The Wisdom of Captain Picard by Chip Carter

Discover all of Captain Jean-Luc Picard’s sage advice, insight, and wisdom from the deck of the USS Enterprise and beyond in this ultimate collection of wise words from the esteemed Starfleet captain.

Any Star Trek fan knows that Captain Jean-Luc Picard is renowned for his impressive oratory skills, preferring negotiation and diplomacy over violence and destruction. Now, you can finally ponder all of his wisdom in one place—from his thoughts on leadership and sense of duty to justice and the limitlessness of exploration—in Star Trek: The Wisdom of Picard.

Journey with the Starfleet captain through his seven seasons on Star Trek: The Next Generation to the Star Trek movies to the current series Star Trek: Picard. Star Trek: The Wisdom of Picard boldly goes where no book has gone before to log Picard’s timeless advice in one impressive collection, perfect for Star Trek fans everywhere! Make it so!

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Diplomat, explorer, archaologist, lover; Captain Picard has been many things to many people over his years in Starfleet, and he has uttered many gems during that time. Now his best sayings are here, accompanied by wonderful full colour pictures and with explanations where necessary.

People in the Dr Who fandom often talk about 'their Doctor'; the actor who was their favourite in the role, not neccesarily the first one they saw, or the longest lived. (Matt Smith as the Eleventh, if you're curious.) I've never heard Trekkies discuss 'their captain' in the same way, but if they did, Picard would be my captain, always and forever.

(I obviously need a rewatch, though, because I couldn't place all the episodes. I assure you I'm hanging my head in shame.)

I want to mention the pictures again, because I was surprised! I read this book in Kindle format, where they were nice, and they'll be even better in real life; full colour, episode stills, from all of Next Gen and even a few from Picard. Inclusions of quotes from that series were another lovely surprise, one I wasn't expecting at all. After all, there are so many fantastic quotes just in Next Gen. (Although it is right there in the description, so that's my bad.)

I loved this book. I'll be coming back to it in future. Now, which character is going to be next? I'd like to humbly suggest Tom Paris...

The Wisdom of Captain Picard publishes on the 10th November, 2020.