It’s been awhile since I dug into a TNG novel, as I continue to work my way through the Pocket Book series of books. Still, since I recognized a couple of the authors’ names, I figured I was in fairly good hands.

Set during season three, Doomsday World just seems fairly rote and doesn’t do much in the way of exciting character moments or set pieces. There seems to be a bit of a missed opportunity as well. Geordi gets to play a large part in the story, but it does so by suggesting he had thought about becoming an archaeologist.

We know now that Picard has an interest in archaeology and has even given talks. The authors didn’t know it at the time, but if they had, it would have changed the story a little, especially if Picard had gone on the away mission instead of Geordi. I wasn’t too happy that I had everything figured out long before even Data could put it together, so I found myself reading just to see how long it took the rest of the away team to catch up to me.

While Geordi, Data and Worf are caught up in diplomatic problems and a rising insurgency on a planet, Enterprise is called away to provide aid.

And will it come as a surprise that both storylines are gonna connect?

As much as I love spending time with these characters, and they are fairly close to their canon selves, this one wasn’t my favourite. The story was just fairly basic considering the talents involved in creating it.

I know it’s early days for the Next Gen novels, but we’re in the third season by this point. Sure, the show is still finding its groove, but I don’t know; I thought, by now, the books would be a little more engaging.

I know I read this one when it came out. I was young, and just couldn’t get enough of The Next Gen, so I devoured all of the books I could get my hands on. Now, this one doesn’t hit as strongly as it could have.

Still, it’s all about the human adventure, and having more travels with characters that, even then, and still now, I love. I like that novels give supporting characters more breathing room, and lets them develop, in a way, but they aren’t quite hitting the right notes here.

Still, we will continue to boldly go…