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Star Trek: First Contact (Star Trek: The Next Generation)
From the deepest, darkest reaches of space came the greatest threat the Federation had ever faced: the Borg. Half organic/half mechanical, the Borg were relentless and bent on conquering and "assimilating" all intelligent life; a single Borg vessel destroyed 39 Federation starships, decimating Starfleet. Only the courage and determination of Captain Jean-Luc Picard and his...more
Hardcover, Film novelisation, 276 pages
Published
1996
by Pocket Books
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The movie was so cool, so this book was quite good as well. It ws very interesting to read about what life supposedly was after WW3, I also liked the sub-plot of Zefram Cochrane having a bi-polar disorder, it sure explained a lot about him which in the film seemed a bit odd. Picard and his thoughts and pain were well depicted, but why oh why the romantic tension with Lily? Since we all know he ends up with Beverly anyway, it a bit over the top the way he has an eye for the ladies in these novels...more
A good quick read. If you saw the movie, then you've already read the book. Only the movie looks better. The novel itself compromises the first 246 pages. The balance is a PR blurb about the making of the film. The area some photos and illustrations. Some of these are a little disappointing. Of the thousands of pictures you could have selected, some of these are quite mundane.
This one loses a lot in the transition from the big screen to a book. The screenplay, with is action and adventures, is simply better seen than read. (Plus the film has a killer score.) Dillard tries to compensate by adding more information about the characters, but the backstories of the guest stars seem shoehorned in, and they don't add a lot to the story. The book's okay, but the film is much better and the definitive way to experience this one.
I like J.M. Dillard's novelizations of Star Trek movies and episodes. She stays true to the details of the filmed version but adds a nice level of description and details as well.
My favorite part of this is actually the opening few paragraphs when she is describing the Borg ship. Otherwise the plot is the same as the movie version. My mother wouldn't let me go see this movie when it originally came out (I was 12 and it was rated PG-13, yeah, she was overprotective), so I read this novelization f...more
My favorite part of this is actually the opening few paragraphs when she is describing the Borg ship. Otherwise the plot is the same as the movie version. My mother wouldn't let me go see this movie when it originally came out (I was 12 and it was rated PG-13, yeah, she was overprotective), so I read this novelization f...more
This is one of the very few books I have ever read based on a movie; the last two were Videodrome and Star Wars, to give you some context. It was a perfectly fine verbatim capture of the film, but the movie is much stronger, interesting, and gripping than the novel (and has the sexy Lt. Hawk who can call me any time he is visiting NYC). If it had filled in some of the back story, such as Picard’s capture by the Borg, which is covered in the series and only briefly in the movie, than I might have...more
Writing: C
Vocabulary: C
Plot: B
Level: Easy
Rating: PG-13 (zombie apocalypse, murder, mental illness, alcoholism)
Worldview: Atheist
May 22, 2011
Julie
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4 of 5 stars
Recommends it for:
Star Trek fans
Recommended to Julie by:
Dad
Shelves:
2011,
science-fiction
I really liked the movie, and this book did a great job of translating the fun and the action to book form. J.M. Dillard writes really well. On top of that, she was able to enter the characters' heads and add in even more emotional depth, such as providing more backstory for Lily and revealing Zefram Cochrane's struggle with bipolar disorder (and even added info on the eradication of mental illnesses prior to World War Three).
This book was so much fun!
This book was so much fun!
I watch the movie first and I felt that the book did not give to much more insight they the movie showed. I thought the author got the relationship wrong between the Lt.Worf and captain Picard.
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