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Gemworld: Bk. 1 (Star Trek: The Next Generation) (Mass Market Paperback)

by John Vornholt (Author)
3.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)

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  • Mass Market Paperback: 251 pages
  • Publisher: Star Trek; Reissue edition (6 Mar 2000)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 067104270X
  • ISBN-13: 978-0671042707
  • Product Dimensions: 17.1 x 10.6 x 1.9 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 3.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 246,157 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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This is the first book of a two-part mystery with the life of a fabulous world at stake. The Gemworld is an intricate, multi-plane, growing crystal, tended by the species who inhabit it. But it is dying, poisoned from within. Only the crew of the USS "Enterprise" hold the clues to its survival.

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4.0 out of 5 stars Dr. Crasher, 5 Feb 2003
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I have read both, "Gemworld Book #1 and #2", so while I will keep specific comments on the two installments separate, the overall impression comes from having read the entire two part tale. Spelling of the names of a primary character that appears not just in virtually every book, but every movie and virtually all of the television programming is a good indicator of how carelessly these two books were reviewed prior to publishing. Dr. Beverly Crusher becomes Dr. Crasher and then back to Crusher, and then Crasher again in the space of a few pages. The person responsible for verifying the most basic of facts of these books were accurate skipped the spelling portion of their job.

The planet of Gemworld is a unique place, the question of whether it is a naturally occurring organic planet or a construct is discussed throughout this first book, as are the variety of widely varying forms of life that have lived there for billions of years. You would expect that after all this time those that inhabit the planet would have evolved with some commonality yet they remain wildly different species while all being sentient and highly intelligent to varying degrees.

The most interesting part of book one is not the usual planet in distress storyline, but the appearance of Reginald Barclay the famous, hyper-nervous, always a bit of a bumbler that was the focus of many great episodes of the later seasons of The Next Generation. Mr. Barclay this time out not only develops an intense crush on the book's main character and inhabitant of the distressed planet; he also becomes one of the keys to resolving the planet's destruction that even baffles Data. As he has in the past Mr. Barclay finds himself the center of attention, and in this case authority, by being in what he would consider the wrong place at the wrong time.

This first book is the better of the two, and while not a 4 star read it exceeds a 3 star rating.

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5.0 out of 5 stars Good old fashioned Next Gen fun, 5 Jul 2000
It's about time that we had a novel that echo's the good old days of Star Trek Next Gen books. Gemworld is intriguing and impossible to put down, Don't buy part 1 alone to "see" what you think as you will be eagerly waiting for part 2. The Enterprise-E is tested to it's limits in a story featuring Melora Pazlar of DS9 fame as she battles to save her dying world from it's internal political problems and it's crystal formations which threaten to destroy Gemworld. Go for it! you won't be disappointed.
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2.0 out of 5 stars A rather dissappointing start, 14 Jul 2000
I have to say I found this book rather slow and dissappointing. Part two is much better and this book is unfortunately needed to understand that. The Next Generation contains many great characters and I feel that this book looses out on some of that magic by centring around Pazlar - a badly written bit part from Deep Space Nine. Picard however is just brilliant, as usual.
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