When you put it that way, it almost sounds like a hybrid Klingon/Vulcan. Robin Lefler's laws could fit nicely in the book - it's a list of truisms and things which inevitably happen (at the worst possible moment)
Carried on reading The Lost Era with One Constant Star. Between that and the previous book I read, Serpent among the ruins, I find myself wanting to read more about the Enterprise-B.
Finished reading "Captain to Captain" (Legacies Series, Book 1) by Greg Cox (2016) and enjoyed it thoroughly. As it happens, there are aboriginal people in this novel. I also just finished reading "Surviving As Indians: The Challenge of Self-Government" by Menno Boldt (1993, 1994) which, dauntingly, is by a political scientist, but thoroughly enjoyable too. I hope to read some of the 536 page government document: "Honouring the Truth, Reconciling for the Future" (2015) from the Truth and Reconciliation Commission sometime soon. The 100 odd page historical background is, apparently, very good. I also received in the mail today: "The Liveliest Art: A Panoramic History of the Movies" by Arthur Knight (Rev. Ed., 1978). This is a somewhat dated book but good for what it does. It kind of ends with the beginning of the Star Wars era.
In the last week or so I read the Captain's Peril and Captain's Blood. Now moving through Captain's Glory. Feels weird to be almost done with Shatnerverse.
Know, @Greg Cox , that every time you post in here about reading an RS Belcher novel long before its published and I'll be able to read it, know that this particular poster seethes with unbridled jealousy. Seriously though, your posts in this forum about Mr. Belcher's books is what got me to try them and, for that, I'm very thankful. He's become a favorite author of mine and his novels are always crammed to the rafters with interesting ideas and concepts. I love how episodic his chapters are. I'm listening to the audiobook for Brotherhood of the Wheel right now and the one chapter side-adventure with the Zodiac cult could've been its own novel-length story, but it's just a detour in the larger narrative about BEKs. The main story is great but it's these imaginative branches that really make the book (and its world) feel so lived-in and vast. Any idea when we can expect the Nightwise sequel? This year or next?
The whole collection is pretty good. If you haven't read any of it, I would recommend checking it out.
Rod is like that in real life. We had dinner at Shore Leave a few years back and he kept throwing ideas at me. "So which book shall I write next? This one, or this one, or this one, or this one . .. ?" He's always bubbling over with ideas. Let me double-check when the next NIGHTWISE book is due out, probably early 2018. In the meantime, the next book in the pipeline is THE QUEEN OF SWORDS, the third book in "Golgotha" sequence. That's out in June. And I believe that Rod is just starting work on KINGS OF THE ROAD, which is the sequel to BROTHERHOOD. Glad you've discovered Rod's work! (P.S. If you like Rod Belcher, you might want to check out another of my authors: Levi Black, author of RIGHT RED HAND and the upcoming BLACK GOAT BLUES. They have somewhat similar sensibility, although Black's saga is more overtly Lovecraftian.)
I've already pre-ordered Queen of Swords from Amazon and I can't wait for the Brotherhood sequel. If you recommend the Levi Black book, I'll definitely give it a shot. Thanks for the response, Greg!
Your talking about R.S. Belcher's books got him another reader in me too. I haven't gotten it yet, but Brotherhood of the Wheel is on my Google Play wishlist, and I plan on checking it out soon.
So, I was going to re-read Sacraments of Fire and Ascendance, like I said, but changed my mind and decided to tackle Vanguard instead. I even decided to blog about it as I go through. I bought Harbinger yesterday.
I hadn't read a Star Trek book since the mid 90's. I finally just got back on the bandwagon after researching what series I wanted to read. I always liked the Borg so I started with Destiny trilogy. I was really impressed by the writing that I decided to stick with another Mack series.I just finished Harbinger yesterday and I also plan on reading all of the Vanguard novels in the next few months.
Waiting for the eBook release of Headlong Flight tomorrow/tonight at midnight. Does Dayton Ward write anything like JJM ? Obviously, I have yet to read any of his titles. I really enjoy JJM's writing style going back to his initial Star Wars titles and of course the Prey Series was as good as it get's in my opinion. Just absolutely great stuff!
