New Frontier No Limits.

[PKS8304]

So Ive been taking my time with this book, Reading one story at a time and stretching it out until Im able to get a copy of Blind Man's Bluff, it was over a year ago that I read Treason so Ive been enjoying having small doses of New Frontier.

I read the Captain Calhoun story, Mac goes to "clean up" Picard's mess from the events of Pegasus. That was a fun story and a nice tie in to Next Generation.

The Shelby story was interesting, seeing the steps she took to connect the dots between Neutral Zone and Q Who, even though to this day, saying that it was the Borg that wiped out the outposts along Federation/Romulan space, makes no sense. Still it is, what it is, and for what it is, that was a good in between story.

I recently finished the Kebron story by David Mack, my favorite so far. Kebron has always been a favorite character of mine, and this was a funny great look back at his early days.

So I see that Robert Greenberger is tackling Lefler next, should be fun!

 

[MatthiasRussell]

I'm reading this one myself right now. I'm a huge NF fan and Peter David himself suggested I read it at a Vulcon convention in February.

I'm in the Soleta story right now. I enjoyed the Calhoun story as it made an interesting after story to "The Pegasus" and explained what happened to the cloaking device. It is also interesting to see how much more willing Calhoun is to risk lives when he is working alone. Didn't much care for the Shelby story, pretty uninteresting. The Kebron story was amzing, as expected; now I know why Kebron doesn't need love because he has gold fish. The Lefler story was sad and then the Morgan story angered me as a parent. I have no respect for Morgan Primus now.

 

[Therin of Andor]

I have no respect for Morgan Primus now.

Immortality is a terrible burden. Sounds great in theory, not so in practice. I thought it was a thought-provoking conundrum.

 

[MatthiasRussell]

Why do so many people think mortality and death define life? Sure immortality would be a burden if no one else has it, but I would imagine still interesting. The universe is growing. There is always something new to see and learn. I think it is very limited for the mortal to judge the immortal and look down on the ability. It is like the poor hating on ALL the rich because they don't have riches. Fullfillment in life is a state of mind, no matter how long lived you are.

 

[Therin of Andor]

Fullfillment in life is a state of mind, no matter how long lived you are.

And yet you, a mere mortal, pass judgment on the immortal Morgan Primus with, "I have no respect for Morgan Primus now".

 

[MatthiasRussell]

Because she was going to fly a shuttle into the sun to commit suicide with her young daughter aboard. She was going to kill her daughter in a suicide attempt. That is unthinkable for a parent. Then she abandons her young daughter because she can't handle her life? That is cowardly,selfish, and pathetic to abandon your child like that, mortal or immortal.

 

[Therin of Andor]

That is unthinkable for a parent.

And yet, it happens every day somewhere in the world, for any number of contributing factors. Do we lose all respect for (temporarily) mentally ill people, or attempt to help them?

 

[Caesar753]

No Limits is next on my list. I'm just about to finish Stone and Anvil.

 

[RoJoHen]

I thought I had read No Limits, but based on these story descriptions, I'm beginning to think I didn't.

 

[captcalhoun]

it's a short story anthology in trade format, that should clue you in big time.

 

[RoJoHen]

I know what it is. I have it sitting on my shelf.

I'm just starting to think I didn't read all the stories.

 

[captcalhoun]

ah, right. gotcha.

 

[donners22]

This is the only New Frontier book I haven't got (well, aside from Blind Man's Bluff, but I plan to get that when it's out in paperback).

It has never sounded like I'm missing too much, from previous threads.

 

[Therin of Andor]

It has never sounded like I'm missing too much, from previous threads.

http://memory-beta.wikia.com/wiki/No_Limits

Worth the cover price alone for:
"Waiting for G'Doh, or, How I Learned to Stop Moving and Hate People", by David Mack

 

[PKS8304]

Started to read Lefler's Logs this afternoon, only got a few pages into it.
Im a little confused about the stardates. Are we really supposed to believe that Lefler was 7 during season 1 of the original series???

 

[Therin of Andor]

Im a little confused about the stardates. Are we really supposed to believe that Lefler was 7 during season 1 of the original series???

She was born in 2345.

http://memory-beta.wikia.com/wiki/Robin_Lefler

 

[PKS8304]

hence my confusion because her first lefler log stardate falls around Tomorrow Is Yesterday/Court Martial/Return of the Archons.

 

[Therin of Andor]

hence my confusion because her first lefler log stardate falls around Tomorrow Is Yesterday/Court Martial/Return of the Archons.

No it doesn't. TOS stardates have four digits before the decimal point. The first Lefler's Log entry on Tantalus is 31345.3. "Tomorrow is Yesterday" is around 3113.2.

 

[PKS8304]

ah gotcha...

 

[PKS8304]

So I finished the Lefler story and as it was prone to lead right into it I went ahead and read the Morgan story that I saw several people debating on this thread earlier.

I have to say wether I agree with it or not, it was a powerful story and I was really impressed with the author, her first for me.

Based on this story by her, I am going to make it a point to read her Lost Era novel about Captain Garrett, a book I had on my list to eventually read because I love the episode Yesterday's Enterprise, it is now moved several places up on my list