"Both Chakotay and Tuvok had hinted that she needed rest. This afternoon, she took their advice, but she couldn't bring herself to take the entire afternoon off. She had too much work to catch up on. She didn't have time for her favourite holodeck program, so she picked up an old novel instead.
She liked books. A real book could be read in snatches, seconds of escape and relaxation, instead of an afternoon's worth. Sometimes seconds were all she had.
But in those seconds, she could disappear into a good book. And this book was good. She wasn't certain what jarred her out of it ..."

Ganz recht. Wo soll man/frau z. B. auf einer 20minütigen Strassenbahnfahrt, oder einer halbstündigen Mittagspause schon ein Holodeck herkriegen, sei es in diesem oder im überüberübernächsten Jahrhundert? :-)

Aber ganz abgesehen von dem Plädoyer für Bücher behandelt dieses Buch das Thema Parallelwelten in einer sehr originellen Geschichte, die mich kaum losgelassen hat seit dem ersten Lesen. Es gibt nicht viele Star Trek-Bände, die das schaffen ...