About Star Trek: The Next Generation: Perchance to Dream #1:
"DC has always produced the best Star Trek comics, so this is a welcome return for the Next Generation crew. The Enterprise is assigned to a planet on which anyone with less than two partners is considered a deviant. The new governor-elect only has one. An interesting premise by writer Keith R. A. DeCandido, and nice art from Peter Pachoumis and Lucian Rizzo. This should please Star Trek fans more than the Marvel comics of a couple of years ago. 7 [out of 10]""Wildstorm seems to be doing it right, grabbing writers and artists that non-Trek fans like me will be interested in. In this case, it‘s writer (and former editor of the Marvel line of novels) Keith R.A. DeCandido, and he turns in a story every bit as good as the ones I've read from him in other places. There are several stories going on here, but at no point does the story feel crowded. All in all, if this is the level of quality we can expect from Wildstorm, I think there will be a lot of happy Trek fans and even more happy comics fans. ...
"The three sex nature of the Damiani allows for a not-too-subtle but still intriguing homosexuality analogy. DeCandido captures what a good Star Trek story should... an interesting plot and an intriguing exploration of 20th century social issues through an alien culture. ...
"It doesn't hurt that his characters are interesting; the governor-elect comes off as pleasant and intelligent, the terrorists as maybe a little too knowingly evil but in general just as believable zealots, and all the characters introduced on Damiano are pretty good. I particularly enjoyed seeing the alien security chief Du're and Worf working together. The sequence where they discover the bomb is one of my favorite in the book."
"Despite having very little interest in Star Trek in the last few years, I found this to be an intriguing story, done in a consistent way with the television show, making me think that Trek fans will be a lot happier with the direction Wildstorm is taking with the franchise."
"I liked Perchance to Dream, as it's an effort to revisit the glory days of The Next Generation. ... [it] uses the classic Star Trek equation of complex moral dilemmas in strange sci-fi situations. With the departure of Deep Space Nine and the general suckiness of Voyager, this story is a welcome one. I don't know anything about Keith DeCandido's writing, but he accurately captures the spirit of Star Trek within the comic book medium. ... Perchance to Dream may not be Peter David Trek, but it's good enough for this writer. Let's hope that DC and Wildstorm will make a serious effort to maintain a high standard of quality with Star Trek now that they've got the license back."
"Writer Keith R.A. DeCandido turns a Keith Laumer-esque eye on interplanetary diplomacy, with a series that explores moral quandaries and ethical dilemmas -- the same sort of exploration that has made the Star Trek franchise so enduring. ... It's like welcoming back an old friend who's been gone too long."
"Characterization-wise, DeCandido has the crew down pat. In my mind's eye, I could hear each one speaking in the respective actor's voice. ... DeCandido tells a good story and has a penchant toward adding all sorts of continuity details, connecting the story in some small fashion with several different episodes of the show. In fact, the book even includes a brief reference guide at the end to identify them all, just in case you missed some. ... I believe this kind of attention to detail will be warmly received by most fans. ... For a first issue, I was well satisfied and am looking forward to the upcoming issues."
"I thought this was good, solid trek and a return to the high production values of DC's last Trek series. The art's brilliant, the story very TNG (whether that's good or bad depends on your POV on TNG) and well thought out. ... [WildStorm's] best asset seems to be capturing the style of the series. ... Perchance to Dream presents a quiet, thoughtful story of opposing morals and prejudice that's maybe a little too static and undramatic but has some nice comic asides thrown in. Just like the TNG show."
About Star Trek: The Next Generation: Perchance to Dream #3:
"I stopped watching Next Generation when the show seemed to have degraded into infinite variations of 'let's flux the warp capacitors and save the ship in the last five minutes of the show.' If DeCandido had been writing the series, I think it's fairly likely I would still have been watching. ... Worf is given some very nice fleshing out and Counselor Troi gets her moment in the sun as well. Seeing Worf fight past the pain in his mind to do his duty is every bit as heroic as the kind of thing you'd see in your average Superman or Batman story, and you don't need to know any of his past to get that feeling. This isn't a book just for hardcore Star Trek fans.
"The characterization doesn't stop with the main characters, either. Touches of humor from the security forces, ranging from the 'Did she just say the shower is lethal?' variety to the police chief's teasing attempts to recruit Data, make the bit parts come alive as well. ... I like that this story needs the four issues it's been given, unlike so many other mini-series that feel like they're marking time. In the space of this mini-series, we've had the exploration of an alien political system, an assassination plot, a telepathic weapon unleashed on the crew and now an exploration of Jean-Luc Picard's personal demons. All tied around one central plot, but all worthy of an issue devoted to each."
About Star Trek: The Next Generation: Perchance to Dream #4:
"The central conceit here, that Picard is an MPD [multiple personality disorder], gives us an interesting story. For those who have seen the episodes referred to, this is going to be an interesting story to watch, particularly seeing Picard facing off with the cold and deadly Locutus. It was also interesting that defeating the Chova was a mere few panels, and the true threat was the one unleashed in order to stop it, that of Locutus.
"I quite enjoyed the newly elected governor's speech about the Enterprise crew, and the medals awarded to the heroes of the story at the end. A nice way to tie it all in. Because one of the nice things about this story has been that, despite it being a serial story, each issue had its own beginning, middle and end and simply tied together to create a larger story."
About Star Trek: The Next Generation: Perchance to Dream miniseries as a whole:
"Writer DeCandido's tale of the U.S.S. Enterprise NCC 1701-D's involvement in the gender politics of a world with three sexes in intriguing. ... Perchance to Dream is a darn good yarn, and the importance of the title becomes more apparent as the story unfolds. As an extra bonus, the writer also includes a reference guide to events in the comic that relate directly to the Star Trek television series and films. Which will please continuity buffs no end. DeCandido's clearly done his research and is obviously a big fan of Star Trek, and even though Perchance to Dream is a bit slow moving, it's still a good solid ST:TNG adventure."
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