So What Are you Reading?: Generations
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Trying to read The Fate of the Phoenix. I re-read the rest of the Bantam Trek novels in 2017 (as well as Foster’s last 4 Logs, which each contained significant original material).
I’m having a difficult time getting past the prologue.
I’m having a difficult time getting past the prologue.
The first six contain a fair amount of original material as well -- expanded scenes, bridging material between episodes, and the like. Foster had to add quite a bit to flesh out three 25-minute animation scripts to fill a whole novel.
Oh right, but he added entire new storylines to the last four.
I think his work on the Logs series is amazing. It’s always a pleasure to dip back into them. I wish they were available as ebooks!
Yes, that's common knowledge. That's just it. Everyone fixates so much on the new stuff Foster added the last four that they forget how much he also added to the first six, which is why I wanted to call attention to that. He may not have added whole new stories, but he did add plenty of new scenes between and during the episodes, including prologue and interstitial scenes that bridged episodes together, scenes that gave us glimpses of additional characters in the Enterprise crew, and so on. For instance, his adaptation of "Once Upon a Planet" opened with a set of vignettes about the fantasies that various members of the crew planned to indulge in when they reached the Shore Leave Planet, and the "Yesteryear" adaptation had scenes exploring the Federation science team that studied the Guardian of Forever. There really is quite a lot of new stuff in the first six volumes, even if it's not as extensive as in the last four.
I just finished Peaceable Kingdoms, and with it The Fall series. Now I suppose I can read that book about Admiral Riker and his mutinous ship? I bought it on sale and have no idea where it fits in. I need to find it, as it's been swallowed up by the rest of my trek paperbacks. I think the next series I need to catch up on is the Enterprise/Rise of the Federation books, or maybe the Bashir/S31 books. I haven't read any ENT books since.."A Choice of Futures", so I'll go with them first. Besides, Disavowed is selling for hundreds of dollars for the mass paperback. 
Almost as bad as Reap the Whirlwind before it was reprinted..
Almost as bad as Reap the Whirlwind before it was reprinted..
Two Kinds Of Truth, by Michael Connelly.
Started the new year with the rarity of a read of a newly released book. Lesley had given me this one for Xmas, and I'm a fan of writer and series, so.... This is the 30th Harry Bosch book,and I was a bit worried that (although I'm up to date with owning them) because I still have to catch up with reading a bunch of the previous ones, I ight get confused with back-references to ones I haven't read, or spoilered for them, but thankfully not. This stands alone perfectly well, and it was good to get reacquainted with Hrry Bosch (and Mickey Haller, who now does Matthew McConaughey impressions, since that's who played him in The Lincoln Lawyer). Plot-wise, the cold case part coming back to bite Bosch in the ass part was more interesting than the current case side, but both were entertaining, page-turning, and well done. Probably not a defining classic of the series, but still in good shape 20 books in...
Started the new year with the rarity of a read of a newly released book. Lesley had given me this one for Xmas, and I'm a fan of writer and series, so.... This is the 30th Harry Bosch book,and I was a bit worried that (although I'm up to date with owning them) because I still have to catch up with reading a bunch of the previous ones, I ight get confused with back-references to ones I haven't read, or spoilered for them, but thankfully not. This stands alone perfectly well, and it was good to get reacquainted with Hrry Bosch (and Mickey Haller, who now does Matthew McConaughey impressions, since that's who played him in The Lincoln Lawyer). Plot-wise, the cold case part coming back to bite Bosch in the ass part was more interesting than the current case side, but both were entertaining, page-turning, and well done. Probably not a defining classic of the series, but still in good shape 20 books in...
Finally going to read Waypoint. 
Right now I'm doing a deep dive into the Valiant Comics 2012 relaunch, and reading the current X-O Manowar series. Good stuff.
Also reading "Fire and Fury: Inside the Trump White House" and Les Miserables, the latter of which is my 2018 resolution.
Also reading "Fire and Fury: Inside the Trump White House" and Les Miserables, the latter of which is my 2018 resolution.
I finished Arrow: Vengeance by Oscar Balderrama & Lauren Certo.
I then read Star Trek: Ongoing, Volume 5.
I'm now reading It Devours, based on the podcast Welcome to Night Vale, by Joseph Fink & Jeffrey Cranor.
I then read Star Trek: Ongoing, Volume 5.
I'm now reading It Devours, based on the podcast Welcome to Night Vale, by Joseph Fink & Jeffrey Cranor.
I finished The Art of Big Hero 6 last night, and I really liked. I was really surprised just how many drastically different versions of the characters and their supersuits there were. I thought it was interesting that a lot of the earlier versions had a much stronger Japanese influence. Several of the characters looked a lot more anime like, and some of the super hero costumes looked like Samurai armor.
Finished the comic, and also read A Killing In Amish Country, a true crime book by Gregg Olsen and Rebecca Morris.
Read Harbinger Vol. 2 "Renegades" last night. Big improvement over Vol 1 "Omega Rising." Looks promising. Still can't get past the character defects in Peter Stanchek. Everyone around him though is compelling and sympathetic. Still more of an X-O Manowar and Ninjak guy at this point.
I'm just starting the first Heralds of Valdemar by Mercedes Lackey.
Just started reading Between the World and Me by Ta-nehisi Coates.
THE CRAWLING TERROR by Mike Tucker
The only 12th Doctor book I've got was a nice bit of fun with giant insects and whatnot (though surprising that the characters so frequently referring to SF movies didn't equate the bombardier beetle to Starship Troopers). Sort of reminded me of the 3rd Doctor MA Eye Of The Giant cos of the giant bugs, but faster-paced. It livened up nicely when the location shifted, and brought in a favourite staple of the History Channel's UFO-related programming... The big big downside, though was that it was very obvious that it was written before the writer could have seen much, if any, of Capaldi's Doctor (the book was published in 2014 alongside his first full season) and so the Doctor is rather generic, occasionally dipping into the style of Pertwee or Smith. But what the hell, it was a nice fast bit of fun and familiarity.
The only 12th Doctor book I've got was a nice bit of fun with giant insects and whatnot (though surprising that the characters so frequently referring to SF movies didn't equate the bombardier beetle to Starship Troopers). Sort of reminded me of the 3rd Doctor MA Eye Of The Giant cos of the giant bugs, but faster-paced. It livened up nicely when the location shifted, and brought in a favourite staple of the History Channel's UFO-related programming... The big big downside, though was that it was very obvious that it was written before the writer could have seen much, if any, of Capaldi's Doctor (the book was published in 2014 alongside his first full season) and so the Doctor is rather generic, occasionally dipping into the style of Pertwee or Smith. But what the hell, it was a nice fast bit of fun and familiarity.
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