- Mass Market Paperback
- Publisher: Pocket Books; First THUS edition (1996)
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 0671864858
- ISBN-13: 978-0671864859
- ASIN: B000T2QF9E
- Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
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5.0 out of 5 stars
The best of horror-suspense Trek.,
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This review is from: Possession (Star Trek: The Next Generation, No. 40) (Paperback)
This is a sequel to Dillard's Original Series book Demons. The possessing, evil aliens are back and set on taking over the Enterprise and then the galaxy. The writing of this book shows true quality. It has exactly the right mixture of suspense, macabre scenes, action and flashes of humour. It starts out and stays sombre, but without getting morbid and depressing as most of Dillard's books do. The depiction of all the characters is excellent, with the scenes of Picard fighting the influence of the aliens the best of them. The main character of the book is Deanna Troi, and this is one time when she really gets to shine. Picard, Worf, Alexander and Data also have many great scenes. Riker, Crusher and LaForge have only fewer scenes, not lower quality ones. This is an outstanding Next Generation book.
5.0 out of 5 stars
STNG #40 Possession -- A rare horror style novel!,
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This review is from: Possession (Star Trek: The Next Generation, No. 40) (Paperback)
Oddly enough, out of all of the Star Trek stories that J.M. Dillard has written this is the only original Star Trek story of hers that I've read so far. For several years I chose to skip over the original series stories where she's written most of her original stories, something of which I corrected a couple years ago. I found this story to be, while not extraordinarily original in theme, well told with an excellent premise, plot setup and execution and, in combination with Kathleen O'Malley's writing, an extremely well paced novel that borders on the horror genre, which is rather different but enjoyable for the Star Trek genre. Of special note is these authors characterization for Deanna Troi, which was dead on accurate. The cover art is just a cut above the standard fare for the time in which this novel was published. The premise: Some eighty years ago on the planet Vulcan, bodiless entities plagued the Vulcans bringing a wave of violence and bloodshed, something of which had been unheard of on that planet for more than a millennia. These entities were finally trapped inside special containers. In the present day twenty fourth century, during a scientific exposition, the containers have been opened, freeing these entities that immediately start possessing whoever they run across, to include the crew of the USS Enterprise. As the majority of the crew becomes possessed it is up to Data to save the day and recapture these entities before they're able to spread throughout the Federation. I highly recommend this numbered STNG novel to any and all fans of Star Trek fiction for it is a true gem among the numbered novels. {ssintrepid}
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4.4 out of 5 stars (13 customer reviews) 4 of 4 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars
awesome,
By A Customer - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: Possession (Star Trek: The Next Generation, No. 40) (Paperback)
This book was one of the best books that I have read in a long time. I have read a lot of Star Trek books, and this one left most of them in the dust. The summary may not seem that great, but the writing was excellent. Many of the ideas in the book got deeper and deeper until you threw the book away from you in fear that something was going to "get" you. I did that several times, and each time I came back within a minute to finish reading the book. I recommend this book to everyone, especially those with knowledge on Star Trek.
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars
Great Pace, Suspense and HORROR,
By J. Love "HumanData" - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: Possession (Star Trek: The Next Generation, No. 40) (Paperback)
A horror Trek story is not the norm and they pulled it off. I continually was thinking, "This could make a great movie!, This could make a great movie!" Plus the ending was classic. I love the unemotional Vulcan statement....I would share but don't want to spoil it.
2 of 3 people found the following review helpful
1.0 out of 5 stars
A rushed job full of contradictions and repitition.,
By the4thpip - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: Possession (Star Trek: The Next Generation, No. 40) (Paperback)
"Possession" was evidently written by two women who were having a fight and not talking to each other anymore. You could always count on finding a detail that would contradict something from a previous chapter. One chapter everybody on board goes into a medically induced 36 hour sleep, a few hours later a guard is easily captured because he "has not slept in two days." Hello?? First that new android has eyes that are superior to Data's, then the opposite is true.And then the authors must have been told by an editor that it was 50 pages too short for a ST novel, so they started adding in redundant sentences and additional adjectives like "he attacked her fiercely and savagely." (or words to that effect). My favorite sentence went something like "Worf could not imagine that kind of senseless warfare, it was beyond his imagination." So no, I would not call this well written. It was one of the most painful reading experiences I have ever had. There are much better Star Trek novels out there to spend your money on. |
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