Burning Dreams

[KRAD]

A thousand pardons if this has been asked elsewhere, but will this (eventually) be collected and published as an omnibus/collection (similar to SCE)?

Eventually, it probably will be, but I wouldn't hold my breath on it happening any time soon -- it's certainly not on any current schedule. If you really want to read a nifty new TOS story that spans the entire 30-year history of Kirk and the gang by Ward, Dilmore, Barr, Galanter, Bennett, Weinstein, and Bonanno, then you should just take the plunge and purchase the eBooks. You'll be glad you did. :thumbsup:

 

[FatherRob]

KRAD said:
If you really want to read a nifty new TOS story that spans the entire 30-year history of Kirk and the gang by Ward, Dilmore, Barr, Galanter, Bennett, Weinstein, and Bonanno, then you should just take the plunge and purchase the eBooks. You'll be glad you did. :thumbsup:

I've tried reading lengthier items on the computer before, and it just tires me out. I can't stand sitting at a computer screen and reading... so I'll have to (suffer and) wait...



Rob+

 

[KRAD]

^ Define "lengthier." Keep in mind that the Trek eBooks are a fourth of the length of a novel, and it's not like you're obligated to read it all in one sitting. You can read it in installments that aren't any longer than, say, the time you spend reading posts on this BBS.

 

[FatherRob]

About the lengthiest I can stand reading online is an abstract of a technical report from NASA... or a Wikipedia article... (even those I skim for what I am searching for).

Further, e-books require me to have a computer at hand to read them (all I would ever buy would be Trek, and that does not justify an e-book reader in my mind)... and I like to read while travelling, in a resturant, etc... Most of my reading is done over meals alone or over a break at the hospital.

Rob+

 

[garamet]

^I'm gonna get roasted for this, but as someone with amblyopia and astigmatism who spends her entire working day proofreading on a computer, I also prefer to do my recreational reading on a printed page. YMMV.

 

[Stevil2001]

Warped9 said:
But to make an entire novel essentially a one note piece does a great disservice to the real texture that could be fashioned from the Pike era.

I'm curious as to what you see as the unique advantages of the Pike era. I'm a big fan of Pike, but I don't really know how much a Pike-era story would be differentiable from a Kirk-era story.

 

[blakbyrd]

I might give them a try. Where do I find them?

 

[FatherRob]

Steve Mollmann said:

Warped9 said:
But to make an entire novel essentially a one note piece does a great disservice to the real texture that could be fashioned from the Pike era.

I'm curious as to what you see as the unique advantages of the Pike era. I'm a big fan of Pike, but I don't really know how much a Pike-era story would be differentiable from a Kirk-era story.

I guess everyone has a different take... I personally feel the Pike era is one that is a quieter one than Kirk's. The Klingons are out there, but they are quieter than in the Kirk era. The Romulans are quiet... it is a time of exploration, colonization, research, and expansion. It is an exciting time, yet a pensive time.

I know I am extrapolating that from just over 60 minutes of screen time (The Cage) and some base context clues... but that's how I see Pike's era... and that's why Burning Dreams fits the bill so well for me...

Rob+

 

[Christopher]

FatherRob said:
About the lengthiest I can stand reading online is an abstract of a technical report from NASA... or a Wikipedia article... (even those I skim for what I am searching for).

The print in an e-book is probably larger and wider-spaced by default, and thus easier to read. And you can adjust the type size to what's most comfortable for you. So the length of time you can spend reading one would probably be greater.

FatherRob said:
I personally feel the Pike era is one that is a quieter one than Kirk's. The Klingons are out there, but they are quieter than in the Kirk era. The Romulans are quiet... it is a time of exploration, colonization, research, and expansion. It is an exciting time, yet a pensive time.

I'd tend to assume the opposite about the Klingons, since this was before the Organian Treaty so there'd be nothing to prevent the Klingons from launching skirmishes and raids against Starfleet vessels or Federation outposts.

Pike had a recurring Klingon adversary in the Early Voyages comic.

 

[Nerys Myk]

Perhaps Burning Dreams is too "cerebral" for some readers.

 

[blakbyrd]

Christopher said:
The print in an e-book is probably larger and wider-spaced by default, and thus easier to read. And you can adjust the type size to what's most comfortable for you. So the length of time you can spend reading one would probably be greater.

