PAWNS AND SYMBOLS: STAR TREK #26

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Summary: Good Book, Great Exploration of Klingon Society
Review: A scientist is 'rescued' by Kang the emperor elect and taken to the Klingon Empire to work on a new type of grain she has developed. The scientist Jean, refuses to help, until she learns of the horrible blight that has struck the empire's grain supply, and is starving an empire. Millions of starving klingons that would wish her dead, but only she can save

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Summary: So Boring!
Review: It's SO VERY BORING! I'm falling asleep! Aaaaah!

Rating:
Summary: So Boring!
Review: It's SO VERY BORING! I'm falling asleep! Aaaaah!

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Summary: This was an excellent book portaying Klingon Society.
Review: Pawns and Symbols was a excellent book, not only because of an excellently written story, but because of the history it shows. These Klingons are pre-ridge Klingons and there manner is slightly different. The ' slave girl'/informant shows this very well. She was drawn into the society and liked it. I would recommed this book to everyone, even if you dislike Klingons.

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Summary: Almost worth five stars.
Review: This was a marvellous sequel to both the "The Trouble With Tribbles" AND "Day of the Dove" original series episodes, with a minor reference to the "More Tribbles, More Troubles", animated episode, as well. It is very well written, and ties all of the references to existing stories in together well; the characters are handled skillfully, and mostly plausibly. I have only a couple of minor quibbles that (barely) take it down from five stars to four: first, the subplot involving Chekov's romance with the Romulan woman seemed somewhat irrelevant and superfluous, and second, the subplot involving the lost memories seemed unnecessary to the storyline as well, something of a red herring for the reader to be preoccupied with that turned out to be much less important than the foreshadowing suggested. Other than that, the storyline, a fairly complex one even without the irrelevancies thrown in for filler, was very well handled and hung together well. A good treatment of Klingons, neither overly complimentary toward their warrior culture, nor unnecessarily stereotyping them as simply bad guys, but rather a portrayal that I could respect and appreciate.

Rating:
Summary: Almost worth five stars.
Review: This was a marvellous sequel to both the "The Trouble With Tribbles" AND "Day of the Dove" original series episodes, with a minor reference to the "More Tribbles, More Troubles", animated episode, as well. It is very well written, and ties all of the references to existing stories in together well; the characters are handled skillfully, and mostly plausibly. I have only a couple of minor quibbles that (barely) take it down from five stars to four: first, the subplot involving Chekov's romance with the Romulan woman seemed somewhat irrelevant and superfluous, and second, the subplot involving the lost memories seemed unnecessary to the storyline as well, something of a red herring for the reader to be preoccupied with that turned out to be much less important than the foreshadowing suggested. Other than that, the storyline, a fairly complex one even without the irrelevancies thrown in for filler, was very well handled and hung together well. A good treatment of Klingons, neither overly complimentary toward their warrior culture, nor unnecessarily stereotyping them as simply bad guys, but rather a portrayal that I could respect and appreciate.