I've decided to read a Gateway story instead. I will be back to Sword just because I am reading all the relaunch novels (minus the Voyager books) in event order. After Swords will be Q&A story, then Resistance then the Destiny series.
So What Are you Reading?: Generations
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Gotham: City of Monsters by Jason Starr
Star wars: Darth Maul by Michael reaves
HELL TO PAY by George P Pelecanos
Hm, bit of a mixture. Good characters, flows well, but the plot advertised actually starts more than halfway through the book, and prior to that it really feels like the middle-section of a larger book, or an episode in an ongoing TV series arc (which isn't surprising, as Pelecanos is one of the people behind The Wire, The Pacific, and The Deuce). I suspect it would have played better as a TV show – and in fact there's one with these characters due in the coming year, which I suspect I'll prefer. Other niggles would be that there are couple of obvious lectures to the audience, and I swear if you took out the specifying of which music tracks are being listened to in any given scene, you'd reduce the page count by at least a quarter. Throw in the (American) Football plays and it'd be a third. I'm also a bit unsure how accurate it is representing the everyday black life and slang (of 2002 in Washington), since it's focussed on that while written by a white guy – it feels like The Wire, is all I can say, really.
So, good two-thirds of the time, and I look forward to a TV show with these characters, but somehow left me wanting.
Hm, bit of a mixture. Good characters, flows well, but the plot advertised actually starts more than halfway through the book, and prior to that it really feels like the middle-section of a larger book, or an episode in an ongoing TV series arc (which isn't surprising, as Pelecanos is one of the people behind The Wire, The Pacific, and The Deuce). I suspect it would have played better as a TV show – and in fact there's one with these characters due in the coming year, which I suspect I'll prefer. Other niggles would be that there are couple of obvious lectures to the audience, and I swear if you took out the specifying of which music tracks are being listened to in any given scene, you'd reduce the page count by at least a quarter. Throw in the (American) Football plays and it'd be a third. I'm also a bit unsure how accurate it is representing the everyday black life and slang (of 2002 in Washington), since it's focussed on that while written by a white guy – it feels like The Wire, is all I can say, really.
So, good two-thirds of the time, and I look forward to a TV show with these characters, but somehow left me wanting.
Star Trek: New Frontier: House of Cards
Been a while since I've read something from Peter David. Always loved the pacing of his writing, strong character interaction and the fact he isn't trying to show off how smart he is. He tells his stories in a brisk fashion.
Been a while since I've read something from Peter David. Always loved the pacing of his writing, strong character interaction and the fact he isn't trying to show off how smart he is. He tells his stories in a brisk fashion.
Just finished Control by David Mack. As usual the quality of the David’s writing is excellent but the story... it’s awful and as about as far from Star Trek as is possible.
FOUR DOCTORS by Paul Cornell, Neil Edwards, & Ivan Nunes.
This trade paperback collection of the five-issue mini is the first of the Titan Comics Nu Who lines that I've read. The Doctors mostly feel like themselves, Clara does too, but I'm unfamiliar with the other two (comics-only) companions. The story was fun, hit the right notes all through – and I like the Voords being basically the suits rather than the wearers (a bit like Venom in the Spiderman comics). The art was generally decent, especially the colours by Nunes, but I did find the actor likenesses by Edwards.... variable, with Capaldi tending to fare worst. (Though I also first thought Wilf was the War Doctor, and didn't recognise River at all...). The timelines made sense, and did indeed feel “the timiest-wimiest of all” in a Moffat-era way. There's at least one repeated gag which is amusing the first time, but feels like an editorial slip the second.
There's also a one-page backup strip for each issue, which do tie in with the main story at the end (Which is just as well as they were otherwise pointless, not playing to the writer's strangths), and which have surprisingly likeable cute art. There's a cover gallery for issues 2-5, but oddly not for #1.... Dunno why that isn't there.
So, yeah, a fun bit of Nu Who that hit the spot, and would have made a fine episode or two on TV. I shall certainly keep an eye out for other Titan DW collections.
