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 - Great Collection of storiesI didn't try the first story frankly I don't get Enterprise don't think I ever will. The other two stories are something else entirely one dealing with Spock and his series of reforms that he knows will eventually lead to the downfall of the Terran Empire. The second story deals with an archeologist name Luc his old girlfriend named Vash an old man named Song and a boy named Wesley Crusher. There is even an appearance by a healer named "mama" Palaski. The story revolves around an encounter with the Borg who in this case have a king instead of a queen. Overall-Very good stories but I was kind of dismayed to learn that neither was dependent on the other. I look forward to more in this anthology collection. Rating: - Mirror Universe Part 1: Glass Empires (Star Trek Mirror Universe)This was a gift for my husband and he is a huge Star Trek fan. He has been reading other books but has found this one to be one of the best that he has read in quite some time. He has requested for me to locate others that are equally as good. Rating: - The Mirror Universe is one of the best Star Trek concepts...If you like Star Trek buy this book. But first watch the Mirror Universe episodes so you're not lost. :) Rating:  - Mirror Universe Part 1: Glass Empires (Star Trek Mirror Universe)First story line was good, the second one with Spock was excellent. I really enjoyed reading that one. I really enjoyed reading these books. The only thing I wish for is that the authors of Star Trek keep track of each other's works so they don't contradict each other. I have noticed, between this one and Book II, especially Book II, there are contradictions between these books and "Star Trek Dark Passions Books one and two". For example, how the Terran empire fell, who was in charge. In these books Spock was the Emporer. In Dark Passions, Spock was merely a Captain, yet both deal with the Mirror Images. Kira Nerys position is different in both, and their situations are far different. Though their personalities are similar. I would recommend to read one or the other but not both. Though I enjoyed these two books, I preferred Dark Passions series. Rating:  - Fall of the Terran EmpireThere are Trek timeline inconsistencies, for example, the length of time that Terrans et al became subject to the lethal Alliance wouldn't be as long as "generations" as quoted in the book. The episodes seem to suggest less than a hundred years, probably even less than half a century (given that the average human lifespan is about 75 years). Also, it would seem that the author did not take into consideration "Dark Mirror" (Diane Duane), in which a lethal version of Picard captained a dreadnought Enterprise-D. However, I was able to mentally set aside the Duane work to realise that the canon episodes never included their own Mirror Universe TNG. The book itself was clearly well thought out, a feasible route to destruction of the tyrannical Terran Empire...unfortunately to be surmounted by the even more tyrannical Klingon-Cardassian Alliance. Enjoyable read, even if it does place our favourite characters in an unpleasant "what-if" situation. Not too keen on the larger font print. 3.5 stars. In association with Amazon.com | |