Violations (Star Trek Voyager, No 4) [Paperback]

Susan Wright (Author)

Book Description

Series: Star Trek: Voyager | Publication Date: September 1, 1995

Under the guise of helping the crew find a way home, a group of aliens board the "U.S.S. Voyager" TM, and then steal the main computer. To get it back, Captain Janeway is forced to negotiate with the thieves -- who are from a consortium of planets where thievery is a way of life. But as Janeway and the crew fight to retrieve their computer in time to save the barely functioning ship, they become embroiled in a political battle that could not only destroy the "U.S.S. Voyager," but the crew as well.

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Under the guise of helping the crew find a way home, a group of aliens board the U.S.S. Voyager^TM, and then steal the main computer. To get it back, Captain Janeway is forced to negotiate with the thieves -- who are from a consortium of planets where thievery is a way of life. But as Janeway and the crew fight to retrieve their computer in time to save the barely functioning ship, they become embroiled in a political battle that could not only destroy the U.S.S. Voyager, but the crew as well.

Product Details

• Paperback: 279 pages
• Publisher: Star Trek (September 1, 1995)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0671520466
• ISBN-13: 978-0671520465
• Product Dimensions: 6.6 x 3.9 x 0.9 inches
• Shipping Weight: 4 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 3.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (15 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,499,057 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

Susan Wright is the author of science fiction and fantasy novels as well as nonfiction books on art and popular culture. New York City is her home, where she lives with her husband Kelly Beaton. After graduating from Arizona State University in 1986, Susan moved to Manhattan to get her masters from New York University. Susan is the founder and spokseperson for the National Coalition for Sexual Freedom, a national organization committed to protecting freedom of sexual expression among consenting adults.

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11 of 11 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Many wrong details, April 23, 2000

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"reubendb" (Goshen, IN USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Violations (Star Trek Voyager, No 4) (Paperback)

This is surely not the best star trek voyager book. There are just too many wrong details. For examples, as far as I know, Captain Janeway never called Chakotay: "Number one". She always use "Commander" instead (Number one is the way capt. Picard calling Riker). And since when the EMH has a name (this book name the Doc: Zimmerman). It's mentioned also that Voyager's computer main processor had trouble of handling data 5000 Megabyte/second. Come on.. read ST TNG Tech. Manual at least about the computer capability. 5000MB/sec is too small. Last thing, The EMH always starts with the promp :"Please state the nature of medical emergency!" instead of the phrase "What is the medical emergency?" like this book used many times. The political intriques also kind of confusing sometimes. Not many action in this book. Certainly there are beter ST Voyager's books such as Battles lines, Ragnarok, Marooned.

7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Best VOY book ever? You're kidding, right? Right?, September 5, 1999

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This review is from: Violations (Star Trek Voyager, No 4) (Paperback)

Not a bad offering overall, but whoever says this is the *best* Voyager book ever written obviously hasn't read too many! Unlike someone else, I enjoyed the planet's political situation. But I got *very, very, quite, extremely bored* when reading about the Doctor's "illness." It seemed like half the book was Kes and Harry standing in front of a computer in sickbay, trying to figure out what was causing his condition. Come *on*--they exchanged medical jargon like two dueling dictionaries. If you read this one, do it to see Captain Janeway and B'Elanna Torres as helpless hostages--an interesting position for those two characters, especially--NOT to see the Holodoc get sick.

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars I've Read Better Fan-Fiction, October 30, 2003

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B. Hannan "ladymacbeth" (Earth) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Violations (Star Trek Voyager, No 4) (Paperback)

Let me start off by saying I have read a lot of books and fan fiction. And this one... well, let's just say I do not recommend this book.

To start with, if you've seen the episode "Concerning Flight," you'll laugh out loud while reading this book. (And yes, I know the episode came *after* the book - still, it's no excuse.) Same premise as the episode, the main computer gets stolen. Ok, so Voyager just needs to get it back, right?

Well, I started reading this and so they refer to the Doctor as Zimmerman. Ok, I can get over that and ignore that little bit. However, after about the 40th major error that anyone watching more than 15 minutes of any given Voyager episode could have spotted, that's when I got a bit annoyed. I mean, if you're going to actually write a book on something, shouldn't you do your homework? f your answer to that question is no, well, I have a few papers you can write for me.

Why did I continue reading this book? Just to see how bad BAD could actually get. And let me tell you, bad got quite bad.

Don't read this is you're expecting a good plot, characters and writing. DO read it if you have some time on your hands and are in the mood for something humorous. For a fan who needs to read everything, go for it. It won't kill you and it might just make you appreciate the other books even more.