Star Trek The Next Generation IQ, John de Lancie
Star Trek The Next Generation IQ, John de Lancie
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Star Trek: The Next Generation: IQ

Author: John de Lancie, David, Peter

Narrator: John de Lancie

Abridged: 3 hr 8 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 09/01/1999


Synopsis

The enigmatic entity known as Q remains one of the greatest mysteries of the universe, yet no one, perhaps, understands Q as well as actor John de Lancie, who has played Q on television for more than a decade. Now de Lancie and Peter David, the bestselling author of such novels as Q-in Law and Q Squared have joined forces to send Q on an unforgettable cosmic odyssey, told from the mischievous trickster's own unique point of view.

The Maelstrom, a metaphysical whirlpool of apocalyptic proportions, is pulling all of reality into its maw, devouring the totality of time and space while bringing together people and places from throughout the universe. The Q continuum pronounces that the end of everything has come, but Q refuses to meekly accept the complete termination of all he has known. Defying the judgment of the continuum, he sets out to derail doomsday at whatever the cost.

Q is joined in his quest by his young son, little q, as well as by two displaced Starfleet officers. Snatched from the USS Enterprise ™ by the inexorable pull of the Maelstrom, Captain Jean-Luc Picard and Lieutenant Commander Data have no choice but to accompany Q on a hazardous journey into the very heart of the vortex, where they will encounter wonders and dangers enough to render Q himself speechless. Almost.

But can even Q, assisted by Picard, prevent the Universe as We Know It from literally going down the drain? I, Q is a wild and witty voyage through the secret soul of creation as only Q can tell it!

About John de Lancie

John de Lancie brought Q to life in the very first episode of Star Trek: The Next Generation and has since appeared as Q in numerous episodes of Star Trek: The Next Generation, Star Trek: Deep Space Nine, and Star Trek: Voyager®. In addition, he has starred on such series as Legend and Days of our Lives. He has also collaborated with author Peter David on Q's recent "autobiography", I, Q.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Katie on April 12, 2011

Disclaimer right up front: if you like Q, you'll love this book. If you read Star Trek novels for lengthy sci-fi gibberish and prose with multiple serious mentions of the Prime Directive, look elsewhere. Q's voice is captured so perfectly, it's ridiculously easy to imagine John de Lancie sitting nex......more

Goodreads review by Jerry on January 08, 2022

I, Q is, in many ways, Douglas Adams meets Gene Roddenberry. Although several beloved Star Trek: The Next Generation characters appear in this novel, Q's humorous narration is stylistically similar to The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy. I've never really watched any of the Star Trek TV shows, but......more

Goodreads review by Jamie on October 27, 2019

Q is accompanied by Picard and Data on a journey of sorts to save the universe, which is an idea with great potential, however the first half of the story drags with a succession of uninteresting digressions and attempts at humor mostly falling flat. There is some payoff as the end comes into sight,......more

Goodreads review by Ty on September 03, 2015

This is a ridiculous novel. Not because it is science fiction, but because of...actually for all kinds of reasons, but mainly because it has no idea what it wants to be. -Is it a Star Trek: TNG novel? Perhaps in the sense that fan-fiction novels are, because that's how this reads-like 8th or 9th grade......more

Goodreads review by Josanne on May 06, 2025

Audiobook, read by John de Lancie, which was nicely done.......more