Finally got a start. Seems all right after 50 pages in.
Spoilers SKRS #3: Long Shot by David Mack Review Thread
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Couldn't think of a better place to post this, but while watching "Honor Among Thieves" last night, I realized that Chadwick from Starfleet Intelligence looks a lot like David Mack.
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^ Honestly, I don't see any resemblance.
Maybe a little similarity around the eyes, but otherwise, I don't see it.
The actor who reminds me of Dave is that guy who was the Comedian in Watchmen.
The actor who reminds me of Dave is that guy who was the Comedian in Watchmen.
I think you mean Jeffrey Dean Morgan..
That one I've heard before. Not sure about that one, either, though I take it as a compliment.
I think we're all too familiar with our own faces to see the resemblances other people see in us. Someone once told me I looked like Paul McCartney, and I can't see it myself. (Better Paul than Ringo, though...)
Finished Long Shot yesterday; it was an easy read with a good pace.
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- Both Terrell and Theriault seem to be coming into their own in their (relatively) new positions; Terrell's command style reminds me a lot of Sisko circa seasons 1-3 of DS9 in that he's easy-going and lets everyone have a say but makes it clear that he's in change when push comes to shove; Theriault really impressed me with her handling of the aboard-ship crises (and I wouldn't have blamed her had she knocked Dastin on his ass)
- Sagiattarius' crew works well together despite their banter and small size, willingly taking on tasks that would be challenging for much larger crews and solving them
- I wasn't sure if Dave was going for this, but I liked the parallel between the situation on Anura (messing with technology without understanding it) and what happened during Vanguard; whatever lessons Terrell and company learned from their experience, they seem to have taken them to heart
- That the novel ended, as it looks like it will be awhile before we get a Seekers #5; fortunately, All That's Left is coming out soon (#FeartheBeehive)
Unlikely, but not impossible.
That is a good question, as to who Terrell might bring along to the Reliant.
David,
I loved this novel. As I said on FaceBook, I loved the Animal House shout out. Now on to the next adventure...
Mike Winters
I loved this novel. As I said on FaceBook, I loved the Animal House shout out. Now on to the next adventure...
Mike Winters
David was really kind to give us a good amount of time to talk Long Shot on Literary Treks.We even get a little personal.
As a writer, I understand that a sense of deadliness has to be made real in the reader's mind, so in Star Trek, they destroy shuttlecraft or kill redshirts, but since the Sagittarius has only fourteen crew and no shuttlecraft, the ship has to crash(or almost crash), but since it's happened three times now, it's starting to get a bit ridiculous.
short of Terrell they can kill of crew members.
I didn't dislike this but I do feel it was a bit by the numbers for this crew. Nothing surprising and the many interludes to demonstrate the effect things were having on the planet just felt like padding after a while.
That said I loved the intro on the other planet - a nice change of pace to the usual Sagittarius, constant disaster feel.
That said I loved the intro on the other planet - a nice change of pace to the usual Sagittarius, constant disaster feel.
I enjoyed the book overall, but one thing that popped out at me was
Really tiny thing though, overall I thought it was a great book. (Though yeah, the Sagittarius having yet another hard landing did stand out to me too.)
there was so much meaningfulness and seeming intentionality in the "unlikely" events that I was sure it was hinting there was some kind of mind or sentience behind it. When there wasn't, it came off as odd to me. Every "low probability" event had a meaning associated with it, which isn't actually more unlikely than a similar meaningless event, it just appears more unlikely to us because we're geared to look for patterns. Like, getting "123456" on 6 consecutive rolls of a die has exactly the same chance as getting "653312", but it feels less likely because there's a pattern to it. I would've liked to see more low-probability but patternless events.
Really tiny thing though, overall I thought it was a great book. (Though yeah, the Sagittarius having yet another hard landing did stand out to me too.)
Hmm. Kavalas seems to have independently invented the Infinite Improbability Generator.
I'm about 1/5 of the way into the book. Am I going to find an Atomic Vector Plotter and a nice hot cup of tea?
I'm about 1/5 of the way into the book. Am I going to find an Atomic Vector Plotter and a nice hot cup of tea?
