So what are you reading now? Part 2
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Finished Star Trek Omnibus Volume 2: Early Voyages, the reprint of the Captain Pike series Marvel did in 1997-98. Every bit as good as I remembered.
It's been a while since I've been here in this thread...
Singular Destiny - Interesting premise to it with a good main character with some different perspectives. I think that how things go with the Romulan split will be the area I'd say I'm most interested in as well as the direction for the Cardassians. More a fault with me than the book was the fact I wasn't really that engaged the way I was with the Destiny novels.
DS9 - Warpath (re-read) - Definitely enjoyed the story first time, but it was an okay as a re-read. Basically re-reading the last few DS9 re-launch novels to see if the horrible pacing of releases is what causes me to feel like the whole thing is just lurching along without a plan as an afterthought to the other series.
Star Wars - Omen - Wish I hadn't really bothered. Definitely a 2/5 read with the characterizations being off, stilted dialog. Really came across as a paint-by-numbers get everyone from a to b book.
Voyager - Full Circle - Not bad, good set-up since we'll now have 2 exploration series and obviously a mainline one set more in politics. Not sure how closely I'll follow this set given that I really like the Titan series and what they've been doing with it.
Republic Commando - Triple Zero (re-read) - Probably one of my favourite of the more recent Star Wars novels to date along with the rest of the series.
Keeping the Peace - Finished it today and kind of walked through it. Not sure if it's a burn-out because of the other books and of course now you have all the knotty bits to sort out, but this one felt like a bit of a chore. I'll give it a 3.25/5.
Just starting "The Gunseller" by Hugh Laurie which has a nice turn of phrase to the first 20 pages that I've read so far. Vaguely reminiscent of some of the writing in early Stephen Fry novels which isn't much of a surprise.
Singular Destiny - Interesting premise to it with a good main character with some different perspectives. I think that how things go with the Romulan split will be the area I'd say I'm most interested in as well as the direction for the Cardassians. More a fault with me than the book was the fact I wasn't really that engaged the way I was with the Destiny novels.
DS9 - Warpath (re-read) - Definitely enjoyed the story first time, but it was an okay as a re-read. Basically re-reading the last few DS9 re-launch novels to see if the horrible pacing of releases is what causes me to feel like the whole thing is just lurching along without a plan as an afterthought to the other series.
Star Wars - Omen - Wish I hadn't really bothered. Definitely a 2/5 read with the characterizations being off, stilted dialog. Really came across as a paint-by-numbers get everyone from a to b book.
Voyager - Full Circle - Not bad, good set-up since we'll now have 2 exploration series and obviously a mainline one set more in politics. Not sure how closely I'll follow this set given that I really like the Titan series and what they've been doing with it.
Republic Commando - Triple Zero (re-read) - Probably one of my favourite of the more recent Star Wars novels to date along with the rest of the series.
Keeping the Peace - Finished it today and kind of walked through it. Not sure if it's a burn-out because of the other books and of course now you have all the knotty bits to sort out, but this one felt like a bit of a chore. I'll give it a 3.25/5.
Just starting "The Gunseller" by Hugh Laurie which has a nice turn of phrase to the first 20 pages that I've read so far. Vaguely reminiscent of some of the writing in early Stephen Fry novels which isn't much of a surprise.
Just finished The Chimes At Midnight in the Echoes and Refractions MyrU collection. Great story, it was a really interesting alternate take on the TOS movies. I especially liked the characterisations of David, Saavik, and Therin. I was pretty shocked by the direction it took in the end, but IMO that is the fun of MyrU, it's stories can have even bigger twists than traditional Trek stories. MY SCORE:9/10
So far... I didn't like the very first part much but the second part is a lot more intriguing so it keeps me reading on for now. I'm barely halfway through the book so I can't really have a definitive opinion but my main feelings are:
1) the strange feeling of reading a book written by an alternate universe Terry Pratchett. It's different yet the twist on classic stories keep reminding me of him and wondering how he'd have done a book like that. That's probably a personal bias as I'm a big fan of his books.
2) I should have read the Wizard of Oz first. I only have vague recollections of TV/movie versions and I'm pretty sure I'm missing a ton of references. On the other hand I'll see how the book stands on it's own.
I am finally getting through the major relaunch books; I feel like I'm accomplishing something in Trek Lit (I was sooo far behind). I am currently reading Destiny: Gods of Night and it has been fantastic and so well written. Very in-depth characterization, etc. At the same time I am reading The Shack and The Shadow of Saganami (having a terrible time getting through Saganami).
I just finished The Buried Age last night. I went through the last 120 pages yesterday, as I just couldn't put it down. Buried Age is now tied for my favorite of the Lost Era books with KRAD's Art of the Impossible. I've finally just cracked open the first COE book, Have Tech, Will Travel, and so far (4 chapters into the first story) i'm really enjoying it 
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I finished Star Trek: Deep Space Nine: Mission Gamma: Cathedral and started on Star Trek: Deep Space Nine: Mission Gamma: Lesser Evil. When I'm done with that I'm finally going to start on Mr. Monk Goes to the Firehouse.
