Several Questions Regarding "Paths of Disharmony"

[rfmcdpei]

while i do agree christopher, the point i am making is that, for me personally the whole two romulan states thing was very interesting and i wanted to read more of this, now there is only one state again my...curiosity had dropped off.

same for Donatra i found her to be a interesting and indeed riveting character, and just killing her off like that was a waste of a really interesting character in trek lit.

Having a partition of Romulan civilization is interesting, I'm not sure it was viable. It may or may not have occurred on the basis of long-standing divisions as I suggested in a post last year, but that wasn't developed. That's unfortunate.

At the same time, George's novel made the point clear that this was an unstable division, that neither Tal'Aura nor Donatra wanted to make this a permanent division, and that it had the potential to escalate into an intra-Romulan war, maybe even a galactic war. We've all gotten tired of war in Trek literature, I think.

What happened to Donatra was sad, but defensible and not a deus ex machina. Having a favourite character do a mis-step after putting herself in a corner can plausibly happen.

 

[Xander]

while that all may be true, i believe it was a little early to wrap all that up, they could have "milked it" a little more for want of a better term.

also was the romulan partition really that unviable?, i mean both states had some pretty heavy backing, in the empire's case the pact, and in the imperial state's case the khitomer alliance, so with all that backing the partition of the romulan states may have been more "viable" than first thought, and it would have been interesting to see this explored more.

 

[Therin of Andor]

Since when had Romulan politics ever been all wrapped up?

 

[Xander]

Since when had Romulan politics ever been all wrapped up?

i mean jumping so quickly from two romulan states back to just one romulan state

 

[Relayer1]

I am amazed that there are people that think Treklit has grown stale - as I only came back to it with Destiny and have since checked out nearly all of the relaunch novels, I think it is in very good health.

In fact, I'd go as far as to say that what we really don't need are any more novels set within the already overcrowded TOS, Next Gen, DS9 and Voyager TV eras. There will always be an exception to that and I'd not completely rule such a story out if the idea really has to be set then, but enough is enough !

Zero Sum Game and Seize The Fire didn't impress or entertain me, but the other two books were good. The Typhon Pact shows a lot of unfulfilled promise, especially with the recent changes in the Romulan Government(s). I really would prefer the novels to concentrate on moving things on from there...

 

[MagGu]

Since when had Romulan politics ever been all wrapped up?

i mean jumping so quickly from two romulan states back to just one romulan state

Are you still complaining about a book you haven't read yet? Read it, then form an opinion! It's actually a really interesting book that delves deeply into Romulan politics. I very much enjoyed it, and its conclusion.

 

[Xander]

Since when had Romulan politics ever been all wrapped up?

i mean jumping so quickly from two romulan states back to just one romulan state

Are you still complaining about a book you haven't read yet? Read it, then form an opinion! It's actually a really interesting book that delves deeply into Romulan politics. I very much enjoyed it, and its conclusion.

yes I'm still complaining about a book i have not read yet
and you have missed the point ENTIRELY , that is the fact that originally i was very interested in reading the book to see what happened and how it stacked up with the other typhon pact books.

but finding out that in said book they have basically reversed what happened to the romulan empire, going back to one state from two, and killing Donatra meant that they had lost my interest, and i doubt i will end up reading it because most if not all of what i was interested in reading in said book (more about the two romulan states, and Donatra, who i find to be VERY interesting) has been "nipped in the bud" so to speak.

so why would i want to read a book when the themes and characters i am interested in are...removed in said book?

 

[Christopher]

^Perhaps because the ways in which they're explored before their removal might be satisfying, or might even persuade you that resolving them in that way actually works? Or perhaps because there could be enough other interesting stuff in the book (it's a pretty long book spanning an entire year and containing several different storylines) that you'd find it engaging despite its inclusion of elements you find disappointing? You can't really know based on hearsay.

One of the most satisfying things you can experience as a reader is to read a story that changes your mind about something, that surprises you by making you see something in a way you never would've expected. So refusing even to try a story because it includes something you don't agree with is self-defeating. Sure, there's no guarantee you'll like what the book does, but there's the possibility that you'll be pleasantly surprised and discover a new way of thinking about things. So why cheat yourself out of that possibility?

 

[MagGu]

^ Agree wholeheartedly!

Seriously though, Xander, go read the book, then come back and complain about it all you want! OR come back and admit you were wrong! bwahaha!

 

[Therin of Andor]

yes I'm still complaining about a book i have not read yet
and you have missed the point ENTIRELY , that is the fact that originally i was very interested in reading the book to see what happened and how it stacked up with the other typhon pact books.

Death of Janeway deja vu.

Luckily for me, I only refuse to read Star Trek novels that don't have humanoids mentioned in them.

 

[Christopher]

Luckily for me, I only refuse to read Star Trek novels that don't have humanoids mentioned in them.

Okay, now I'm tempted to develop a pitch for a Trek novel with an all-nonhumanoid cast...

 

[DS9Continuing]

^^^

Spoiler: story idea

How about Torvig and Chaka take a vacation together on the Pakwa-thanh homeworld?

EDIT: Whoops, sorry, I guess that counts as a story idea. Spoiler tagged.

.

 

[F. King Daniel]

Luckily for me, I only refuse to read Star Trek novels that don't have humanoids mentioned in them.

Okay, now I'm tempted to develop a pitch for a Trek novel with an all-nonhumanoid cast...

Set it on Diane Duane's USS Inaieu and I'll buy three copies!

 

[Xander]

^ Agree wholeheartedly!

Seriously though, Xander, go read the book, then come back and complain about it all you want! OR come back and admit you were wrong! bwahaha!

says the user with the evil diabolical genius laugh

 

[Xander]

yes I'm still complaining about a book i have not read yet
and you have missed the point ENTIRELY , that is the fact that originally i was very interested in reading the book to see what happened and how it stacked up with the other typhon pact books.

Death of Janeway deja vu.

Luckily for me, I only refuse to read Star Trek novels that don't have humanoids mentioned in them.

see guys Therin understands my pain

 

[Therin of Andor]

see guys Therin understands my pain

Your pain is self-inflicted. And no, I really don't.

 

[captcalhoun]

let go of your pain.
[/sybok]

 

[Xander]

let go of your pain.
[/sybok]

Xander's don't do Logic

 

[Christopher]

^Neither did Sybok.