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Binding: Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 813.087620806
EAN: 9781416571803
ISBN: 1416571809
Label: Simon & Schuster (Pocket Books)
Manufacturer: Simon & Schuster (Pocket Books)
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 528
Publication Date: July 22, 2008
Publisher: Simon & Schuster (Pocket Books)
Sales Rank: 42078
Studio: Simon & Schuster (Pocket Books)
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Editorial Review:
Product Description:
It's been said that for any event, there are an infinite number of possible outcomes. Our choices determine which outcome will follow, and therefore all possibilities that could happen do happen across countless alternate realities. In these divergent realms, known history is bent, like white light through a prism -- broken into a boundless spectrum of what-might-have-beens. But in those myriad universes, what might have been...is what actually happened.
A Less Perfect Union: More than a hundred years after the Terra Prime movement achieved its dream of an isolationist Earth, humanity is once again at a fork in the river of history...and the path it follows may ultimately be determined by the voice of a single individual: the sole surviving crewmember of the first Starship Enterprise.™
Places of Exile: Midway through Voyager's journey across the galaxy, Captain Kathryn Janeway and Commander Chakotay must choose whether to brave a deadly war zone or abandon their quest for home. But an attack by Species 8472 cripples the ship, and the stranded crew must make new choices that will reshape their destinies...and that of the Delta Quadrant itself.
Seeds of Dissent: Khan victorious! Almost four centuries after conquering their world, genetically enhanced humans dominate a ruthless interstellar empire. But the warship Defiance, under its augmented commander, Princeps Julian Bashir, makes a discovery that could shake the pillars of his proud civilization: an ancient sleeper ship from Earth named the Botany Bay.
Average Rating: 
Rating:  -
Alternate universes and what-ifs are -- obviously -- the life-blood of science fiction. Two of the three stories in this volume live, one just sags.
"A Less Perfect Union" features Christopher Pike at the helm and James T. Kirk as his second in command. Characters from throughout the original canon appear, including the animated series. I rated it tops until I read "Seeds of Dissent" the DS9 version in the book.
Again, capturing elements from earlier mainstream stories, ... Read More
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The wonder is not the "Myriad Universes" series itself but that it took this long for such a concept to emerge and be developed, at least beyond the assorted "Mirror Universe" tales. The very notion is pure "fan fic," and as a Trekker of forty years' standing, I say, "It's about time!"
Taking "Infinity's Prism"'s three novellas in order...:
1) "A LESS PERFECT UNION": What if Jonathan Frederick Paxton's verteron attack on Starfleet HQ in 2155 had been successful, and Earth had ... Read More
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You folks have read the publishers review so I am not going to repeat it. My opinions of the three stories are as follows: A Less Perfect Union is what Star Trek would look like if it were Babylon 5. The Enterprise crew is an amalgamation of both TOS pilot episode crews. It feels like Strangers From the Sky by Bonnano. If you liked that book, you will like this story. The second story was not so good. I just didn't buy the argument that the Voyager crew would be allowed such high access in the Coalition ... Read More
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Star Trek: Myriad Universes - 'Infinity's Prism' is an ambitious project that's been in the works for years. This is the 'what if' series of novellas exploring all the avenues and paths not taken in the various Star Trek series and movies. The question is, does "Myriad Universes" please the audiences or does it fall victim to being over-the-top, glorified fan fiction? For me, was by far one of the stronger anthologies and mini series put out in the past few years. Usually, there is one story included that ... Read More
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All three stories in this collection were enjoyable, and I read it in a day and a half. Of the three, my favorite was the Voyager story, "Places of Exile." The characterizations are spot-on, and in my opinion, the developments that take place for each of the characters (the ones who make it, anyway) are more interesting and fulfilling than what actually happened on the show.
The other two stories are equally good, but are much more reference-heavy (especially "Seeds of Dissent"; make sure you've ... Read More
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