John de Lancie

If you like the character Q you will love this book. If you hate Q, sarcasm, wordplay or digs at American and some British culture then you will despise it. Q's tale runs the gamut from religion to literature to the Times Square New Year's Eve celbration and, true to form, Q disses it all. Some references such as Shakespeare are obvious; others like James Bond - the "Q" and "M" continuums - are a little more subtle. In addition, the structure of the plot is reminiscent of Homer's Oddyssey show more and Dante's Inferno. De Lancie and David do a masterful job of showcasing all sides of one of the most complicated characters to appear on film. show less

I'm a fan of Q and his ability to make everything overbearingly about himself, even when it isn't. Honestly, this book felt like it was missing something. Not just Q's lack of powers but the overall feel of the book wasn't right. It felt too serious. Maybe because this audio listed it as abridged (and I can't find the full book anywhere) they took out more of the humor to fit within the window they wanted.

I imagine the book is better, because it is whole. This abridged version left much to show more be desired. show less

I really didn't like this book at first. I get why it was told from Q's point of view and John DeLancie and Peter David got Q's voice down perfectly, but at the beginning it was so hard to follow.

The story was very Dante's Inferno-ish. The End is coming, or maybe someone is causing the End to come. Even Q doesn't know for sure. The Multiverse will be no more. But, before everything ends Q has to find Lady Q and little q, who he managed to lose right before the end started. (You think this is show more a bad book when it comes to mind bending, try Peter David's Q-Squared, that one ties your brain into knots even more).

So, Q, along with Picard and Data (because it always seems to be Picard and Data who get the stand alone books. I like them, but would love to see some where Beverly Crusher or Geordi or someone else gets to be the tag along human).

It wasn't all a bust though, there was a Locutus sighting, which was cool. And there was even some Jadzia Dax (*sigh* I still miss Jadzia Dax).

And then there was the best line that I've read in a Star Trek Novel in quite awhile, "I'm human... I never stop fighting..." (pg. 231). It seems to be an idea that Peter David keeps coming to in his books. The same idea was part of Q-Squared too.

Of course, that among other things made the book a bit human centric (as well as it being a bit 20th Century centric), but, honestly, it was written in the 20th Century by a human to be read in the 20th and 21st century by other humans, so I can see why using a human point of view for Q was how they went. And there is precedent in the show. He's always been obsessed by humans on the show too.

All in all a solid Star Trek Novel. Not bad, but not Peter David's best either. show less

Eh. A bit too long, tbh. And contrived. Still, fun. Not sure about the ending, though, the 'moral of the story' - I'd like to talk about it with somebody but I'm sure I'll forget everything before I get a chance.