Originally I had planned to read the 80s novelverse/Original novelverse/Rihannsuverse but of course I failed at that. My plan was to read all of the 80s novelverse novel + all of the novels leading up to 2255 the estimated date of DSC. However that would have been way to much so I pretty much stopped reading around November 2016 and began earlier this month with the early 23. century. Yesterday I watched TOS: "The Cage". What's worth mentioning: TOS: Burning Dreams Absolutely fantastic. I was originally somewhat opposed to this and another novel by Margaret Wander Bonanno due to the absurd price but dammit, it was worth it. The fact that Pike is currently my favorite Captain of the Enterprise is to a big part this novel's achievement.TOS: Seeds of Rage (parts) As part of my early 23rd century reread I only read a couple of chapters that were set in 2244. Those were okay, but not great. I liked the Klingons... "Clever" handling of the hostages.TOS: Kobayashi Maru (parts) At this point I only read Scotty's chapter. This I liked a lot more than the Seeds of Rage 2244 chapters. I gives a good reason for why Scotty actually had to participate in the simulation and is generally interesting.DS9: Old Souls Maybe I'm biased because the Trill are my favorite alien species (next to the Children of the Storm) but I loved this short story. It shows us a younger and less... "Bones"-y version of McCoy (which means backstory, yay!) and it had a great "Trill reveal" moment. I love these nearly as much as First Contact situations.ST: Though Hell Should Bar the Way This one maybe had a little bit to much fanservice (Kor, Kirk, April, Kodos...) but it was still enjoyable.TOS: Vulcan's Forge (parts) Again, I only read the 2247 chapters and I really loved them. This was of course no suprise as I liked the Vulcan's Soul trilogy and I will reread the whole book when I reach 2296 in my chronological read. *sigh*LGC: Captain to Captain (parts) Just guess what part of the novel I read. This was waaaaaay better than Greg's previous April story (though he also had more pages and words to craft it). I liked tha Una got more explored and that friend of her's, that's 98% me in real life.TOS: Republic (parts) To my suprise I liked this. I previously stated my dislike for Michale Jan Friedman's novels (after reading Death in Winter and trying to read The Valiant and Kahless I decided that I found MJF's writing style boring and decided to avoid his books. However after reading his TLOD short story Old Souls I wanted to give his work another try.) I enjoyed the Mitchell/Kirk friendship and I really really loved the "by the book" Kirk. That also makes me dislike the new movies more, but I think that's worth it.TOS: Vulcan's Glory I loved the somewhat unexpected way the geologist's storyline went and while I saw the mutant thing coming I still enjoyed it. The conclusion and the reveal of who was the villain felt a bit to deus ex machina to me but on the other hand Fontana made me actually feel sad due to the death of a character who hasn't previously appeared in any other story. That has to count for something!EV: Flesh of My Flesh, The Fires of Pharos, Our Dearest Blood & Nor Iron Bars a Cage I didn't excpect much of these late 90s Trek comics as the previous Trek comics I read weren't exactly great. These however were great. Spoiler It made me feel really bad for Pike because of the death of his friend and yeoman and it made a bit more sense of the Pike's misogyny towards Colt. Well a very little bit. The whole thing didn't make sense as there were two other women on the bridge apart from Colt, but this is the wrong thread for this. I am also looking forward to where this Boyce plot goes. One slightly negative point is that the backstory of some of the characters doesn't work all that good with the ones established elsewhere. For example Spock coming aboard as a cadet as opposed to a lieutenant (as seen in Vulcan's Glory). My take on it was to ignore the backstory given in #1 for most of the characters and writing it of as "dreams". Currently I'm reading the 2254 chapters of The Rift.
Yay! I was just on the phone to Tor brainstorming ideas for the cover art for the next NIGHTWISE book. Great to hear that Rod is finding more and more readers.
The Sky's The Limit. Just finished the story "Ordinary Days". I really enjoyed "Redshift", "Among the Clouds" and "Thinking of You".
I finished Star Trek: The Original Series: The Face of the Unknown by Christopher L. Bennett. I then read comics The Walking Dead, Volume 7: The Calm Before and Serenity: Better Days. I followed that up with a "Face Value" by Una McCormack from Star Trek: Deep Space Nine: Prophecy and Change. I"m now reading Grimm: The Chopping Block by John Passarella,