Similar to what
Hugh Cambridge suggested, I think simply replacing the phrase "above average" with "very good" would be sufficient and wouldn't really mess up Sho's system significantly.
Christopher wrote:
Maybe people shouldn't worry so much about the names and just treat it as a 1- to 5-star rating system, or an A-B-C-D-F grading scale. Personally I don't see why "above average" and "very good" can't be synonymous or at least overlapping.
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I think they do overlap, but the former sounds a bit like damnation with faint praise. And I think, for the most part, people
do treat them like a five-star system, but often qualify their four-star rating as not intended to be a "diss."
As for the OP's question, I had to go back and review what was released
here:
- The Rings of Time
- That Which Divides
- Destiny omnibus
- Storming Heaven
- Forgotten History
- Plagues of Night
- Raise the Dawn
- The Assassination Game
- Fallen Gods
- The Eternal Tide
- Brinkmanship
- In Tempest's Wake
- The Persistance of Memory
- Silent Weapons
- The Body Electric
- Federation: The First 150 Years
- 12 IDW Star Trek Ongoing comics (1 per month)
I haven't read all of these, but I've read many, and, while there are indeed a couple that fall flat, there are many more that are great and a few that are among my favorite works of TrekLit yet. So I've voted outstanding/five-stars/A/wicked pissah.