I'm reading Star Wars Outcast which is the first book in the Fate of the Jedi series. I'm having a hard time getting through it. It's not that exciting. Someone tell me the series gets better...!
So what are you reading now (Part 4)?
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Re: Should novels set in the JJVerse rectify the film's plot holes?
I finished Inception, which I enjoyed. I would have liked Spock to actually get together with Leila briefly, rather than portraying him as truely not comprehending human emotion. Maybe slightly-unhinged nuSpock is still too fresh in my memory
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I've started Starfleet Academy, Diane Carey's book based on the old PC game. It's one hell of a nostalia trip for me: I never played the PC version of Starfleet Academy, but I did play lots of the Super Nintendo version (and loved it, despite it being utterly terrible). At the mentions of M'Giia, Robin and Sturek their little pixellated avatars came flooding back, along with the slightly-bleepy theme music and sound effects.
It's a Diane Carey book, written in Dreadnought-style first-person. First sailing reference - page 2. Unconditional Kirk worship? Yep. Spaceship love? Uh-huh. Weirdness? Apparently Andorians don't take on challenges like Starfleet. Missed all the Starfleet Andorians in TMP?
Should be interesting.
I finished Inception, which I enjoyed. I would have liked Spock to actually get together with Leila briefly, rather than portraying him as truely not comprehending human emotion. Maybe slightly-unhinged nuSpock is still too fresh in my memory
.I've started Starfleet Academy, Diane Carey's book based on the old PC game. It's one hell of a nostalia trip for me: I never played the PC version of Starfleet Academy, but I did play lots of the Super Nintendo version (and loved it, despite it being utterly terrible). At the mentions of M'Giia, Robin and Sturek their little pixellated avatars came flooding back, along with the slightly-bleepy theme music and sound effects.
It's a Diane Carey book, written in Dreadnought-style first-person. First sailing reference - page 2
. Unconditional Kirk worship? Yep. Spaceship love? Uh-huh. Weirdness? Apparently Andorians don't take on challenges like Starfleet. Missed all the Starfleet Andorians in TMP? Should be interesting.
Currently reading two books; Star Wars: Legacy of the Force "Fury" by Aaron Allston, and "Excavation" by James Rollins.
I've recently discovered the Rollins books, really enjoying them, while also trying to finish up the Legacy of the Force series.
I've recently discovered the Rollins books, really enjoying them, while also trying to finish up the Legacy of the Force series.
The other day I set CSI: Snake Eyes aside. I don't know why but I just couldn't get into it. I might go back to it after I finish some of the other stuff I have to read. I've decided to replace it with Sandstorm, the first book in James Rollin's Sigma Force series. I originally started the series with the third book, and now that I've read all of the most recent books, I've decided to go back to the beginning.
I also bought a bunch of comics this evening. I got the first issues of Batman: Hush, Captain America: Out of Time, Fables, Green Lantern: Reborn, and The Amazing Spider-Man: The New Avengers. I actually just read the first B:H issue, which is the first Batman comic I've ever read, actually it's the first featuring any DC character. I'd give it a 9/10.
I also bought a bunch of comics this evening. I got the first issues of Batman: Hush, Captain America: Out of Time, Fables, Green Lantern: Reborn, and The Amazing Spider-Man: The New Avengers. I actually just read the first B:H issue, which is the first Batman comic I've ever read, actually it's the first featuring any DC character. I'd give it a 9/10.
Star Trek: The Art of the Film arrived in the post today. I love it. It's amazing how much effort went into all the designs, just to be lost in shaky-cam and hidden behind lens flares
I wasn't impressed by the online art released to hype this book, but a few minutes with a tatty display copy in a shop convinced me how awesome it is.
One thing I love on page 103: QWERTY keyboards on the bridge perimeter stations! I've been wanting to see a QWERTY in Trek forever (Enterprise came close, but had only a cut-down keyboard layout without labelled buttons).
I love this book. I do wish we got bigger shots of the Kelvin bridge stations - I still have the same urge I had as a kid to look really closely at all the buttons and displays on pretend spaceships.
Oh yeah, and I loved the spacedock. You only get a hint in the movie that there's a city or something in that bubble.
I'm suprised Franz Joseph never gets a mention, since Kelvin and spacedock were clearly insipred by his work.
I wasn't impressed by the online art released to hype this book, but a few minutes with a tatty display copy in a shop convinced me how awesome it is.
One thing I love on page 103: QWERTY keyboards on the bridge perimeter stations! I've been wanting to see a QWERTY in Trek forever (Enterprise came close, but had only a cut-down keyboard layout without labelled buttons).
I love this book. I do wish we got bigger shots of the Kelvin bridge stations - I still have the same urge I had as a kid to look really closely at all the buttons and displays on pretend spaceships
.Oh yeah, and I loved the spacedock. You only get a hint in the movie that there's a city or something in that bubble.
I'm suprised Franz Joseph never gets a mention, since Kelvin and spacedock were clearly insipred by his work.
