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So What Are you Reading?: Generations

I finished Greg Cox's Foul Deeds Will Rise, and I thought it was fantastic. It was fun to revisit Lenore Karidian, and the murder-mystery aspect of it was done excellently. Next up- well, I don't have anymore books on my plate, so I guess I will have to order more.
 
I don't think he even referred to her parents, did he?
I finished up the first collected edition of Marvel's Darth Vader comic, Vader. I loved it, it was a great look and the character, and also introduced some great new characters, especially Aphra and the murder droids.
Once that was done, I started the collected edition of IDW's TOS comic miniseries Burden of Knowledge.
 
What am I reading? Well, as I was "stuck" in Spain (and France) for the past ten days without my TrekBBS password, I felt like Rose in Doctor Who's The Stolen Earth, only observing and not interacting and avoided TrekBBS alltogether. This led to an unfortunate event known as boredom which indeed forced me to go swiming in the ocean and read something. I know terrible. But seriously, it was great (except for the part with the French Highway traffic jams) and now I have to basically catch up with everything that happened in the TrekLit Forum since last Friday. Also I read quite a lot of Trek in the past weeks. Here is a list with slightly altered titles that show how much I liked them:

Star Trek: The Fall #1 - Revelation and Dust or how I learned to like the Ro story and hate the Kira story
Star Trek: The Fall #2 - The Awesome Shadow
Star Trek: The Fall #3 - A great Ceremony of Losses
Star Trek: The Fall #4 - The Poisened Chalice wasn't as good as its predecessor, but still pretty good
Star Trek: The Original Series #75 - First Frontier or how I learned to once again love dinosaurs
Star Trek: The Next Generation #47 - Q-Space or how I learned to piss Picard off
Star Trek: The Next Generation #48 - Q-Zone or how I learned to not worry about who exactly is to blame for TKons demise
Star Trek: The Next Generation #49 - Q-Strike or how I learned how is to blame for the dinosaurs demise (And because it wasn't thaaat clear, great trilogy)
Star Trek: Deep Space Nine - Horn, Ivory and written by KRAD. 'Nuff said
Star Trek: The Original Series - Exodus or how I learned quite a lot of interesting things about pre-Surak Vulcan culture
Star Trek: The Original Series - Exiles in depressing (great) Space
Star Trek: The Original Series - Epiphany or how I learned to feel really really really bad for Karatek and hate the Romulans
Star Trek: The Next Generation - Kahless or how I gave up after two chapters. Maybe it did get better later but as I read it directly after the Vulcan's Soul trilogy it had a lot to live up and failed (after two chapters... I might try later again)
Star Trek: The Original Series #52 - Home is the Hunter or how I only liked Chekovs story
Star Trek: The Original Series #23 - Ishmael (very very great)
Star Trek: Voyager - The Space Vortex of DOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOM
Star Trek: Voyager - Captain Proton: Defender of the Earth (both great)
Star Trek: The Original Series - From History's Shadow or how I learned to like Wainwright (but seriously I think something went wrong with his characterization up until the "The Aliens Are Coming!" chapter he was a likeable
character, completely different from his "Hey let's cut this Ferengi open" attitude in Little Green Men)
Star Trek: The Original Series - The Aliens are Coming! (liked it. not as much as FHS but still very much)
Star Trek: The Original Series - Elusive Salvation (liked it. not as much as FHS but still very much)
Star Trek: The Original Series -The Rise and Fall of KHAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAN Noonien Singh (liked it. not as much as FHS but still very much)

That's about it.
 
Well that's quite a list!

Which Voyager novel are you referring to as "The Space Vortex of DOOM"?
 
I recently finished TNG 4, Before Dishonour, which was a most interesting book. I have pretty mixed feelings about it eventhough I did in the end quite like it.

The events of the Supercube were most interesting. It started out really well. I mean Even though I like Janeway, I still understand she is somewhat bonkers or was written so. It proves how "pride cometh before a fall" (to cite Ambassador Molari from Bab5), since Janeway manages to get herself assimilated and basically killed.

This bit I found very well written, it keeps you by the seat of your pants, it forces you to turn "just one more page" and then it hits you! The Borg have FINALLY learned. And by God, do they become scary again. I mean they manage to keep the assimilation of Janeway a secret, though that is partially the fault of the Idiotball hitting Starfleet again (which arguably was somewhat justified since there was no shortage of space magic mumbo-jumbo involved as were it a story on the Jedi). Then Seven of Nine needs to escape Earth since Starfleet wishes to capture her, for good reasons even if going against the wording of the law I dare say(!), has a great adventure and only barely escapes, Starfleet and the Borg, and then reaches Picard! Hilarity ensues.

