Star Trek: TNG: "Forgiveness"

I picked up the hardcover graphic novel this Sunday. Now please understand a bias, I like David Brin! He's a great writer and a pretty kewl person!

The book was VERY good. It could have been a little thicker, but I'll live. A little more info on the Palami Diaspora would have been nice, but I'm grousing.

The art was quite good, but it did fall off in (very few) spots. Does anyone know if Scott Hampton is the same guy who did some Magic: The Gathering cards?

At $24.95, it IS a bit pricey, alas.

As a sideline, it confirms my opinion that Beverly, and not Deanna, is the most desireable regular from TNG.

Marina's support of PETA doesn't improve my opinion of her...

Oops...off subject. I'm sorry.

Buy it! Read it. Enjoy it!

Now.

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I don't want to raise expectations, because when I first read it I thought it was an ok story but it could have used another 30 pages. But the more I think about it, the more I think it was well written for a book that is the length of a four-issue limited series. The art is also very good -- painted, not drawn. $25 is less than the "The Gorn Crisis" book, I think, and "Forgiveness" is certainly better than that and is also one of the best of the Wildstorm Star Trek products.

If you like David Brin's writing and buy this book expecting a novel you will be disappointed. Graphic novels don't have the ability or the length to impart the depth that he puts into his novels. But, if you read comic books and graphic novels, this is certainly one of the better ones.

As for Marina Sirtis, I've only seen her once, at the last Gen Con, and she is a very nice and engaging person. Whether or not I agree with her politics doesn't change my opinion of her.

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Originally posted by Desslok
Marina's support of PETA doesn't improve my opinion of her...

Oops...off subject. I'm sorry.

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You have something against People for Eating of Taste Animals! :eek:

People Eating Tasty Animals? =)