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Star Trek the Next Generation: Encounter at Farpoint (Mass Market Paperback)

by David Gerrold (Author)
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  • Mass Market Paperback: 192 pages
  • Publisher: Simon & Schuster; Television tie-in edition edition (Jan 1991)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 0671743880
  • ISBN-13: 978-0671743888
  • Product Dimensions: 17 x 10.2 x 2 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 3.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
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3.0 out of 5 stars "Simply solve the mystery of Farpoint Station.", 17 Mar 2008
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This review is from: Encounter at Farpoint (Star Trek: The Next Generation) (Paperback)
Titan Books start their Star Trek The Next Generation series with the adaptation of the pilot episode Encounter At Farpoint written by Trek scribe David Gerrold.
The main problem with episode based novels is that the episode is always much better. Writers tend to delve into what they believe the character is thinking at a certain time and this can lead to monotonous exposition and dull story writing.
While Encounter At Farpoint was a very formulaic sci-fi story and a rather straightforward Trek adventure, Gerrold unfortunately does nothing to enhance the plot with his writing at all.
The beginning of the book where Picard sets foot on the Enterprise is now completely at odds with the scenes from All Good Things - although that hadn't aired at the time so you can give some leeway there.
There is also a major change concerning Data. In this book, Data was created by aliens who lived inside a planet which had been colonised by humans. When a natural catastrophe killed the colonists the aliens created Data in the human image and downloaded the memories of the people into him. Of course, this entire story is at odds with the events of season one's `Datalore'. Besides, why didn't the aliens help the humans instead of this ridiculous idea of preserving their memories in a machine?
There are also musings from Picard early on about a woman called Celeste. Whether this was an idea dropped in the series creation or just the writers fancy I'm not sure but it all seems rather irrelevant to the story.
For those that haven't seen Encounter At Farpoint (there may be a few out there!) the story centres around Jean-Luc Picard as he takes command of the U.S.S. Enterprise-D. On the way to Deneb 4, home of the Bandi and their Farpoint Station, the ship encounters Q, a powerful alien entity who accuses them of being a grievously savage child race. Picard challenges Q to test that assumption of humanity now and Q agrees, asking Picard to simply solve the mystery of the station.
The Enterprise arrives and Picard meets with the rest of his crew who are awaiting transfer, namely Commander Riker, Doctor Crusher and Lt. LaForge. The three explain the rather strange events that have happened to them on the station, magical events that defy explanation. When an alien ship arrives and attacks the Bandi they begin to uncover clues that link all these unexplainable events together.
There aren't really any surprises in the plot and if the show had been made today then I doubt STTNG would've made it past a first season. The book isn't that bad, it's just that the story isn't particularly good. Best thing you can do is watch the pilot and a few episodes and then move straight onto novel #1 Ghost Ship.
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1 of 4 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars 'a dangerous, savage child-race.', 19 Jun 2001
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This review is from: Encounter at Farpoint (Star Trek: The Next Generation) (Paperback)
This is the episode that first introduces us to the crew of the USS Enterprise NCC-1701-D, it's correct; I copied it off the back of the book!

The story takes us from Captain John Luc Picard's arrival on his new ship to the their first encounter with an unusual and powerful life form known as 'Q', who charges that humans are 'a dangerous, savage child-race.'

The alien warns Picard to turn back and stop their exploration into space or they will face the consequences.

Add to this a new crew trying to learn to work as a team and you have a fast paced gripping adventure. Just don't ask me to explain star dates to you!

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4.0 out of 5 stars The start of something, 5 Dec 2003
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This review is from: Encounter at Farpoint (Star Trek: The Next Generation) (Paperback)
The novelisation of the first movie-length Next Gen (TNG) episode.

I remember watching the UK premier, and the book added alot of dimensions to the characters, and is fairly well paced.

The episode (and therefore book) are fairly adventure/plot intensive as you would hope from the start of a new series. And, the advantage from reading the book is the advanced character identities and backgrounds.

Reading it after the end of the TV series, it's interested to see where many of the characters became established, and also where characters obviously didn't.

The story is fairly tight, even with Q doing an appearing/disappearing act alot. Pretty much is classic trek - An alien world with a new space port, built very quickly considering the lack of resources, and an alien attacking the world when an Enterprise landing party are on the alien planet.
Riddles to be uncovered while humanity is standing trial to prove it is no longer a savage race.

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