So What Are you Reading?: Generations - Page 109

TJ Sinclair · January 15 2013, 12:56 PM

Just finished Raise the Dawn, and I'm more than a little shellshocked. This is, in just about every way, a far more satisfying "conclusion" to this chapter of the DS9 saga than Unity was back in the day. There are certain characters I'm definitely going to miss from now on, but every dramatic choice for the plot also rang true to each character. I am satisfied.

Now, after a couple of tylenol and a couple of hours sleep, I shall begin Brinkmanship. And thence, on to Cold Equations.

Lonemagpie · January 15 2013, 03:17 PM

Started January with Skulduggery Pleasant (Derek Landy), then Mr Majestyk (Elmore Leonard) and Superman: Last God Of Krypton. Now onto 1222 (Anne Holt)

Patrick O'Brien · January 15 2013, 10:14 PM

Finished Planet of Judgment and now onto KRAD's Articles of the Federation.

BritishSeaPower · January 16 2013, 12:15 AM

Just started reading Death in Winter. Not a big JMF fan, of the admittedly small sample of his work I've read. About 40 or so pages in at the moment. Hopefully it's a quick read.

I actually haven't finished the The Hobbit yet, I was excited for it, read the first half of it by the movie, but I haven't been able to get past the 3/4 mark for whatever reason. Hoping maybe I can finish it out after some time away.

vorador33 · January 16 2013, 02:37 PM

Just finished Before Dishonor. Loved it, not really sure what all the fuss was about. Moving onto Greater than the Sum today. Got the Destiny omnibus on my kindle, can't wait to start it.

Use of Time · January 16 2013, 03:02 PM

Reading the novelization of Star Trek III: The Search for Spock. I don't usually like novelizations but McIntyre provides a lot of supplemental storyline to the plot which I found interesting. Curious pairing of David Marcus and Saavik as a potential love interest.

Markonian · January 16 2013, 03:29 PM

Use of Time wrote:

Curious pairing of David Marcus and Saavik as a potential love interest.

If you like that, check out Myriad Universes: "The Chimes at Midnight".

Reanok · January 16 2013, 06:05 PM

I liked how Vonda McIntyre explored the Saavik&David relationship in Startrek2&3 movie novelizations.Chimes of Midnight is one of my favorite stories from the myriad Universe books.The exploration of the David &Saavik relationship is a story I always hoped would be explored in anothther Au type os story.I'm reading Captain's blood by William Shatner.I really lke this story so far.I plan on reading Section 31 Abyss next.

Fer · January 17 2013, 12:39 AM

I finished Star Wars: The Force Unleashed II yesterday, and felt it was MUCH better than the first one.

Today I've finally been able to start Cold Equations Book III: The Body Electric! I'm about ten chapters in and I'm really enjoying it.

Up next is more Star Wars, with Shadow Games.

(And David & Saavik was one of my favorite romances when I was a teenager. Vonda McIntyre's take on them moved me so much that I had a much harder time accepting Robin Curtis's cold unemotional portrayal of Saavik, especially in the scene where she tells Kirk what's happened to David. It was only on learning that Curtis wanted to play the scene with some emotion and that Leonard Nimoy insisted she do it as a stoic full-Vulcan that I was able to eventually accept it! Not entirely fair on my part, but a compliment to McIntyre's writing.)

Thrawn · January 17 2013, 03:02 AM

I just finished Barrayar, the second book in the Miles Vorkosigan series (or at least, the second I read; reading order is a bit malleable.)

...based on the first two, I have a strong suspicion my next consecutive 13 novels will be the remaining 13 Miles Vorkosigan novels.

Wow.

Allyn Gibson · January 17 2013, 03:39 AM

Daddy Todd wrote:

The graphic novel Elric: the Balance Lost wasn't really to my taste. Recent attempts to re-read Moorcock have been uniformly unsuccessful. Maybe I've simply outgrown the Albino Prince.

I don't think it was you.

I was so excited when I heard that BOOM! had picked up the Elric license, even though it meant that Dark Horse's collection of P. Craig Russell's Stormbringer was scuttled.

I really wanted to like Elric: The Balance Lost, but it wasn't what I wanted. I wanted an Elric sword-and-sorcery story. Instead, what I got was Crisis on Infinite Eternal Champions.

