In this one we get to hear themes that have been repeated in the movie series. The first is with the Nexus thing where people are lost in a different level of reality. The other is the dead space that is mentioned and used again in Maximum Warp. This novel is proof that the concepts are recyled in other series of Trek.

The story takes a long time to get started and there are no momemts between the characters. It could have been a lot better if it were a short story as part of an anthology. If written today it would have been a six part series of novels.

"Chain of Attack" stands well on its own, and it is not necessary to read this book to "complete" the story told there. This book, on the other hand, would make significantly less sense if one had not previously read "Chain of Attack". Less, but not none; it is possible to read this book without that one, and simply to assume that the backstory is one that hasn't been told. This story can, in fact, stand on its own.

Which is good, because it's an extremely good story; the regular characters are handled well, a couple of new characters that are added for spice are interesting and worthwhile, and the story itself is a fast-moving, well-paced story that is very well written. It's one of the best "Enterprise saves the universe as we know it" stories that I've ever read; it actually manages to be almost plausible.

Star Trek #43-Sequel to 'Chain Of Attack'. Uncounted centuries ago, an unknown race from beyond our galaxy created a series of interstellar gates-shortcuts across out universe-and then disappeared, leaving behind no clues to their fate, or the operation of their systems. Twice before, the Enterprise has used the system to traverse the galaxy, and returned each time no wiser to the gates of the operation. Now it is imperative that they find out. For the gates are breaking down, taking the very stars in the sky with them. The fate of the galaxy rests in the hands of the Enterprise crew, and their ability to communicate not only with creatures from another world-but from another universe as well.

The character of the Paladin is just a soldier doing his job. The monster in this book is Owl, who justifies any number of crimes he forces the young hero to commit "for England." Of course assassinating enemy personnel is no shock during war, but the early sequences where Paladin is ordered to murder a bunch of English and Dutch citizens (including a young woman) who have totally unwittingly stumbled onto an important war secret are repugnant and insane in their rationalization. Apparently Owl had never heard of the word "internment" until Churchill himself points out how such things should be handled. Also, please enjoy the part where English commandos in training are ordered to practice their killings techniques on German POWs. Poor Owl missed his calling -- he would have been right at home in the Gestapo.

The Paladin is supposedly a novel based on facts, as told to the author by "Christopher Creighton." Creighton, the paladin, was recruited as a teenage boy by Winston Churchill during WWII and sent around the world on missions of state -- usually violent missions. The premise of this novel seemed very appealing to me, as I am a big fan of WWII novels. However, overall, I was disappointed in this novel. To me, the book reads more like a CHRONICLE of Creighton's individual, exciting missions rather than a good NOVEL. I found the book just adequate (at best) in terms of plot development, character development (particularly regarding the secondary characters), and believable dialogue. There's no question that the missions Creighton supposedly carried out for his country were extremely heroic. If these supposedly previously untold missions were written as a non-fiction historical biography about Creighton, I would have had different expectations going in and might have enjoyed the book more. In a good novel, however, as mentioned, I'm looking for more than just an interesting chronicle of facts.

I think this book is the best one I've ever read, although it may not be true and the hero's name is not Cristopher Creighton I still enjoy the book all the same. I also am amazed on how well it tied in with acual history.

There is a simple test to determine whether your level of sexual maturity and experience surpasses the level to which this book is addressed...Do you giggle nervously and blush whenever you hear the word "....."? If you've made it past that stage, then you're ahead of this book. Naive, uninspired, unsophisticated, shallow, brainless and silly are all words that come to mind. Ozzie and Harriet would have found it "naughty", but Mike and Carol Brady would have probably fallen asleep before chapter two.

I did enjoy reading this book;although some of the things are taken for granted by us you can learn a lot by reading it.The book goes into detail so that all couples will get valuable suggetions.I strongly recommend this book to married couples.

I did enjoy reding this book;although some of the things are taken for granted by us you can learn a lot by reading it.The book goes into detail so that all couples will get valuable suggetions.I strongly recommend this book to married couples.

We found the stories a joke. Lisa and I LOL ed at the ha haaaa, see, twist in the 5 or 6 stories we read. I believe a person could buy any of the romance novels at the supermarket and get the same thing.

