Garm Bel Iblis
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I've raed crucilbe about a dozen times now,what are some of the great Bones novels?
Leonard mccoy
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I don't know if it's any good or not, but there's one called "Doctor's Orders". it's part of the numbered series.
Dreams of the Raven and The Better Man are the definitive McCoy stories for me.
Doctor's Orders is good fun, and I also liked Shadows on the Sun.
Doctor's Orders is good fun, and I also liked Shadows on the Sun.
I thought Doctor's Orders was a little dull unfortunately - but McCoy does make a far more convincing commander than Borg-killer Beverly in TNG's "Descent"!
I know there are old books with McCoy's daughter and his ex-wife (who joins the ship for a mission, they have to work together etc.) but I can't name them. Brainmush faliure.
I know there are old books with McCoy's daughter and his ex-wife (who joins the ship for a mission, they have to work together etc.) but I can't name them. Brainmush faliure.
Shadows on the Sun is really the only McCoy-centric novel I've read. It's also one of the best Trek novels period, so I would definitely recommend reading it.
For the ex-wife (named Jocelyn by Vonda McIntyre), I think Shadows on the Sun is the only one that fits that description. For the daughter (Joanna), Crisis on Centaurus is her big novel appearance, though she was also in a memorable issue of Marvel's post-TMP comic, and in an issue of Marvel's later Untold Voyages miniseries also set in the post-TMP era. And a McCoy daughter named Barbara, IIRC, figured in a couple of Gold Key comics.
Jocelyn and Joanna are glimpsed in a McCoy subplot in McIntyre's Enterprise: The First Adventure. And Joe Haldeman's Bantam novel Planet of Judgment includes a flashback to McCoy's divorce, in which his wife is apparently named Honey (it seems to be used as more than a term of endearment). Neither book centers on McCoy or his family, but they're interesting glimpses.
One of my favorite McCoy-centric novels is Howard Weinstein's The Covenant of the Crown. No deep insights into Bones's past, but a solid tale about McCoy in the present, and some great Spock-McCoy interplay.
Another good one. Howie did a great McCoy.
(For Spock-McCoy interplay, I was always fond of the Reeves-Stevens, though they peaked early with Memory Prime in that regard.)
Inspired by Lovey Howell, aka Mrs Thurston Howell III?
I profoundly doubt it. Honey is a real feminine given name, just not a common one. For instance, there's a fictional detective named Honey West who appeared in mystery novels between 1957-71 and a TV series (starring Anne Francis!) in 1965-66. A character in the play Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? is named Honey (played on Broadway by Melinda Dillon and on film by Sandy Dennis). Then there's Honey Rider in Dr. No, but citing a Bond girl isn't really a good argument for something being a real name.
I am really glad to hear that you like that book so much, Christopher; it's always been one of my favorite Trek books, and until Ex Machina it was my favorite post-TMP novel. It was definitely the first time McCoy was treated with real depth in any Star Trek novel, and as you say, the interplay between Spock and McCoy rivals some of the best scenes in the TV series. I know we're supposed to be talking about McCoy here, but I also particularly liked Weinstein's treatment of the post-V'Ger Spock, a characterization I felt you worked very well with in Ex Machina. And the comedic bits with Chekov worrying about his weight were priceless!
McCoy has to be one of my favorite characters, if not the favorite. That said, I really did not enjoy Shadows on the Sun. I found the stuff about Joceyln really contrived, and I always preferred to think of her as the woman that drove the good doctor out into space.
Garm Bel Iblis
Commodore
Well she did get the whole damned planet in the divorce leaving with nothing but his bones...
<runs from the Abrams haters>
Another positive vote for Doctor's Orders here, but then I tend to like Duane's writing. Also Covenant of the Crown, Shadows on the Sun and the rest. I know for a while Crisis on Centaurus was one of my favorites before other books bumped it down.
Had a vision of Karl Urban writing a travelogue, in character as McCoy:
Space: Disease and Danger Wrapped in Darkness and Silence
Space: Disease and Danger Wrapped in Darkness and Silence
Other than Crucible: McCoy, Dreams of the Raven is my favorite.
I have this book sitting on the shelf, its next up. I'm really looking forward to it now with these diverse opinions.
Finished it yesterday. I quite enjoyed it. I thought it was a good use of all the characters and I really like McCoy getting some back story. I thought the love triangle at his age might come off as contrived like you said but it was well done.
The assassin story line fit in very well and balanced off the drama with some action. The villain of the piece I thought was superbly well written. Not a 1 dimensional character at all, he was convincing and thoughtful. Simply a man who's ideals were contrary to ours, but not a mustache twirling caricature at all.
I did find Tray a little thin in the character department but that's all. Everything else was good. MJF has to be one of my favorites
The assassin story line fit in very well and balanced off the drama with some action. The villain of the piece I thought was superbly well written. Not a 1 dimensional character at all, he was convincing and thoughtful. Simply a man who's ideals were contrary to ours, but not a mustache twirling caricature at all.
I did find Tray a little thin in the character department but that's all. Everything else was good. MJF has to be one of my favorites
It's been MANY years since I read these, but all four stand out in my memory as good books. I recommend them all.
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