^ Successful? Have you ever heard of free-range Trek authors? We all know they only work in captivity.
Fictitiously yours, Trent Roman
Fictitiously yours, Trent Roman
So what are you doing as we await Fearful Symmetry
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^ Corporate captivity, in my case.
^ It usually is. Individual captivity tends to be mostly kidnapping.
Fictitiously yours, Trent Roman
Fictitiously yours, Trent Roman
by taking the attitude of "it comes out when it comes out". even though i got back into ready ST books after i found out about A Stitch in Time and the relaunch that followed but I've got a TON of ST backlog to read so i'm just not that anxious about it. yeah, part of the reason is the long delay but a big part of my not being looking forward to it that much is there's been a lot of good stuff coming out the last couple years. it's not like it's the only ST book series i ready now...
I have to agree that I've lost the momentum established by the DS9 Series at this point. I remember Warpath well enough, but only the larger plot points, all the nuance has been lost to time. I'll probably give it a reread before FS comes out.
I know it wasn't planned, but I think the Delay has hurt the series somewhat. Hope I'm wrong.
I know it wasn't planned, but I think the Delay has hurt the series somewhat. Hope I'm wrong.
I basically make do by completely forgetting it's even coming at this point. Nothing intentional. It's just been so long now I'm forgetting about it.
Bingo.
Bingo.
Like others I just will read other things.
And yes, the DS9 Relaunch basically has lost all the momentum it once had. I will get Fearful Symmetry eventually, but I don't think I will go out of my way to get it the moment it is out, maybe as part of a larger book shopping spree in the later half of the year.
And yes, the DS9 Relaunch basically has lost all the momentum it once had. I will get Fearful Symmetry eventually, but I don't think I will go out of my way to get it the moment it is out, maybe as part of a larger book shopping spree in the later half of the year.
The delays have been ridiculous but I'm still buying all the books. However I have to say that my disappointment was when TPTB decided to give Jake a love interest who just happens to be the same Bajoran woman he was married to in "The Visitor." Why? Well, my lone problem with that episode was that the first time the people behind the TV show decided to give a black Bajoran a speaking part just so happened to be the time they needed to cast an actress to play Jake's wife in this alternate timeline. It was a typical cowardly and safe decision that Hollywood is known for when it comes to who is allowed to play love interests of black male characters. Yeah, I suppose it can be argued that Jake would naturally fall in love with a woman who more closely resembles the physical characteristics of his mom but I still view it as a conservative approach, especially considering virtually all the Bajorans up to that ep had been played by white actors and actresses. So to see the folks at the book publishing arm of the franchise bring this character back into the fold was a huge disappointment to me. With Jake and her along with Ben and Kassidy it is as if TPTB are saying that black people, even in a distant future, only marry/date other black people.
I realize that some people may not understand where I'm coming from or think that I'm making a big deal out of nothing. That's fine. But its how I feel.
I realize that some people may not understand where I'm coming from or think that I'm making a big deal out of nothing. That's fine. But its how I feel.
I've been trying to get into the other series without much success. TNG just seems like such a tired series, even in the novels.
Well, the DS9 Relaunch are the only Trek novels I read. I had pre-ordered this book, but the date slippage combined with the new date of August means it's just too far away to even consider pre-ordering. Still I will get it. Not sure about re-reading the gazillon other books, but given the odd flashback novel, it probably wouldn't hurt to re-read some of them.
Presently I'm reading Charles Darwin's Origin of Species (Penguin Classics reprint of the original edition before he started second-guessing himself) and Judge Dredd: The Complete Case Files Volume 5.
Presently I'm reading Charles Darwin's Origin of Species (Penguin Classics reprint of the original edition before he started second-guessing himself) and Judge Dredd: The Complete Case Files Volume 5.
Suddenly I'm tempted to create a superhero named Species just so I can use that as the name of his/her origin story...
Darwin second-guessed himself? How so?
The book was revised several times following initial publication. Darwin started changing some things that later turned out to be correct because of criticisms from within the scientific community. He lacked evidence in the fossil record at the time to back up some of his claims and his desire to gain the favour of his peers caused him to backpedal a bit; in hindsight he should have held firm in his ideas.
There's a lot of good stuff in the Introduction to this edition from the editor about the climate of the time and the reasons for going with the first edition, etc. The book is quite readable -- after all unlike many modern presentations of scientific theory it was actually intended to be read by the average educated person; not just scientists. In fact the first edition of however many thousand sold out within a couple of days given that when it was published Natural History was the biggest selling genre of book.
