Book Summary

[dispatcher812]

In preperation of the new Typhon Pact books next year, I started to reread the first 5. One of things I have a hard time doing is retaining what I have read, especially after such a long tme inbetween installments which is why I reread certain ones. I just finished Zero Sum Game and then wrote a summary of events. Does anyone else do this?

 

[Thrawn]

I've done this with every book I read, going back about 9 years now.

 

[ICW]

I've done this with every book I read, going back about 9 years now.

Would you be willing to publish your summaries on a personal blog or share them in any other way? Like the creator of this thread, I often forget some details but never had the time to create my own notes :/

 

[ryan123450]

I make some notes for ongoing series which I know will have big lapses in between entries. I too would love for Thrawn's notes to be availible in some form. Please, Thrawn????

 

[Therin of Andor]

Would you be willing to publish your summaries on a personal blog or share them in any other way? Like the creator of this thread, I often forget some details but never had the time to create my own notes :/

Isn't that what "Memory Beta" is for? Put up the summaries and let others annotate and cross reference the characters and events.

http://memory-beta.wikia.com/wiki/Category:Books

 

[dispatcher812]

Would you be willing to publish your summaries on a personal blog or share them in any other way? Like the creator of this thread, I often forget some details but never had the time to create my own notes :/

Isn't that what "Memory Beta" is for? Put up the summaries and let others annotate and cross reference the characters and events.

http://memory-beta.wikia.com/wiki/Category:Books

I just looked at that and while they do have a summary it seems to be missing alot. I looked at Seize the fire. But I guess that would work.

 

[ICW]

Would you be willing to publish your summaries on a personal blog or share them in any other way? Like the creator of this thread, I often forget some details but never had the time to create my own notes :/

Isn't that what "Memory Beta" is for? Put up the summaries and let others annotate and cross reference the characters and events.

http://memory-beta.wikia.com/wiki/Category:Books

I just looked at that and while they do have a summary it seems to be missing alot. I looked at Seize the fire. But I guess that would work.

I know of Memory Beta but like what what was said above, it's not exactly complete.

 

[Brikar99]

Isn't that what "Memory Beta" is for? Put up the summaries and let others annotate and cross reference the characters and events.

http://memory-beta.wikia.com/wiki/Category:Books

I just looked at that and while they do have a summary it seems to be missing alot. I looked at Seize the fire. But I guess that would work.

I know of Memory Beta but like what what was said above, it's not exactly complete.

Well it ain't gonna complete itself! Get crackin'!

 

[Thrawn]

I've done this with every book I read, going back about 9 years now.

Would you be willing to publish your summaries on a personal blog or share them in any other way? Like the creator of this thread, I often forget some details but never had the time to create my own notes :/

I've thought about it, but I definitely write them for me, not for other people; there's a lot of shorthand and slang, and asides that I think I'd later find funny. It's not exactly the sort of thing I could upload to, for instance, Memory Beta without a hell of a lot of editing, and it just doesn't seem like it's worth the time.

 

[Therin of Andor]

it seems to be missing alot.

That's my point. Memory Beta needs regular contributors, proofreaders, editors, trivia experts.

Memory Beta without a hell of a lot of editing, and it just doesn't seem like it's worth the time.

If everyone said that, it would never grow/improve.

I don't upload much to MB, but if I see errors or omissions I can fix quickly, I edit them. Entries don't have to be perfect first time, and you can add a note in "Talk" and ask for help editing.

 

[bok2384]

Or if you don't want to be patronized, interrogated and antagonized at every turn, you could always help me with my database at http://www.memory-omega.com/index.php?title=Main_Page, it's not as fancy as Memory Beta, or as well developed at this time, but I'm hoping for a more pleasant atmosphere.

 

[JD]

^Huh? Have there been issues with MB?

 

[bok2384]

^Huh? Have there been issues with MB?

I won't go into those issues again as there was quite a battle raging about it in February. I'll just say, that I got out as I find it a very uncomfortable and frustrating place to contribute to, with absolutely no community-minded atmosphere at all.

 

[Julio Angel Ortiz]

I would love to see the TrekLit equivalent of the Doctor Who reference guide emerge...somewhere...

 

[Therin of Andor]

I find it a very uncomfortable and frustrating place to contribute to, with absolutely no community-minded atmosphere at all.

Certainly not my experience. Ditto Memory Alpha. Anyone challenging my edits has done so in a patient, friendly manner.

I would love to see the TrekLit equivalent of the Doctor Who reference guide emerge...somewhere...

There was an ongoing "ST reference guide" project on a ST fiction listserv, but listservs seem to have fallen by the wayside as wikis took off. I haven't received an automated update from that listserv in years. They had done a lot of work, and I urged them to switch it all across to MB, but I doubt that happened.

 

[bok2384]

I find it a very uncomfortable and frustrating place to contribute to, with absolutely no community-minded atmosphere at all.

Certainly not my experience. Ditto Memory Alpha. Anyone challenging my edits has done so in a patient, friendly manner.

I am pleased that you have had a pleasant experience editing on there, and I hope that you continued to do so. I was a big part in resurrecting that wiki back in the day and spearheaded many initiatives on there with many fine people, who, unfortunately have left for varying reasons.

As a former administrator on there, I received many a PM or emails from users had been driven away by the sarcastic and high-handed administration being performed by some members.

Of course, discussion of these issues lead to tense confrontations and arguments and, not to put to fine a point on it, as this is a non-paying hobby, it's not worth the hastle.

I will continue with my own database, as it is a labour of love and I enjoy doing it. I, of course, extend an invite to anyone wishing to participate.

 

[Thrawn]

it seems to be missing alot.

That's my point. Memory Beta needs regular contributors, proofreaders, editors, trivia experts.

Memory Beta without a hell of a lot of editing, and it just doesn't seem like it's worth the time.

If everyone said that, it would never grow/improve.

I don't upload much to MB, but if I see errors or omissions I can fix quickly, I edit them. Entries don't have to be perfect first time, and you can add a note in "Talk" and ask for help editing.

Yeah, I'm fairly certain that "I was talking to Andy the other day about football, and that's I think the best way to understand the Romulan tactics here" is a little beyond the MB threshold

I don't mean that they're inaccurate and need a few tweaks, I mean that they're written for me.