catching up....

[PKS8304]

So I finished Age of Empress & Worst of Both Worlds. I skipped the Sorrows of Empire to read the full novel version.
I also read book 1 of Left Hand of Destiny.
Reading Sorrows and Book 2 next.

I skipped a period of DS9 between Mission Gamma and Destiny so I have Worlds of Deep Space 9, Warpath, Fearful Symmetry, Never Ending Sacrifice & Soul Key ahead of me.
Im reading the Mirror Universe anthologies and Rise Like Lions companion to those

THEN I will return to present (Disavowed, The Missing, Takedown & Armageddon's Arrow sit on my shelf patiently)

 

[Kilana2]

Then you have tons of books ahead of you. Still waiting for my German Rise and Fall of Khan Vol. 1 novel. It will be available in the next several day.

Does anyone know the feeling of waiting for a novel to be finally available?

 

[PKS8304]

Yes but just I thinking of a ton of Star Trek ahead of me brings a smile to my face.

I actually do know the pain of waiting as I really want to dive into the current stuff (Ive read everything from Destiny to the present stack I mentioned) but I have put off catch up.
Besides the timing seems to be working in my favor, by the time I get done with the old stuff DRGIII's new DS9 stuff will be out so I wont have to wait like everyone else on the Ascendant story lol

 

[Kilana2]

I killed the time by reading the Vanguard novels. Just one Vanguard novel left. I enjoyed it so far. And the next several weeks entail fun: both Khan novels, the German edition of Cold Equations and another German New Frontier novel. And I try to catch up with older original novels. I still have to order Vulcan's soul I and III.

 

[indianatrekker26]

I wrapped up the Typhon Pact duology by DRGIII. I'm now taking a break from the post-Nemesis stuff. I'm continuing my read-through of the older stuff in publication order. Right now i'm on the Star Trek IV novelization. I'll eventually get back to the post-nemesis stuff with the Cold Equations trilogy, The Fall, and the other post-Fall stuff. As well as all the voyager Kirsten Beyer books.

 

[PKS8304]

Thats funny because Im actually doing the opposite. I got almost the entire run of TOS books at a used book store going out of business. I was reading through in order but stopped to get caught up on the DS9/Mirror stuff so I can get back to Post-Nemesis books.
The last one I read was Prometheus Design. I actually didn't find it as terrible as the impression alot of people on here gave it.

 

[bbailey861]

I am so far behind, it's sad. And to top it off, I know I'm getting a bunch more books for my B'day that'll get added to the pile. The plan was to catch up when I retire, but now that retirement is only going to be 2 days long, I will have to start digging into the pile.

 

[indianatrekker26]

Thats funny because Im actually doing the opposite. I got almost the entire run of TOS books at a used book store going out of business. I was reading through in order but stopped to get caught up on the DS9/Mirror stuff so I can get back to Post-Nemesis books.
The last one I read was Prometheus Design. I actually didn't find it as terrible as the impression alot of people on here gave it.

Same here, i found all of the old numbered TOS books at a used bookstore. The guy sold me the entire 97 book run for only $80. That was a few years ago. I've already own all the TNG/DS9/VOY/etc. books. i have the entire collection on 3 bookshelves in my basement. I've been making my way through the books in publication order, slowly but surely. I'm almost to the point pocket started the TNG books.

 

[JD]

I've gotten back to work on getting caught upon Trek Lit too. I just started Voy: Acts of Contrition yesterday, and I also have The Fall: Revelation and Dust waiting on my tablet.

 

[Dave Scarpa]

So where do you guys find all your time to read, do you not watch any movies or tv shows, do you work ? I'm stuggling to find time, I've been sticking to mostly the TOS novels because you don't need to read a backlog to know whats going on. I think I'm going to do the Vanguard/Seekers stuff next as its a good offshoot to TOS, but the TNG and DS9 stuff would take such a massive amount of backreading I haven't even attempted

 

[Kilana2]

So where do you guys find all your time to read, do you not watch any movies or tv shows, do you work ? I'm stuggling to find time, I've been sticking to mostly the TOS novels because you don't need to read a backlog to know whats going on. I think I'm going to do the Vanguard/Seekers stuff next as its a good offshoot to TOS, but the TNG and DS9 stuff would take such a massive amount of backreading I haven't even attempted

True. Vanguard is great, don't miss it. There will be times when I don't have much time for reading either.
Until then I enjoy it.

Besides, someone has to buy the novels of David Mack, Christopher, Greg Cox, Kirsten Beyer and all the other fine writers. I'm collector. It's a compulsion. But I honestly need my sweet time to read the books, especially in English, which isn't my first language.

