So What Are you Reading?: Generations
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Because if you actually watch "Journey to Babel" and Star Trek III: The Search for Spock, you'll be reminded that Sarek is, in fact, a total jerk.
Just finished reading The Dominion Wars: Book 1: Behind Enemy Lines by John Vornholt. It was...odd. It reads kind of like the early pocket books for the non-TOS series, meaning that its like the author only had a limited amount of info on the show/characters so the book doesn't really match the show. This is weird because the author had done a bunch of Trek books before this, but not only does everyone feel a bit off, but so does the whole "world" in general. Picard is a little too casual toward killing people, the Enterprise-E is basically a wreck (and the Dominion War couldn't have been that tough on it, it wasn't even on the front lines), the Dominion War's effects on the Federation don't feel right compared to what was shown and implied on DS9, etc. It gives the book a feel like the author didn't really have the grasp he needed on the material, which (again) is weird because this guy not only wrote several stand alone books, he also did every movie novelization for Generations through Nemesis.
Its not a bad book, and it had interesting ideas (like showing the Ent-E during the Dominion War), but its all a bit to off to recommend.
Its not a bad book, and it had interesting ideas (like showing the Ent-E during the Dominion War), but its all a bit to off to recommend.
Star Trek Titan: the red king.
The book was ok but I don't really like Trok, with her "I feel he/she is hiding something", when even a non telepathic knows It.
I hope that Troi don't do It every novel
The book was ok but I don't really like Trok, with her "I feel he/she is hiding something", when even a non telepathic knows It.
I hope that Troi don't do It every novel
Just posted a review of Deep Space Nine #5: Fallen Heroes by Dafydd ab Hugh.
Currently reading TNG #32: Requiem by Michael Jan Friedman & Kevin Ryan
Currently reading TNG #32: Requiem by Michael Jan Friedman & Kevin Ryan
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I think you may be on to something here. I was reading "Child of Two Worlds" this morning, and the opening scene is a rather painful scene of Spock's mother trying to get him to blow out the candles on his birthday cake. As Spock steadfastly refuses to even do this small "human" thing to please his own mother it occured to me that Sarek is a complete tool.
Spock seems to go through a lot of self loathing and denial about his struggling with his emotions. He nearly always blames it on his regretable human half, when, as we are frequently reminded, Vulcans themselves are extremely emotional.
It's kind of depressing thinking about Spock being bullied as a child by Vulcan children while having to simultaneously deal with his father's disappointment when they are just hypocritically punishing for the same "sin" of having the same emotions that they do.
excuse the typos. I hate typing on a Kindle.
Back on topic: i recently read, Child of Two Worlds, Crisis of Consciousness, Mere Anarchy, and Section 31 Cloak.
I like this bit from Cloak:
He understood that people wanted answers, they wanted solid rules that they could apply to every situation . . . it was the nature of man, he’d always thought, to want to figure everything out in advance. To know how you’re supposed to feel and what you’re supposed to think without having to constantly question everything, all the time. He wanted it, too, and why not? Everything would be so simple. And if life actually worked that way, we would all be able to close our minds, to stick to our personal convictions without ever having to listen to anyone else’s. To never doubt ourselves . . . but at the expense of never changing. Starfleet was a military organization. It was also a pacifistic organization, and a scientific one, and many other things . . . and in Starfleet as in life, any situation was best handled by trying to see it with a clear eye before making a choice.
More on Cloak: I think SDP did a nice job of working a couple of classic TOS plots into a shiny new Section 31 package. The only minor complaint is that the McCoy illness subplot is resolved in an actual episode instead of the book itself. Unavoidable, really, i suppose. It just seems anticlimactic.
For the World is Hollow is an episode that I would love to see novelized. It just seems so rushed. Between Cloak and Ex Machina it's clear that there was room to expand on that storyline to great effect.
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Child of Two Worlds: I kept expecting some reference to the classic John Wayne western The Searchers since it costarred Jeffrey Hunter and was about the hunt for a girl kidnapped by another culture. If there was one I missed it.
Now that I think about it, the older sister's 10 year search for her sibling would have made an interesting book. Prequel someday?
