Burning Dreams
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zhu said:
Did garamet just accuse Warped9 of being TGT's dual?
No, they were both around at the same time.
Which doesn't mean anything, of course.
Folks, let's get back on topic. Thank you.
Folks, let's get back on topic. Thank you.
Oh, you're so very sly.Nerys Myk said:
Warped9 said:
Uh, no. There isn't much cerebral about BD.Nerys Myk said:
Perhaps Burning Dreams is too "cerebral" for some readers.
Well thats the sort of response I'd expect from someone who doesn't get it. It was a thinking man's book.
If this book made you think then I indeed feel sorry for you. Reminds me of someone I knew who claimed you had to see The Matrix more than once to really understand it. Uh, no I don't think so--if you're on the ball you get it the first time around. There was nothing whatsoever deep in BD and nothing that hasn't been done in other books numerous times before.
OK, not to get too far off the topic here, but this happens to be one thing you've said here that I can wholeheatrtedly agree and sympathize with - the first time I saw The Matrix, it was along about the sequence where Neo wakes up in the "real" world for the first time, naked and covered in goo, and the person I was watching it worth turns to me and says, "Don't worry, it'll all make sense eventually." To which my reaction was, "Um…it makes sense now…" I mean, The Matrix was a great movie for what it was, but don't try to make it anything more than a big, fun popcorn movie with a slightly higher IQ than your average Bruckheimer fare!
We now return you to your regularly scheduled argument, already in progress...
Alright, guys, knock it off.
Corran Horn said:
I only hope Pike was able to watch historical recordings of Crimson Tide. He might have found it somewhat...familiar.
While the events on the Aldin where similar to certain events of Crimson Tide, I found it more akin to the book, Lieutenant Hornblower and in other books of that nature (the SF version being the Seafort Saga).
In CT, both officers were right and both were wrong. In Hornblower, the captain was a bit off his rocker and the Lieutenant Hornblower and the other officers removed him from command. In BD, Pike was right and the captain was... well... not being right.
Then again, a younger officer going against his superior is a staple of the type of military fiction found in Trek.
It was, nevertheless, still a welcomed part of the book. I thought it showcased Pike's need to put the safety of the ship and crew first and himself second.
garamet,
I don't have the book in front of me now, but I just saw something that reminded me of a small nitpick...
At one point, you had Spock playing what was identified as a Vulcan Lute... but a Lute is a wind instrument... Spock played the Vulcan Lyre (though I don't recall it ever being called such onscreen).
Just something I noticed... (don't worry, I still loved the book!)
Rob+
I don't have the book in front of me now, but I just saw something that reminded me of a small nitpick...
At one point, you had Spock playing what was identified as a Vulcan Lute... but a Lute is a wind instrument... Spock played the Vulcan Lyre (though I don't recall it ever being called such onscreen).
Just something I noticed... (don't worry, I still loved the book!)
Rob+
No, a flute is a wind instrument. A lute is a string instrument sort of like a guitar but with a pear-shaped body.
However, you are correct that Spock's string instrument seen on TOS was more akin to a lyre or harp than a lute. It's usually known as a Vulcan harp or Vulcan lyre, though it was given the name ka'athyra in garamet's earlier novel Dwellers in the Crucible (which she presumably derived from kithara, a Greek lyre-like instrument).
Still, who says there isn't such a thing as a Vulcan lute and that Spock didn't play it as well as the Vulcan harp?
Or a fluke, but that's mostly for music styles heavy on bass.
...what? It's been almost a week without bad fish puns.
Fictitiously yours, Trent Roman
...what? It's been almost a week without bad fish puns.
Fictitiously yours, Trent Roman
^ I hope it doesn't turn the thread bass-ackwards.
I'm pleased to report that reorder activity on Burning Dreams has been excellent. After less than a month on sale, the first printing is a total blowout, and we've had to rush back to press for a second printing.
Congratulations, Margaret!
Congratulations, Margaret!
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