Vanguard Precipice- It's been read. Probable spoilers
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I should have stated the 3 previous novels that I read and the MU story.
Figure on a full half-dozen at minimum.
No complaints here either on that score. Whoever said this made for a great "season-ending episode" made a good choice of metaphor.
I dunno...I think Reyes showing up at the end of "Open Secrets" would've made a great cliffhanger.
Anyone else have a particular piece of music pop into their head near the end there...
...namely, the Ghostbusters theme (you know the scene)
Excellent book and it only took me about four hours to read it cover to cover.
I loved the Pulp Fiction reference ("Zett's dead, baby. Zett's dead.) but the other ones went over my head.
I was a little sad that Ms. Theriault didn't make an appearance (in a leather miniskirt, as I've been hoping since she first appeared) but glad to see she apparently got promoted for her actions in Reap the Whirlwind.
I was confused by the distances on the planet where Quinn and Bridy Mac holed up. It took them three months to get from the town to the temple but it seemed like jaunting back and forth later didn't take anywhere near as long.
Was this the first Trek book to have the F-word in it? I thought it worked well the first time but not so much the second time.
I loved the references to things that came about from the research being done at Vanguard. Matter replication was one and I don't remember the others but I thought it was excellent to see the seeds of these technologies. Star Trek never really dwelt on Starfleet taking advanced knowledge from another culture and using it to improve their own situation. The times this has been shown (Insurrection, Prime Factors) it has been in a negative light or it has never been mentioned again (The Nth Degree). But the Vanguard series has been excellent so far in showing how certain changes came about.
When the Shedai Wanderer started trashing the station at the end I was worried we were in for a cliffhanger and I'm glad we got some resolution instead.
Kudos to David Mack for yet another home run. Whatever they're paying you... it's not enough!
I loved the Pulp Fiction reference ("Zett's dead, baby. Zett's dead.) but the other ones went over my head.
I was a little sad that Ms. Theriault didn't make an appearance (in a leather miniskirt, as I've been hoping since she first appeared) but glad to see she apparently got promoted for her actions in Reap the Whirlwind.
I was confused by the distances on the planet where Quinn and Bridy Mac holed up. It took them three months to get from the town to the temple but it seemed like jaunting back and forth later didn't take anywhere near as long.
Was this the first Trek book to have the F-word in it? I thought it worked well the first time but not so much the second time.
I loved the references to things that came about from the research being done at Vanguard. Matter replication was one and I don't remember the others but I thought it was excellent to see the seeds of these technologies. Star Trek never really dwelt on Starfleet taking advanced knowledge from another culture and using it to improve their own situation. The times this has been shown (Insurrection, Prime Factors) it has been in a negative light or it has never been mentioned again (The Nth Degree). But the Vanguard series has been excellent so far in showing how certain changes came about.
When the Shedai Wanderer started trashing the station at the end I was worried we were in for a cliffhanger and I'm glad we got some resolution instead.
Kudos to David Mack for yet another home run. Whatever they're paying you... it's not enough!
^ The multiple reasons for the delays in Quinn and Bridy Mac's first trip to the ruins (which they had been told were only half a day's ride away) were spelled out on page 103.
There was a "Usual Suspects" one too. ...will find herself the victim of a most gruesome violation before she dies
I noticed it but it didn't take me out of the story or anything It was appropriate I thought.
In the beginning I had thought this is where the 'dermal regenerator' came from but I believe it has already been mentioned in the Vanguard series since then.
Agreed. David Mack is one of my favorite Trek (or even non-Trek) authors.
It's at least the second, Kobayashi Maru was the first. I remember because it shocked me and there was a huge debate on here about it. Personally, it doesn't bother me, and given the fact that more and more adult content has been slowly making it's way into the books really not that suprising, to me at least. So who says it? Quinn?
(As my avatar probably shows, I'm not exactly easily offended)
You forgot about the Falcon itself. The ship T'Prynn and Pennington steal (on which the nymock is attached) is described as a teardrop with a pod attached to the starboard side.
Also, the mualla(?) is described as a large cat with a vulture head and feathery mane. That's basically the same critter Obi-Wan rode in Revenge of the Sith.
*blinks at realizing the provenance of the Skylla!*
The f-word usages seemed context-appropriate if unusual for Classic Trek-verse. Trekverse Mk. II(Abramsverse)...not so unusual. That song on the music-machine in Jimmy's boosted ride has established the precedent there.
Yeah, the lyrics were captioned.
Anyway...I still want to see what the Rocinante looked like.
The f-word usages seemed context-appropriate if unusual for Classic Trek-verse. Trekverse Mk. II(Abramsverse)...not so unusual. That song on the music-machine in Jimmy's boosted ride has established the precedent there.
Yeah, the lyrics were captioned.
Anyway...I still want to see what the Rocinante looked like.
It would be in keeping for Quinn to swear.
You can see it if you click on the name in the Ch. 2 Annotations.
Really? A little juvenile in my book but I can understand that some readers need something like this to "make it real"
You would think that in 300 years some new curses would come into being. Using current slang or curses brings it back from the future.
When I saw the mention of Cygnar, a part of me idly wondered if the locals there had tried to attack using psionically-controlled steam-powered mechanical units...
There was one other name or event which I picked up while reading, but I've totally lost it now. Oh well.
Great book!
There was one other name or event which I picked up while reading, but I've totally lost it now. Oh well.
Great book!
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^ That one was actually not an homage, just a coincidence.
I figured as much - but then, I tend to have a dot-joining process which is a bit off compared to others anyway.
(I was the one who read 'Interstellar Coalition' in a previous book and thought 'Inter-Stellar Concordium' - which, again, was no more than a coincidence.)
Knowing my luck, the other connection I made in reading which currently escapes me was a further coincidence, too...
(I was the one who read 'Interstellar Coalition' in a previous book and thought 'Inter-Stellar Concordium' - which, again, was no more than a coincidence.)
Knowing my luck, the other connection I made in reading which currently escapes me was a further coincidence, too...
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