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    So What Are you Reading?: Generations

    What @Smiley said. Book I of Ben-Hur concerns itself entirely with the Christmas/Epiphany story (from the point of view of three men, Balthasar,...
    Post by: hbquikcomjamesl, Apr 24, 2024 at 12:31 AM in forum: Trek Literature
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    So What Are you Reading?: Generations

    Back to Ben-Hur, I'm now into Book VI. It seems that Messala has survived the collision, but will never walk again. He arranges to lure Judah to a...
    Post by: hbquikcomjamesl, Apr 23, 2024 at 6:38 PM in forum: Trek Literature
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    So What Are you Reading?: Generations

    "My God, what's Bond doing?" "I think he's attempting reentry." -- final scene of Moonraker And before we start thinking about sex in space...
    Post by: hbquikcomjamesl, Apr 23, 2024 at 4:23 AM in forum: Trek Literature
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    So What Are you Reading?: Generations

    Meanwhile, back at the ranch . . . . Now on page 426, 2/3 of the way through Ben-Hur. Judah has won the chariot race; no word yet about Messala's...
    Post by: hbquikcomjamesl, Apr 22, 2024 at 5:44 PM in forum: Trek Literature
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    So What Are you Reading?: Generations

    5 chapters into Book V of Ben-Hur. Judah and the Sheik both know that Messala is spying on them, the Sheik having gotten one of Messala's...
    Post by: hbquikcomjamesl, Apr 21, 2024 at 2:08 AM in forum: Trek Literature
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    So What Are you Reading?: Generations

    Judah Ben-Hur is now training the sheik's horses for the chariot race. And getting along very well with them. And also getting along well with...
    Post by: hbquikcomjamesl, Apr 19, 2024 at 5:36 PM in forum: Trek Literature
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    So What Are you Reading?: Generations

    Now past the midpoint (which coincides almost exactly with the end of Book IV), and one chapter into Book V of Ben-Hur, which consists almost...
    Post by: hbquikcomjamesl, Apr 18, 2024 at 10:55 PM in forum: Trek Literature
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    So What Are you Reading?: Generations

    Interesting. Probably the only Diane Carey TOS novel I don't remember. That may be next after I finish Ben-Hur. Closing in on the mid-point (and...
    Post by: hbquikcomjamesl, Apr 17, 2024 in forum: Trek Literature
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    So What Are you Reading?: Generations

    Funny you should bring up the hyphen. They say that if you look hard enough, you'll find a web page for anything . . .
    Post by: hbquikcomjamesl, Apr 16, 2024 in forum: Trek Literature
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    So What Are you Reading?: Generations

    Closing in on the midpoint of Ben-Hur, and in the chapter I just finished, Messala's friends have been feeding him clues (at a party that is...
    Post by: hbquikcomjamesl, Apr 16, 2024 in forum: Trek Literature
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    So What Are you Reading?: Generations

    Hmm. Any known relation to GC?
    Post by: hbquikcomjamesl, Apr 15, 2024 in forum: Trek Literature
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    So What Are you Reading?: Generations

    Now nine chapters into Book IV, and Ben-Hur has just run into Messala, whom he recognized almost instantly. Messala, on the other hand, didn't...
    Post by: hbquikcomjamesl, Apr 15, 2024 in forum: Trek Literature
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    So What Are you Reading?: Generations

    With apologies to Donny Osmond, "Cute, CLB, real cute." :nyah: (And while I quite literally never saw so much as a single complete episode of any...
    Post by: hbquikcomjamesl, Apr 15, 2024 in forum: Trek Literature
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    So What Are you Reading?: Generations

    Now six chapters into Book IV: Ben-Hur is visiting the Grove of Daphne, and is on guard against losing himself in the hedonism.
    Post by: hbquikcomjamesl, Apr 14, 2024 in forum: Trek Literature
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    So What Are you Reading?: Generations

    Now four chapters into Book IV, one of the two longest sections of Ben-Hur. He has prospered as the adopted son of an admiral, and has now hooked...
    Post by: hbquikcomjamesl, Apr 13, 2024 in forum: Trek Literature