What do you think was the best Trek book of 2014.
Best of 2014
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It is a hard choice.
Top 3
Acts of Contrition
Disavowed
The Light Fantastic.
This does not take away from everything else, another banner year for trek lit and the writers!
Top 3
Acts of Contrition
Disavowed
The Light Fantastic.
This does not take away from everything else, another banner year for trek lit and the writers!
This was pretty difficult to decide. Overall, I liked pretty much all the Treklit I read this year. But, while most everything was in the good to excellent range, nothing stands out to me as "knock the ball out of the park awesome" like the Destiny trilogy, The Never-Ending Sacrifice or some other past novels have been. I wound up voting for "The Collectors" with Disavowed being a close second for me.
I don't read all of the books and ebooks (notably, I don't read Beyer's Voyager novels, despite their outstanding reputation), so this does not come from someone who knows all of the works. But for me, what stands out about this year is the advent (or return) of the line of ebooks. I very much enjoyed all of the ebooks I read (I did not read the two TOS ebooks), and am finding that I really enjoy the ebook format, with its shorter, more tightly written stories.
Overall, I am well-pleased though not amazed by the quality of this year's Treklit and very much look forward to 2015.
Happy Holidays and a Happy New Year to everyone!
I don't read all of the books and ebooks (notably, I don't read Beyer's Voyager novels, despite their outstanding reputation), so this does not come from someone who knows all of the works. But for me, what stands out about this year is the advent (or return) of the line of ebooks. I very much enjoyed all of the ebooks I read (I did not read the two TOS ebooks), and am finding that I really enjoy the ebook format, with its shorter, more tightly written stories.
Overall, I am well-pleased though not amazed by the quality of this year's Treklit and very much look forward to 2015.
Happy Holidays and a Happy New Year to everyone!
A lot of great stories to choose from...
I almost voted for the latest entry, "The Collectors", based on the heavy quantity of awesomeness packed into every page and high quality of the writing, but I cast my vote for The Light Fantastic instead.
The Light Fantastic was fun, funny, and hard to put down. A wonderful story and superb character work by Jeffrey Lang, returning here from a too long absence from Treklit, left little question that the resurrected Data is something new, familiar in some respects but surprisingly different in others.
Data's decision toward the end of the novel (regarding a certain android's fate) was a polarizing moment for Treklit this year, with many readers questioning his justifications and the morality of his choice. Great Star Trek stories always raise intriguing questions and spur debate; The Light Fantastic certainly did that.
"The Collectors" was just as amazing as TLF, but TLF won my vote by the sole virtue of it being the homecoming novel of the long-lost Jeffrey Lang. A most welcome return from an author at the top of his game.
I almost voted for the latest entry, "The Collectors", based on the heavy quantity of awesomeness packed into every page and high quality of the writing, but I cast my vote for The Light Fantastic instead.
The Light Fantastic was fun, funny, and hard to put down. A wonderful story and superb character work by Jeffrey Lang, returning here from a too long absence from Treklit, left little question that the resurrected Data is something new, familiar in some respects but surprisingly different in others.
Data's decision toward the end of the novel (regarding a certain android's fate) was a polarizing moment for Treklit this year, with many readers questioning his justifications and the morality of his choice. Great Star Trek stories always raise intriguing questions and spur debate; The Light Fantastic certainly did that.
"The Collectors" was just as amazing as TLF, but TLF won my vote by the sole virtue of it being the homecoming novel of the long-lost Jeffrey Lang. A most welcome return from an author at the top of his game.
"Acts of Contrition". But it was a tough choice
I hate to be the bearer of bad news, but this poll has some major mistakes that make the results not accurate. One is that it has Peaceable Kingdoms listed which was released in December 2013 and it's missing The Missing and due to the fact that The Missing is not out yet (in eBook), it's too soon for this poll.
I assumed this poll was using the "official" release schedule for books, where Peaceable Kingdoms is theoretically the January 2014 release for that month and The Missing is the January 2015 release, despite both being available for purchase before those months.
Since The Missing will only be perusable for most of us during several actual days in 2014, I'm okay with its omission from the voting options and the inclusion of Peaceable Kingdoms for that same (belated) reasoning.
I recommend that the poll stands "as is."
Since The Missing will only be perusable for most of us during several actual days in 2014, I'm okay with its omission from the voting options and the inclusion of Peaceable Kingdoms for that same (belated) reasoning.
I recommend that the poll stands "as is."
Hmm, this is difficult. We've had some good novels, but nothing immediately stands out as particularly exceptional compared to the rest.
It's probably either The Light Fantastic - a welcome return from Lang, and just a flat-out enjoyable book - or Acts of Contrition. I'll consider it a bit further before I choose one...
It's probably either The Light Fantastic - a welcome return from Lang, and just a flat-out enjoyable book - or Acts of Contrition. I'll consider it a bit further before I choose one...
Very hard decision, due in part to so many good reads this year. My top choices were Kirsten's two Voyager novels (Protectors & Acts of Contrition), Tower of Babel by Christopher, The Light Fantstic by Jeff Lang, and Disavowed by David Mack. Also, an honorable mention to Mack's Seekers novel, Second Nature. My top choice has to be Tower of Babel, as I seem to really enjoy where Christopher seems to be taking the former crew members of the Enterprise 
Peaceable Kingdoms was the January 2014 book, as it was released at the end of December. Similarly, The Missing is the January 2015 book.
A lot of great stories to choose from...
I almost voted for the latest entry, "The Collectors", based on the heavy quantity of awesomeness packed into every page and high quality of the writing, but I cast my vote for The Light Fantastic instead.
The Light Fantastic was fun, funny, and hard to put down. A wonderful story and superb character work by Jeffrey Lang, returning here from a too long absence from Treklit, left little question that the resurrected Data is something new, familiar in some respects but surprisingly different in others.
Data's decision toward the end of the novel (regarding a certain android's fate) was a polarizing moment for Treklit this year, with many readers questioning his justifications and the morality of his choice. Great Star Trek stories always raise intriguing questions and spur debate; The Light Fantastic certainly did that.
"The Collectors" was just as amazing as TLF, but TLF won my vote by the sole virtue of it being the homecoming novel of the long-lost Jeffrey Lang. A most welcome return from an author at the top of his game.
This is a great post; The Collectors and The Light Fantastic would be my second and third choices, for the reasons you gave here, so I won't restate.
But first choice has to go to KMFB with Acts of Contrition. In addition to effortlessly balancing a ridiculous number of thematically connected stories, it contained her strongest moral stand yet; it made me sick to my stomach with sympathy and anger, and made me question my own blind spots about my culture. Just a phenomenal work.
My Top 3 would be "Acts Of Contrition", "Disavowed" and "No Time Like The Past". If there had been a third Zvoyager novel that probably would've made the top 3.
Star Trek: Department Of Temporal Investigations - The Collectors.
Hands down, no contest, no question, and indubitably, my dear Watson.
Hands down, no contest, no question, and indubitably, my dear Watson.
Thank you! Any particular reason why these three books were left off the list? It's "Favorite Book," not "Favorite Novel," so those three should really be on there.
(Yes, I'm biased, but it's my first Trek book in five years.....)
