#q-squared

[automatonwithautonomy]

they drive me fucking crazy. hate their dumb asses!!

[starfleet-library]

In honor of The recently late Peter David, I'll be talking about my favorite TNG book, Q-Squared.

"Q-Squared"

By: Peter David

4/5

This is one of my absolute favorites so far!

Fun level: 5/5. Crazy. Insane. Lots going on and it's very silly.

In character?: 4/5. In my opinion it's accurate but he does make Picard a little less celebate than one may imagine him. Yarr was written poorly. I love what he does with Jack crusher. I cannot list all characters in this book but I'll list who gets a plot:

*Q, *Picard, Worf, *Tasha yarr, *Trelane, *Daenna, *Riker, *Jack crusher, Data, Beverly crusher, Wesley, Geordi, and Lwaxana.

*= Main story line

visuals: 4/5 Peter David is pretty good with describing scenes and actions! I definitely felt like I had all the knowledge I needed to imagine this story, but you need to watch the corresponding TOS and TNG episodes, "The Squire of Gothos", "Where no man has gone before" and TNG's "Tapestry"

can they write women?: 3/5. The meat is there. But they all pretty much only talk about the mission at hand, or a man. Tasha Yarr is in this story and is not written well... She is described as being insecure about her butch features. Doesn't kill the story but it definitely could be better.

sci-fi: 5/5 builds upon plots layed out and abandoned by the show. Explores the workings of Q space and Trelane; the antagonist from The TOS episode mentioned prior. Very timey wimey plot, alternate realities set up in the show are referenced.

This was an engaging, thrilling story that had many side plots that ended in a satisfying way. I thoroughly enjoyed the exploration of Q and Picard's relationship as well as learning more about Trelane and his origin. We also learn about Jack crusher.

Would recommend, worth reading!

[thelambliesdown1974]

Just finished q-squared in my quest to find the gayest Star Trek novel. A strong contender but fumbles in a couple key moments, more thoughts in my official review 👇

Review by thelambliesdown1974 - Q-Squared

Perfectly fun, charming romp through the extended Q-niverse. Where Peter David excels is in hi...

[somebodys-ship]

Q-squared but it's the conversation that happened between Picard and Q that got them to work together like that

(all the knight posts and metaphorical 'use me as your sword's going back around has got me thinking about the literal time that happened in the books)

[haveyoureadthisbook-poll]

Have you read Star Trek: The Next Generation – Q-Squared by Peter David (1994)?

yes

no

I didn't finish it

I've never heard of it

Voting ended onNov 8, 2024

[nevinslibrary]

My Very Very Favorites

On this momentous occasion of 1000 Books Recommended to all you gentle readers/viewers/listeners/etc. I give you six of my very very favorite books that I’ve recommended here.

Mystery/Thriller Monday

There is a reason why I chose this to be my very first recommended book (and first Mystery/Thriller Monday). There are only 20 books in the Deborah Knott series that this novel kicks off, but, I loved every one of them, including this one. Great characters, so much interesting info about North Carolina, always fun mysteries, and a relationship that spans all 20 books in such a satisfying way.

Totally Random Non-Fiction Tuesday

I’m a sucker for archeology/anthropology sort of texts like this. And so, a lot of what you’ll find for recommendations on Totally Random Non-Fiction Tuesday is maybe not as random as it should be. (An honorary mention here goes to Ian Tattersal’s Masters of the Planet too).

Weird & Wonderful Wednesday

This novel isn’t just one of the great Star Trek Novels, but, in my opinion, it’s a very very very good Science Fiction novel in general. It concerns different dimensions, and characters who are at once the same and different, and it has Q. Q is an omnipresent, omnipotent (he claims) being who exists to give Captain Jean-Luc Picard grief. And then when an almost Q like character from the orignal Star Trek series appears too. It’s a book that makes your eyes go cross eyed (or even just roll up into the back of your head), but only in the best way.

Youthful Thursday

I liked it as a kid, I like it now. I mean, honestly, there could be so many different favorite ‘Youthful’ tomes that I’ve read since it covers both children’s books as well as middle readers, middle grade, and young adult books. But, King Bidgood’s in the Bathtub and he won’t get out is my favorite picture book repeating phrase. Go Page!!!

Not A Book Friday

This should probably be something like Metropolis, or To Kill a Mockingbird, or even something like the original Superman movie. But, alas, nothing quite so highfalutin’ here. Instead it has all the good parts of an amazing movie, some actually pretty amazing special effects (dude, that sand head, yikes), hilarious characters (the jokesters and the straight men), oh, and, did I mention, the most awesomest librarian ever, Evelyn Carnahan (even if watching that first scene in the museum’s stacks is quite painful. Those poor books).

Comic Book Saturday

I’ve liked everything that Jeremy Whitely has written, so, that I liked this crazy adventure of an ‘all-girl pirate crew’. Isn’t surprising. And, if pirates aren’t your speed, and mutants are. There’s always the Two (plus more coming) Trades that collect Whitely writing about the New Wasp in the pages of Marvel Comics. Or, I think that he even wrote

Okay. Now I’m going to go sleep for 2 Weeks!

(Hey, 1000 book blurbs is a lot......)

[quasi-normalcy]

I’ve discovered that whether people like Trelane or hate him depends mostly on whether or not they’ve read Q-Squared.

[automatonwithautonomy]

Q pisses him off so bad it's beautiful. most annoying bitch in the universe