Star Trek - Nemesis

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Novelization by J. M. Dillard

Story by John Logan & Rick Berman & Brent Spiner

Screenplay by John Logan

Star Trek Created by Gene Roddenberry

Copyright 2002 by Paramount Pictures. All Rights Reserved.


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In Nemesis, written by J.M. Dillard, Will Riker and Deanna Troi finally get married. After the wedding, Captain Picard and the Enterprise are sent on a diplomatic mission to Romulus. Captain Picard gets a shock when he meets the aggressive new Praetor - who had just murdered the entire Romulan Senate with a horrible new weapon.

I was much more interested in the story after reading the novelization of Star Trek - Nemesis, than I was when I was watching the movie Nemesis. This is probably because I understood the story so much more this time as I was reading the novelization. Initially, while watching the movie, I wanted to see Picard deal with real Romulans and Romulan intrigue and aggressiveness rather than me watching Picard deal with his own clone or with the Remans. The dichotomy between the two Picard's ethics and leadership styles was much more interesting to read about to me, than for me watching it onscreen.

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Star Trek: The Next Generation - Greater Than The Sum

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Written by Christopher L. Bennett

Copyright 2008 by CBS Studios Inc. All Rights Reserved.




In Greater than the Sum the Starship U.S.S. Rhea finds unusual life forms on a planet with the ability to mimic anything, when they are attacked by the Starship U.S.S. Einstein - which is now controlled by the Borg. As she is about to be assimilated by the Borg, Lt. T'Ryssa Chen, a half-Vulcan, is suddenly somehow sent two thousand light-years away.

With the Einstein cut off from the rest of the Borg, instaneous transportation - controlled by the new life forms - must be kept from the deadly Borg. Lt. Chen joins Captain Picard on the Enterprise as they search for a way to stop the Einstein.

Having T'Ryssa Chen being a half-Vulcan who embraces her human half appears a little odd to me. Actually I like the idea that the young Chen rebels against her Vulcan half, but it just makes her seem like another human and nothing really that special - except for the fact that she is half-Vulcan. Captain Picard takes Chen under his wing as a sort of protege. I look forward to Chen growing as a character in future books.

Pancho
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