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| − | + | '''''Hotel Royale''''' was a [[novel]] written by [[Todd Matthews]] some time in the early [[21st century]]. A copy of the novel was carried by [[Colonel]] [[Stephen G. Richey]] of [[NASA]] on board his ship the ''[[Charybdis]]'' in [[2037]]. |
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+ | It proved to be an unfortunate choice, as the novel was filled with clichéd characters and bad writing. When Richey's ship [[crash landing|crashed]] on the [[planet]] [[Theta VIII]] in [[2044]], an unknown alien force created a physical representation of the novel, including the [[hotel]] and all its characters, in an artificial environment meant to provide a simulation of normal life for Richey. |
| − | Unknowingly, though, the aliens had sentenced Richey to a sort of |
+ | Unknowingly, though, the aliens had sentenced Richey to a sort of [[Hell]], dooming him to live the remainder of his life in the world of the novel with its poorly written characters and no real [[Human]] interaction. |
| − | The opening line of the novel was "It was a dark and stormy night." [[Jean-Luc Picard]] was less than enthusiastic about its literary merits. |
+ | The opening line of the novel was "''It was a dark and stormy night.''" [[Jean-Luc Picard]] was less than enthusiastic about its literary merits. |
| + | Richey described it in a [[diary]] entry as being "''a badly written book, filled with endless cliché and shallow characters.''" Data reviewed it thusly: "''The writing is elementary, the plotting predictable, the characters one-dimensional.''" ({{TNG|The Royale}}) |
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| − | :''The title of the novel may be a reference to Casino Royale, the very first James Bond novel written by Ian Fleming in 1953.'' |
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| + | {{bginfo|This is a reference to the infamously bad first sentence in {{w|Edward George Bulwer-Lytton}}'s 1830 novel, {{wt|Paul Clifford}}. (''[[Quotable Star Trek]]'')}} |
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Revision as of 15:37, 5 June 2015
Hotel Royale
Hotel Royale was a novel written by Todd Matthews some time in the early 21st century. A copy of the novel was carried by Colonel Stephen G. Richey of NASA on board his ship the Charybdis in 2037.
It proved to be an unfortunate choice, as the novel was filled with clichéd characters and bad writing. When Richey's ship crashed on the planet Theta VIII in 2044, an unknown alien force created a physical representation of the novel, including the hotel and all its characters, in an artificial environment meant to provide a simulation of normal life for Richey.
Unknowingly, though, the aliens had sentenced Richey to a sort of Hell, dooming him to live the remainder of his life in the world of the novel with its poorly written characters and no real Human interaction.
The opening line of the novel was "It was a dark and stormy night." Jean-Luc Picard was less than enthusiastic about its literary merits.
Richey described it in a diary entry as being "a badly written book, filled with endless cliché and shallow characters." Data reviewed it thusly: "The writing is elementary, the plotting predictable, the characters one-dimensional." (TNG: "The Royale")