Diane Carey
Author of Ghost Ship
About the Author
Diane Carey lives in Owasso, Michigan. (Bowker Author Biography)
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Works by Diane Carey
Gespensterschiff / Planet des Untergangs / Die Augen der Betrachter. Star Trek (1994) — Contributor — 19 copies
O navio fantasma 1 copy
Spectres 1 copy
Star trek fleet academy 1 copy
A Broken Bow incidens 1 copy
New Earth 1 copy
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- Canonical name
- Carey, Diane
- Legal name
- Carey-Brodeur, Diane L.
- Other names
- Carey, Diane
Carey, D. L.
Gregory, Lydia - Birthdate
- 1954-10-02
- Gender
- female
- Education
- Alma College
- Relationships
- Brodeur, Greg (husband)
- Short biography
- Diane L. Carey was born on 2 October 1954 in Flint, Michigan, USA. She married Gregory E. Brodeur, an editor, and they had three children: Lydia, Gordon, and Ben. The family lives in Michigan.
Her first published was a romance novel under the pseudonym Lydia Gregory. Later she published other romance, science fiction, and children's novels as Diane Carey and D. L. Carey. She is probably best known for the many best-selling Star Trek novels she writes with her husband/collaborator Greg Brodeur. The duo work together on plot development, characterization and story solidity, then Diane does all of the actual writing, while Greg edits the works-in-progress for dramatic flow and emotional impact. - Nationality
- USA
- Birthplace
- Flint, Michigan, USA
- Associated Place (for map)
- Michigan, USA
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After a reclusive alien species attacks a Federation research team on a barren world, the U.S.S. Enterprise is caught in an anomaly that saves it from a massive fluctuation in time. When they emerge, they find themselves in an Alpha Quadrant very different from the one they knew, with Romulans and Klingons engaged in a debilitating war that has devastated the galaxy and humans an unknown species. When the ship reaches Earth, they discover why, as they find a planet utterly devoid of show more intelligent life. As they grapple with the scope of the changes to the universe they know, the crew undertake a desperate mission designed to discover what has transpired — one that they hopefully can reverse before the violence around them destroys them all.
On the surface, Diane Carey's novel (which she co-wrote with paleontologist James I. Kirkland) seems like an effort by the Star Trek franchise to cash in on the post-Jurassic Park popularity of dinosaurs in 1990s science fiction, an impression that the book's cover art of what looks like a velociraptor from the movie looming behind Kirk and Spock does nothing to dispel. It doesn't help, either, that the book has more than its share of gaping plotholes, starting with how an isolated species would have learned about one of the Federation's greatest secrets. Yet Carey transcends these problems by using the premise to imagine what the Star Trek universe might have looked like without humanity. The result builds nicely upon the well-established concepts of the Klingons and Romulans to envision a war-torn galaxy that consumes all before it. From this emerges a powerful argument for the virtue of restraint in building a successful civilization, one that is emphasized further in Carey's portrayal of what might have happened had dinosaurs evolved. Such a values-centered message helps elevate Carey's book to among the best written for the franchise, as she achieves nicely the balance of ideals and adventure that has won for it so many generations of fans. show less
On the surface, Diane Carey's novel (which she co-wrote with paleontologist James I. Kirkland) seems like an effort by the Star Trek franchise to cash in on the post-Jurassic Park popularity of dinosaurs in 1990s science fiction, an impression that the book's cover art of what looks like a velociraptor from the movie looming behind Kirk and Spock does nothing to dispel. It doesn't help, either, that the book has more than its share of gaping plotholes, starting with how an isolated species would have learned about one of the Federation's greatest secrets. Yet Carey transcends these problems by using the premise to imagine what the Star Trek universe might have looked like without humanity. The result builds nicely upon the well-established concepts of the Klingons and Romulans to envision a war-torn galaxy that consumes all before it. From this emerges a powerful argument for the virtue of restraint in building a successful civilization, one that is emphasized further in Carey's portrayal of what might have happened had dinosaurs evolved. Such a values-centered message helps elevate Carey's book to among the best written for the franchise, as she achieves nicely the balance of ideals and adventure that has won for it so many generations of fans. show less
Very enjoyable, in the "rollicking yarn" sort of way. The Rey and the race are fun, the Romulans aren't too cheesy, and the whole thing cracks along. The one "eeh" moment is that there's a ship full of people who love the Southern US (they're all from there) and embrace, yknow, the Lost Cause, etc in that "it's cultural!!!1!!" sort of way.
I enjoyed this book a great deal—it's a fun re-interpretation of the old summary of Star Trek as "Wagon Train in space." I wonder if it's something genetic, or something deeply Anglo-American, that I'm enjoying it so much (for good or ill—after all, the pioneers more or less ended up destroying multiple civilizations while patting themselves on the back for being "superior")...
One might think that James Kirk had been groomed to greatness in Star Fleet from the beginning, and that he always knew he would captain a starship. Not so. This book, jumping between the "present" and Kirk's past as a teenager, shows his inauspicious beginnings as a surly, rebellious juvenile delinquent. It also shows the developments in his relationship with his father. Diane Carey has always been one of the best Star Trek writers at expanding upon established character traits in plausible show more yet unforeseen ways, and this book is no exception. show less
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