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Gemworld: Bk. 2 (Star Trek: The Next Generation) (Mass Market Paperback)

by John Vornholt (Author)
3.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)

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  • Mass Market Paperback: 233 pages
  • Publisher: Star Trek (6 Mar 2000)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 0671042718
  • ISBN-13: 978-0671042714
  • Product Dimensions: 17 x 10.4 x 2 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 3.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 280,037 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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This is the second 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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6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:
3.0 out of 5 stars Control Alt Delete, 5 Feb 2003
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The first of this two part series deserved the benefit of the doubt as the story is by definition left incomplete. The incomplete resolution of this second book makes the pair of books a low priority for any fan who enjoys reading these installments, for book #2 would be handicapped enough if it was not such a cliché, and did not use so much material fans have seen before. The solution to the problem is almost laughably poor.

Mr. Barclay is now completely fallen for his new love, Commander Deanna Troi has once again had her empathic powers damaged (sound familiar), and, you guessed it, a rip in space/time is the menace that once again gets recycled by authors who have no imagination for something new.

I will keep this brief as the book is not worthy of your time. The ending is one of the weakest I have read in any Trek adventure, and to make matters worse a great deal of the book is recycled from other stories you have either seen on television or possibly read before. Some have suggested that the movies could be judged by whether they were an even or odd number in the series. I think that perhaps how bad the cover art is may also be a way of judging these books. I know it goes against a long held and valued saying about how not to judge a book or anything else. But when the cover art is poor and not by a talented artist or a well-known one, perhaps the unwillingness to invest in the visual presentation should be a clue for what may lie within.

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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:
3.0 out of 5 stars A good conclusion to the tale, 14 Jul 2000
On its own this book would be good. It provides and interesting conclusion to the Gemworld story. My only criticism is that the actual solution is only a few pages long and most of the book consists of the crew running (or flying) around Gemworld. Much better than book one however.
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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars wonderfull books for a long evening, 19 April 2000
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both books where wonderfull writen and i really enjoyed them both. any star trek fan out there should be reading these. Barkley been one of the main caracters was wonderfull. in may few, i would like to see this as the next film!
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