So What Are you Reading?: Generations

[Smiley]

I enjoyed some of the High Republic books, but I would argue that Marchion Ro was not a strong enough character to be the main antagonist of the series. Lourna Dee got a surprising amount of character development, especially during the audio dramas.

Here are the ones that I rated 4 stars:

Into the Dark
Out of the Shadows
Convergence
The Battle of Jedha
Cataclysm
Into the Light

Most of the rest fell squarely into 3 star territory.

I am rereading Star Wars: Dark Lord: The Rise of Darth Vader. The marketing and timing of this one were not great, coming hot off the heels of the magnificent Revenge of the Sith novelization and Luceno's own Labyrinth of Evil. There's not that much Vader, but the title and artwork would lead you to believe that he had a lot more page time. It is a decent enough story of a time period just after The Clone Wars, and the descriptions of how Anakin/Vader has been changed by the suit are well worth reading.

In this galaxy, I'm reading The Moonglow Cafe, a mystery set in a small fictional town in Montana.

 

[USS Firefly]

Finished "Livesuit" by James S.A. Corey, a novella from the "Mercy of the Gods" serie.
I wasn't a big fan of MotG but "Livesuit" is GREAT! Next i am going to read "The Faith of Beasts", I hope it will be as good as Livesuit.

 

[DarrenTR1970]

1942: Crux of War by John Parshall.

 

[bdub76]

Making my way through the Reacher book Gone Tomorrow, and he visits a Radio Shack. Pretty sure that's going to change.

 

[hbquikcomjamesl]

Well, Radio Shack certainly qualifies as "gone tomorrow" (as it is, there aren't more than a handful left today).

 

[JD]

There are still Radio Shacks? I thought the whole company was completely gone.
I finished up Star Trek: DS9: Invasion Book 3: Time's Enemy by LA Graf yesterday. I was a little nervous starting it since I hadn't read any of the other Invasion books, but other than a couple quick references it really had nothing to do with the rest of the miniseries, you could easily have gotten rid of those references and it would have made almost no difference.
I've read their Lives of Dax short story, but was my first novel by LA Graf, and I liked it a lot. The story felt like something I could have seen and characterizations felt pretty accurate, at least to early seasons versions of the characters. There were a couple little things about the layout of DS9, like the transporter being in a separate room from Ops, while it was part of Ops in the show, and there was a turbolift directly to the Defiant's bridge, but there never was on on the show.
The bad guy aliens were really creepy, and I did like the original guest star character Pak Dorran.
Now I'm reading digital collection of the comic book miniseries, Star Trek: Strange New Worlds: Seeds of Salvation which is written by Robbie Thompson, with art by Travis Mercer.

 

[hbquikcomjamesl]

There are still Radio Shacks? I thought the whole company was completely gone.

Locations Resellers

Welcome to RadioShack's official website. Search and shop for electronics, gaming devices, powerbanks, audio products and business traveling gear.

www.radioshack.com

Corporate stores are long-gone. The iconic Minimus 7 speakers are long gone (mine, along with my BSR-made Radio Shack turntable, have outlived 2 amplifiers), along with the Tandy and TRS-80 computer lines, and Science Fair and Archerkit kits, but they still have a website, some franchise locations, and a small product line.

 

[JD]

I did not know that, that's good to know.

 

[bdub76]

Think there is still one operational Blockbuster too.

Anyway, I read Dreams in the Witch House by H.P. Lovecraft after finding out about two adaptations. It was a much better read than I expected based on the reviews I read about it. He really captures the mood. Now, I do want to read his Rats in the Walls story next.

Going to watch this adaptation tonight:

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[Steve Roby]

I may have seen that. I started watching Cabinet of Curiosities and eventually gave up on it, but I think I at least watched the Lovecraft stuff. I know I've seen at least one adaptation of Dreams in the Witch House.

