Cardassia and Andor (Worlds of Star Trek: Deep Space Nine, Vol. 1)

CARDASSIA: The last world ravaged by the Dominion War is also the last on which Miles O'Brien ever imagined building a life. As he joins in the reconstruction of Cardassia's infrastructure, his wife Keiko spearheads the planet's difficult agricultural renewal. But Cardassia's struggle to remake itself -- from the fledgling democracy backed by Elim Garak to the people's rediscovery of their own spiritual past -- is not without opposition, as the outside efforts to help rebuild its civilization come under attack by those who reject any alien influence.

ANDOR: On the eve of a great celebration of their ancient past, the unusual and mysterious Andorians, a species with four sexes, must decide just how much they are willing to sacrifice in order to ensure their survival. Biological necessity clashes with personal ethics; cultural obligation vies with love -- and Ensign Thirishar ch'Thane returns home to the planet he forswore, to face not only the consequences of his choices, but a clandestine plan to alter the very nature of his kind.

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Two Books in One: 1st is pure trash 2nd is AWESOME, 2008-06-16
For Trekkies:
Cardassia: who cares about a lenghty description of an unimportant government decision, a PURE WASTE OF INK AND PAPER. If I could invoke the Prophets I would ask them to ban Una McCormack FOR EVER OF WRITING FOR STAR TREK

Andor: oh! man! Heather Jarman has created a MARVELOUS story, she is so a good writter and the description of the 4 genres is so well done, one of the best books, I mean it, best novels I had read.




0 of 0 people found the following review helpful:

Cardassia needs tighter but Andor better, 2006-08-17
These two novelletes are entertaining and give the dedicated ST reader more background on both planets. The Cardassia part however is not as well written and feels loose. The Andor is better.


1 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

Brilliant - with a minor flaw!, 2006-04-08
This review is based solely on the Andorian story, as I could find nothing wrong with the Cardassian story.

While for the majority of the second half of this brilliant book it flowed brilliantly, weaving an intriguing story line with fascinating insights in to the Andorian culture and sexuality - the author ruined the mood of the book and what I felt was Shar's most promising aspect in one foul swoop!

While a last minute attempt in the Epilogue has left me feeling a bit better then I was before I read it, I still am upset at the way it turned out.

Call me a hopeless romantic, but I feel that it should have gone another way. For those who have read the book, you will know of what I speak. For those who are looking to buy this book, I highly recommend it. Until the very end it has no flaws, keeping you interested the whole way (hence my 4am lights out last night). However for the romantics out there, or for those who are deeply attached to Prynn or Shar (or both), beware. Read it - but beware!

Josh


0 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

Worlds of DS9 part 1, 2005-12-14
The book consists of two mini novels namely, The Lotus Flower (Cardassia) and Paradigm (Andor). I found both stories average to below average.

The Lotus Flower was mostly a story which focuses on the O'brian family and how they are dealing with life on Cardassia. The story also gets into politics on Cardassia as well, but I thought that aspect of the story was rather weak. The author seems to have more of a talent for getting into the characters heads and giving us internal dialogue. I found Keiko O'brian's thoughts and internal dialogue very interesting. Keiko's character on the whole was better than any of the other characters. It seemed as though she was the only character the author really cared all that much about. I think that the statement about the Lotus Flower sprouting beatifully from a dirty pond says a lot. It sounds rather simplistic but is very profound in that it can be applied to so many things.

Paradigm, was mostly a love story (Prynn and Shar) but like The Lotus Flower, it revolved around politics as well. One thing which annoyed me about this story is that it didn't get into the most pressing questions I have about Andorian psysiology. The species has four sexes (two male and two female), yet the story didn't get into the details of how conception takes place.


1 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

3 stars for Cardassia, 1 star for Andor, 2005-07-28
Una McCormack's Cardassia story is a solid effort, with a welcome back into the fold (sort of) of the O'Brien clan. The politics of Keiko's project on Cardassia are interesting to watch, and it's always great fun to see Garak and Gul Macet. I liked the writing and found the story engaging and tense. 3 stars

Heather Jarman's Andor story, though, was written with the romantic sensibilities of a 16 year old girl and the political sensibilities of a high school class president. The story is dull and the writing is confused, with ridiculous onomatopoeia, over-the-top writing, and wandering points of view. If not for the continuing DS9 story, I would have skipped this one after about 20 pages. 1 star

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