Trek novel of the year 2012!

Discussion in 'Trek Literature' started by F. King Daniel, Jan 3, 2013.

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Best Trek novel of 2012?

  1. NF: Blind Man's Bluff

    4 vote(s)
    4.5%
  2. TOS: Rings of Time

    7 vote(s)
    7.9%
  3. TOS: That Which Divides

    4 vote(s)
    4.5%
  4. VAN: Storming Heaven

    20 vote(s)
    22.5%
  5. DTI: Forgotten History

    19 vote(s)
    21.3%
  6. TYP: Plagues of Night

    26 vote(s)
    29.2%
  7. TYP: Raise the Dawn

    28 vote(s)
    31.5%
  8. SFA: The Assassination Game

    1 vote(s)
    1.1%
  9. TTN: Fallen Gods

    2 vote(s)
    2.2%
  10. VOY: The Eternal Tide

    30 vote(s)
    33.7%
  11. TYP: Brinkmanship

    6 vote(s)
    6.7%
  12. TNG: Persistence of Memory

    22 vote(s)
    24.7%
  13. TNG: Silent Weapons

    9 vote(s)
    10.1%
  14. TNG: The Body Electric

    9 vote(s)
    10.1%
Multiple votes are allowed.
  1. F. King Daniel

    F. King Daniel Fleet Admiral Admiral

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    Vote for your favourite Trek read in 2012. Let's see which was the most popular!

    It's MULTIPLE CHOICE so pick all your favourites!
     
  2. bfollowell

    bfollowell Captain Captain

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    I think Blind Man's Bluff is way too old to be on this list. It was originally published in ebook and trade in April 2011 and then in paperback in December 2011. I don't think it was released in any format during 2012.

    Just my two cents.

    - Byron
     
  3. Defcon

    Defcon Rear Admiral Rear Admiral

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    If he wants to include reprints BMB actually makes more sense on that list than The Body Electric, since the BMB reprint was the January 2012 release and The Body Electric is the January 2013 release.
     
  4. JoeZhang

    JoeZhang Vice Admiral Admiral

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    Might be the January release but it was out in December!
     
  5. Christopher

    Christopher Writer Admiral

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    ^Technically a publishing year is February to January by cover date, so The Body Electric is the last book of the 2012 publishing year.
     
  6. Relayer1

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    Hard to chose between the five books by David Mack and DRGIII but Persistence of Memory just takes it for me...
     
  7. Enterpriserules

    Enterpriserules Commodore Commodore

    I have to go with Raise the Dawn, DRGIII brings back the greatness of DS9 even when the original station was destroyed. So good to have most of the crew back in the same place!

    BTW this was a kick-ass year for Trek books. My very close second is Beyer's The Eternal Tide!
     
  8. Patrick O'Brien

    Patrick O'Brien Captain Captain

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    I had to vote for the Epic Vanguard ending Storming Heaven. Though I must agree that DRGIII's new books were a close second.
     
  9. nickyboy

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    Plagues of night for me.
     
  10. sportzkid

    sportzkid Rear Admiral Rear Admiral

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    So far behind in my trek reading, I have only read DTI: Forgotten History of the 2012 novels which I quite enjoyed.
     
  11. toughlittleship

    toughlittleship Fleet Captain Fleet Captain

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    Plagues of Night or Raise the Dawn. They have Sisko, Odo, Picard, Kira, Ro, Worf, Deep Space 9, the Defiant, the Dominion; they have it all.
     
  12. DS9Continuing

    DS9Continuing Rear Admiral Rear Admiral

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    I went with Brinkmanship.

    I've only read the DS9, TP and Titan books, and even though I know Beyer's VOY books are supposed to be spectacular, I haven't gotten around to them yet. So my choices were only between Plagues of Night, Raise the Dawn, Fallen Gods and Brinkmanship. Out of those Fallen Gods was aggressively mediocre, and Night/Dawn were good but didn't blow me away, while Brinkmanship I found fascinating and intriguing and extremely well written. So that's my choice.

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  13. scotcat

    scotcat Ensign Red Shirt

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    I had to go with Raise the Dawn.
     
  14. Thrawn

    Thrawn Rear Admiral Premium Member

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    Put in my votes for Raise The Dawn and The Eternal Tide.
     
  15. Plaristes

    Plaristes Lieutenant Commander Red Shirt

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    Easily DTI: Forgotten History for me.
     
  16. Katherine

    Katherine Commodore Commodore

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    "The Eternal Tide" -> Janeway is back!
     
  17. Sci

    Sci Fleet Admiral Admiral

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    Personally -- and this is a hard decision to make -- I'd say that Typhon Pact: Plagues of Night was the best of 2012. I loved the way it slowly, slowly wracked up the tension until releasing it all with the final battle -- it feels like everything's suddenly spinning out of control, and then its final, shocking sentence is the dark finale. I just loved it.

    Honorable mention to Typhon Pact: Raise the Dawn, Cold Equations: Silent Weapons, Vanguard: Storming Heaven, and Typhon Pact: Brinkmanship.
     
  18. jpch

    jpch Commander Red Shirt

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    YESSSS!!!! :bolian:
     
  19. Reanok

    Reanok Rear Admiral Rear Admiral

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    Raise the dawn.
     
  20. TigerBait

    TigerBait Captain Captain

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    Raise the Dawn!!