PS: the book The Searchers is based on is much better than the movie, imo. If you like westerns, it's one I'd recommend.
New Literary Treks episode is up! Literary Treks 245: The "All Good Things" of Deep Space Nine - DS9: Millennium, Book II: The War of the Prophets by Judith & Garfield Reeves-Stevens.
Currently finishing up TNG #32: Requiem by Michael Jan Friedman & Kevin Ryan, then it's on to DS9: Millennium, Book III: Inferno.
Currently finishing up TNG #32: Requiem by Michael Jan Friedman & Kevin Ryan, then it's on to DS9: Millennium, Book III: Inferno.
Star Trek New Frontier New Limits anthology
Sarek had a mistress called Hypocrite, he bedded her often. I am not surprised TAS Amanda left his sorry ass when their son died.
I finished up Star Wars: Smuggler's Run on Saturday and have been working my through the last few issues of writer Brian Azarrello and artist Cliff Chiang's Wonder Woman series. I'm on the last issue right now, and once that's done I'm going to start New Avengers Vol. 2: The Sentry, written by Brian Micheal Bendis with art by Steve McNiven.
Angel 7 by Mike Lunnon-Wood. I've enjoyed his other novels but they were difficult to get in paperback. They've now released them all as ebooks so I've picked them all up now
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I liked Fallen Heroes more than you, I think. I thought the story was exciting, and Kira was a total badass.You
are right that the characterization wasn't spot on, but it was produced fairly early in the series run, so I am willing to give it a little more leeway.
Requiem had some good aspects, but the complete lack of explanation about why Picard was sent back to that particular moment felt like a complete ripoff to me. It's like an after school special about a C average student who falls asleep cramming for a history test and finds himself in Revolutionary War days. In the end he wakes up - did that really happen, or was it all just a dream?! Doesn't matter, Bro, 'cause he's totally gonna ace that test now!I
I recently read the Errand of Vengeance and Errand of Fury trilogies. I enjoyed them both. The quality of the writing was suspect at times, but the plots were very interesting and more than made up for it. It was nice to finally see the redshirts finally get their moment in the spotlight...before that spotlight turns out to be a disruptor beam. I also have to admit to taking a shine to Ambassador Fox in this series. He was so damn annoying in Taste of ArmageddonArmageddon, but I liked him here.
Two minor criticisms: the covers of the first trilogy were pretty weak even by Treklit standards, and one of the books didn't seem to have been proofread.
Since my last update I finished Star Trek: Stargazer: Progenitor by Michael Jan Friedman.
I also read:
Assassin's Creed: Volume 1: Trial by Fire
Star Trek: Voyager: Distant Shores: "Bottomless" by Ilsa J. Bick
Star Trek: Khan: Ruling in Hell
Star Trek - Legion of Superheroes
Star Trek: Stargazer: Three by Michael Jan Friedman
Assassin's Creed: Volume 2: Setting Sun
Star Trek: New Earth: Wagon Train to the Stars by Diane Carey
Star Trek: The Original Series: Constellations: "See No Evil" by Jill Sherwin
The Expanse: "The Butcher of Anderson Station" by James S.A. Corey
Star Trek: Tales of the Dominon War: "Twilight's Wrath" by David Mack
I've just started Star Trek: Stargazer: Oblivion by Michael Jan Friedman.
I also read:
Assassin's Creed: Volume 1: Trial by Fire
Star Trek: Voyager: Distant Shores: "Bottomless" by Ilsa J. Bick
Star Trek: Khan: Ruling in Hell
Star Trek - Legion of Superheroes
Star Trek: Stargazer: Three by Michael Jan Friedman
Assassin's Creed: Volume 2: Setting Sun
Star Trek: New Earth: Wagon Train to the Stars by Diane Carey
Star Trek: The Original Series: Constellations: "See No Evil" by Jill Sherwin
The Expanse: "The Butcher of Anderson Station" by James S.A. Corey
Star Trek: Tales of the Dominon War: "Twilight's Wrath" by David Mack
I've just started Star Trek: Stargazer: Oblivion by Michael Jan Friedman.
im currently re-reading the Star Trek: Destiny trilogy by David Mack.
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