 

[bdub76]

I may have seen that. I started watching Cabinet of Curiosities and eventually gave up on it, but I think I at least watched the Lovecraft stuff. I know I've seen at least one adaptation of Dreams in the Witch House.

There is another one in Masters of Horror that is closer to the original material. Masters of Horror is worth checking out. It's on Prime.

 

[Greg Cox]

Still enjoying the Garry Trudeau biography. We're up to the first George Bush presidency, Desert Storm, and the short-lived Broadway musical version of "Doonesbury."

 

[Steve Roby]

Currently reading Byron Craft (aka David Hurd)'s The Cry of Cthulhu, originally published, the cover says, as The Alchemist's Notebook. I first heard of this in a special HP Lovecraft issue of Heavy Metal ("the adult illustrated fantasy magazine") back in 1979. There was an excerpt from what was planned to be the novelization of a movie. I think Starlog mentioned it once or twice, as well. The movie never happened, but a few years ago I stumbled across the listing for this book on Amazon.

A few observations: this isn't an example of finely polished prose. It could really use a good copy editor. This must also be significantly expanded from the screenplay, because there's no way they could fit it all in a movie, nor could they have filmed a lot of it in 1980 without a massive budget. And it's a mix of elements from several Lovecraft stories with what I assume were story elements more personal to the writer, or maybe just things that seemed trendy at the time, like a long Vietnam flashback. It's a bit of a mess (I'm two-thirds through) but my 16-year-old self who first read about this in 1979 is finally getting some closure.

(I picked up that issue of Heavy Metal because I'd read about Lovecraft but hadn't actually read anything by him yet. A couple months later I picked up a copy of The Doom That Came to Sarnath and Other Stories and just kept on buying more.)

 

[bdub76]

Half way through Gone Tomorrow. And there is a scene, where Reacher removes the battery from a cellphone. Definitely dated.

 

[hbquikcomjamesl]

Half way through Gone Tomorrow. And there is a scene, where Reacher removes the battery from a cellphone. Definitely dated.

What? Mine (an LG VN-220) has a field-changeable battery.

Have I ever mentioned that discrimination against non-smartphone-users is a "berserk button" for me?

 

[Reanok]

I'm still reading 3 miles down below and they talk about Star trek tos several times like talking about Red shirts die alot and about how they wish They had a universal translator to translate the alien comupters language and wish They had Mr. Spock to help them with the science. Harry Turtledove seems to be a big TOS fan.And waking up the aliens from suspended animation safely. And wish they had Dr. McCoy too.

 

[bdub76]

Making my way through Lovecraft stories at lunchtime. I swear this guy is writing Victorian fanfic. He so tries to imitate the style and vocabulary for some reason.

 

[JD]

I finished Star Trek: Strange New World's a couple days ago, and I really enjoyed it. It really felt like the kind of story I could see them doing on the show, and I thought Robbie Thomson, the writer, did a great job of capturing the voices of the characters, which makes sense since he's one of the show's writers.
I'm now reading Kingdom Come, the DC comic book written by Mark Waid, with art by Alex Ross. I've heard about this one for a while and come across some references here and there, but it was reading the current Superman/Batman: World's Finest series that inspired me to finally read it, since the series directly ties into it.

 

[Greg Cox]

Taking a break from the Trudeau bio to read Thrilling Adventure Yarns 2026, the latest pulp-fiction anthology edited by Robert Greenberger. I don't personally have a story in this volume, but I'm enjoying other folks' stories, which are divided between SF yarns, mystery yarns, sword-and-sorcery yarns, adventure yarns, and supernatural yarns.

 

[KRAD]

Taking a break from the Trudeau bio to read Thrilling Adventure Yarns 2026, the latest pulp-fiction anthology edited by Robert Greenberger. I don't personally have a story in this volume, but I'm enjoying other folks' stories, which are divided between SF yarns, mystery yarns, sword-and-sorcery yarns, adventure yarns, and supernatural yarns.

Hope you enjoy "The Kidnapping of Ticonderoga Beck!"