There's room in the market for a sword-and-sorcery Elric comic. This wasn't it.

Kertrats47 · January 17 2013, 06:41 AM

Just posted my latest review. This one's for the second book in Kevin Ryan's Errand of Fury series: Demands of Honor.

Finishing up Divergent by Veronica Roth, and based on a number of recommendations, I've just started on the first novella of the Corps of Engineers series, The Belly of the Beast. I've never read SCE before, and I'm eager to explore this part of Trek Lit!

Spocky8492 · January 17 2013, 03:45 PM

I'm new on this message board so I thought it would be a good topic to start

A few weeks ago I rewatched the Enterprise TV series and after the last episode, I wanted to read more, so last week I finished Last full measure and now I'm reading The good that men do which I prefer. I liked Last Full Measure for the "surprise" that it contains, but the story didn't hooked me. I liked to see Mayweather more than usual and to learn more about the MACO, but the problem of relationship between the crew of the Enterprise and the MACO wasn't really interesting for me.
For the moment I really prefer The good that men do, even if for the moment I read something like one quarter of the book.

TJ Sinclair · January 17 2013, 06:40 PM

Spocky8492 wrote:

I'm new on this message board so I thought it would be a good topic to start

A few weeks ago I rewatched the Enterprise TV series and after the last episode, I wanted to read more, so last week I finished Last full measure and now I'm reading The good that men do which I prefer. I liked Last Full Measure for the "surprise" that it contains, but the story didn't hooked me. I liked to see Mayweather more than usual and to learn more about the MACO, but the problem of relationship between the crew of the Enterprise and the MACO wasn't really interesting for me.
For the moment I really prefer The good that men do, even if for the moment I read something like one quarter of the book.

Welcome to the board!

Stick with The Good That Men Do, it's definitely better than Last Full Measure.

Oh, and I'm currently about halfway through Brinkmanship.

Enterprise is Great · January 18 2013, 01:50 AM

I just started The Persistence of Memory...really good so far.

January 15 2013, 12:56 PM	#1621
TJ Sinclair Captain Location: There and back again...	Re: So What Are you Reading?: Generations Just finished Raise the Dawn, and I'm more than a little shellshocked. This is, in just about every way, a far more satisfying "conclusion" to this chapter of the DS9 saga than Unity was back in the day. There are certain characters I'm definitely going to miss from now on, but every dramatic choice for the plot also rang true to each character. I am satisfied. Now, after a couple of tylenol and a couple of hours sleep, I shall begin Brinkmanship. And thence, on to Cold Equations. __________________ "Social harmony is not a good goal. There's plenty of social harmony in a prison camp. The individual is the smallest and most oppressed minority..." -- Diane Carey, April 2001

January 15 2013, 03:17 PM	#1622
Lonemagpie Writer Location: Yorkshire	Re: So What Are you Reading?: Generations Started January with Skulduggery Pleasant (Derek Landy), then Mr Majestyk (Elmore Leonard) and Superman: Last God Of Krypton. Now onto 1222 (Anne Holt) __________________ "I got two modes with people- Bite, and Avoid" Reading: Mystery Man (Colin Bateman) Blog- http://lonemagpie.livejournal.com

January 15 2013, 10:14 PM	#1623
Patrick O'Brien Captain Location: Brooklyn NY	Re: So What Are you Reading?: Generations Finished Planet of Judgment and now onto KRAD's Articles of the Federation. __________________ The bureaucratic mentality is the only constant in the universe. -Dr. McCoy, Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home

January 16 2013, 12:15 AM	#1624
BritishSeaPower Commander Location: New Jersey	Re: So What Are you Reading?: Generations Just started reading Death in Winter. Not a big JMF fan, of the admittedly small sample of his work I've read. About 40 or so pages in at the moment. Hopefully it's a quick read. I actually haven't finished the The Hobbit yet, I was excited for it, read the first half of it by the movie, but I haven't been able to get past the 3/4 mark for whatever reason. Hoping maybe I can finish it out after some time away. __________________ Carthago Delenda Est!

January 16 2013, 02:37 PM	#1625
vorador33 Lieutenant Junior Grade Location: Derbyshire England	Re: So What Are you Reading?: Generations Just finished Before Dishonor. Loved it, not really sure what all the fuss was about. Moving onto Greater than the Sum today. Got the Destiny omnibus on my kindle, can't wait to start it.