His positions still stand up well today and his arguments are well reasoned and based upon evidence. He was convinced that the appearance of new traits happened in the course of reproduction, but knowledge of DNA and genetic transmission were unknown at the time. I have an amateur interest in palaeontology and evolutionary biology so I felt this was a good one to read finally after Steven J. Gould's Wonderful Life whetted my appetite.
I would agree. I used to really enjoy the books, now I couldn't give two hoots about them, IMO the series lost its head up its own arse circa The Worlds of...
Plus the Relaunch has now been going on now longer than the frakkin TV show!
Seems like I gave up on it yonks ago after Worlds..., and there's been what? Like one book since???
Jesus
I must admit that I was also a little sad with the introduction of the Mirror Universe. Don't get me wrong, I like my MU stories, but I like my DS9 Relaunch characters so much I would rather focus on them!
Myself? Wow, I've done a lot, read a lot of other stuff, and just kind of sat back and waited. I always feared I'd never get to read Fearful Symmetry after the original launch date was set back as I was thinking that by this time, I'd be on a two year church mission and unable to read non-secular literature, but as it now appears, I'll be going on that same mission later this summer, so provided that nothing sets back Fearful Symmetry this time, I'll be able to read it like I had originally planned!!!!
I also just finished re-reading Warpath, and the Twists Of Faith omnibus, in anticipation of Terok Nor (which I'm reading on a Greyhound to Salt Lake City next week), and look forward to picking up Part 1 of the 2 Mission Gamma omnibus.
As for the inclusion of the Mirror Universe...I personally am surprised at the hostility and apprehension regarding having the MU as part of the DS9 post finale literature. I was kind of thinking it took some time before it got included, and it only made sense in the grand scheme of things. I liked it because now we also get to see characters from Deep Space Nine that we only saw in limited capacity, and with the depth and scope of Deep Space Nine as a whole, the stories of the Mirror Universe only added to the reading pleasure, but then again, that's just me.
I also just finished re-reading Warpath, and the Twists Of Faith omnibus, in anticipation of Terok Nor (which I'm reading on a Greyhound to Salt Lake City next week), and look forward to picking up Part 1 of the 2 Mission Gamma omnibus.
As for the inclusion of the Mirror Universe...I personally am surprised at the hostility and apprehension regarding having the MU as part of the DS9 post finale literature. I was kind of thinking it took some time before it got included, and it only made sense in the grand scheme of things. I liked it because now we also get to see characters from Deep Space Nine that we only saw in limited capacity, and with the depth and scope of Deep Space Nine as a whole, the stories of the Mirror Universe only added to the reading pleasure, but then again, that's just me.
Wouldn't a church mission involve the reading of much non-secular literature?
Fictitiously yours, Trent Roman
I'm doing the line edits on my story for the Permuted Press Cthulhu Unbound anthology (Hi, Trent, are you done with yours yet?)
Also, apparently my alma mater UCLA is in some kind of basketball tourney. I may kill a few hours watching that.
Also, apparently my alma mater UCLA is in some kind of basketball tourney. I may kill a few hours watching that.
^ I'm ashamed to admit I haven't even opened the attachment yet. It's end-of-semester insanity over here, drowning beneath the demands of term papers and my thesis. I've penciled in two hours Sunday evening for the project. Hopefully that'll do it; if not, I guess I'll just learn to do with even less sleep...
Fictitiously yours, Trent Roman
Fictitiously yours, Trent Roman
Rock on! I did the same thing!
I'm waiting by reading tons of Trek books, but my main focus is catching up on SCE paper collections.
In terms of the series losing it's momentum, I guess I was lucky in how I read it. I read it in chunks over the years, so that I read Worlds of DS9 all in one go, just last year. So waiting from last year to when Fearful Symmetry comes out this summer really doesn't seem that long to me. Reading that the relaunch has been going on as long as the series itself came as a complete shock to me. I didn't believe it at first, but thinking about it... yeah, it has been over seven years, hasn't it? That seems crazy to me. I wasn't terribly keen on the addition of the MU at first, but I've enjoyed the whole relaunch greatly so far, and I'm willing to trust the powers that be to continue the series going in a favorable direction. Well, favorable to me at least.
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