Started on the last of the Department 19 series by Will Hill.
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Read Medical Judgment by Richard L. Mabry.
Struggling with Paul Sussman's The Hidden Oasis - 130 pages in, and absolutely fuck all has happened, despite it supposedly being an action-adventure-chase-thriller. I rarely give up on books, but this is getting close.
Just finished up my Pike stories (for now) with Child of Two Worlds by Greg Cox.
Everything felt true to the characters and the story lines all flowed together seamlessly. I mostly enjoyed the parallel between Spock and Merata and the quick pace in the second half once the Klingons really decided to get involved. Between Number One with the Cypria landing party and the attack on the Enterprise, the whole narrative kept me hooked and I crushed the book in the last three days before work.
Now I'm moving forward into my chronological trek through the LitVerse with some pre-Vanguard stories. I will probably skip over some of the older pocket TOS stories if the blurbs don't grab my eye and focus on VAN, more recent TOS, and Seekers.
If anyone has suggestions on strong older Pocket TOS that I should not skip...let me know.
Everything felt true to the characters and the story lines all flowed together seamlessly. I mostly enjoyed the parallel between Spock and Merata and the quick pace in the second half once the Klingons really decided to get involved. Between Number One with the Cypria landing party and the attack on the Enterprise, the whole narrative kept me hooked and I crushed the book in the last three days before work.
Now I'm moving forward into my chronological trek through the LitVerse with some pre-Vanguard stories. I will probably skip over some of the older pocket TOS stories if the blurbs don't grab my eye and focus on VAN, more recent TOS, and Seekers.
If anyone has suggestions on strong older Pocket TOS that I should not skip...let me know.
The two Errand Of trilogies still hold up really well today, and thematically I think they fit nicely alongside Vanguard.
I finished up ST/Planet of the Apes: The Primate Directive yesterday. I really enjoyed it, it was a lot of fun. I was surprised how much of it came out of Beneath The Planet of the Apes. I wasn't sure, was it supposed to be an alternate take on Beneath or between the first movie and Beneath? I had assumed it was the former, but then the end made it seem more like it was the latter.
If you enjoy the two franchises then I definitely recommend it.
Once that was done I started IDW's Godzilla: The Half Century War comic. I was in the mood for more giant monsters after Kong: Skull Island and I picked it up a month or two ago after CBR called it the best Godzilla comic book ever. I'm only few pages into the second issues, but it has been great so far.
If you enjoy the two franchises then I definitely recommend it.
Once that was done I started IDW's Godzilla: The Half Century War comic. I was in the mood for more giant monsters after Kong: Skull Island and I picked it up a month or two ago after CBR called it the best Godzilla comic book ever. I'm only few pages into the second issues, but it has been great so far.
It was between the first two movies, but then there was a time jump near the end while the Enterprise was off searching for the Klingons or something, and the last part happened right at the end of Beneath. But the time jump wasn't very clearly handled, so it was a bit confusing.
I think they missed an opportunity to explain away the huge plot hole in Escape -- how did a preindustrial society launch that capsule back into space without the ability to build a Saturn rocket, a gantry, the refineries for the rocket fuel, etc.? If they'd had help from the Enterprise crew, it would've made a lot more sense.
The Daughter of Highland Hall by Carrie Turansky
So does Escape not show all of that then? I don't remember if I've ever actually seen the beginning, I've only ever seen it on TV, back when one of the networks used to do marathons of the movies from time to time.
What did you think? I loved the entire Vanguard run, and Storming Heaven was a terrific finale
Well don't skip prime directive and spock's world.
Oh and entropy effect and doctor's orders
Escape begins with the spaceship landing in the 20th century to reveal (gasp!) apes in astronaut gear! Which is a great opening, actually.
How exactly the apes salvaged and launched the ship is left as an exercise for the viewer. Probably a good call. Better to cut to the chase and begin with the apes arriving in the present, which was what that movie was all about.
What did you think? I loved the entire Vanguard run, and Storming Heaven was a terrific finale
I pretty much loved it. I am really into the trek timeline, and Vanguard was a fountain of nuggets and chronological information. I liked the book series so much that I went ahead and bought the ebook sequal by Dayton. About halfway through it. Might finish it tonight.
I guess the implied retcon in Escape was that the Icarus capsule was capable of independently relaunching itself into space, rather than being simply the payload atop a Saturn launch vehicle. Which is in the same vein as all the other massive retcons the sequels made in order to justify their existence, starting with the first retcon that the Icarus went through a reversible time warp rather than simply traveling with the crew in suspended animation for 2000 years. It's just a retcon I find particularly implausible, given how small the capsule is. It's on a par with Conquest's retcon that sapient humanoid chimps, gorillas, and orangs came into existence within a single generation after Escape rather than after centuries of mutation. (Although even 2000 years is nowhere near enough time for that level of evolution.)
Falcone Strike by Chris Nuttall.
I finished Star Trek: The Next Generation: Slings and Arrows, Book 3: The Insolence of Office by William Leisner.
I then read two Star Trek: SCE books, Caveat Emptor by Ian Edginton and Mike Collins, and Past Life by Robert Greenberger.
After that I read Star Trek: The Next Generation: Slings and Arrows, Book 4: That Sleep of Death by Terri Osborne.
I'm now reading Star Trek: The Next Generation: Slings and Arrows, Book 5: A Weary Life by Robert Greenberger.
I then read two Star Trek: SCE books, Caveat Emptor by Ian Edginton and Mike Collins, and Past Life by Robert Greenberger.
After that I read Star Trek: The Next Generation: Slings and Arrows, Book 4: That Sleep of Death by Terri Osborne.
I'm now reading Star Trek: The Next Generation: Slings and Arrows, Book 5: A Weary Life by Robert Greenberger.
Finished cloak and dagger. I liked it. It felt like a good episode.
now reading headlong flight, only read 3 chapters and I'm already hooked.
well done !
now reading headlong flight, only read 3 chapters and I'm already hooked.
well done !
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