Rising Son question

[toughlittleship]

I've begun to read "Rising Son" on Kindle and noticed that the Hunters are referred to as "ochshea". Would this be "hunter" in Tosk's language?

 

[T'Ressa Dax]

Probably...

 

[DS9Continuing]

the word ochshea-hos is specifically translated as "the hunter's word," so I'd guess yes.

 

[Janos]

Re: Rising Son

This is the only Rising Son thread I found in an advanced search. I just started reading the book.

No spoilers (please), however, what did folks generally think/feel about the book? Is it liked around here?

 

[JD]

I loved it. It was one of my favorite books in the DS9 Relaunch, and I would love to see a follow up with the Even Odds crew.

Spoiler: Fearful Symmetry

I'm still hoping the set up with Taran'atar following a distress call from them is followed up on somewhere down the line. Both because I loved the EO and because Taran'atar is one of my favorite characters, and I would hate to see him disappear completely.

 

[Janos]

That`s some praise for the book. Looking forward to going through it.

Well.... it`ll be a while before I read your spoiler for that other book....

 

[Thrawn]

It's good. Slow start, great ending.

 

[jedimaster]

Loved it, kinda like Firefly/Serenity type story in Trek-verse.

 

[shanejayell]

Firely in the Trekverse is a very good description.

I wonder if Jake ever wrote up his experiences on the Even Odds?

 

[T'Ressa Dax]

I remember enjoying it quite a bit. And I bet he did write up his experiences. <g>

 

[Steve Roby]

I really enjoyed it, both on its own merits and as a parallel to what was happening in Mission Gamma. In the latter, our Starfleet gang is out meeting new cultures in the Gamma Quadrant; in Rising Son Jake's out there encountering some of the species seen but not really explored on TV. And some big surprises.

 

[Cybersnark]

Firely in the Trekverse is a very good description.

I wonder if Jake ever wrote up his experiences on the Even Odds?

He did indeed. Then he sold them to Federation Original Xenofilms, who turned it into a holoseries.

Which they then broadcast out of order and cancelled in half a season.

 

[sulfur]

But they did follow it up with a movie that did didn't do so well on Earth, but quite well in the rest of the Federation.

 

[Janos]

I'm glad so many enjoyed the book. My hope is to wrap it up on the weekend. I haven't been able to get a good dent in it yet. I'm just at Chapter 2.

 

[Technobuilder]

Honestly, Rising Son was one of my favorite stories.

Really hope the Even Odds makes another appearance some day.

 

[Smellincoffee]

Firely in the Trekverse is a very good description.

I wonder if Jake ever wrote up his experiences on the Even Odds?

He did indeed. Then he sold them to Federation Original Xenofilms, who turned it into a holoseries.

Which they then broadcast out of order and cancelled in half a season.

I remember that! Now I've got the theme song suck in my head.

 

[Thrawn]

^
Take my love, take my dad, throw me where I can't get back...

 

[Destructor]

I have such a tale of woe with that book. I got my first copy the day it came out (I was very into the DS9 relaunch), and got about halfway through it when I left it on the tube! So i bought another copy, got about 3/4ths through it and... left it on the tube!

Was starting to feel like I was not meant to finish it, so I've never actually read the last 1/4.

 

[Christopher]

"Tube" means "subway," right? I was thrown for a second because in America, "on the tube" means "on television." So my first thought was, "if you left it on top of the TV, why not just pick it up?"

 

[sulfur]

And see? That's just why the Star Trek Magazine should be full of British-isms. Because it would then confuse even its own writers!

But yes, "tube" is the subway, metro, underground train-thing, what-have-you.