Peter David is probably the only current author in the
Star Trek literary
franchise whose works are worth reading. He has an uncanny range, being able to write
dead serious or
hilarious, straight
action-adventure or
fannish linking and justification (where an author attempts to
tie everything together in ways that make readers
cringe with lesser authors)...and make it all worth reading and more.
Imzadi is a wonderfully poignant story of
time travel and
love, loss, and return across the years;
Q-in-Law and
I, Q (with
John De Lancie) are riotous comedies, and
Q-Squared is such a deeply-layered puzzle box it makes your
brain hurt to read it...and they're
all good!
Which is more than can be said for most other Star Trek novel authors, whose sample chapters on Peanut Press read, more often than not, like bad fan fiction. Peter David always manages to rise above those. I really believe I need to read some of his non-Trek stuff.