Again, from where are these eBooks purchased? Amazon?

 

[RookieBatman]

I recommend eReader.com. I shop there for all my eBooks, and they have a lot of free ones, too, if you like the classics.
EDIT: Just to be fair, I'll mention that you can also get them from Amazon or even the Pocket Books website itself, but the reason I like eReader is that it's dirt simple to get a book back if you lose it.

 

[Christopher]

Amazon seems to have recently dropped a couple of eBook formats in favor of promoting one from a company they recently bought. But they're available from other vendors. Trek eBooks are available from Simonsays.com, the publisher's website.

 

[ATimson]

RookieBatman said:
I recommend eReader.com. I shop there for all my eBooks, and they have a lot of free ones, too, if you like the classics.
EDIT: Just to be fair, I'll mention that you can also get them from Amazon or even the Pocket Books website itself, but the reason I like eReader is that it's dirt simple to get a book back if you lose it.

Same with S&S's website. (At least, in Palm & MS Reader--not entirely sure about Adobe.)

If you're worried about readability, keep in mind that Adobe's are just as flexible/inflexible as any other PDF file. If you want to try MS Reader or eReader, the best way would be with a free book. That way you can choose which reader suits you best.

 

[blakbyrd]

RookieBatman said:
I recommend eReader.com. I shop there for all my eBooks, and they have a lot of free ones, too, if you like the classics.
EDIT: Just to be fair, I'll mention that you can also get them from Amazon or even the Pocket Books website itself, but the reason I like eReader is that it's dirt simple to get a book back if you lose it.

Christopher said:
Amazon seems to have recently dropped a couple of eBook formats in favor of promoting one from a company they recently bought. But they're available from other vendors. Trek eBooks are available from Simonsays.com, the publisher's website.

Much obliged. :thumbsup:

 

[JWolf]

garamet said:
One of the cool aspects of posting anonymously on a bbs is that one can adopt a godlike attitude of being above it all, and often other posters won't suspect a thing.

I know a lot of people just think we are words on a screen and not really real if we are not there in person. So they act online in ways they don't offline. Which is a real shame. I met my wife on IRC. I never acted any different then who/how I am when I'm not at the computer.

Warped9, all we want is for you to give your opinion without all the "Since I didn't like it, I won't donate the book to the library so nobody else has to put up with such a lousy book". I have yet to read it. I own a copy. And I have just reserved it from the library so I can keep my copy in unread condition for now. Be that as it may, I didn't mind your review, I just minded the attitued that went with it.

I recently finished Mission Gamma: Twilight and I thought it was very good. The story was good, but I also really enjoyed all that character developement. Mainly in Vaughn, Prynn, & Shar as well as the budding romance between Ro and Quark. To me, the plot was the background to the characters. Even Kira had some soul searching going on. And the New Frontier book Fire on High had a plot that was (IMHO) poor. But what made the book really enjoyable was that the plot wasn't much a part of the book. The characters were the book. Anyway, all I'm saying is done right, stores that focus on the characters instead of the action done right can be very enjoyable. And I am looking forward to reading Burning Dreams sometime after my pile of Trek books dwindles. Vulcan's Soul Book 2: Exiles & Summon the Thunder are top of the list and it looks like I'll be getting Rosetta from the library. I know.. too many books at one time.

 

[Warped9]

Nerys Myk said:
Perhaps Burning Dreams is too "cerebral" for some readers.

Uh, no. There isn't much cerebral about BD.

Re: another post m,\ade upthread, I'm already curious about Constellations. But presently there isn't anything else Trek lit wise I have any interest in. I am, however, still waiting for my pre-ordered copy of Boarding The Enterprise.

 

[A beaker full of death]

garamet said:
the god thing.

Subtle.

 

[A beaker full of death]

Steve Roby said:
Perhaps I'm reading something into your posts that isn't there. When you say "for me Trek doesn't exist in a vacuum" and so on, there's a possibility that you're implying that the people who disagree with you have less context or lower standards for judging the merits of Star Trek novels.

Aww come on; the guy gets criticized for not qualifying his opinion as an opinion; you can't criticize him when he does so.

 

[zhu]

A beaker full of death said:

garamet said:
the god thing.

Subtle.

Did garamet just accuse Warped9 of being TGT's dual?