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sidetracked's review against another edition
3.0
Nothing describes this book better than the quote Fractured history. Broken lives. Splinterred souls.. It is indeed just that. Stories from all star trek timelines, all set in the grim mirror universe. It was rather interesting to read about some of the more meaningful and iconic characters of the Star Trek universe, that were left out of the previous novels or short stories. Characters such as Deanna Troi, Will Riker, Christine Vale, Jaza Najem found a home for their stories in this third book of the Mirror Universe.
From Troi's story of pleasure giving, among the ruins of Betazed to the brutal and merciless rebel commander Will Riker and the reoccurring love story between Chrstine Vale and Jaza Najem, together with the other stories, it is almost guaranteed that any Trek fan can find at least one story to love and one to hate (or love hating?!?). Which one will it be depends on each ones' tastes or affinities. I, for one, greatly enjoyed Ill winds and For want of a nail and was particularly unimpressed with Family Matters and A Terrible Beauty.
From Troi's story of pleasure giving, among the ruins of Betazed to the brutal and merciless rebel commander Will Riker and the reoccurring love story between Chrstine Vale and Jaza Najem, together with the other stories, it is almost guaranteed that any Trek fan can find at least one story to love and one to hate (or love hating?!?). Which one will it be depends on each ones' tastes or affinities. I, for one, greatly enjoyed Ill winds and For want of a nail and was particularly unimpressed with Family Matters and A Terrible Beauty.
mewie's review against another edition
3.0
This is the first Star Trek book I've read, but after a disappointing start, it wasn't a bad book. Certainly the later stories in the book generally seemed better than the earlier ones. Mind you, being set in the mirror universe, it wasn't really standard Star Trek fare; there was a lot more violence and sexual references than normal for Star Trek.
Anyway, if you like Star Trek, and don't mind some violent or sexual scenes, it's an okay read, but you're not really going to miss anything by not reading it.
Anyway, if you like Star Trek, and don't mind some violent or sexual scenes, it's an okay read, but you're not really going to miss anything by not reading it.
midwinter's review
3.0
Nothing describes this book better than the quote Fractured history. Broken lives. Splinterred souls.. It is indeed just that. Stories from all star trek timelines, all set in the grim mirror universe. It was rather interesting to read about some of the more meaningful and iconic characters of the Star Trek universe, that were left out of the previous novels or short stories. Characters such as Deanna Troi, Will Riker, Christine Vale, Jaza Najem found a home for their stories in this third book of the Mirror Universe.
From Troi's story of pleasure giving, among the ruins of Betazed to the brutal and merciless rebel commander Will Riker and the reoccurring love story between Chrstine Vale and Jaza Najem, together with the other stories, it is almost guaranteed that any Trek fan can find at least one story to love and one to hate (or love hating?!?). Which one will it be depends on each ones' tastes or affinities. I, for one, greatly enjoyed Ill winds and For want of a nail and was particularly unimpressed with Family Matters and A Terrible Beauty.
From Troi's story of pleasure giving, among the ruins of Betazed to the brutal and merciless rebel commander Will Riker and the reoccurring love story between Chrstine Vale and Jaza Najem, together with the other stories, it is almost guaranteed that any Trek fan can find at least one story to love and one to hate (or love hating?!?). Which one will it be depends on each ones' tastes or affinities. I, for one, greatly enjoyed Ill winds and For want of a nail and was particularly unimpressed with Family Matters and A Terrible Beauty.
zerok's review
3.0
Very good stories but with nearly every single one of them you see the limits of the format. Most of them were basically cut down in the middle with some weird conveniences put into place to be able to speed them up. If you've enjoyed the mirror universe stories before you will definitely also like these, but it is just sad to see otherwise great stories to be stripped down just to fit into the format of a short :-(
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