Q's Guide to the Continuum

by Michael Jan Friedman, Robert Greenberger

Captain's log, Stardate Eleventy-leven eighty six point negative nine. Charted a blah blah blah with my blah blah crew today, collecting samples of blah blah blah...
Aren't you tired of surveying all the brave new worlds and startling new civilizations of the galaxy with the safe, polite, politically correct members of the Federation? After all, they only have fun when they break their own rules and leave a communicator behind on a planet of curious mimics, or travel through time to play with tribbles. Wouldn't you rather travel the stars with me?
Who am I? Spelled the same way front as Q! You've heard of me. All-seeing, all-knowing, dashing beyond comparison. The Q have been here since the dawn of time (and in some cases, a little before that, but that's another story), and we've seen it all. But I've put it all together in a form you can understand. The title? Q's Guide to the Continuum! (Well, what did you think I would call it? Picard's Incessant Droning About Stellar Gas Formations?)
Want to know what the longest-lived race in the galaxy is? It's here. Ever wonder who is the greatest mass murderer of all time? I know that, too. And are you dying to find out if a certain relative of mine ever played the harpsichord while dressed like a Victorian nobleman? Well, there are some things I won't tell you, but the rest will be revealed in Q's Guide to the Continuum! (Love that title, don't you?) Prepare to be enlightened!

Genres: Star Trek, Science Fiction, Humor, Fiction

176 pages, Paperback

First published September 1, 1998

About the author

Michael Jan Friedman is an author of more than seventy books of fiction and nonfiction, half of which are in the Star Trek universe. Eleven of his titles have appeared on the New York Times Best Seller list. Friedman has also written for network and cable television and radio, and scripted nearly 200 comic books, including his original DC superhero series, the Darkstars.

Reviews

[Indika de Silva]

The above book is highly entertaining and could be finished in one go. I finished the whole book in less than 20 minutes and I was reading at a slow pace.

I read the whole book with John de Lancie's taunting voice inside my head. The writing style is that good and funny.

This book should be read by Star Trek fan who has good knowledge of all the spin-offs as well as the original series. I personally recommend this book if you are feeling sad and dejected. It is a great book to beat those blues.

Have fun reading.

[Elaine]

Cute as humor books go. It's been a long time since I've watched ST:TNG and even longer since I regularly watched the OS, so I didn't remember all of the episodes referenced. I did, however, read the whole thing in my head in John De Lancie's voice. So there's that.

[Robin]

A must-read for every Star Trek fan. An absolutely hilarious compendium of Star Trek trivia written as if by the infamous Q.

[Jennifer Mafnas]

fun little read for any star trek fan- like strolling down memory lane. thanks Josie for the find!!!

[Dixie Conley]

As a Q fan, I bought this book for my collection. I wouldn't, however, recommend it to anyone who actually wants it for its content. Basically, it gives one-page summaries of various Trek lore, written from Q's point of view. Unfortunately, even from Q's perspective, the summaries are dull. The book also lacks serious description of the Q Continuum itself; I had hoped that this would be the topic of the book. It wasn't.

[Julie]

Silly, but sort of entertaining.

[Michael]

Purely for laughs.

[John]

a nice piece of next gen fluff

[Steph]

I would have given this five stars if it had been longer. I loved this. I heard Q's voice the entire time I was reading it.

[Hilde Helseth]

'A book related in some way to a tv show/series or movie you enjoyed (same topic, same era, book appeared in the show/movie, etc.)'