Stitch in Time: No. 27 (Star Trek: Deep Space Nine)

Robinson, Andrew J.

ISBN 10: 0671038850 / ISBN 13: 9780671038854

Published by Star Trek, 2000

About this Item

Paperback. Very Good condition. Binding is tight. Cover has light shelf wear. Straight spine. Pages have no markings. Pages are clean and crisp. Text block edges are clean.

Seller Inventory # STITCH-1806

Bibliographic Details

• Title: Stitch in Time: No. 27 (Star Trek: Deep Space Nine)
• Publisher: Star Trek
• Publication Date: 2000
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0671038850
• ISBN 13: 9780671038854
• Binding: Mass Market Paperback
• Condition: Very Good

About this title

Synopsis

The enigmatic Garak - Cardassian-in-exile on space station Deep Space Nine - refers to himself as "just a simple tailor", but everyone knows that there's more to him than that. Why was he banished from his home planet? And why does he choose exile on Deep Space Nine?

Review

This is the autobiography of Garak, the secretive Cardassian tailor, spy and former intelligence operative who made frequent guest appearances on Star Trek: Deep Space Nine. Written by Andrew J. Robinson, the actor who played him on the show, it is a suitably ironic, oblique and at times obscure set of reminiscences. Robinson weaves together three different timeframes, one set after the end of the Dominion War as Garak and other surviving Cardassians strive to rebuild their shattered civilisation, one aboard DS9 that runs parallel to the events of season seven of the TV show, and one--the bulk of the book-which follows Garak's life from his childhood at Cardassia's premier military academy, through his career in the Obsidian Order, and on to his fall from grace and banishment to Terok Nor. The novel is held together with theme rather than an overall plot: exploring the power of secrecy and lies, and the masks we all wear to hide our true selves. It is an interesting fleshing-out of Cardassian society and a fine evocation of Garak by the actor who gave him life. Although some key events are deliberately still shrouded in mystery, the book captures a sense of the essential character beneath the ever-shifting masks. Elizabeth Sourbut