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Review title: Not a bad story in the bunch
Product review: THE LIVES OF DAX was quite worthwhile, its quality surprisingly consistent for an anthology. It also lacked the gross continuity errors and misinterpretations that routinely show up in the ST novels these days. (Well, they did use the 24th-century warp scale in a 23rd-century story, but that may have been necessary to avoid confusing casual fans.) Palmieri did a good job as editor, and the authors all did well too. There were a few proofreading glitches in the Steven Barnes piece, and Curzon's dialogue was too stiff, but otherwise it was one of the best stories. Overall, the anthology is intriguing both as a biography of an infinitely complex character and as a cross-section of Star Trek history. My only complaint is that I wanted to write a book about Dax's past lives, but Palmieri and company beat me to it!