The point of the Supercube eating Pluto was handled marvelously, I especially liked the discussion on how the classification of Pluto now no-longer being relevant. But having the Cube eat - for lack of a better word - part of Sol, went beyond my SoD! Good God, I love a good and well executed wank, especially a Borg-wank, but please. THere are limits ...

Now the sollution to this wank fest was another wankfest, which was handled super. I mean how often does one read:
"Ich glaube", sagte Spock, "jetzt wäre der richtige Zeitpunkt für eine farbige Methapher."
That line almost makes up for the problems with the Supercube.

Then leaving us with a nice little mystery on whom is that mysterious lieutenant, well done.

Chapeau!
 
I'm still working my way through Crimson Shadow, but I just had to stop by and say, damn, I had forgotten just how great Una McCormack's Garak and Cardassians are.
 
I don't think he even referred to her parents, did he?
I finished up the first collected edition of Marvel's Darth Vader comic, Vader. I loved it, it was a great look and the character, and also introduced some great new characters, especially Aphra and the murder droids.
Once that was done, I started the collected edition of IDW's TOS comic miniseries Burden of Knowledge.

Zor-El (and to some extent Alura) popped up quite a bit, but it finished before Zor-El knowing if his plan to save Argo City worked. Them not having a child at that point was definitely mentioned too.

Seeing as I'm in that mood, I might start 52 by @Greg Cox next.
 
Zor-El (and to some extent Alura) popped up quite a bit, but it finished before Zor-El knowing if his plan to save Argo City worked. Them not having a child at that point was definitely mentioned too.

Seeing as I'm in that mood, I might start 52 by @Greg Cox next.
Thanks for the spoiler, it's been a while since I read it so I couldn't remember very well.
 
I finished reading a spy nove Invasion of privacy by Christopher Reich I'm now re-reading Star Trek Titan Sword of Damocles by Geoffrey Thorne.
 
Finished up End Game by Stephen King. It's the weakest of his trilogy, but still mildly entertaining. I'm really hoping King is working on something epic and awesome right now.

I read through Summertide by Charles Sheffield. It's got some interesting Big Dumb Objects, but I thought the story was rushed near end and was only to set up sequels. I do have the other 4 books and will get around to them eventually.

Currently reading A Fire Upon the Deep by Vernor Vinge. I've been meaning to read this for more than a decade now. It's definitely weird so far.
 
Take This Cup by Bodie and Brock Thoene. It's book 2 in their "Jerusalem Chronicles" series, which follows the "A.D. Chronicles". Fascinating imaginary backstories for the people whose lives Jesus touched when he was on Earth.
 
Finished 52 by Greg Cox. I don't think I recognized most of the characters (Not much in the way of DC comics available near me when I grew up - not much Marvel superheroes either) so the ones I did recognize have tended to be in one live action show or film.
Enjoyed it though.

Now it's Devils Horn by David L Robbins (So far, looks to be about Para-Rescue in Africa)
 
Finished 52 by Greg Cox. I don't think I recognized most of the characters (Not much in the way of DC comics available near me when I grew up - not much Marvel superheroes either) so the ones I did recognize have tended to be in one live action show or film.

I confess: I grew up on DC Comics and even I had to consult Wikipedia and the official DC Encyclopedia sometimes when novelizing those gigantic DC crossover sagas. :)

"Lagoon Boy? Who the heck is Lagoon Boy?"
 
I confess: I grew up on DC Comics and even I had to consult Wikipedia and the official DC Encyclopedia sometimes when novelizing those gigantic DC crossover sagas. :)

"Lagoon Boy? Who the heck is Lagoon Boy?"

Well, Montoya (Gotham for me) and Booster Gold (Smallville) were probably the most recognizable out of the main characters (along with Rip and The Flash).

Some of the others I've heard mentioned here. - One of these days, I'll have to catch up with the main storylines. It might be a teensy bit of a long read to catch up on every single adventure printed to date:lol:
 
Zor-El (and to some extent Alura) popped up quite a bit, but it finished before Zor-El knowing if his plan to save Argo City worked. Them not having a child at that point was definitely mentioned too.

Seeing as I'm in that mood, I might start 52 by @Greg Cox next.

That is indeed strange.
But is it a good book?

I am reading Starwars: stealth so far not so good.
 
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