New Frontier no more?

[Therin of Andor]

Drago-Kazov wrote:

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i like to know how the liens i am reading about look like.

The liens all look like Kes.

[ATimson]

KingDaniel wrote:

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"Became so outrageous"? The first book ended with a planet turning out to be a gigantic egg for an insanely giant bird that could fly through space at warp 9. The tone of the series was set from the get-go.

That was the fourth book, technically, but the first arc.

[King Daniel]

Oh yes, of course! I forgot NF started off with 4 mini-novels.

[RoJoHen]

KingDaniel wrote:

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Oh yes, of course! I forgot NF started off with 4 mini-novels.

Like little pictureless comic books! Or something.

NF is one of those things that I really wish I could experience again for the first time. I was only about 12 when the first set of novels came out, and I remember having so much fun with them. I almost wonder if that's what has changed for me. Have the novels really gotten sillier, or am I just older and more critical?

I admit I started losing interest around the big time jump. Suddenly my favorite Trek crew was separated all over the Quadrant doing different things. I'm all for character growth and development, but I also like my crew on the bridge of their ship.

[Therin of Andor]

RoJoHen wrote:

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am I just older and more critical?

I still enjoy them just as much as ever, although some of the recent character arcs have been rather grim.

[RoJoHen]

I admit I am still two books behind. I own them, but I haven't gotten around to reading them yet.

[Relayer1]

Relayer1 wrote:

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It needs to be rolled into the novel mainstream to be used occasionally like The Aventine.

Mage wrote:

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KRAD already did that with Shelby, in Q&A. Worked very nicely if you ask me.

Apart from Voyager the whole of 24th century Trek seems to be getting more closely intertwined and long may it continue ! There's loads of room for the NF crew in the mix...

[JD]

Drago-Kazov wrote:

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I would like them to show up every now on the in other works. I only read some NF short stories because i do not have the time to read the whole thing and also i like to know how the aliens i am reading about look like.

You could always read or at least look at the comic books first.
Do you read Titan, or any of the Relaunches? I don't really see where the use of new aliens in NF is any worse than their use in those series. Hell there are a lot more new, and unusual aliens in the first couple Titan books, than in the whole NF series.

[Relayer1]

Attach Excalibur to DS9 and send it to explore the other side of the wormhole...

[Ben Sisko]

Therin of Andor wrote:

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The liens all look like Kes.

Lien not looking so lean

[Drago-Kazov]

Jeez, it was yesterday when i saw her in American Hsitory X.

[Mage]

I was just looking at Memory Beta, and read a descreption of the Brethern. Seriously, they were a body armour that fires pulse-weapons from the palms of their hands?? Iron Man anyone??

I'm so glad I stopped reading NF......

[Christopher]

^Well, I can't speak to whether PAD was deliberately alluding to Iron Man, but I think it's rather common in SF, comics, and animation for various characters to have weapons that fire from their palms or hands, for instance the Goa'uld's hand device from Stargate, so that alone doesn't prove he was. It's not even limited to Iron Man within Marvel; Doctor Doom and the Sentinels do the same (which suggests it's one of Jack Kirby's many characteristic design tropes).

[Paris]

Christopher wrote:

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^Well, I can't speak to whether PAD was deliberately alluding to Iron Man, but I think it's rather common in SF, comics, and animation for various characters to have weapons that fire from their palms or hands, for instance the Goa'uld's hand device from Stargate, so that alone doesn't prove he was. It's not even limited to Iron Man within Marvel; Doctor Doom and the Sentinels do the same (which suggests it's one of Jack Kirby's many characteristic design tropes).

Did Jack Kirby create the Sentinels? I had no idea. I thought they came along after Jack's time. Cool

[Christopher]

http://marvel.wikia.com/X-Men_Vol_1_14