Back Cover Blurb and cover for New Frontier: Blind Man's Bluff
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The cover is uninspiring...and even depressing looking to be honest. The plot sounds interesting and if this is indeeed the New Frontier finale I hope it's good. Regarding the Destiny comment...aren't the NF books still behind in the timeline or have they caught up? I can't remember.
it tells you that they're not dead at that time, but it don't tell you squat about whem BMB is set.
Calhoun was feeling increasingly uncomfortable about Morgan throughout "Treason". I'm not expecting "Blind Man's Buff" to be set too far away from that story.
Maybee the whole point of it was to make you feel down and depressed cus its gonna be that kinda story.
As for his last one i doubt it is, otherwise it would have been hyped up as such.......
TBH - the book can't come soon enough! One of my favourite ever Trek series (and I include the tv-shows in that) and one that has never (well, almost never - some of the beta-stories in the Excalibur Trilogy were a bit awful) disappointed. I don't imagine that I will be disappointed this time round either.
Good to know I wasn't the only one who saw that cover and went... Oh great, another Starfleet emblem lost on a barren planetary surface.
Exciting stuff (sarcasm)
That said, I've enjoyed the NF series for years now and (other than one instance of major mischaracterization and plot I like to pretend never happened in Before Dishonor) Peter David rarely fails to entertain.
Exciting stuff (sarcasm)
That said, I've enjoyed the NF series for years now and (other than one instance of major mischaracterization and plot I like to pretend never happened in Before Dishonor) Peter David rarely fails to entertain.
We've gotta find out who's dropping these things all over the quadrant. . .
This really doesn't interest me one bit.
I think the stories for NF are once again getting more and more outrageous.
Why does every story need to be about something going horrifically wrong and shaking the very foundations of the Federation or Starfleet.
What about having a good old adventure yarn?
I think the stories for NF are once again getting more and more outrageous.
Why does every story need to be about something going horrifically wrong and shaking the very foundations of the Federation or Starfleet.
What about having a good old adventure yarn?
Not only that, but a sword with a Starfleet emblem. How that tied into Mac's sword (which was a broken danteri sword) I have no idea.
Corran, the sword is supposed to represent King Arthur's Excalibur, the name of Calhoun's starship, and since it is a Starfleet vessel, we have the sword with a Starfleet emblem.
Simple.
While I've still been enjoying the series overall, I do somewhat agree with you here. The last few years worth of stories have definitely been several steps down in quality from the earlier ones. IMO they've gone from awsome to Ok. I still like the characters, and I've liked the stories enough that I'll continue with the series as long as it's around, but I will not be at all disappointed if this is the last book.
Wow, you both kind of put words to what I've been feeling.
I've always enjoyed New Frontier, but I haven't found that "Spark" when reading the series of late...
It might be because all the avenues I figured were to be explored, weren't and we've been diverted to other things.
Kind of a shame, I miss that feeling.
I've always enjoyed New Frontier, but I haven't found that "Spark" when reading the series of late...
It might be because all the avenues I figured were to be explored, weren't and we've been diverted to other things.
Kind of a shame, I miss that feeling.
Maybe I'm just looking for a bit more exploration in NF since it is being done in the other series. I won't be picking up BMB and unless future books, should there be any, pick up more of a theme I'm interested in, I won't buy any more.
I'm interested in the story, but I'm with those who say that the cover seems uninspired. The 'landscape, emblem, sword' theme has really been dull as far as I've been concerned. I wouldn't mind the emblem and sword as much, but what is the big deal about those landscapes? WHY are they all over these books when they really don't have a lot to do with the story - I can't really justify it as the fact that it's representative of the Excalibur being all on its own with the Trident and Bravo Station and Soleta's warbird in there as well. And it's just not very eye catching. My eyes just kinda pass over it, rather than get drawn to it.
I was thinking about this more, and I realized where my problem lies, and TBH it's rather obvious. Peter David has just spread things out way to much, I know other series like Vanguard have followed multiple groups of characters, but for some reason it just hasn't worked for NF.
