If you have a computer, you can read e-books. The software can be downloaded for free.
Announcing new DTI novella and Rise of the Federation 3 & 4!
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Which free e-reader would be a good choice to read the format used for TrekLit?
I believe the books are available in multiple formats depending on the vendor. For instance Amazon offers them in Kindle format and Barnes & Noble in Nook format. But whatever site you buy it from would probably offer the software needed to read it in their format.
Personally, I've always liked the Google Play Books format of the ebooks. It makes it easy to save your place between different platforms, and you can read it off a browser if you want to.
The only problem is that most of the time (or at least at release) Amazon Kindle editions of the eBooks tend to be $2-3 cheaper than from Google or B&N.
The only problem is that most of the time (or at least at release) Amazon Kindle editions of the eBooks tend to be $2-3 cheaper than from Google or B&N.
I have to disagree with the pricing. I've seen Google matching the price of Amazon. The last price drop on a Trek book, Goodle was right there with the same price as Amazon.
Really?
I know I was probably being impatient with Peaceable Kingdoms but that was priced 2-3 dollars lower on Amazon on the release date than on Google Play.
I know I was probably being impatient with Peaceable Kingdoms but that was priced 2-3 dollars lower on Amazon on the release date than on Google Play.
Oh, I thought you mean Windows Phones, and I didn't know OS X was computers, I thought it was a tablet or phone OS.^ Which is why I mentioned OS X and Windows.
As for other ebook platforms: I know Apple's iBooks is - now - available on OS X and not just iOS. I don't know if there's a Windows equivalent to that app.
Almost any of them are pretty easy these days; if you have an Amazon account already, buying something on Kindle and then reading it online is insanely simple. Writing this post probably is taking longer than it'd take you to try it.
Once upon a time, I would've tried to construct detailed calculations for the system before I wrote the book. But I admit, I let that slide here, focusing more on the cultural and historical worldbuilding than the astrophysics. But the book will give a pretty good overview of the system, I think.
I can't wait to see how you've fleshed out the Rigel worlds, and how you've tied all of the myriad bits and pieces from so many episodes and novels together. I wonder how much the Definitive Novel 'Verse Rigel will resemble the sketchy image I've haphazardly pieced together - I look forward to a hefty update of my encyclopaedia...
Incidentally, I have a friend on another forum who loves the Rigelians. Enterprise is his favourite Star Trek series, and for reasons I've never quite been able to fathom he considers Rigelians his favourite race. In fact, he's asked me in the past for additional information on them. He doesn't really read Trek novels but has no objection to doing so, and he's definitely interested in Tower of Babel. It's pretty much exactly what he was asking after - a novel exploring Rigel and the Rigelians.
Incidentally, I have a friend on another forum who loves the Rigelians. Enterprise is his favourite Star Trek series, and for reasons I've never quite been able to fathom he considers Rigelians his favourite race. In fact, he's asked me in the past for additional information on them. He doesn't really read Trek novels but has no objection to doing so, and he's definitely interested in Tower of Babel. It's pretty much exactly what he was asking after - a novel exploring Rigel and the Rigelians.
We've had earlier conversations about this, back before I could reveal I was already working on this novel, and we had come to similar conclusions about novelverse Rigel.
I haven't acknowledged every version of Rigel in the books, since there are a number of contradictory ones; for instance, I disregarded John Vornholt's Mind Meld and all the various RPG versions. Basically I've kept it to books that are part of the modern novel continuity, such as Catalyst of Sorrows (a key source on Rigel IV) and the various stories about the USS Lovell (which has a Rigelian crewman). Although I also drew on Early Voyages #3 for details on Rigel VII and the Ka(y)lar.
For those who wish to grab it, BD are offering this at a pre-buy price of £4.26.
http://www.bookdepository.com/Rise-Federation-Uncertain-Logic-Christopher-Bennett/9781476779119
(It doesn't stay at that price, so best to move quick)
http://www.bookdepository.com/Rise-Federation-Uncertain-Logic-Christopher-Bennett/9781476779119
(It doesn't stay at that price, so best to move quick)
I would've guessed a newly not-in-prison-anymore Kivas Fajo. If Indistinguishable from Magic is still considered "canon," Rasmussen's effectively dead.
What happened to Rasmussen?
In the chaos of the Interpid's time travel utilizing the Split Infinite, Rasmussen stole a shuttle from Challenger and escaped.
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