My husband and I did not bother finishing this book. We skipped around to different chapters, as the editors suggest, in hopes of finding something erotic. The editors clearly had lofty aspirations for this book, but their intentions fell short of what they managed to achieve. Unfortunately, most of the stories were poorly written and laughably ridiculous; a bad combination. You can get mediocre erotica on the 'net for free. Don't waste your money.

This book is midly amusing and not at all sexy. It contains lines such as "Hi my name is Bob and I will be picking your pubic hair out of the filter..." I couldn't even begin to enjoy it.

I really wanted to like this book. And, yes, it has a fascinating tale to tell. But there was something lacking in the writing that me entirely unable to 'get' what the writer was trying to say. It IS an interesting story about the origins of dyes, about the effect of dyes on other industries, the industrial surge of technology of the age, and so on. But I couldn't ever quite figure out what made the chemical composition about this particular mauve so unique and important, and what about it was pushing the world into the future. I'm not usually this lost when I read, so, officially, I'm blaming the author! Sorry Simon.

Originally I was skeptical of a book about the origin of a color, but Mauve is so much more. It is the story of the creation of artificial colors, the industries that spawned from it, as well as birth of chemistry as a innovating science in the 19th century. The discoveries by William Perkins opened up what would be literally thousands of new colors over the years, as well as essential components of the perfume industry, flavorings industry and even the bleaching industry. Inspirational also because so much of this arose from literally castoff garbage - coal tar. In essence Perkins began a new wave of recycling. The heart of the story is less the discovery itself, but the ripples it set off that continue to today, leading to the "better living through chemistry." Yet it also spotlights one of the lamentably forgotten pioneers in science who through a combination of curiosity, determination, foresight and luck found value in others castoff. Though it is classified as a biography, it is more of a sweeping view of history - the actual materials on Perkin's life pre and post mauve are almost incidental to what was discovered. Garfield helps shed light on the color revolution and spotlights something that we today often take for granted. It was nice to walk away from a book and realized that I really learned something.

Mauve is part of an increasingly popular genre - Small Things That Mean A Lot. As (practically) the first artificial dye in the world, derived from coal tar, Mauve not only set the pattern for every other synthetic shade but also formed the basis for many other products in the new chemical world. This book tells this story and also that of its inventor, a Brit named William Perkin who discovered Mauve by accident when still at college. Mauve became the hit of London and Paris, though its inventor got rich mostly by making other colors.
The book runs the risk of being a little thin (Perkin is not a hugely interesting man), but Garfield keeps his work relevant and vibrant by some very elegant writing in which clever linkages are made between a vast array of subjects. I recommend this title for its insights into historical and modern fashion trends and some fascinating scientific history.
Amy De

Memory Prime is a "prime" example of why Judith and Gar Reeves Stevens were among the most popular Trek writers in the late '80s. The novel succeeds on nearly every basic level. The moves briskly, striking a fine balance between action, mystery, and dialogue. The characters all seem true to the television series, with some particularly good Spock/McCoy interplay. The story, involving the threatened assassination of most of the Federation's top scientists, is, perhaps, not exceptional but it gets the job done. There are a few issues that prevent the book from receiving four stars, however. For one, the ending - like almost every Trek book - is too contrived, too pat. For another, the novel is graced with a very intriguing cover - a cover that bears no resemblance to any plot point whatsoever. Still, Memory Prime is a good read and worth the time of any Trek fan.

Four stars is a little high for this book, but three would definitely have been too low. The plot is interesting, if somewhat implausible; the characters are reasonably well-handled (except for Commodore Wolfe, whose handling was not particularly consistent), the writing was generally good if not spectacular. Perhaps my biggest objection is in an anachronism within the Star Trek universe: if the Federation had had to deal with the question of self-aware AIs as early as this, certainly the Next Generation episode "The Measure of the Man" would never have happened; Data would automatically have been accepted as more than a machine, without the need for a trial. Of course, this book came out at about the same time as that episode, probably a bit earlier, so one can hardly blame the authors for that fact; still, "Next Gen" was already a year into its run when this book was published, and clearly ALL of the questions raised by Data's existence (to say nothing of Voyager's EMH, who WASN'T part of the canon yet, but who even more poorly fits into a timeline in which this book is placed) would have long since been answered were this book to be considered canonical. So clearly, it must be considered one of the many Star Trek novels to exist in some nearly-parallel universe, rather than the "real" Trek universe.

WOW! This is THE BEST book I have EVER read (and I read 8 books a day on average)! It deals a lot with the bond between Kirk and Spock. LOTS of adventure!

