Q-in-Law
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| Author(s): | Peter David |
| Artist(s): | Keith Birdsong |
| Publisher: | Pocket Books |
| Series: | Pocket TNG #18 |
| Published: | September 1991 |
| Pages: | 256 |
| Stardate: | Unknown (2366) |
| Reference: | ISBN 0671733893 |
| Audiobook | |
| Narrator: | Majel Barrett and John de Lancie |
| Running Time: | 90 minutes |
| Publisher: | Simon and Schuster Audioworks |
| Published: | 1 April 1992 |
| Reference: | ISBN 0671759582 |
Two of the most powerful forces in the galaxy are about to collide.
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[edit] Summary
- From the book jacket
- When two powerful rival families of the spacefaring merchant race called the Tizarin are to be joined through marriage, the USS Enterprise-D is chosen as the site for the wedding. Though Captain Picard is pleased by the happy duty, his pleasure is cut short by the arrival of the Federation delegate from Betazed: Lwaxana Troi – the mother of ship's counselor, Deanna Troi.
- Despite Lwaxana Troi's romantic overtures toward the captain, the celebration seems to go smoothly until the situation is further complicated by the arrival of the notorious and all powerful being called Q – who has come to examine and challenge the human concept of love. Suddenly, the festivities are in turmoil, the powerful Tizarin families are on the verge of war, and Lwaxana Troi is determined to teach Q a lesson in love that he will never forget...
[edit] Memorable Quotes
"The Enterprise officers looked at each other. "She's really beating the stuffing out of him," observed Riker. "What do you think we should do?"
"Sell tickets," rumbled Worf."
- - conversation during a retaliation against Q
"You are a Tzarin, of the House of Shinbun?"
"I am Data. Of the Enterprise."
- - Data is mistaken for a Tzarin
[edit] Background
- Q and Lwaxana Troi appear in the same story.
- An audio adaptation is available on compact disc or cassette, read by John de Lancie and Majel Barrett Roddenberry. The actors take turns as narrator, voice their own characters, and divide the remaining characters up by gender. Also available as a download from iTunes.
- In another example of Shakespeare and Star Trek, two feuding houses are joined when offspring from each family fall in love. "Romeo and Juliet" is brought up for comparison, with Picard discussing the differences between the two stories.
[edit] Characters
- Jean-Luc Picard
- Q
- Lwaxana Troi
- Wesley Crusher
- Deanna Troi
- Guinan
- Miles O'Brien
- Cohen
- Lieutenant.
- Clapp
- Lieutenant.
- Jackson
- Technician.
[edit] References
- Ambassador shuttle
- Long-range passenger spacecraft of Lwaxana Troi, which ferried her from Betazed.
- Sex
- Wesley very nearly consummates ownership of a blue-skinned alien girl given him as a gift. He asks for Troi's advice.
- Tizarin
- Humanoid space-based species. Their society is divided into Houses, distinguished by colors.
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