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Pocket Books (1997), Mass Market Paperback, 252 pages
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Two powerful rival families of the spacefaring merchant race called the Tizarin are to be joined through marriage, and the U.S.S. Enterprise is chosen as the site for the wedding. Captain Picard is pleased by the happy duty, but his pleasure is cut short by the arrival of the Federation delegate from Betazed, Lwaxana Troi, the mother of ship's counselor, Deanna Troi. Despite Lwaxana Troi's romantic overtures toward the captain, the celebration seems to go smoothly until the situation is further complicated by the arrival of the notorious and all-powerful being called Q, who has come to examine and challenge the human concept of love. The festivities are thrown into turmoil, the powerful Tizarin families are on the verge of war, and Lwaxana Troi is determined to teach Q a lesson in love that he will never forget.… (more)
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LibraryThing member greeniezona
Okay, see, what happened was this: I read a random essay on io9 on how great this book was, and then, not too much later, I saw this book used at the bookstore. So of course I had to buy it.
Reading it I was immediately struck by how dated the Star Trek TNG universe is. So there was a little bit of
In short, this book was everything I'd been promised.
Reading it I was immediately struck by how dated the Star Trek TNG universe is. So there was a little bit of
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working my way past that (in particular some eyeroll-worthy heteronormativity) before I could get back into the mindset of nostalgia for how much I loved this show as a teen. And then, on that level, it was SO MUCH FUN. I always had an intense love for Lwaxana, and the premise of her having Q-type powers and using them to vengefully smite the smug Q himself was a thing of beauty well worth the price of admission. I agree with the original essay that it is a tragedy that this was never filmed as an episode. In short, this book was everything I'd been promised.
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LibraryThing member MickyFine
Picard is pleased when the Enterprise plays host to a Tizarin wedding between the children of two of the rival houses of the race. However, he is somewhat less pleased when Lwaxana Troi is sent as the Ambassador for Betazed. When Q decides to pop in for the festivities as well, Picard and the
When I was 11 I went through a phase where I read every ST:TNG novel I could get my hands on. The show itself had been off the air for several years (let's put it this way, the show started when I was just shy of 1 year old) and I knew it mostly through re-runs but I was very obsessed for a while and Peter David's novels were always my favourites and I bought copies of several of them, including this one. The novel is definitely more light-hearted with the craziness that is Lwaxana and Q and the Romeo & Juliet type romance going on in the background with the Tizarin wedding. My 11 year old self and let's face it, my present self too, also really enjoyed some of the Riker and Troi moments that will make any shippers squee a little bit. Funny and a quick read, this is definitely only for TNG fans but it hits the spot.
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entire crew are suddenly on edge anticipating the potential havoc the onmipotent being could potentially wreak. Everyone gets even more alarmed when Lwaxana finds herself attracted to Q and the potential for chaos escalates.When I was 11 I went through a phase where I read every ST:TNG novel I could get my hands on. The show itself had been off the air for several years (let's put it this way, the show started when I was just shy of 1 year old) and I knew it mostly through re-runs but I was very obsessed for a while and Peter David's novels were always my favourites and I bought copies of several of them, including this one. The novel is definitely more light-hearted with the craziness that is Lwaxana and Q and the Romeo & Juliet type romance going on in the background with the Tizarin wedding. My 11 year old self and let's face it, my present self too, also really enjoyed some of the Riker and Troi moments that will make any shippers squee a little bit. Funny and a quick read, this is definitely only for TNG fans but it hits the spot.
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LibraryThing member Daniel.Estes
The Star Trek expanded universe is like a large sandbox. There's room for everyone to play and the sky's the limit as to what kind of stories can be told. Q-In-Law by Peter David is one of those gems that would have been too complex for TV but not grand enough as a movie.
LibraryThing member KevinRubin
“Q-In-Law” by Peter David was an entertaining read… The Enterprise and Captain Picard are chosen to host a wedding of two young people from rival interstellar merchant clans. Various guests arrive from all the planets the clans do business with, including an ambassador from Betazed, Lwaxan
The final guest to arrive is the self-invited “ambassador” from the Q Continuum, Q.
Picard tries to throw him off the ship, but the heads of the clans insist that he remain as their guest.
Q insists his intentions are benign and he just wants to take part in the festivities, but the crew of the Enterprise is sure he’s up to something, they just can’t figure out what. Despite their entreaties to Mrs. Troi to stay well away from Q, he succeeds in thoroughly charming her and sweeping her off her feet…
As tensions flair between the young couple about to get married as well as their clans, Mrs. Toi continues to get deeper and deeper involved with Q. And the Enterprise crew gets more sure they’re missing whatever it is that Q is up to…
By the end, we get a showdown to see whose will is stronger, an omniscient Q or a daughter of the Fifth House of Betazed, Holder of the Sacred Chalice of Rixx and Heir to the Holy Rings of Betazed…
The story was okay. The writing was fairly simplistic and despite having watched the whole Star Trek: The Next Generation TV series recently, it often wasn’t easy to imagine the characters actually saying the dialogue as written.
I won’t avoid other books by Peter David in this series, but I’m not in a tearing rush to follow up on this one yet.
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Troi.The final guest to arrive is the self-invited “ambassador” from the Q Continuum, Q.
Picard tries to throw him off the ship, but the heads of the clans insist that he remain as their guest.
Q insists his intentions are benign and he just wants to take part in the festivities, but the crew of the Enterprise is sure he’s up to something, they just can’t figure out what. Despite their entreaties to Mrs. Troi to stay well away from Q, he succeeds in thoroughly charming her and sweeping her off her feet…
As tensions flair between the young couple about to get married as well as their clans, Mrs. Toi continues to get deeper and deeper involved with Q. And the Enterprise crew gets more sure they’re missing whatever it is that Q is up to…
By the end, we get a showdown to see whose will is stronger, an omniscient Q or a daughter of the Fifth House of Betazed, Holder of the Sacred Chalice of Rixx and Heir to the Holy Rings of Betazed…
The story was okay. The writing was fairly simplistic and despite having watched the whole Star Trek: The Next Generation TV series recently, it often wasn’t easy to imagine the characters actually saying the dialogue as written.
I won’t avoid other books by Peter David in this series, but I’m not in a tearing rush to follow up on this one yet.
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Original publication date
1991-10
Physical description
252 p.
ISBN
0671733893 / 9780671733896