Corona, by Greg Bear

[nwhyte]

Second paragraph of third chapter: Lieutenant Uhura's quarters were a notable exception. They were richly, tastefully decorated with hanging fabrics, a non-regulation assortment of pillow-couches and a chair made especially for the extremely sensitive skin of a Deltan - a chair which was sheer heaven for a human. Sculpture ranging in size from a

Comments

[seawasp]

"Corona" was ... okay for me. Not at all bad as ST books go (I'm looking at you, "Devil World" and ESPECIALLY at you, "Spock: Messiah!"), but not in the top level.

Planet of Judgment I found enjoyable with some really noteworthy sequences (and some interesting foreshadowing of later TNG material).

[seawasp]

I had a complete collection of all Trek books -- fiction, episode guides, concordances, the works -- published before some point in the 1980s. They were all wiped out in a basement flood, alas.