TNG: Silent Weapons by David Mack Review Thread (Spoilers!)

[Christopher]

How does one pronounce "Šmrhová" anyway?

[Mage]

Christopher wrote:

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How does one pronounce "Šmrhová" anyway?

Beats me, I keep wanting to say 'Smirnoff', like the Vodka. Probably says more about me though...

[Paper Moon]

Christopher wrote:

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How does one pronounce "Šmrhová" anyway?

A hobby of mine is reading about foreign language phonologies and the different ways the Latin alphabet is used to transcribe non-Latin sounds. Czech has a pretty cool phonology and orthography.

Š corresponds to English "sh".
M is as in English.
R is a trilled "r", as in Spanish "perro", but it also can form a syllable nucleus, as it does here. (So "Šmr" is one syllable, just like the "ble" in "syllable" is one syllable without an actual vowel.) Note that this "r" is different from the "ř" in Dvořák's name.
H is basically like in English.
O is an Italianate "o".
V is as in English.
Á is a long "a," as in Spanish "casa", but held longer.

So, assuming I understand correctly, "Šmrhová" should probably be rendered by Anglophones as "Shmerr-ho-VA", with that first syllable theoretically being much more "rr" than "er".

[Thrawn]

Literally read this one in one sitting. Sat down, three hours later, book done. Never done that before.

For all the thrilling heroics, though, there wasn't as much emotional weight to this one as I'd hoped. Bacco and Esperanza was great, and Picard's conflict I thought was nicely done, but I was hoping for more interesting introspection from Data and Worf.

I do like that Geordi has been up front kicking ass for two books in a row now. Having decided that he likes it here, dude's been nicely angst-free and enjoying himself.

[ronny]

Awesome book. I just finished a few a little while ago and haven't read the threads yet and I'm exhausted. Past my bed time but I HAD to finish this. I loved it. Can't wait to start the third book. Tomorrow...

[Reanok]

This is an awesome book I just finished this book a little while. Bravo. I really like how Data character storyline was continued in this book and how Geordi's friendship with Data was further explored in this novel. I'm so glad that story was focused on the growth of the chracters and the changes they've gone through.It looks like the Gorn and the Romulans are very angry with the Breen. I'm loking forward to reading the last book in this series,

[WarsTrek1993]

Just finished, that was a blast! I liked a lot of elements, namely the continuation of the resurrected Data's story and path, the use of the Breen, and the political-thriller elements, too.

One minor detail: the fake Pinero's assault on Bacco reminded me a lot of Eastwood's In The Line Of Fire.

Also, that little wink to the Mirror Universe was nice. Well-played, Mr. Mack! Can't wait to read The Body Electric whenever I get it.

[Defcon]

http://unreality-sf.net/2013/02/05/s...eapons-review/

My review of the novel. Enjoyed it, my only major gripe with it was that the Breen's plan felt way to convulted.