I'm still around, just not posting as much. (Unless it's about Top Gear or the Roger Moore Bond movies.
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So what are you reading now? Part 2
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)Glad everyone seems to be enjoying the books!
When's the Vault of Shiva coming out?I'm still around, just not posting as much. (Unless it's about Top Gear or the Roger Moore Bond movies.
Glad everyone seems to be enjoying the books!
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And one more question, when are we going to see Nina and Eddie on the silver screen? The way you write just seems to scream out for a blockbuster or four.
In order: April (assuming I can finish it in the next few weeks); yes; and I don't know, though there has been some interest from Hollywood producers, so fingers crossed...
I disagree. It's not a big deal, and it didn't ruin the novel by any means. And I always knew that a parsec was a unit of space measurement, I just got the exact number wrong.
Which one? There are three volumes in the Worlds of Deep Space Nine miniseries.
Sorry, I thought I included it in the post.
Book 1.
I just started it a couple of days ago, it is pretty good so far.
In order: Cool. ok. Whoo hoo!!
Just a word of advice, keep a tight rein on your work. Hollywood love to change things. How about Jason Statham as Eddie Chase (just shave his head to make him bald and muscle him up a bit) and I'm not sure about Nina yet, though Angelina is always a good bet (cue lots of Lara Croft jokes).
Jasper Fforde's The Eyre Affair. It's been on my to-read list for awhile and there it was, sitting on the shelf at the library when I wandered in to see if I could find a book. Close to halfway through already, and it's awesome. If you like English Literature, Douglas Adams, or Doctor Who, I definitely recommend it.
So, I finally finished 'By the Book', an ENT novel by Dean Wesley Smith and Kristine Kathryn Rusch. I can't believe it took two people to write that. It's pretty short, too.
My final verdict: meh. It read like mediocre fan fiction, especially with the role play game described in excruciating detail making up large parts of the book. I always waited for that to play a significant role in solving the problems the ENT crew was facing, but no such luck. Instead of filling up the pages with that, the authors should have described the world and the people better. Besides, they should have played 'Cyberpunk' instead of that lame Martian RPG...
Archer was also out of character for most of the book, behaving and thinking like a caricature of the character by being especially angry, dumb, impatient and prejudiced against Vulcans. I know the book was written early in the series, it takes place after 'Strange New World', but it doesn't acknowledge the development of Archer's and T'Pol's relationship even in 'Broken Bow' alone.
I've decided to take a break from the DS9 relaunch for a moment and so I'll continue with the next ENT novel, 'Surak's Soul'. I'm also listening to the audiobook of the 'Star Trek' novelisation when I'm going somewhere. I'm on CD 4 at the moment.
I've also started to read Nietzsche again, this time all his late works from 1888. I've finished 'Der Fall Wagner' and I'm now reading 'Götzendämmerung' (Twilight of the Idols). It's really quite captivating. I've always loved his concise, precise and witty writing and many of his points resonate with me.
My final verdict: meh. It read like mediocre fan fiction, especially with the role play game described in excruciating detail making up large parts of the book. I always waited for that to play a significant role in solving the problems the ENT crew was facing, but no such luck. Instead of filling up the pages with that, the authors should have described the world and the people better. Besides, they should have played 'Cyberpunk' instead of that lame Martian RPG...
Archer was also out of character for most of the book, behaving and thinking like a caricature of the character by being especially angry, dumb, impatient and prejudiced against Vulcans. I know the book was written early in the series, it takes place after 'Strange New World', but it doesn't acknowledge the development of Archer's and T'Pol's relationship even in 'Broken Bow' alone.
I've decided to take a break from the DS9 relaunch for a moment and so I'll continue with the next ENT novel, 'Surak's Soul'. I'm also listening to the audiobook of the 'Star Trek' novelisation when I'm going somewhere. I'm on CD 4 at the moment.
I've also started to read Nietzsche again, this time all his late works from 1888. I've finished 'Der Fall Wagner' and I'm now reading 'Götzendämmerung' (Twilight of the Idols). It's really quite captivating. I've always loved his concise, precise and witty writing and many of his points resonate with me.
Finished Columbine and reading The Great Experiment: The Story of Ancient Empires, Modern States, and the Quest for a Global Nation by former United States Deputy Secretary of State Strobe Talbott. Very fun, interesting book so far -- and it has a bit of a Trekkian relevance to it, since part of the point is the idea of how to achieve a global nation. 
Finished Battlestations. As much as I thought I wouldn't, I quite enjoyed it. It was an exciting read.
Now taking a break from the very old Trek books, and starting the Errand of Vengeance series.
My plan is to start reading the DS9 relaunch once I actually finish watching the whole series (I'm up to season 5 in a marathon viewing).
Now taking a break from the very old Trek books, and starting the Errand of Vengeance series.
My plan is to start reading the DS9 relaunch once I actually finish watching the whole series (I'm up to season 5 in a marathon viewing).
I'd like to be reading the new Vanguard novel or The Art of Star Trek, but since I don't have either one yet, I'm currently reading Jay Lake's Trial of Flowers, which, while influenced by stuff like Gene Wolfe's Book of the New Sun, is much more conventional than the last book I read, Catherynne Valente's Palimpsest. Might well appeal to fans of more old school fantasy, like Leiber's Lankhmar stories or Moorcock's Elric, though the fictional world here has 19th century tech in addition to magic.
