that had me rivetted to finish it and to further explore the issues, hopefully, in subsequent editions.