Star Trek Voyager: Pathways [Audiobook] [Hardcover]

Jeri Taylor (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: October 1998 | Series: Star Trek

A deadly encounter with hostile aliens has left Captain Janeway's crew in a disease-ridden prison camp. To keep up morale as they plot their escape, they share with each other the unlikely paths that brought them to Voyager - and to the Delta Quadrant. One by one they reveal their inner selves: a fair-haired youth who seemed destined either for greatness or disgrace; a half-human, half-Klingon woman to whom no part of the galaxy was home; a traveller and treasure-hunter who found the greatest treaure of all; a naive young man who lost his love in pursuit of his dreams; a Vulcan who formed a surprising bond with a human woman of courage and passion; a child-woman whose limitless curiosity led to a strange new world of marvels and dangers; and the man who is perhaps closes of all to Captain Janeway herself; the man whose unspoken dedication may hold the key to her survival...

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Jeri Taylor, cocreator of the TV series Star Trek: Voyager, examined the life of Captain Katherine Janeway in Mosaic. Now she returns to the U.S.S. Voyager to tell the story of the ragtag misfits who became the sterling crew of Janeway's ill-fated starship. A hostile alien encounter leaves Voyager's crew stranded in a horrific prison camp. They share their life stories to pass the time, and end up a closer-knit group of friends. The autobiographies of Chakotay, Harry Kim, Tom Paris, B'Ellana, Seven of Nine, Neelix, Tuvok, and Kes will thrill any Star Trek fan looking for the missing chapters in their favorite characters' lives. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

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When Capt. Kathryn Janeway is badly injured during a crash landing, her crew solemnly reflects on the life experiences that led them to serve on the U.S.S. Voyager. Taylor is the creator/executive producer of "Star Trek": VoyagerTM."
Copyright 1998 Reed Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

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Product Details

• Hardcover
• Publisher: Simon & Schuster (October 1998)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0671011154
• ISBN-13: 978-0671011154
• Product Dimensions: 5.4 x 4.2 x 1.3 inches
• Shipping Weight: 9.9 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (73 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #8,214,739 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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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

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Kassi Gulliford (Orlando, Florida) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Pathways (Star Trek: Voyager) (Paperback)

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.

6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Too bad it's unofficial, August 19, 2000

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Jeff Cross "His Illustriousness" - See all my reviews

This review is from: Pathways (Star Trek: Voyager) (Paperback)

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.

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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This review is from: Pathways (Star Trek Voyager) (Hardcover)

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.