The Persistence Of Memory (2012) - Plot & Excerpts
Certainly not as exciting as the Destiny trilogy, but I feel this is necessitated because of the mystery set-up. In true confession I skipped through most of Part Two, which I found biring and repetitive. It was necessary to the story but so much fluff I had no patience for it. The cliffhanger ending was unfullfilling. Looking forward to book 2, as it might be pretty fast paced as the mystery deepens. I wasn't sure what to expect from this book since I bought all three *Cold Equations* books as Kindle Daily Deals months ago, could not recall the synopsis and had no back cover to peruse. When I quickly discerned I'd be reading the "Let's bring back Data!" story, I hesitated continuing. I was not a fervid fan of the character and came to loathe him as his popularity and screentime increased. I could take no satisfaction in his death in *Nemesis* because that movie was awful and rather pointless and because I knew Spiner (whom I'd grown to loathe in a way) had very much wanted a hero's death for his character. That just screamed "overinflated ego alert!" to me, thus taking away any enjoyment I might have taken from Data's demise.Nevertheless, I plunged on because I don't mind Mack's writing style and because, oddly enough, he managed to make Daddy Noonien interesting, especially as he goes about building his little Enron-like web of holdings and leaving *Office Space*-like software crumbs to amass a tidy fortune. I appreciate that Mack had the courage to offer up some plausible explanations of how the Federation economy works in spite of Roddenberry's insistence that the galaxy (at least the Federation) had evolved so there was no need for money, credit, etc.I was disappointed with the breezing through of the events of post-DS9 finale books, but at the same time I don't mind there was no rehashing of all those noncanonical changes. Once the lengthy flashback ended, I was ready to get on with the big finale, which didn't surprise me. I must say this: The Breen were more interesting when they were still this mysterious race, before we started fleshing them out in the *Typhon Pact* books. Now they're sort of just another generic bunch of violent-because-we-need-an-antithesis-of-our-heroes baddies. Boo.
What do You think about The Persistence Of Memory (2012)?
This is a good book. Defiantly had a different ending then I would have thought! A must read!
—Venus
The Typhoon Pack is an excellent series. This trilogy is really great. I love it.
—Amber
Book 1 of a trilogy. Well-written, imaginative, suspenseful. 4 1/2 stars.
—egasagaran
