My second time was the audio novel, read by Rene Auberjonois, and that was pretty cool, too.
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My second time was the audio novel, read by Rene Auberjonois, and that was pretty cool, too.
Re OP's question: gotta be honest, like I said in another thread, Before Dishonor really gets me on the edge of my figurative seat. Very exciting, imo.
Indistinguishable from Magic as well. McIntee's rapid scene shifts leading up to the climax(es) do a really good job of adding suspense.
Besides, the stakes themselves are already really damn high in that book, so that certainly helps.
Indistinguishable from Magic as well. McIntee's rapid scene shifts leading up to the climax(es) do a really good job of adding suspense.
Besides, the stakes themselves are already really damn high in that book, so that certainly helps.
Agreed, it's one of my fave novels for this very reason!
I'd also like to nominate To Reign In Hell by Greg Cox.
The Entropy Effect by Vonda N. McIntyre was intensely intense. Watching The Clock also had some great moments of tension and excitement. And all three Destiny books had some great epic moments.
Like Worf fighting the Hirogen and SEVEN THOUSAND Borg ships ramming their way through the assembled fleet.
I was going to mention this one earlier. After my own intense period of reading up on all the Bantam and Ballantine ST stuff I'd missed throughout 1980 and early '81, "Starlog" magazine was mentioning "The Entropy Effect" - and there were the amusing reports of fans getting soooo angry about the advertised "death of Kirk" storyline, even though the story was supposedly set pre-TMP.
The book was delayed while Bantam completed its contracted manuscripts, but I well remember the day my copy of TEE finally arrived in the mail from Space Age Books in Melbourne. (In those days, that shop - now long-defunct - used to beat the Sydney SF store, Galaxy, in getting in new ST titles earlier than Pocket's sea-freighted stock.)
TEE was impossible to put down. The first time time-traveling Spock fails in his attempt to stop Kirk getting assassinated - and he has to watch Kirk die again - I was travelling on a crowded train and the whole carriage heard me say, "Oh no!"
It was a little disappointing when that title was republished in 2006 and the reviews from new readers were lacklustre. It's one of the few ST novels I've read more than twice and I love it. But it is a very nostalgic book for me, representing so much of my introduction to the ST franchise.
First 'Trek' book I ever read, that one! It was awesome!