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I'm going back through and re-reading old books that I read and loved many years ago, but haven't revisited. I'm a little over 100 pages into TNG: Q-Squared. I have to say, the book isn't really doing much for me right now. Perhaps it gets better, or perhaps my tastes in literature and writing have changed a bit since 1994 (when the book was originally published)!
Reading through my massive TNG book collection. I have every book to ever come out. I started reading them in chronological order a week or so ago. Currently on "The Captain's Honor" It will take me probably 6 months to get through everything, all the way up to the Destiny trilogy.
Finished Unworthy, now on to Unspoken Truths.
Finishing up Tales of Natural and Unnatural Catastrophes by Patricia Highsmith. This is the third SS collection of hers I read and it turns out I like her novels a LOT more than her short stories.
Just started The Windup Girl by Paolo Bacigalupi as part of the Hugo packet I downloaded. Haven't gotten far enough in to make a judgment yet.
Also as part of that packet I read The City & the City by China Miéville. It's my first book by him but there will be more. I thought this was awesome.
And finally from the Hugo packet I read Boneshaker by Cherie Priest. Lots of people are liking it but I don't think it really spoke to me. It's probably because for the most part Vampire and Zombie novels just don't do much for me.
Unless we're talking about Changeless by Gail Carriger, the 2nd book in her Parasol Protectorate series. Lots of fun.
And finally got to the last Kage Baker Company novel, The Sons of Heaven. The series itself had its ups and downs and I'm not sure the final book was a total thumbs up. A lot of the parts with Mendoza seem to drag it down.
At the same time I was finishing that up I also listened to Shakespeare: The World as Stage by Bill Bryson. A lot of that biography talked about the sparsity of records pertaining to Shakespeare and life in that period in general. I kept imagining Company preservers taking all those records. Kind of fun. And the book was good too.
Just started The Windup Girl by Paolo Bacigalupi as part of the Hugo packet I downloaded. Haven't gotten far enough in to make a judgment yet.
Also as part of that packet I read The City & the City by China Miéville. It's my first book by him but there will be more. I thought this was awesome.
And finally from the Hugo packet I read Boneshaker by Cherie Priest. Lots of people are liking it but I don't think it really spoke to me. It's probably because for the most part Vampire and Zombie novels just don't do much for me.
Unless we're talking about Changeless by Gail Carriger, the 2nd book in her Parasol Protectorate series. Lots of fun.
And finally got to the last Kage Baker Company novel, The Sons of Heaven. The series itself had its ups and downs and I'm not sure the final book was a total thumbs up. A lot of the parts with Mendoza seem to drag it down.
At the same time I was finishing that up I also listened to Shakespeare: The World as Stage by Bill Bryson. A lot of that biography talked about the sparsity of records pertaining to Shakespeare and life in that period in general. I kept imagining Company preservers taking all those records. Kind of fun. And the book was good too.
Sorry, but Star Wars is just going downhill fast and there really aren't many new ideas left in that universe. It's time to call it a day and give it up. Star Wars has jumped the shark.
I'm still stuggling with Seven Deadly Sins. It's OK, but nothing special overall.
What I am rather enjoying is The Sinner by Tess Gerritsen
I'm about 1/3rd into The Sheepfarmer's Daughter by Elizabeth Moon. It's nothing special so far. I'm giving it a ry based on some other's saying how good the series is. I'll get back to it after I finish The Sinner.
What I am rather enjoying is The Sinner by Tess Gerritsen
I'm also interpercing my reading with some SCE books. I recently finished Echoes of Coventry by Richard C. White. I rather enjoyed that one. Next week, I'll give Distant Early Warning by Dayton Ward & Kevin Dilmore a go.
I'm about 1/3rd into The Sheepfarmer's Daughter by Elizabeth Moon. It's nothing special so far. I'm giving it a ry based on some other's saying how good the series is. I'll get back to it after I finish The Sinner.
I finished The Children of Kings yesterday. Even though it took me a while (didn't feel much like reading last week), I really enjoyed it and thought it was an interesting story.
Sometime today I plan on starting another Sherlock Holmes story, The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans.
Sometime today I plan on starting another Sherlock Holmes story, The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans.
Unfortunately, I have to agree. I couldn't finish Legacy Of The Force, because after Jacen went evil they also made him a total idiot and it really pissed me off. I loved the story of Jacen's downfall until Inferno, and then he just started making such boneheaded moves that it didn't make any sense at all. He went evil to try and protect people more, and then just starts doing random shit like holding the Academy hostage and lighting Kashyyyk on fire? That's crap. Not to mention the end, where Luke has thoroughly beaten Jacen, and decides not to kill him because he suddenly has a revelation that it's only book 6 in a 9 book series. Grr.
Then I heard that they'd replaced Karen Traviss, who despite a rather odd Mandalorian obsession at least was capable of subtlety and nuance, with Christie Golden... and yeah, I'm not even starting that one. And I haven't read any reviews that convince me otherwise.
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