Star Trek: I, Q by John de Lancie, Peter David

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Star Trek: I, Q
by John de Lancie, Peter David
(Audio)

One of my coworkers got this book at a used bookstore and let me borrow it. It's abridged on three CDs, so it was a nice, short detour from Revolutionary Road. There was a lot that was weird to me. And there was a lot I thoroughly enjoyed.

Things I liked: Picard and Data showing up, the different places they visit are realizations of the stages of grief, the book being read by John de Lancie (he's the only voice I would have believed as Q), characters like Dax and Locutus of Borg showing up and references to Vash, the way the story turned out.

Things I didn't like: Q's repeated references to American cultural aspects (with all of time and space to talk about, I couldn't believe he'd keep referring to old Earth/American things), the M Continuum (I felt totally lost--was I supposed to know about them?), Q's family (okay, I know it's show canon, but I still can't quite get on board with it because of the next point on my list), Q showing human emotions and desires (like wanting a big meal--Q doesn't get hungry!), Data showing human emotions, Q not being more freaked out when he loses his powers, not seeing more characters like Janeway (I wonder if the unabridged version included more?).

In all, it was a light, fun read. There were a lot of moments I could easily become critical of, but I'm not going to go into that level of detail. I expected more from Peter David, whose Star Trek books I usually adore, and John, who IS Q to me. Generally, I liked the book and am glad I earread it!