Shatnerverse novels: Are they worth the time?

[JonnyQuest037]

Shatnerverse is kick-ass when you are a teenager, when you are in your late 30s/early 40s, not so much.

How about if you're co-writing them when you're in your 60s?

 

[RandyS]

Shatnerverse is kick-ass when you are a teenager, when you are in your late 30s/early 40s, not so much.

With me, I loved The Return the first time I read it when I was 12. Not so much when I re-read it at 18.

Those novels started coming out when I was 25, and I liked them well enough (there were better books at the time though), so I'm not sure where I fall in the above description.

 

[Idran]

Shatnerverse is kick-ass when you are a teenager, when you are in your late 30s/early 40s, not so much.

With me, I loved The Return the first time I read it when I was 12. Not so much when I re-read it at 18.

Those novels started coming out when I was 25, and I liked them well enough (there were better books at the time though), so I'm not sure where I fall in the above description.

I think it means you were born in a Borders by gate A5? That's my best guess.

 

[Markonian]

Finished Spectre last night and am hooked enough to have started Dark Victory already. So happy to see a USS Voyager counterpart.

The novels feels dense, epic, an action thrill ride. It's like the action version of New Frontier. A crossover between the two would be so awesome to make your head explode.

 

[JD]

Does anybody have any idea why Ashes of Eden, The Return, and Avenger aren't available as e-books, but all the rest of the books in the series are? I would think if it was some kind of specific issue it would affect the whole series, not just that first trilogy.

 

[RandyS]

With me, I loved The Return the first time I read it when I was 12. Not so much when I re-read it at 18.

Those novels started coming out when I was 25, and I liked them well enough (there were better books at the time though), so I'm not sure where I fall in the above description.

I think it means you were born in a Borders by gate A5? That's my best guess.

Heh.

Actually, I was born in a barn.

 

[Danlav05]

I love the Ashes of Eden graphic novel - it's like an adaptation of a lost movie, The Return and Spectre are also very good.

The otehrs you can take or leave

 

[CRM-114]

The Shatnerverse are the popcorn blockbusters of Treklit.

This. If you like the new Trek movies, you'll probably like the Shatnerverse. It's loud, brash, silly and fun.

As someone who enjoyed the last two movies, I have to respectfully but totally disagree. I started to read both The Return and Collision Course, and I couldn't finish either one.

 

[Markonian]

Does anybody have any idea why Ashes of Eden, The Return, and Avenger aren't available as e-books, but all the rest of the books in the series are? I would think if it was some kind of specific issue it would affect the whole series, not just that first trilogy.

No clue. Is the omnibus available?