^Shards and Shadows is an anthology with contributions by 13 authors, not just me.
Best Star Trek author?
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ah, i see... the store i bought it from stated you as the author, no one else. and i haven't had time to pick up the book because the post office closed like five minutes before i got the text message that the parcel arrived...
[sarcasm]the swedish postal service is the most efficient in the world...[/sarcasm]
EDIT: i'm looking forward to the books btw. i've heard a lot of good reviews about your work.
I guess that's because I was alphabetically first in the list and the store only chose to list one author.
Oh no...Christopher Bennett reads this board? Now I feel really bad about ripping on "Over a Torrent Sea". Crud, sorry about that. I mostly blame in on my dislike of the Lavena character. I dug "Losing the Peace" though.
Michael Jan Friedman was the first Trek author whose name I committed to memory, such was the degree to which I enjoyed Starfleet: Year One and the Stargazer books (including Valiant).
S.D. Perry became the second after the Avatar books.
There are a few authors like Greg Cox and Diane Duane whom I have read from and enjoyed fondly, particularly Duane's Doctor's Orders. It had a very TOS "feel".
I'm just getting into the newer Trek books, but I recently bought a Trek book by Christopher Bennett regarding Picard in the years between his Stargazer and Enterprise commands just based on the author. Greater than the Sum was an unexpected delight.
S.D. Perry became the second after the Avatar books.
There are a few authors like Greg Cox and Diane Duane whom I have read from and enjoyed fondly, particularly Duane's Doctor's Orders. It had a very TOS "feel".
I'm just getting into the newer Trek books, but I recently bought a Trek book by Christopher Bennett regarding Picard in the years between his Stargazer and Enterprise commands just based on the author. Greater than the Sum was an unexpected delight.
"Losing The Peace" wasn't Christopher L. Bennett, it was written by William Leisner. He also posts here though, so I'm sure he'll be glad to read that.
Really, most of the current crop of writers posts here to some extent. Christopher, Dayton Ward, and William Leisner are probably the most frequent contributors.
Wow, I'm all over the place. That's what I get for reading a string of TNG books all set around the same time period back to back to back.
Mr Bennett has weathered worse, I'm sure.
Indeed. And don't worry too much about accidentally offending us. I can't speak for the rest of the gang, but if I wanted to avoid any negative comments about my books, I wouldn't hang out on message boards. You hang out with readers, you take your chances. That's just the way it works.
Plus, you can't really be too thin-skinned if you want to write Trek novels because, you know, rumor has it Trekkies are an opinionated bunch . . . .
Indeed. And don't worry too much about accidentally offending us. I can't speak for the rest of the gang, but if I wanted to avoid any negative comments about my books, I wouldn't hang out on message boards. You hang out with readers, you take your chances. That's just the way it works.
Plus, you can't really be too thin-skinned if you want to write Trek novels because, you know, rumor has it Trekkies are an opinionated bunch . . . .
Well said...
And some of us will give back as good as we get.Plus, you can't really be too thin-skinned if you want to write Trek novels because, you know, rumor has it Trekkies are an opinionated bunch . . . .
If the negative responses to my work outnumbered the positive ones, I'd be worried. Fortunately, they don't.
And hey, the worst thing would be to get no strong reaction at all.
And hey, the worst thing would be to get no strong reaction at all.
besides, constructive criticism can be a great help sometimes.
and as my philosophy teacher said. "you learn from the negative feedback and try to improve. that's what keeps the world going."
There were philosopher aliens? I just remember the big whale type aliens, but nothing that would make me think "philosopher" and certainly not "hilarious".
Trawl through the earlier pages and you'll see I said Christopher L. Bennett is my favourite Star Trek author.
I really like all of his novels because of the science element to them. It really makes Star Trek come alive for me, to actually have real solid science in a science fiction novel.
I really like all of his novels because of the science element to them. It really makes Star Trek come alive for me, to actually have real solid science in a science fiction novel.
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