Star Trek: TNG: The Sky's the Limit

This post was written on 2007/12/02 at 14:18:11 by Horst Gutmann

So Star Trek: The Next Generation is now 20 years old (which probably makes it just a little bit last generation ...) and CBS and Simon & Schuster take this anniversary as an opportunity for releasing a couple of TNG-related books. The first one I got is Star Trek: TNG: The Sky's the Limit

{uploads}/skys_the_limit.jpg

Front-cover

The Sky's the Limit is a collection of short stories spanning the whole timeline of TNG so far, starting with a story about what happened to make Picard the captain of the Enterprise-D up to right after the most recent movie, Star Trek IX: Nemesis. One of the tales lets you meet Dr. Pulaski from the second season again while another helps you see the world through the eyes of an underestimated warrior aboard the Enterprise: Spot.

In general I found the mix really good but on the other hand some of the stories might appear a little bit too short which results in some quite clear cuts. This is also the only complaint I can think of right now. Some of the stories were nice enough to have them take just a little bit longer and they definitely brought back a kind of Star Trek flair I haven't seen in a book or ST-show/-movie for years.

This collection of stories is simply great. In my opinion it catches the original spirit of TNG like no other book I've read so far. If you like that flair this book will probably be something for you. The only downside it has is the length (or lack thereof) of its stories. Some stories would really have benefitted from some more pages.

5/5

Comments:

  • Scott Pearson (Guest)

    Horst,

    Glad you liked the anthology. My story, "Among the Clouds," was about 12,000 words, nearly twice as long as my previous Strange New Worlds stories, which have a word limit of 7,500. It is tricky developing a Trek story within those word counts, especially if you have entirely new locations. It's an enjoyable challenge, however, and, obviously, it's great to hear from people who like the results.

    Scott

    Dec. 17, 2007, 10:30 p.m.

*'d input fields are required.