Book Review: Articles of the Federation by Keith RA DeCandido

This is a book I found fascinating- while admiting that some would be bored silly by it. Articles of the Federation follows the first year in office of Federation President Nan Bacco ( first introduced in deCandido's A Time for war, A Time for Peace ) deCandido creates a diverse, fascinating, and often quirky staff for the Palais de la Concorde, with enough old favorites ( from Ambassador Spock toJoe Sisko) making appearences to please lomg time Star Trek fans. Worth buying.

Book Review- The Buried Age by Christopher L. Bennett

This book is wonderful! The new book by Christopher Bennett ( no relation to Harve) explores Picard's doings in the 9 year period between the loss of the Stargazer and his taking command of the Enterprise D. I won't tell you what he spent that time doing- but we do get to see more of his past with Guinan, and his introduction to Troi, Data, and Yar. This story is much more intellectual than the standard ST novel, leaning toward hard Sci-fi in some areas. If quantum physics, archeology, and Shakepeare are your bag, you will like this book as much as I did.

Episode review- TNG: Suddenly Human

This episode moves slowly. Picard's and Starfleet's motives in the dispostion of Jono/Jeremy (Chad Allen) are sometimes murky. I enjoyed seeing
Picard trying to "parent" a teenager. I would not bother watching this more than once a year.

Book review-Resistance by JM Dillard

This is a well written book, set post Nemesis; it's also after the book Death in Winter, in which, among many other things, Picard and Crusher finally get together. Thisbook sees the return of Locutus and the Borg Queen, plenty of hand to cybernetic implant fighting, and redshirt deaths galore. This book begs the question- after all this time, if they know the Borg will adapt to their energy weapons, why do they not use bladed weapons? Why does Woorf not charge in with a bat-leth and just chop them up? Hubby posits that "the slow blade that penetrates the sheild will not penetrate the armor". (Now, who'se geeky enough to get that?)