Lando Griffin
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What's the greatest "thrill ride" of a Trek novel. One that really gets you excited and rocks your face?
Get the blood pumping
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Some of the IKS Gorkon books were pretty exciting.
Yeah, that works.
"Star Trek: TNG Section 31 Rogue" by Mangels & Martin
I really enjoyed this, a good deal of action.
I really enjoyed this, a good deal of action.
The Shatnerverse novels. The Return, Avenger, etc. all feature James T. Kirk, unkillable Trek icon, laying the smack down on the 24th century.
Also, the DS9 Millenium trilogy. And the recent Destiny trilogy. And the Voyager novel Battle Lines. And many more which won't come to mind at the moment.
Also, the DS9 Millenium trilogy. And the recent Destiny trilogy. And the Voyager novel Battle Lines. And many more which won't come to mind at the moment.
David R. George III is pretty good at this, such as the Jarada attack on the Defiant in Twilight and Sisko and Vaughn's attack on the Borg in Rough Beasts of Empire.
I was going to mention Destiny (which is already there) and also Zero Sum Game, which hasn't been mentioned yet. Looks like ZSG is David Mack too - I'd forgotten.
Warpath is a great one too.
So "anything by David Mack" is probably pretty accurate.
Warpath is a great one too.
So "anything by David Mack" is probably pretty accurate.
DorkBoy [TM];5264950 said:I was going to mention Destiny (which is already there) and also Zero Sum Game, which hasn't been mentioned yet. Looks like ZSG is David Mack too - I'd forgotten.
Warpath is a great one too.
So "anything by David Mack" is probably pretty accurate.
I believe we have a consensus!
Nothing really overshadows my first two Pocket Books experiences: the novelization of ST:TMP, read in a weekend while waiting for a friend or family member to accept my invitation to go into the city and see the movie (I went by myself in the end). The pace of the book, with its many short chapters, is much swifter than the movie itself.
Then, after a delay enforced by Bantam's still-in-production last few ST novels, and some controversy over Kirk's demise played out in "Starlog" magazine, came "The Entropy Effect". I was reading it on a crowded train and vocalized a loud "Oh no!" when Spock saw Kirk die a second time.
Yeah, and "Destiny" also had many blood-pumping moments. Often, space battles (onscreen or on the page) leave me cold.
Oh man, and speaking of David Mack, I can't believe I forgot Wildfire. There's an argument to be made that Wildfire is still Mack's best story, even after Vanguard and Destiny. Grabs you by the throat and doesn't let go. I may have never been so gripped by a story, and that's even knowing the ending, more or less.
Wha? There was action in this book? I only remember a brief skirmish with a Ferengi that lasted a paragrapgh or so.
Which book are you referring to? Both were plenty action-packed, as I recall.
For me...hmm...
There was Diane Duane's The Empty Chair. Dang spectacular.
Mike and Andy's Excelsior: Forged In Fire.
I'm sure I can think of a few others that haven't been mentioned, given time....
There was Diane Duane's The Empty Chair. Dang spectacular.
Mike and Andy's Excelsior: Forged In Fire.
I'm sure I can think of a few others that haven't been mentioned, given time....
This guy has my number. The Reeves-Stevenses, while favouring what might be described as a 'comic-book-esque' sensibility, know how to write a gripping action sequence! If you are a DS9 fan, go Millenium. Original Series fan? Check out The Ashes of Eden.
Definitely. And I forgot "DS9: Fallen Heroes" before.
Warpath, and another David Mack story that I cant remember the name of. It was a COE story that dealt with sonya and her team going down to a planet and attempting to recover a torpedo...or probe...or nuke. Anyways, it ends with everyone getting shot up with projectile weapons and sonya taking one through the back that came out her chest.
It was an amazing scene....for any book!!
It was an amazing scene....for any book!!