I'm reading Sarah Pinborough's Torchwood novel Into the Silence, but I finally got my hands on a copy of Losing the Peace and will read that as soon as I'm done Into the Silence.
(Can't help but wonder how stuff like Torchwood Magazine and the Torchwood novels will be affected by the ending of Children of Earth....)
(Can't help but wonder how stuff like Torchwood Magazine and the Torchwood novels will be affected by the ending of Children of Earth....)
Just about to finish the movie tie-in. It hasn't been too bad, though there are a few bits that seem to have slipped through the editing process (chunks of dialogue which don't flow and/or contradict preceeding bits) and odd quirks (Vulcans study the Beatles?).
I'm in a happy dilemma as to what to read next - a nice big box of books arrived from Amazon. The only Trek one is Treason, which is up against Complete Calvin & Hobbes, Wrestlecrap Book of Lists, Ebola: Through the Eyes of the People, Beating Back the Devil and A Lion's Tale (Chris Jericho's autobiography).
I'm in a happy dilemma as to what to read next - a nice big box of books arrived from Amazon. The only Trek one is Treason, which is up against Complete Calvin & Hobbes, Wrestlecrap Book of Lists, Ebola: Through the Eyes of the People, Beating Back the Devil and A Lion's Tale (Chris Jericho's autobiography).
Right now I'm alternating between reading Stephen King's catalogue chronologically in order of publication (finished Cujo and now reading Danse Macabre) and then a book of my choosing.
So that last few books I read are:
1. The Dead Zone by Stephen King
2. Revolutionary Road by Richard yates
3. Firestarter by Stephen King
4. The Watchmen by Alan Moore
5. Cujo by Stephen King
6. Vesuvius Prophecy (a 4400 book) by Greg Cox
7. Danse Macabre by Stephen King (currently reading)
I just decided that I want to go through all of Stephen King's catalogue chronologically in order of publication so I started with Carrie and worked my way to where I am now ( I cheated a little and read the 4 early Richard Bachman novels all in one shot even though they were released later than some other novels). It'll take me a while, but I like alternating between King and other authors so that I don't get too used to his writing style and so that I'm open to reading anything else. My favorite King novels so far in order of preference are:
1. The Stand
2. The Long Walk (written as Richard Bachman)
3. The Dead Zone
4. Salem's Lot
5. Night Shift (Short Stories)
6. Road Work (Written as Richard Bachman)
7. Carrie
8. Firestarter
9. The Running Man (written as Richard Bachman)
10. Cujo
Least favorite read by Stephen King: Rage (Writen as Richard Bachman)
So that last few books I read are:
1. The Dead Zone by Stephen King
2. Revolutionary Road by Richard yates
3. Firestarter by Stephen King
4. The Watchmen by Alan Moore
5. Cujo by Stephen King
6. Vesuvius Prophecy (a 4400 book) by Greg Cox
7. Danse Macabre by Stephen King (currently reading)
I just decided that I want to go through all of Stephen King's catalogue chronologically in order of publication so I started with Carrie and worked my way to where I am now ( I cheated a little and read the 4 early Richard Bachman novels all in one shot even though they were released later than some other novels). It'll take me a while, but I like alternating between King and other authors so that I don't get too used to his writing style and so that I'm open to reading anything else. My favorite King novels so far in order of preference are:
1. The Stand
2. The Long Walk (written as Richard Bachman)
3. The Dead Zone
4. Salem's Lot
5. Night Shift (Short Stories)
6. Road Work (Written as Richard Bachman)
7. Carrie
8. Firestarter
9. The Running Man (written as Richard Bachman)
10. Cujo
Least favorite read by Stephen King: Rage (Writen as Richard Bachman)
Just finished this; easily one of the best books I've read in the last couple years. I was even a huge fan of Wilson's before, but this time he absolutely outdid himself.
I really don't know what I'm going to follow this with; I was planning on finishing off the last couple New Earth books, but after this they'll just seem inexcusably terrible
I've finished both of these and read a few things in the meanwhile, mostly comics:
- Superman Batman: Public Enemies by Jeph Loeb
- Star Wars: Vector, Volume Two by Rob Williams and John Ostrander and Jan Duursema
- Captain Britain and MI13, Vol. 2: Hell Comes to Birmingham by Paul Cornell
- Superman: Last Son by Geoff Johns and Richard Donner
I also finished The Water-Babies: A Fairy Tale for a Land-Baby by Charles Kingsley, another book I was supposed to read during the semester for class but didn't manage to finish in time.
And today I (finally) knocked off Tiny Deaths by Robert Shearman of Doctor Who fame.
Now I'm on to American Ruins by Camilo José Vergara, a collection of photographs of urban decay and abandoned buildings.
Did you that that's the next DC Universe animated movie, after Green Lantern: First Flight?
Have started Losing the Peace, at last. Halfway through and enjoying it so far.
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