It's a good book if you love Garfield, but don't come to expect it to be like the regular comic strips. The comedy is limited, and the book is short and thin, but at least it's color :)

I ordered "Garfield Gets a Life" from amazon.com a while ago and won't ever regret it. I believe it's one of garfield's funnier TV-special-type books. As noted above, the book was published in 1991, when Jim Davis's ideas were still original, and not so repetitive. One thing's for certain: Garfield really does know how to enjoy life! I would truely recommend this particular book to any and all Garfield fans out there, especially because it's almost NEVER found in book stores.

Star Trek: Captain's Peril written by William Shatner and Judith and Garfield Reeves-Stevens is a Kirk egocentric novel. Yes, the venerable and still indomitable Captain James T. Kirk teams up with Captain Jean-Luc Picard in this adventure.

This book starts out like gangbusters, skydiving to the planet Bajor from outerspace and Picard's suit has a malfunction and we almost lose Picard. But, the "Shatnerverse" is thick in this book and soon you will find Shatner one furlong short of the barn door. I believe that this is the opening salvo to another trilogy as Shatner and the Reeves-Stevens have done in the past. Oh well, I hope that the next volume makes a better show than this book did.

When Kirk and Picard land on the Bajor from their skydiving escapade, they plan to go to an old sunken city to uncover some of Bajor's past. But, alas, tragedy strikes and all of their high-tech equipment seems not to work. As you can imagine ol' Kirk wants to take charge, nothing new there. A child is now in danger of dying and there isn't any way of contacting the outside world or DS-9.

As Captain Jean-Luc Picard is now missing, the egocentric Kirk takes action as he goes back into his memory and thinks of a mission long ago in his past. An early mission, when he was taking over the Captain's chair from Christopher Pike... "Where No Man Has Gone Before."

So, we have a double plot in the book, making for some interesting reading as Kirk goes back into his past to solve a mystery in the present that could cost the universe. Like I said earlier, this book is only the first of a trilogy, so it is setting up what is to follow... and it scored on that account, but as Shatner writes the character of Captain James T. Kirk shines at the expense of Captain Jean-Luc Picard.

All in all, this book could have been wriiten a bit better. This book rates a solid three stars and let's hope for better writing in the future. William Shatner try to get the horse in the barn with the next installment... otherwise folks wait till the paperback comes out.

This review is based on the abridged Audio CD. I've read the Tek War books and 6 of his ST books, and this is my least favorite of the bunch so far. I'm a Hugh Shatner fan, as author and as Kirk, but I can only give this 3 stars. What holds this story together is the interplay between Picard and Kirk? We have a little murder mystery going on her also. Shatner has teamed them many times, and it seems he is the only author with the guts or gravitas to do it. I hope he keeps writing in the ST universe. I like the fact that Kirk, Bones (God rest his soul), Spock and Scotty live on in Shatner's Star Trek world.

I hated it when Generations killed off Kirk, and loved it when he had to audacity to write himself back to life. And I am not tongue-in-cheek. I am serious. THE RETURN is the first non-Tek War Shatner book I had read. Based on that book I have read the rest of his ST books, and this one at 3 stars is the worst of the bunch, but still pretty good Star trek Sci-Fi. This review is based on the Audio CD.

I happen to have enjoyed 'Captain's Peril' quite a bit. While it failed to be as gripping or as all-out entertaining as Shatner/Reeves-Stevens' last outing in 'Preserver', I still found it to be different, and entertaining overall.

Within 'Captain's Peril' are two separate stories that aren't as connected as the authors would like us believe. Still, I enjoyed both tales. The story begins as Kirk has strong-armed Picard into taking a joint archaeolgical-vacation on the planet Bajor. It starts off with a perilous Orbital Skydive where one of the 'Suits' rented by Quark on DS9 seems to be a shade past its warranty and fails on Kirk. His quick thinking, combined with Picards resourcefulness saves him, but in the process it uncovers the memory of Kirk on the original Enterprise just shortly after he took over as captain. Spock has requested a transfer, forcing Kirk to think that his 1st officer thinks of him as incompetant. Soon an emergency call from Starfleet forces them to the Mandylion Rift for a very interesting 'Challenge'. Before anything ever happens of course, the action returns us back to the present where Kirk & Picard find themselves trapped in the Bajoran desert, wondering if they will survive long enough to find the ancient dig they were originally expecting to visit. To make a long story short, they make it (was there ANY doubt?) and stumble quickly upon a murder. The stage is now set for both captains to solve this incident, meeting opposition at every turn, and interrupted by Kirk's memory of his original 5-year mission and some interesting conversations with Spock, who is busy trying to figure out Kirk (and humans in general).

