Rise Like Lions: Reactions?

[Defcon]

Maybe a database error?

They have it listed as a February release (which I think was the rumored release date way back when it was first announced), so maybe there were issues with updating the data for the book, and since it shouldn't be out for a while the system hasn't ordered it yet? No idea how the system of ordering books for their warehouse works at Amazon.

FWIW, it isn't listed as available yet at amazon.de either (but at least listed as available on November 29th), although they often had the books in stock even before the first US sightings in the past.

Amazon UK don't list Rise Like Lions as being available as a paperback; just the Kindle Edition.

Mirror Universe: Rise Like Lions (Star Trek) by David Mack (Mass Market Paperback - 16 Feb 2012)
4 new from £8.80 2 used from £5.41

http://www.amazon.co.uk/s/ref=sr_nr_p_n_binding_browse-b_mrr_0?rh=n%3A266239%2Ck%3Atrek+%22rise+like+lions%22%2Cp_n_binding_browse-bin%3A492564011&bbn=266239&keywords=trek+%22rise+like+lions%22&ie=UTF8&qid=1322340017&rnid=492562011

I could be wrong, but I think he is well aware of that listing, but he is wondering why it isn't in stock.

 

[ICW]

Just picked it up last night. Hoping to read it ASAP.

 

[Ronald Held]

Still waiting.....

 

[sportzkid]

Just received my copy today from amazon.com I have read two mirror universe books so far Glass Empires and The Sorrows of Empire (the full book not just what was in glass empires) still have not read Mirror Universe Part 2: Obsidian Alliances and Star Trek: Mirror Universe: part three Shards and Shadows. So wondering since have not read parts two and three if should read those first or not, since a bit eager to read rise like lions.

 

[David Mack]

^ If you've read The Sorrows of Empire, you should be able to just jump right into Rise Like Lions. Any continuity bits I reference from the other two anthologies is explained in the text for exactly this reason.

 

[Technobuilder]

^That's good to know.

I'd been considering a complete mirrorverse reread for that very reason.

 

[sportzkid]

^ If you've read The Sorrows of Empire, you should be able to just jump right into Rise Like Lions. Any continuity bits I reference from the other two anthologies is explained in the text for exactly this reason.

Thanks for letting me know David, excited to read it.

 

[Braxton]

I finished this the other day and I did like it but it seemed at times to be a bit over the top with some things.

Spoiler: Rise Like Lions

We are to assume that the Memory Omega ships are like the Sovereign-class and other newer ships in Starfleet right? Their technology just seemed to be way too high but I suppose it's not entirely out of the question for some of it. I will admit that I was hoping for more of a bang against the Alliance and that the subsequent founding of a new government would have been a bigger area with more unity. It is the Mirror Universe, doesn't mean that just the Terrans were different, the Romulans (Romulus destroyed) and Ferengi (especially after Ferenginar was destroyed) for example could have become part of the new government to give it more of a muscle and change the tone of the MU. That's just some of my thoughts, I still enjoyed it very much but I have a feeling that this could have easily been a 600 page story.

 

[Christopher]

^Haven't read the book yet, didn't read the spoiler, but "over the top" is pretty much the default mode of Mirror Universe stories and the main reason for doing them.

 

[James Cole]

I finished this the other day and I did like it but it seemed at times to be a bit over the top with some things.

Spoiler: Rise Like Lions

We are to assume that the Memory Omega ships are like the Sovereign-class and other newer ships in Starfleet right? Their technology just seemed to be way too high but I suppose it's not entirely out of the question for some of it. I will admit that I was hoping for more of a bang against the Alliance and that the subsequent founding of a new government would have been a bigger area with more unity. It is the Mirror Universe, doesn't mean that just the Terrans were different, the Romulans (Romulus destroyed) and Ferengi (especially after Ferenginar was destroyed) for example could have become part of the new government to give it more of a muscle and change the tone of the MU. That's just some of my thoughts, I still enjoyed it very much but I have a feeling that this could have easily been a 600 page story.

Spoiler: More "Rise Like Lions"

It would have been awesome to have a 600 page story -- more backstory with Memory Omega would have been welcomed. I haven't read it yet, but I heard that the ENT Romulan War books were put on a page count diet. I wonder if that could have been an issue here. But at the same time the book flows very quickly without many asides for exposition -- maybe an appendix with info about Memory Omega or the government formation process could have worked.

I kinda like the book ended without just obliterating Qo'noS or Cardassia. Instead you have a Memory Omega plant running the Klingons and Iliana Ghemor serving as an emissary to both Bajor and Cardassia and Damar finding religion in a way. O'Brien made a good case for not extending the cycle of violence BSG-style.

 

[BillJ]

Bought a copy for the iPad today.

 

[Turtletrekker]

Mine came in yesterday's mail!