Good reason Why 1-2 books a month is a good thing
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If you are referring to the Misison Gamma Book, I've not read it yet, I've got These Haunted Seas, but I need to read the Gateways books, and then I want to wait until I get the 3rd and 4th book before I get into it. I'm just trying to figure out how to get those books in good condition without putting another mortgage on my house 
EDIT: I just checked the page count, and yeah it might take me about 5-6 hours to get through that one. I can generally read Star Trek Lit at about 100 pages an hour if not more on some of the easier reads.
EDIT: I just checked the page count, and yeah it might take me about 5-6 hours to get through that one. I can generally read Star Trek Lit at about 100 pages an hour if not more on some of the easier reads.
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And I thought I was doing well at less than a week per book
I've got a stack nearly 25 books high of relaunchy stuff and new series (SCE, IKS Gorkon, etc) waiting to be read. So I'm finding 1-2 releases a month is giving me a chance to catch up too. I'm a completist though (or a form of OCD), so I can't read the Gateways DS9 book without reading the rest of the series... and therefore I can't read the Challenger one without reading New Earth. I'm still at least a half a year of getting anywhere near reading the Destiny trilogy!
Hmm, this might take a while...
That's pretty impressive, I think I read about 50-60 pages per hour.
And I thought I was doing well at less than a week per book
I've got a stack nearly 25 books high of relaunchy stuff and new series (SCE, IKS Gorkon, etc) waiting to be read. So I'm finding 1-2 releases a month is giving me a chance to catch up too. I'm a completist though (or a form of OCD), so I can't read the Gateways DS9 book without reading the rest of the series... and therefore I can't read the Challenger one without reading New Earth. I'm still at least a half a year of getting anywhere near reading the Destiny trilogy!
Hmm, this might take a while...
I'm the same way! I caught up with that whole thing a few years ago, recently I've got the whole Gorkon thing done as well as TNG-R, Titan, and ENT-R, and I'm working on the rest of the A Time To series (re-read) so I can get to Articles (re-read, but I don't remember anything about it and I want to have it fresh for Destiny), then Voyager Spirit Walk, then maybe a GTTS re-read just to get everything back in place. THEN I can happily read Destiny.
So I'm about a month away. Damn minor OCD.
I think it's about the same as the wait for any other print series... do you follow many series that publish more than once a year?
Well, I just got into SCE, so there is an abundance to read of course.
But there have been a few years in the DS9R were things seemed to come out fairly rapidly. I think the DS9R came out in... 2001? So, in 8 years I think someone said we'd had 14 books? And there were 2 years between Warpath and FS, so we definitely got more than one a year.
I've stopped following most non-Trek books now, so I'm not sure what they're up to these days... man that sounds weird. Usually I pick out whats interesting as stand-alone... I'll have to think on this...
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When I was younger, Little House on the Prairie were already written- I bought the whole box and read it while I recovered from chicken pox, if memory serves.
I also used to read Redwall, I'm not sure how often they were released, but while waiting for new I could read the older ones.
I realize I actually read a ton of older stuff, due to the interest I developed in university, so I don't spend as much time on edge waiting for books other than ST.
But there have been a few years in the DS9R were things seemed to come out fairly rapidly. I think the DS9R came out in... 2001? So, in 8 years I think someone said we'd had 14 books? And there were 2 years between Warpath and FS, so we definitely got more than one a year.
I've stopped following most non-Trek books now, so I'm not sure what they're up to these days... man that sounds weird. Usually I pick out whats interesting as stand-alone... I'll have to think on this...
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When I was younger, Little House on the Prairie were already written- I bought the whole box and read it while I recovered from chicken pox, if memory serves.
I also used to read Redwall, I'm not sure how often they were released, but while waiting for new I could read the older ones.
I realize I actually read a ton of older stuff, due to the interest I developed in university, so I don't spend as much time on edge waiting for books other than ST.
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I go through a Trek book that I'm excited about over the course of one or two nights at most. Maybe 5 or 6 hours total on average. S.C.E., DS9 and current TNG books go by ever faster.. Heck, I usually go through one Trek book a week and 4 or 5 non Trek books..reading is a way of life for me.
I always think it is so strange when people talk about having huge backlogs of books lying around, whenever I get a new one I start reading it immediately! Not saying it is wrong, just not my style.
I always think it is so strange when people talk about having huge backlogs of books lying around, whenever I get a new one I start reading it immediately! Not saying it is wrong, just not my style.
^ Life: It happens. 
I hated having a ST backlog in the mid 90s and, until "Mission: Gamma", I had actually managed to get everything under control. Only now the backlog's back - and it gets very daunting to see the books piling up because I know I'll have to stop surfing the net, visiting here, watching DVDs, etc, to catch up again. Also, avoiding spoiler threads means I can't participate in various discussions and, by the time I'm ready, they've all moved on to the next batch of books. Sigh... I loved being up-to-date.
Plus, as I've entered my 40s (and recently turned 50), nodding off while reading smallish print has become a problem. With the interactivity of the Internet, I could be here all night, but a passive activity, such as reading or watching a movie, has become more difficult in recent years. A scary thought: that getting older affects one's attention span. The small print, and even certain action scenes in (usually animated) movies, seems to have a mesmerizing effect these days.
Moving zebra stripes in "Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa", waving jelly fish tentacles in "Finding Nemo", frollicking humpback whales in "Fantasia 2000", the car chases in "Quantum of Solace"... Great movies but... Zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz...
Most annoying backlog: having "Genesis Force" in hardcover, knowing it wasn't going to impress me too much, noticing lots of testy feedback about it, and then seeing the MMPB version on shelves before I'd even read the hardcover. So annoying!
I almost always wait for hardcovers to be reprinted in MMPB anyway. I find the larger ones more difficult to hold.
I'd do the same for TPBs if they tended to ever *get* reprinted.....but they don't. So they tend to get de-prioritized on my buying list instead.
I'd do the same for TPBs if they tended to ever *get* reprinted.....but they don't. So they tend to get de-prioritized on my buying list instead.
You aren't buying enough books.
^ Life: It happens.
What is this thing you speak of? I find it frightening and unpleasant.
^ "You aren't buying enough books."
I'm working on it, believe me! I wish I did have a huge stack constantly waiting for me.
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