So what are you reading now? Part 2

[Thrawn]

^ You don't need to, but it won't hurt.

And yes, you can totally read NES without catching up on the rest of the books. It overlaps them chronologically, but doesn't make references. I would classify it as standalone, even though some of it takes place post-What You Leave Behind.

 

[Joel_Kirk]

I finished the second book in the Star Wars: New Jedi Order series.

I really like the concept of the inertial compensator....

As for what I'm going to read next?

I have no idea.

 

[Rowan Sjet]

Found a copy of Darkly Dreaming Dexter in the charity shop where I work, and am about halfway through. Just as enjoyable as the TV series so far, though I do like some of the changes that were made.

 

[William Leisner]

I finished Losing the Peace. This is a real page turner, I had a hard time putting it down. If you haven't read it yet, you need to.

 

[snakespeare]

I'm reading Never Ending Sacrifice now.

(I've already had to stifle a sniffle once, and that's always a good sign.)

 

[Lonemagpie]

Just accidentally started Gone Tomorrow by Lee Child (accidentally cos it's the newest one and I haven't caught up yet) and so am now hooked out of sequence...

 

[Reanok]

I finished reading Forged in Fire and started Terok nor book1 by James Swallow.

 

[Joel_Kirk]

I finished reading Forged in Fire and started Terok nor book1 by James Swallow.

Reanok, what did you think of 'Forged in Fire'?

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For me?

I've attempted to read the scripts for the unproduced Superman films: Superman Lives by Kevin Smith, and the Superman script from J.J. Abrams...

For both, I couldn't get past the first or second pages.

Superman is a hard character to write for.

Even though the Chris Reeve--I nearly put 'Reeves'--films need to be updated, while reading the material....Chris Reeve was the actor I thought of in the role.

Aside from that, the stories have to 'grab'...which they didn't.

I actually read the comics: Superman: Last Son and Superman: Escape from Bizarro World, both co-written by Richard Donner, who directed the first Chris Reeve film.

I also downloaded the scripts to Boondock Saints I and II, and I want to read those before I see the films.

Since school is right around the corner, I'm trying to get my 'Book of Ideas' together and work on as many ideas as I can...because I know I'm going to be stressin,' networkin,' ....etc...etc...etc...

 

[Reanok]

Joel I thought Forged in Fire was a really good look into Sulu's character and the Klingons Kang,Kor and Koloth and the villian the Albino Klingon first shown in a ds9 episode.It's a long complex story that takes twists and turns you don't expect there's quite a bit of action in this book and mystery as well.I really liked this book alot. Curzon Dax is a junior diplomat working with Sarek during a conference.and Christine Chapel and Rand have an important role to play on the Excelsior too.And there's character I liked named Cutler that gives Sulu problems but she comes around she is a big help to him during a major Chrisis during a Federation /Klingon conference when things go terribly wrong.Sarek gets badly injured Sulu the klingons,and Dax has to help investigate the atttack at the conference on quovat.

 

[Sci]

Finally finished reading The Great Experiment: The Story of Ancient Empires, Modern States, and the Quest for a Global Nation by former U.S. Deputy Secretary of State Strobe Talbott. A very good book (if written for a popular audience rather than specialists) about the evolution of the state and the rise of global governance and the possibilities of world federalism. I highly recommend it.

Going back, once again, to The Shock Doctrine: The Rise of Disaster Capitalism by Naomi Klein. I highly recommend this one, too; though it's a depressing enough book that I've had trouble finishing it, Klein's insight into the economic motivations of crises like the 1973 Chilean coup, the co-option of Solidarity, the rise of the oligarchs in Russia, and the Iraq War is fascinating. She's much more cynical about the worth of neoliberal trade policies than Talbott, and it's well worth reading why.

After I finish that, I'm going to re-start and finish The Romulan War: Beneath the Raptor's Wing to break things up, then move on to Team of Rivals. From there, I think I'll go to The Post-American World by Fareed Zakaria.

 

[Cap'n Crunch]

I finished CSI: Killing Game by Max Allan Collins. It was a bit slow, but still pretty good. I then read The Return of Sherlock Holmes: The Adventure of the Three Students by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. This story was a bit different because it didn't involve an actual crime, but it was still a decent story. I'm now reading Star Trek: Titan: Synthesis by James Swallow. I haven't read very far yet, but I'm really enjoying it so far.

 

[ICW]

I just finished Synthesis (excellent novel) and I am now reading Full Cirlce

 

[Joel_Kirk]

Joel I thought Forged in Fire was a really good look into Sulu's character and the Klingons Kang,Kor and Koloth and the villian the Albino Klingon first shown in a ds9 episode.It's a long complex story that takes twists and turns you don't expect there's quite a bit of action in this book and mystery as well.I really liked this book alot. Curzon Dax is a junior diplomat working with Sarek during a conference.and Christine Chapel and Rand have an important role to play on the Excelsior too.And there's character I liked named Cutler that gives Sulu problems but she comes around she is a big help to him during a major Chrisis during a Federation /Klingon conference when things go terribly wrong.Sarek gets badly injured Sulu the klingons,and Dax has to help investigate the atttack at the conference on quovat.

Thanks for the reply, Reanok....

Yeah, I thought it was a pretty interesting book, too....

 

[NurseChapel39]

I am finally reading Ex Machina. I have heard alot of good things about this novel so it sounds like it will live up to the author's previous books.

 

[Christopher]

^Well, I hope it does more than live up to my previous books, since it was my first one.

 

[indianatrekker26]

Over the weekend, I found all 97 numbered TOS books at a used bookstore. I burned through #1 the Motion Picture. I'm currently on #2 The Entropy Effect.

 

[Thrawn]

^ Good luck.

 

[Paris]

I've decided to take a few days off from reading the Crucible: McCoy book (love it, but it's very long) and jump into a quick small read: TNG - Maximum Warp book one. So far so good. Talk about the opposite to a DRG3 book . This thing is only 236 pages and not nearly as dense. Hopefully it's good enough to check out book 2...

 

[Christopher]

Over the weekend, I found all 97 numbered TOS books at a used bookstore.

That's rather astonishing. Must be a huge bookstore.

 

[indianatrekker26]

Over the weekend, I found all 97 numbered TOS books at a used bookstore.

That's rather astonishing. Must be a huge bookstore.

That it is. One of the most amazing used bookstores I've ever found. The shelves barely give you enough room to walk between. He has two rows of books on each side of the shelves. From the ground all the way up to almost the ceiling. And just tons and tons of old copies of star trek material. Stuff that has been out of print for many years. He sold the whole collection to me for 75 dollars.