Star Trek The Next Generation Q And A

Star Trek: The Next Generation – Q & A (2007) by Keith R.A. DeCandido
Star Trek / ISBN: 1416527419 / Condition: Used (omnipotently handled)

Step into Q & A, the novel in which Starfleet’s most dignified bald philosopher–captain is once again tormented by an immortal chaos gremlin in a judge’s robe. Keith R.A. DeCandido takes everyone’s favourite omnipotent nuisance, Q, and gives him exactly what he wants: centre stage, maximum mischief, and yet another opportunity to remind Jean-Luc Picard that humans are charming but fundamentally ridiculous.

This particular copy materialised at Crappy Old Books, having clearly travelled through time, space, and at least two second-hand shops. It bears the sort of minor wear you’d expect from a book that’s probably been read on public transport by someone silently mouthing “Oh, Q, not again.”

Inside the story, you’ll find:

• Captain Picard trying to maintain dignity while the universe, personified as Q, refuses to let him.

• The Enterprise crew doing their level best to be professional while reality gets poked, prodded, and occasionally folded into funny shapes.

• Q, who treats existence like an improv stage and Starfleet like his favourite unwilling audience.

• Big questions about destiny, free will, and whether it’s technically harassment if the perpetrator is a godlike being with a flair for the dramatic.

Inside this used copy, courtesy of the Federation-adjacent warehouse that is Crappy Old Books, you may encounter:

• A gently creased spine, as if a previous reader gripped the book slightly too hard during one of Q’s more flamboyant interruptions.

• Softened corners that suggest at least one away mission into backpacks, bedside tables, and waiting rooms.

• Pages that have begun the noble transition from “starship bridge white” to “slightly replicator-warmed parchment.”

• The faint psychic impression of a reader thinking, “You know what, Q kind of has a point,” and then immediately hating themselves for it.

This isn’t some mint-condition, sealed-in-a-stasis-field collectible. This is a lived-in Star Trek paperback, the sort that has already been read by someone who absolutely has Opinions about the Prime Directive and a ranking of all captains in a spreadsheet somewhere.

Perfect for:

• Trekkies who think TNG reached its true peak every time Q snapped his fingers and ruined Picard’s day.

• Readers who enjoy cosmic-scale shenanigans leavened with sarcasm, philosophy, and mild workplace suffering on the Enterprise-D.

• People who prefer their sci-fi questions existential, and their answers delivered by a smug omnipotent weirdo in terrific costumes.

• Anyone who believes that a slightly scuffed paperback is vastly more authentic than something that looks like it’s never left its plastic sleeve.

Is this copy flawless? Don’t be ridiculous—that would be Q’s job, and even he can’t resist messing things up for fun. You’re buying from Crappy Old Books, where “used” is basically a quality assurance label meaning “someone else already confirmed this was worth reading.”

Take this used copy of Star Trek: The Next Generation – Q & A aboard your own personal starship (bed, sofa, overstuffed armchair) and prepare for metaphysical questions, temporal nonsense, and one very tired captain wondering why, out of all the sentient life in the universe, he had to be the one Q likes.

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