This trade paperback collection of the five-issue mini is the first of the Titan Comics Nu Who lines that I've read. The Doctors mostly feel like themselves, Clara does too, but I'm unfamiliar with the other two (comics-only) companions. The story was fun, hit the right notes all through – and I like the Voords being basically the suits rather than the wearers (a bit like Venom in the Spiderman comics). The art was generally decent, especially the colours by Nunes, but I did find the actor likenesses by Edwards.... variable, with Capaldi tending to fare worst. (Though I also first thought Wilf was the War Doctor, and didn't recognise River at all...). The timelines made sense, and did indeed feel “the timiest-wimiest of all” in a Moffat-era way. There's at least one repeated gag which is amusing the first time, but feels like an editorial slip the second.
There's also a one-page backup strip for each issue, which do tie in with the main story at the end (Which is just as well as they were otherwise pointless, not playing to the writer's strangths), and which have surprisingly likeable cute art. There's a cover gallery for issues 2-5, but oddly not for #1.... Dunno why that isn't there.
So, yeah, a fun bit of Nu Who that hit the spot, and would have made a fine episode or two on TV. I shall certainly keep an eye out for other Titan DW collections.
Just happened to be glancing through the last few pages of this thread and Im glad I did. Jinn I didn’t know anout this link! I’ll have to add it to my website. Great job!
Just finished My Enemy, My Ally as part one of the Rihannsu series. I love how solid writing and characterization stands the test of time. Some of the older TOS just reads like a quick television episode or poor attempt, but it is evident that Diane Duane has a passion for these characters and for all of the details that go into the Trek universe.
I have been mainly sticking to newer Lit-Verse publications just for time's sake, but sometimes I catch an old gem in these 80s and 90s Trek stories.
I have been mainly sticking to newer Lit-Verse publications just for time's sake, but sometimes I catch an old gem in these 80s and 90s Trek stories.
Life 3.0 - Being Human in the Age of Artificial Intelligence by Max Tegmark.
Must read if you want to join the conversation about A.I and specifically about AGI or Superintelligence. Completely non-technical, and talks about the broad contours of A.I safety research and the future of humanity.
Must read if you want to join the conversation about A.I and specifically about AGI or Superintelligence. Completely non-technical, and talks about the broad contours of A.I safety research and the future of humanity.
Gabby, the tenth Doctor's companion, is basically an American Donna. She's Latino, from somewhere in New York City. Her parents own a restaurant and a laundromat. Her life's hit a dead-end when she meets the Doctor. Her best friend, Cindy Wu, whom you wouldn't have met in Four Doctors, eventually joins the TARDIS crew. Her adventures with the Doctor come sometime after Donna's departure.
The ending of Gabby's story with the tenth Doctor in Tenth #3.14 had me in tears. Don't worry, she's fine, but her situation has changed a bit, sort of like the era in the audios when Charley was traveling with the sixth Doctor.
Alice, the eleventh Doctor's companion, is a forty-something librarian's assistant (which she likes to stress and the Doctor leaves off). She's a severely depressed woman, and the Doctor brings some color into her life. Her adventures come during the time Amy and Rory are taking a break after their honeymoon (le., before "The Impossible Astronaut").
Agreed. Tennant and Smith fared pretty well, I thought, but Capaldi sometimes looked more like Christopher Lee. I wasn't even sure who the bearded Doctor was supposed to be. And there are some really bad likenesses in the fifth chapter; I've never been sure if Edwards had to redraw something and the result was a rushed mess. (Rachael Stott and Georgia Sposito do much a better job with Capaldi in later comics.)
I really didn't expect Cornell to do a Moffat ending. I didn't like the ending at the time, reading it on a weekly basis (though there was a delay on issue #5, so it was more like two or three weeks), as I thought Cornell was going to go in a different direction, but when I reread it all last year I liked it better.
I've enjoyed the eleventh Doctor comics the most (Year Two is one fifteen issue story that's so fanwanky even Craig Hinton would say, "That's way too much," and I adored it). The twelfth Doctor comics are probably the spottiest; I like individual storylines (like the twelfth Doctor teaming up with Julie d'Aubigny, the 17th-century French bisexual sword-swinging opera singer), but there's no consistency to them. The tenth Doctor comics fall in the middle.
She's supposed to be in her 40s?! I didn't get that at all...
After watching the ENT mirror episodes decided to take a break from the Prime books and tackle the Mirror world
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