Are the DS9 novels a worthy continuation of the TV series?
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I think they are completely worthy of the series; I have enjoyed most of them very much.
My guess would be s/he used a very under rated and unknown program known as photoshop.
But seriously, you should be able to create such at image in pretty much any image editing program, but Photoshop is very well known and I think is the industry standard for such endeavours.
In is a fantastic image and I made something similar years ago for my Myspace profile of all the Books and films I liked.
As for the books themselves, I've read them all apart from Lives of Dax, A Stitch in Time, Rising Son and The Left hand of Destiny duology and the only stories I wasn't keen on were the Andorian (Paragram???) in Worlds of Deep Space Nine book one and the Normal Universe section of Fearful Symmetry.
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I'll echo much of what was said here. I got into the novels because the vouchers included with the DS9 DVD sets in the UK allowed one to pick one of several prizes; I chose Andy Robinson's book (sort of the start of the relaunch -- if you don't count Lives of Dax or Prophecy and Change). After watching the DVD set which included whole seasons I had never seen any of it was quite exciting to be able to pick things up where they left off. Robinson's book was excellent. I then learned the relaunch was in full swing and I was pretty far behind so I quickly bought up everything -- including the Left Hand of Destiny books -- and have been enjoying the characterisations of the old characters, the new characters and the quality of the writing in general.
I originally LOVED the relaunch. I thought the authors really nailed the characterizations and the feel of the show, and couldn't wait for more. Then that whole mess happened in "Olympus Descending" and personally, the whole Nietzschean feel of it was a turnoff to me. But from what I've heard, things have taken a direction I am less than thrilled with in general (as well as the other relaunches). This whole mess with the Mirror Universe, for instance, strikes me as convoluted to the point of ridiculousness. I also disagree with some of the decisions made about Ezri, and a host of other stuff like the Borg plot as well.
It's gotten to where novel-wise, I'm pretty much only following Titan, and the Cardassian arc.
It's gotten to where novel-wise, I'm pretty much only following Titan, and the Cardassian arc.
I'm really liking the post TV books for DS9. I think the character evolutions are quite interesting and I'm looking forward to how it develops.
Well, Nerys, the mirror universe thing was only planned to be two novels, which stretched into 3 novels and 4 years because of some author confusion. It ended up taking this huge amount of time, but was never intended to be so huge.
Hopefully things will get back on a track you enjoy with McCormack's novel this year.
Hopefully things will get back on a track you enjoy with McCormack's novel this year.
So is Mission Gamma books 3 & 4 going to be coming back into print anytime soon? I picked up the ominbus for books 1 & 2 but heard somewhere that there wasn't going to be a second omnibus due to low sales. I tried looking for used copies but they're going for between 12-32 bucks and frankly... I don't care what the book is I'm not spending that much on a used paperback that was 7 bucks when it was published less than a decade ago.
I think...even the entire idea bugged me. It may be just me, but along with not being the biggest Mirror-Universe fan, I kind of preferred leaving the whole Iliana Ghemor thing alone. I preferred the ambiguity, the not-knowing, as it seemed more in keeping with what was intended in "Second Skin."
Now that I am most DEFINITELY looking forward to! Even the cover art is just...wow. Is that a final version yet?
As the catalogue and the MB entry would be the same, it would be safe to assume that it may not be actuate just yet
When I expressed my confusion in thinking that the protagonist of N-ES had been someone we'd seen before, KRAD quickly came up with a reference (i.e., that he was one of the orphans we'd seen onscreen in... er... I don't recall the episode; "Cardassians" maybe) for where we'd seen him before. That might just be KRAD's encyclopedic mind at work, but it does seem to back the accuracy of the blurb.
Fictitiously yours, Trent Roman
Fictitiously yours, Trent Roman
^ Yeah, Rugal was the Cardassian-born kid raised on Bajor seen in
"Cardassians" (among other things, he bit Garak). His biological father was Kotan Pa'Dar, a former member of the Detapa Council (and someone who played a big role in the Terok Nor miniseries, incidentally), and Sisko reluctantly sent him back to Cardassia with Pa'Dar, even though Rugal considered himself Bajoran.
"Cardassians" (among other things, he bit Garak). His biological father was Kotan Pa'Dar, a former member of the Detapa Council (and someone who played a big role in the Terok Nor miniseries, incidentally), and Sisko reluctantly sent him back to Cardassia with Pa'Dar, even though Rugal considered himself Bajoran.
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