Personally I found the background story from years past to be more entertaining than the murder/mystery in the Bajoran desert involving a possible Cardassian/Lost Bajoran Orb cover-up. I found myself wondering what exactly was going to happen next to Kirk and crew in the Mandylion Rift and the 'Challenge' facing them than who the murderer was. Although I also enjoyed a very interesting debate between Kirk & Picard over the merits of the Prime Directive. Overall I liked the story, but felt that jumping in between the two stories ultimately distracted me from the entire tale as a whole--BUT I enjoyed it enough to look forward to 'Captain's Blood' which is mentioned at the end of the story along with a teaser of just what may be in store for us in the next chapter of the saga of James T. Kirk in the world of Next Generation Star Trek. Not bad--but not great, either.

I started out reading this book as an assignment for a Human Sexuality course. I did not realize until after reading this book how much I ignored my feelings as a woman and sexual responder. This book helped get my partner involved and brought the two of us closer as we tried to do the exercises provided in the book. The ones we were uncomfortable doing, we were able to push back with laughter and continue with the help of the book. Having the book as an excuse if something didn't work made things easier for us to enjoy without blaming one partner or the other for our difficulties with the sexercises.

There's a reason this book continues to be reprinted and available 27 years after its first publication! For women who have never connected with their own sexuality, who see sex as something they do for their partners and not for themselves--and, yes, there are still many women with these attitudes in 1999, despite the sexual revolution--this is just the best book available. In my 20 years as a sex therapist, I have never recommended this book to a sexually inhibited woman who has not found it thought-provoking.

This is a wonderful self-help book on how to become comfortable with your own body and how to share that with your partner, if you have one and even if you don't. It's very informative, interesting and helpful on something that has been taboo to discuss or find information about for many years. This book has helped me immensely in my relationship in the principle that if you don't know how to love your body and yourself, how can anyone else? And, if you don't know, how can they? A rare find in a book with a warm helpful feel for any woman.

The graphic elements are nice enough, but the text keeps TELLING you how splendidly exotic the Republic of Dreams is, instead of SHOWING you, by portraying examples of Reverian exoticism in action. All the Reverians are "creative" and "mysterious" and "tender", we are told, but we don't catch them in the act of being these things. What passes for an "atmosphere" of exotic pleasure in this book is really fairly trite ... snifters of brandy, "fine wines", 1920s-style passenger trains ... nice, but nothing surprising here. Sadly, the author falls into the old Star Trek trick of faking exoticism by pairing a mundane noun with a made-up "exotic" proper adjective.... "We dined on Lunarian caviar while sipping Reverian champagne." Or words to that effect. Also, the author tells you that certain neighborhoods of the capital city of the island reminded one of Paris at its best and as Paris might have been .... it would have been better to tell me things about those neighborhoods that brought Paris to my mind, while leaving the word "Paris" unsaid.

Pretty tepid stuff. Ho hum.

The Republic has allot to offer, from the passport to the maps and postcards(which are great). As a nudist I enjoyed the clothing optional atmosphere and the story was a great deal of fun. This is not the psychological foreplay of Bantock's work (there's actualy a story going on here). Although there could have been more nude men and a more diverse population (such as in size and ethnicity)but as a poet and an artist I found the Republic of Dreams a wonderful adventure and escape(the DaDaist artwork is wonderful). I'm looking forword to the next installment of the Republic of Dreams. As an African-American woman I see more potental in Mr. Crimmins's work than in anything that Nick Bantock has written so far.

"The Republic of Dreams" is like "Griffin and Sabine" in that it uses its illustrations and toys to bring you closer into the narrative. "The Republic of Dreams" has everything you could hope for in this type of novel. The sensuous narrative, surreal, subtly erotic illustration, and pull-out items such as the Poetic Licence and Republic Passport all make you feel as if you have taken a journey into this Republic. Unlike many Bantock and neo-Bantock works, "The Republic of Dreams" explores its ideas in depth. A wonderful mind-clearing diversion, especially useful for the poet and artist. Go, Crimmins, go.