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January 16 2013, 03:02 PM	#1626
Use of Time Fleet Captain Location: Va. Beach, VA	Re: So What Are you Reading?: Generations Reading the novelization of Star Trek III: The Search for Spock. I don't usually like novelizations but McIntyre provides a lot of supplemental storyline to the plot which I found interesting. Curious pairing of David Marcus and Saavik as a potential love interest. __________________ Searching for something, a million miles and a ways to go.

January 16 2013, 06:05 PM	#1628
Reanok Commodore	Re: So What Are you Reading?: Generations I liked how Vonda McIntyre explored the Saavik&David relationship in Startrek2&3 movie novelizations.Chimes of Midnight is one of my favorite stories from the myriad Universe books.The exploration of the David &Saavik relationship is a story I always hoped would be explored in anothther Au type os story.I'm reading Captain's blood by William Shatner.I really lke this story so far.I plan on reading Section 31 Abyss next. Last edited by Reanok; January 17 2013 at 05:43 PM.

January 17 2013, 12:39 AM	#1629
Fer Commander Location: Pittsburgh PA area	Re: So What Are you Reading?: Generations I finished Star Wars: The Force Unleashed II yesterday, and felt it was MUCH better than the first one. Today I've finally been able to start Cold Equations Book III: The Body Electric! I'm about ten chapters in and I'm really enjoying it. Up next is more Star Wars, with Shadow Games. (And David & Saavik was one of my favorite romances when I was a teenager. Vonda McIntyre's take on them moved me so much that I had a much harder time accepting Robin Curtis's cold unemotional portrayal of Saavik, especially in the scene where she tells Kirk what's happened to David. It was only on learning that Curtis wanted to play the scene with some emotion and that Leonard Nimoy insisted she do it as a stoic full-Vulcan that I was able to eventually accept it! Not entirely fair on my part, but a compliment to McIntyre's writing.) __________________ http://fersforum.blogspot.com

January 17 2013, 03:02 AM	#1630
Thrawn Commodore Location: Washington, DC	Re: So What Are you Reading?: Generations I just finished Barrayar, the second book in the Miles Vorkosigan series (or at least, the second I read; reading order is a bit malleable.) ...based on the first two, I have a strong suspicion my next consecutive 13 novels will be the remaining 13 Miles Vorkosigan novels. Wow. __________________ The Almighty Star Trek Lit-Verse Reading Order Flowchart - be confused no longer about what to read next, or what to read first. 12/5/12: Now brilliantly updated by 8of5!

January 17 2013, 06:41 AM	#1632
Kertrats47 Fleet Captain Location: Calgary, Alberta, Canada	Re: So What Are you Reading?: Generations Just posted my latest review. This one's for the second book in Kevin Ryan's Errand of Fury series: Demands of Honor. Finishing up Divergent by Veronica Roth, and based on a number of recommendations, I've just started on the first novella of the Corps of Engineers series, The Belly of the Beast. I've never read SCE before, and I'm eager to explore this part of Trek Lit! __________________ Trek Lit Reviews (SCE #4: Interphase, Part I by Dayton Ward & Kevin Dilmore - May 16) 2013 Pocket Books Star Trek Releases

January 17 2013, 03:45 PM	#1633
Spocky8492 Ensign Location: France	Re: So What Are you Reading?: Generations I'm new on this message board so I thought it would be a good topic to start A few weeks ago I rewatched the Enterprise TV series and after the last episode, I wanted to read more, so last week I finished Last full measure and now I'm reading The good that men do which I prefer. I liked Last Full Measure for the "surprise" that it contains, but the story didn't hooked me. I liked to see Mayweather more than usual and to learn more about the MACO, but the problem of relationship between the crew of the Enterprise and the MACO wasn't really interesting for me. For the moment I really prefer The good that men do, even if for the moment I read something like one quarter of the book.

January 18 2013, 01:50 AM	#1635
Enterprise is Great Rear Admiral	Re: So What Are you Reading?: Generations I just started The Persistence of Memory...really good so far. __________________ JJverse Star Trek...is gonna rock again! On May 17, 2013!