I found this book to be on the cutting edge of mediocrity for Star Trek. The average Star Trek book tends to be a page turner. This one actually put me to sleep. It takes me three days to read good Star Trek book. This one took me two weeks. If I didn't believe in finishing what I start. I never would have finished it at all

I would recommend this book to people who like action and adventure. This book is scary because there are aliens and fighting. The characters in the story are sometimes funny. I have read other Star Trek books, and there are eight color photos from the movie included.

The book uses the traditional red/green images with special glasses in order to produce the 3-D effects. Some poeple may have trouble getting used to this (if you are not good at looking at 3-D objects using red/green glasses, then this is not the book for you). The trick is to stare at it for a long while and to make sure you have the book far away enough so that the whole page can be viewed by either eye. If you do this, the images can be spectacular (though after a while, the novelty starts to wear off a little). It would have been nice if they also had 3-D shots of nebula as well as our solar system. Images of the galaxy can be confusing as they use a weird coding system of characters. I wish they would have used another technology to makes the images 3-D (assuming it is possible), so that the colors of the stars could be more accurately represented. Definately a try before you buy book as some people will like it, others may not. Perhaps it makes a good book to put in the library or a local book club (assuming you can make sure nobody steals the glasses). I would have given this book 3.5 stars if possible (unfortunately, I can only give 3 or 4 stars).

In 1983, Alison Grant is transferring data from microfilm to computer as part of her job at the Justice Department's Information Processing Division. However, Alison finds a glitch when THE BENNIE ARNOLDO FILE turns up empty except for a name code. She informs her supervisor Samuel Goldman who checks with the log keeper Eleanor Harrison to see if she knows what happened. Eleanor promises to investigate, but turns around and informs Deputy Attorney general Charles Barfield, whom immediately works to hide the case that he does not want anyone to know about.

Sam gives the archival back-up file to Alison, who prints a copy of the Arnoldo document. However, before she loads the data, Sam takes back the file and tells her to work around the case as his superior Charles is allegedly evaluating what happened to prevent future mistakes. Unable to resist, plus being the recipient of a threatening birthday card, Alison decides to discover if an illegal action has occurred. Treasury Department Special Investigator Mark Ferris is her only hope to learn the truth and to stay alive.

This is an exciting historical mystery (unbelievable that twenty years feels historical due to quantum changes in IT). The story line moves faster than a modern day processor as Alison serves as a shining example of a solid bureaucrat who cares. Though why Charles' associate threatened Alison as he did provides little logic, John Russo furbishes a delightful thriller.

Harriet Klausner

THE BUCHMANS is a Western yarn, in every best sense, with a marked difference. This difference is best expressed by the author's clear command of lively and intriguing aspects of Western history- publishing in the West, the Civil War in Oregon, the Klan in Oregon- all woven into the tapestry of a family's history careening across the generations. Yes, there is fistfighting, gunslinging, horse thieving, murder and the most astonishing drinking fools. But I can guarantee that you have not encountered characters quite like the cast that populates this cleverly wrought tale. Readers of biblio-mysteries will especially enjoy the twists and turns of plot that hinge on heart-of-gold scallawag Herman Buchman's unscrupulous publishing practices.

This book is excellent for any type of baseball fan. It has wonderful photos with excellent information. It is truly a worth-wild buy for baseball fans, no matter what the age!

Dark Star was one of the first sci-fi books that I read, almost twenty years ago and my recollections of this title are very positive. Indeed, Alan Dean Foster has created a inquisitive, strange, thoughtful tale of loneliness, friendship and hopelesness among the distant stars. In fact, "Dark Star" is a book about the loss of hope that assailed the mankind, mainly in the 70's years. But it's not a dated book. You can read it now and certainly you'll find some great images completely acuratte for the nowdays.

While the Titanic story has been covered extensively from every angle, much less is known about other White Star ships. But the line suffered several accidents over the years. This book tells us about the wrecks of the Atlantic, Britanic and Republic, among others. I especially enjoyed the chapters on the Olympic and Atlantic. The Olympic was the Titanic's sister ship, enjoying a fascinating history of her own. The Atlantic sank in 1873 with the loss of several hundred lives. Only true Titanic and sea buffs will want to read this book, though. Others will quickly find it boring and are advised to stick with materials entirely on Titanic.

For those interested in getting good, solid information on tomorrow's future major leaguers, this book provides capsules on 20+ players per organization with rankings of each team's top 10 minor leaguers. There are also lots of statistical analysis, charts and lists. Tony Blegnino's statwork is particularly noteworthy, but what really makes this book shine is the in-depth information you can get here that you can't get elsewhere. Go ahead, try and find as much about Marlon Anderson as you do here. You can't. If you want to have a good idea of who will be the impact players of 2002, this is a great place to start

This book supplements the GURPS Traveller system by describing the history, organization and tools of the mercenary's trade. Written by two veteran Traveller authors, the attention to detail is refreshing in a gaming supplement. The mercenary's life is thoroughly described in the main text and typical of the GURPS products, spiced up with lots of interesting snippets on the sidebars. New templates and new equipment will be of interest to players keen on dishing out (as mentioned in the preface) "Grade-A violence to all comers". The only (minor) fault I could find is that the sample characters are not particularly inspiring.

The original Mercenary book was arguably the most exciting of the supplements published by the now-closed Game Designers Workshop when I first started playing Traveller. This new version for GURPS Traveller is even better. Easily the first supplement I would get for the GURPS Traveller system.

"Mouse and Mole were the best of friends. They had fun together. They shared everything. They trusted each other completely, even with their deepest secrets. When one was sad or not feeling well, the other was always there to comfort him. That's how much they loved each other..." All was perfect, until the night they saw the falling star shoot across the sky. Then jealousy and suspicion raised its ugly head as the two good friends began to squabble over who the star belonged to, who saw it first, who would find it, and whose wish would come true. "The days rolled by, and summer was nearly over..." Mouse and Mole were sad and lonely. They missed each other and all the good times they had together..... A.H. Benjamin's gentle text is complemented by John Bendall-Brunello's charming and engaging illustrations, and together word and art send a simple message about the importance of friendship that won't be lost on even the youngest readers. With a clever, satisfying, happily-ever-after ending to set everything right again, Mouse, Mole, And The Falling Star is a sweet and heartwarming preschool crowd pleaser.