Sunday, November 9, 2008

Book: TNG: Greater than The Sum

The latest book in the continuation of the story of the Enterprise E crew, post Nemesis. Read by both myself and Matthew, Christopher Bennet's book was a quick read, and enjoyable. This is another Borg story, one that brings Hugh back into the picture with his band of liberated Borg. The story brings an intriguing concept to the idea of what constitutes intelligence, and the tricky nature of managing first contact with an intelligence that is vastly different than humanoids.
It also introduces a new character, and half human, half Vulcan science officer ( now, that's original!) named T'ryssa Chen. Chen, unlike other half Vulcan characters, has embraced her human side. I did feel Bennet went to far, made her TOO over the top, to show how mush she disdained her Vulcan half. People ONLY act like that in stories.
Matthew especially liked the assimilated Federation ship nicknamed "Frankenstein" by Chen.

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