Star Trek, The Next Generation: Q-Squared (Adapted)
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Narrated by:
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John de Lancie
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Peter David
About this listen
In all of his travels, Captain Picard has never encountered an opponent more powerful than Q, a being from another continuum that Picard encountered on his very first mission as captain of the starship Enterprise. In the years since, Q has returned to harass Picard and his crew. Sometimes dangerous, sometimes merely obnoxious, Q has always been mysterious and seemingly all-powerful.
But now, Trelane, another member of the continuum whom Captain Kirk and his crew first encountered over 100 years ago, has tapped in to an awesome power source that makes him more powerful than the combined might of the entire continuum. Q warns that, armed with this incredible power, Trelane has become unspeakably dangerous. Now Picard must get involved in an awesome struggle between superbeings. And this time, the stakes are not just Picard's ship, or the galaxy, or even the universe - this time the stakes are all of creation.
©1994 Paramount Pictures, All Rights Reserved; AUDIOWORKS Is an Imprint of Simon & Schuster Audio Division, Simon & Schuster Inc. (P)1994 Paramount Pictures, All Rights Reserved; AUDIOWORKS Is an Imprint of Simon & Schuster Audio Division, Simon & Schuster Inc.Listeners also enjoyed...
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- Lulu
- 16-09-17
Disappointed
Excellent narration but really intrusive and annoying sound effects and music. Disjointed story which I imagine would work far better as a TV episode. It's difficult to work out where you are and which version of the main characters you're listening to.
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- Dawn
- 29-01-17
Excellent narration of a compelling story
Thoroughly enjoyed this book. Listened to whole thing in one go. Excellent voice work, reminding me completely of actors as they spoke on TV, especially Picard and Trelaine and, of course, Q. I now want to read the actual book myself and have ordered it from Amazon, along with other Q based Star Trek stories.
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- Flink
- 24-04-20
wish it were longer
Really enjoyable listen. Feels pretty abridged, though. I wish Audible would redo all of these older books with unabridged versions.
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- Maybe
- 28-03-17
Great performance
From the original Q, John DeLancie is a natural mimic so his characters really come to life. The story harps back to the classic series when Kirk et al meet an all powerful being known as the Squire who is it turns out in this story actually a Q. DeLancies performance is really good but the annoying background music we could do without.
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- Mark Shackleford
- 16-06-17
Excellent
Excellent listen, John de Lancie does his usual brilliant job. there's no mistaking who he's impersonating during the story ...... great story, with an interesting twist/fill in, between TOS and TNG ........ well worth getting .....
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- J. Reuben
- 10-04-23
Good performance by John De Lance but a poor story
This would make a good TV episode I have no doubt but unfortunately it made for a poor audiobook. John De Lance is the only gem here as his narration is top notch.
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- Alan Burke
- 08-05-20
Abridgement Leaves Much Out
Having read the book I was very disappointed to find how much the audiobook had left out. There’s nothing of the humanoid Data and his relationship with Tasha, much of the books character development is omitted and there no ending, the audio book simply ends whereas the book has a final chapter, “Derailment” which goes into detail about how the story changed each character.
The voice acting and production were great. John de Lancie does a great job.
Audible really needs pull their finger out and do complete versions of the Star Trek novels.
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- Alan. Hardman
- 12-07-14
The Adaptation really hurts this one
Would you recommend this book to a friend? Why or why not?
I wouldn't, simply because the adaptation from the original book is not done well.
Who was your favorite character and why?
Q. Q is the reason I bought this originally in Hardback, it's why I bought this audiobook. Q rules!
What about John de Lancie’s performance did you like?
Everything really.His whole performance was perfectly done and surprisingly his portrayal as Trelane was my favourite part of this. He was able to show a manic insanity in the character that I'd always had in my head when reading this one.
Could you see Star Trek, The Next Generation: Q-Squared (Adapted) being made into a movie or a TV series? Who would the stars be?
No, the simple reason being it is too far removed now from the continuity of the series. I could see it being redone for a new and complete audiobook with the whole cast of TNG, I'd love to hear Stewart, Dorn, Spiner, Frakes, McFadden, Sirtis and Burton giving life to the different versions of their characters in this one.
Any additional comments?
Too much was cut in the adaptation, background information about the series that a Trekkie would love to hear, the reason why a Q in the continuum would not be named Q and be called Trelane, the resolving of many character aspects that were left hanging without a real conclusion.If you're a Trekkie and have always wanted to see Q face off against Trelane then buy the book, you'll enjoy the interplay far more as the character are fully fleshed out and is one of the better portrayals of TNG put to paper.
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