 

[Reanok]

For the last several months I've tried catching up on reading the older novels. Vanguard is some of the best written Tos era novels Character arcs I've read in a long time. I've also been reading Star trek S.C.E. Anthology book Wounds I really liked the Ds9 stories featured in this book. I also read Home coming by Christie Golden I liked the book and hope to get the Farther shore.

 

[indianatrekker26]

So where do you guys find all your time to read, do you not watch any movies or tv shows, do you work ? I'm stuggling to find time, I've been sticking to mostly the TOS novels because you don't need to read a backlog to know whats going on. I think I'm going to do the Vanguard/Seekers stuff next as its a good offshoot to TOS, but the TNG and DS9 stuff would take such a massive amount of backreading I haven't even attempted

basically my books are my tv after work. I don't really watch much tv. So while my wife watches something, i zone it out and read. I always liked the line from the Princess Bride "Books were my tv." or however it goes.

 

[Kilana2]

basically my books are my tv after work. I don't really watch much tv. So while my wife watches something, i zone it out and read. I always liked the line from the Princess Bride "Books were my tv." or however it goes.

It's nice to have a good book at hand when there is nothing interesting on tv. Sometimes I read while my TV is on, albeit with muted volume.

 

[PKS8304]

So where do you guys find all your time to read, do you not watch any movies or tv shows, do you work ? I'm stuggling to find time, I've been sticking to mostly the TOS novels because you don't need to read a backlog to know whats going on. I think I'm going to do the Vanguard/Seekers stuff next as its a good offshoot to TOS, but the TNG and DS9 stuff would take such a massive amount of backreading I haven't even attempted

My routine allows for it. During the week I work 2nd into 3rd shift. As my son has to be up early for school and my wife to work (she works from home) I find no point in going to bed til they have their day underway, then I sleep during the day til I go back to work and then repeat the cycle.
this gives me 3-4 hours to read every night. (The weekend is a different story lol)
I generally watch my shows and movies with my wife on weekend. Reading is also a better choice overnight because it allows me to get dishes, laundry etc done too.
Besides a tv might wake the sleeping Pug in my lap and then licks ensue and nothing gets accomplished lol

 

[JD]

So where do you guys find all your time to read, do you not watch any movies or tv shows, do you work ? I'm stuggling to find time, I've been sticking to mostly the TOS novels because you don't need to read a backlog to know whats going on. I think I'm going to do the Vanguard/Seekers stuff next as its a good offshoot to TOS, but the TNG and DS9 stuff would take such a massive amount of backreading I haven't even attempted

I watch tons of TV and movies, so I read in the bathroom, during breaks at work, and usually once the primetime shows are over, and I go to bed I read during the commercial breaks of the shows on then. I also don't drive and my mom and I work at the same store, so if I she goes in before I start I will go with her and then read in the break room until my shift starts. The one issue I've run into with breakroom reading is it means I can't read some of my adult comics like Saga, Sandman, and Fables as much as I do some of my other stuff.

 

[Gate11au]

I have so much catch up to do I have shelves of books I am up to Plagues of Night in i have missed the last to Mission Gamma book thro to destiny just as at the time i could not get them at the shop.
Have not Read the vanguard novels tho i have the on my Ipad and i have all the new frontier Novel but not read them.
Still have TNG Brinkmanship, Cold Equations Book 1: The Persistence of Memory , Cold Equations Book 2: Silent Weapons ,Cold Equations, Book 3: The Body Electric ,The Stuff of Dreams, The Fall - The Crimson Shadow:, The Fall - Peaceable Kingdoms, The Light Fantastic, Q Are Cordially Uninvited...,Takedown ,Armageddon's Arrow.
I am currently Reading ST Voy Protectors.

I think i need to book out the rest of my life to just catch up as i get a new st book at the shop every month.

 

[Deranged Nasat]

Due to various physiological complications, my reading is - and long has been - very erratic. Sometimes I can read through a pile of books in a small manner of days, while at other times I can't concentrate enough to read. This last week or so has been one of those times - I'm still only a few chapters into Armageddon's Arrow, where I would have read through it in a day when I was "on form".

 

[PKS8304]

So I finished Left Hand of Destiny 1 & 2, Mirror Universe: Glass Empire & The Sorrows of Empire (full novel).
Im reading Worlds of DS9 vol 1-3 then Warpath-Fearful Symmetry- the Soul Key- Never Ending Sacrifice. I plan to break it up between books with MU stories....what order should I read Obsidian Alliances, Shards and Shadows and Rise Like Lions?
Rise appears to be last but I wasnt sure how Obsidian and Shards fall?

 

[JD]

The order you have there would probably work best. Shards and Shadows has stories all over the timeline, but I believe the latest one is after the stories in Obsidian Alliances.