Just finished The Never -Ending Sacrifice
Just started Ex Machina by Christopher L. Bennett..
I read it a couple of years ago. Loved it, it's very involved and very character driven. I love the multiple pages of 'thinking'. These are the kinda Trek novels I love, the kind that really get into what the characters are thinking and I love finding out what makes them tick. I also really like the soul searching aspect of it. For me, it almost gives a commentary on my own life.
All in all, a great read.
If you're reading this Chirs, thank you!
*kiss arse mode, off*
I read it a couple of years ago. Loved it, it's very involved and very character driven. I love the multiple pages of 'thinking'. These are the kinda Trek novels I love, the kind that really get into what the characters are thinking and I love finding out what makes them tick. I also really like the soul searching aspect of it. For me, it almost gives a commentary on my own life.
All in all, a great read.
If you're reading this Chirs, thank you!
*kiss arse mode, off*
I finished The Fearful Summons.
Disappointing. The novel lacks depth. Other than Kirk the rest might as well be talking heads. Why round up the old crew when no-one really does anything?
The best bit: To give Kirk time alone with his young gf, Spock says he’s off to “discuss the weather” with Doctor McCoy. In spacedock. They ruined it immediately by explaining the joke, but it was amusing for the better part of a second.
Kirk being propositioned by a telepathic Phylosian (telepathic Phylosian!) of indeterminate gender comes close second.
Also: Silly mistakes. Sulu remembers hearing Kirk and Uhura at the Klingon rally. It was Kirk and McCoy!
I rolled my eyes at the ending.
Up next: After seeing ‘Where No Man…’ again, this time with the new remastered FX (where’s the detail on the ship?), I thought it was about time I read that copy of Valiant that had been sitting on my shelf for a year.
So far: It’s virtually a novelization of the TOS episode. Only the names have changed. Groan.
Disappointing. The novel lacks depth. Other than Kirk the rest might as well be talking heads. Why round up the old crew when no-one really does anything?
The best bit: To give Kirk time alone with his young gf, Spock says he’s off to “discuss the weather” with Doctor McCoy. In spacedock. They ruined it immediately by explaining the joke, but it was amusing for the better part of a second.
Kirk being propositioned by a telepathic Phylosian (telepathic Phylosian!) of indeterminate gender comes close second.
Also: Silly mistakes. Sulu remembers hearing Kirk and Uhura at the Klingon rally. It was Kirk and McCoy!
I rolled my eyes at the ending.
Up next: After seeing ‘Where No Man…’ again, this time with the new remastered FX (where’s the detail on the ship?), I thought it was about time I read that copy of Valiant that had been sitting on my shelf for a year.
So far: It’s virtually a novelization of the TOS episode. Only the names have changed. Groan.
The digital ship has as much detail as the original miniature did at the time, which was very little.
I was reading the second book in the Stargazer series, but had to stop midway.....(It got too boring!)
I was hoping for the same feeling of Michael Jan Friedman's previous 'My Brother's Keeper' books, but he didn't 'bring back that lovely feeling'...
There are definitely some interesting characters, and a little interesting situation between an Admiral that wants to drown Picard's career; and, other situations involving male characters who want to sleep with or date the Asmund twins...but the book was just dragging...
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I finished the John Shaft novel 'Carnival of Killers' and that was intesting, and a quick read: {Shaft while on vacation is drafted by the Jamaican police into watching over a Jamaican Prime Minister who has attempts on his life}.
There was some language that doesn't work with me as an African-American and as a male, and doesn't put Shaft in a good light....but thankfully it doesn't mess up the story, which is straightforward.
I actually wanted to get the rights to the novels someday, if I actually want to do something with the property.
A British publisher who sells the first Shaft novel says something to the effect, 'We've tried all means to contact the copyright holders;' and I've tried calling about to see who owns the rights...but know one knows....
I wanted to do something like what Eric Lustbader or Raymond Benson did or is doing with the Jason Bourne and James Bond novels, respectively.
I was hoping for the same feeling of Michael Jan Friedman's previous 'My Brother's Keeper' books, but he didn't 'bring back that lovely feeling'...
There are definitely some interesting characters, and a little interesting situation between an Admiral that wants to drown Picard's career; and, other situations involving male characters who want to sleep with or date the Asmund twins...but the book was just dragging...
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I finished the John Shaft novel 'Carnival of Killers' and that was intesting, and a quick read: {Shaft while on vacation is drafted by the Jamaican police into watching over a Jamaican Prime Minister who has attempts on his life}.
There was some language that doesn't work with me as an African-American and as a male, and doesn't put Shaft in a good light....but thankfully it doesn't mess up the story, which is straightforward.
I actually wanted to get the rights to the novels someday, if I actually want to do something with the property.
A British publisher who sells the first Shaft novel says something to the effect, 'We've tried all means to contact the copyright holders;' and I've tried calling about to see who owns the rights...but know one knows....
I wanted to do something like what Eric Lustbader or Raymond Benson did or is doing with the Jason Bourne and James Bond novels, respectively.
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Got my copy of Star Trek: The Art of the Film from Amazon.ca today, so I'm reading that now.
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