My own reading Marathon, Fall through Coda

[NStephenH]

Howdy y'all, I've been reading the post-voyager/DS9/nemesis novel-verse for a couple years now and wanted to join in the community.
I started the voyager novels in late 2022, then most of New Frontier in 2023 before jumping into DS9. After the soul key, I hopped over to "a time to" and am now 2/3rds of the way through cold equations. Voyager I've read through the eternal tide, and new frontier I just have blind man's bluff and the returned left.

I don't know that I can write up good reviews as Stevil2001 has in his marathon thread, but I figure I can log this both for my own progress and in case anyone else wants to follow along or is making their own attempt.

I'm also a contributor to character entries over at https://startrekreadingorder.com/, and I'll be adding appearances as I go. Let me know if I miss anything!

I am, for the most part, following the flow chart that spawned out of charting the novel-verse: https://www.thetrekcollective.com/p/trek-lit-reading-order.html

My next reads will be:

1. The Body Electric
2. The Stuff of Dreams
3. The Fall

 

[Markonian]

I wonder why it’s not ‚the electric body‘, grammatically.

 

[David Mack]

Because it’s a literary allusion. And also a RUSH reference.

 

[Christopher]

Because it’s a literary allusion. And also a RUSH reference.

And a Ray Bradbury reference. His story (and its Twilight Zone adaptation) is where I know the line from originally.

 

[hbquikcomjamesl]

I'm as shocked as I am when I'm watching Jeopardy!, and something absurdly obvious to me ends up being a triple-stumper. I caught the allusion before I'd even bought a copy.

 

[Zarm]

I seem to recall Body Electric being 'you're in for a treat' and 'the stuff of dreams' being... who do Starfleet think they are (a certain quote by Admiral Clancy about hubris comes to mind), but also fairly good with some strong concepts for its short length.

Be interested to hear your thoughts!