So What Are you Reading?: Generations

[carcinoGeneticist]

Clockwork Orange. I don't think I like it. It's full of nonsense words.

 

[hbquikcomjamesl]

Clockwork Orange. I don't think I like it. It's full of nonsense words.

Not to mention ultraviolence.

Meanwhile, back at the ranch, 5 chapters into The Dark Veil.

 

[Greg Cox]

Back to NORTHWEST OF EARTH by C. L. Moore. A collection of her "Northwest Smith" stories from the 1930s.

I've been spacing them out (no pun intended) because I'm finding that they're best not read in one sitting. The gorgeous, pulpy, purple prose is delectable in small doses, but a bit much to read one after another.

 

[Christopher]

Clockwork Orange. I don't think I like it. It's full of nonsense words.

I thought it was pretty horrorshow.

 

[halima]

DTI: Watching the Clock
Im completely new to star trek, all ive watched is a couple of episodes of the first seasons of TOS and ENT. Thought it would be to fun to throw myself into the deep end with DTI.

 

[Christopher]

DTI: Watching the Clock
Im completely new to star trek, all ive watched is a couple of episodes of the first seasons of TOS and ENT. Thought it would be to fun to throw myself into the deep end with DTI.

Wow... A surprising choice, since that book is heavily dependent on the continuity of the 24th-century shows and on the novel continuity at the time. It'll be a good test of whether my exposition skills were up to making the story clear to a newcomer despite that.

 

[Avro Arrow]

Im completely new to star trek

Welcome to the club! (And to the board!) It’s a pretty big franchise; hopefully you find something to your liking!

 

[hbquikcomjamesl]

I thought it was pretty horrorshow.

I had to look up the Nadsat reference, but I see what you were doing.

Im completely new to star trek

Welcome to the squirrel-cage, and look out for the nuts (they're we're "mostly harmless").

It'll be a good test of whether my exposition skills were up to making the story clear to a newcomer despite that.

I have (to coin a phrase) "the utmost confidence" in you.

 

[Vox24]

I am reading Star Trek: S.C.E. - Have Tech, Will Travel. When I first got into Treklit years ago, I avoided this series because I thought a book focused on engineers would be boring. Eventually, I decided to read the first book because I had enjoyed all the other series I had started. I fell in love with this series and these characters. The novella format, which I wasn't sure of at first, became one of the reasons I connected with the series and characters like I did. It allowed the various authors to build up sub-plots, to focus on different characters, and allowed for a variety of story types to be told. I was never sure if the next novella would be horror, action, comedy, a character study, etc.

 

[youngtrek]

My May 2025 reads:

Avengers: X-Sanction by Jeph Loeb and Ed McGuinness (comics, 2012; collected edition, 2012)

Star Trek: Strange New Worlds: Toward the Night by James Swallow (novel, 2025)

Star Trek Vol. 4: Pleroma by Collin Kelly, Jackson Lanzing, Megan Levins (comics, 2024; collected edition, 2025)

Star Trek: Defiant Vol. 4: The Stars of Home by Christopher Cantwell and Angel Unzueta (comics, 2024; collected edition 2025)

GoodReads 2025 Reading Challenge Goal: 75. Read so far: 16 (21%)

— David Young