Made a start on Dangerous Ground by Larry Bond.
So What Are you Reading?: Generations
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Foul Deeds Will Rise
Great. Do you read it the first time or do you re-read it?
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First time. There are still so many Trek books out there that I haven't read that I rarely reread old ones.
I also have more than two dozen non Trek books on my Kindle that I have got to get around to reading. One of which, The Thurber Carnival, I just started a few hours ago. I've provably already read most of the best stories in the collection, but I'm hoping to find some more gems. My favorites so far:
The Secret Life of Walter Mitty
A Couple of Hamburgers
^ Those two should be read by anyone thinking of getting married
The Owl Who Was God
The Unicorn in the Garden
^ A couple of modern fables
I also have more than two dozen non Trek books on my Kindle that I have got to get around to reading. One of which, The Thurber Carnival, I just started a few hours ago. I've provably already read most of the best stories in the collection, but I'm hoping to find some more gems. My favorites so far:
The Secret Life of Walter Mitty
A Couple of Hamburgers
^ Those two should be read by anyone thinking of getting married
The Owl Who Was God
The Unicorn in the Garden
^ A couple of modern fables
The most recent episode of the Literary Treks podcast was a lot of fun to record. It's an interview with David Tilotta & Curt McAloney, the authors of Star Trek: Lost Scenes. Episode #249: A Fun Labor of Love is up now!
I just finished IKS Gorkon, Book 2: Honor Bound by Keith R.A. DeCandido yesterday, which I loved. Great resolution to the Children of San-Tarah story.
I also finished Hank Green's An Absolutely Remarkable Thing yesterday. This novel has left me with a severe book hangover. I loved it, but I'm still kind of reeling from it.
I'm a bit ahead on my reading for Literary Treks, so I started on an oldie today that I've never read before, but have heard a lot of good things about: Star Trek #49: The Pandora Principle by Carolyn Clowes. I'm a big fan of Saavik, so I'm looking forward to getting into it!
I just finished IKS Gorkon, Book 2: Honor Bound by Keith R.A. DeCandido yesterday, which I loved. Great resolution to the Children of San-Tarah story.
I also finished Hank Green's An Absolutely Remarkable Thing yesterday. This novel has left me with a severe book hangover. I loved it, but I'm still kind of reeling from it.
I'm a bit ahead on my reading for Literary Treks, so I started on an oldie today that I've never read before, but have heard a lot of good things about: Star Trek #49: The Pandora Principle by Carolyn Clowes. I'm a big fan of Saavik, so I'm looking forward to getting into it!
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^ I listened to two of your podcasts recently (Miasma and the final DS9 Millennium book) and I enjoyed both.
Pandora Principle - I loved the opening scenes with Saavik on Hellguard. They make a nice prolog to Margaret Wander Bonanno's Unspoken Truth that I recently read.
Honor Bound - All of those Gorkon books are good, aren't they? DeCandido does a great job of creating a likeable and interesting crew. He would be the perfect writer for an Aventine book, imo.
One funny thing about Honor Bound. We only get to see a small portion of the planet and one head tribal leader. At the end of the book I couldn't help but picture a planet full of Organian like beings wondering why the Klingon Empire just signed a treaty with the denizens of a petting zoo.
Back on topic: I'm still working on the Thurber collection. After that, I plan to read A Time to be Born. It's the last unread paperback Trek book I have laying around.
Pandora Principle - I loved the opening scenes with Saavik on Hellguard. They make a nice prolog to Margaret Wander Bonanno's Unspoken Truth that I recently read.
Honor Bound - All of those Gorkon books are good, aren't they? DeCandido does a great job of creating a likeable and interesting crew. He would be the perfect writer for an Aventine book, imo.
One funny thing about Honor Bound. We only get to see a small portion of the planet and one head tribal leader. At the end of the book I couldn't help but picture a planet full of Organian like beings wondering why the Klingon Empire just signed a treaty with the denizens of a petting zoo.
Back on topic: I'm still working on the Thurber collection. After that, I plan to read A Time to be Born. It's the last unread paperback Trek book I have laying around.
I'm STILL reading VOY Children of the Storm.
But with my son, we finished CoE #3 (the last printed volume of the series in Germany until december). Best story in the book was KRAD's "Here there be monsters", or in german "Achtung, Monster!", a title he obviously really liked
He even wrote about it in his livejournal: https://kradical.livejournal.com/2961983.html
Until there ist more (printed) CoE, we now startet the Double Helix Series with Vol. 1.
And with my daughter, we have finished Academy #3 and startet #4 "Assassination Game", Really good books for younger readers.
I'm STILL reading VOY Children of the Storm.
But with my son, we finished CoE #3 (the last printed volume of the series in Germany until december). Best story in the book was KRAD's "Here there be monsters", or in german "Achtung, Monster!", a title he obviously really liked
He even wrote about it in his livejournal: https://kradical.livejournal.com/2961983.html
Until there ist more (printed) CoE, we now startet the Double Helix Series with Vol. 1.
And with my daughter, we have finished Academy #3 and startet #4 "Assassination Game", Really good books for younger readers.
I liked some of the 'Kadettenromane' by Heyne. They stopped translating and publishing them sometime in the past. I could read them in English, but prices are exorbitant.
I'm still busy with Well of Souls and I will need some time to finish it, but it is definitely better than expected.
Is Cross Cult planning to stop the release of Titan novels? There is just one which isn't translated yet, so there is still hope....
I don't think, Cross Cult will stop Titan.
They just have lowered the number of books per year, that they publish.
So, for the next year there are already announced these books:
Sep 19 Star Trek – Sektion 31 Kontrolle
Aug 19 Star Trek – Deep Space Nine Lichter im Dunkel
Mai 19 Star Trek – The Next Generation Band 14 Absturz
Apr 19 Star Trek – New Frontier Band 17 Mörderisches Spiel
Mrz 19 Star Trek – Voyager Band 13 Kleine Lügen erhalten die Feindschaft II
Feb 19 Star Trek – Rise of the Federation Band 4 Prinzipientreue
Jan 19 Star Trek – Voyager Band 12 Kleine Lügen erhalten die Feindschaft I
So there is only one original english Voyager novel after this, only the ebooks from New Frontier (I doubt, that we will get them in german), and also not really much from TNG & DS9.
So I think, Titan will be among the books for the end of 2019. What else should they bring after these? No TOS in the next time, no Seekers. Surely the next Discovery books, and maybe more printed CoE-Books (as they are already translated).
They just have lowered the number of books per year, that they publish.
So, for the next year there are already announced these books:
Sep 19 Star Trek – Sektion 31 Kontrolle
Aug 19 Star Trek – Deep Space Nine Lichter im Dunkel
Mai 19 Star Trek – The Next Generation Band 14 Absturz
Apr 19 Star Trek – New Frontier Band 17 Mörderisches Spiel
Mrz 19 Star Trek – Voyager Band 13 Kleine Lügen erhalten die Feindschaft II
Feb 19 Star Trek – Rise of the Federation Band 4 Prinzipientreue
Jan 19 Star Trek – Voyager Band 12 Kleine Lügen erhalten die Feindschaft I
So there is only one original english Voyager novel after this, only the ebooks from New Frontier (I doubt, that we will get them in german), and also not really much from TNG & DS9.
So I think, Titan will be among the books for the end of 2019. What else should they bring after these? No TOS in the next time, no Seekers. Surely the next Discovery books, and maybe more printed CoE-Books (as they are already translated).
I'm almost done with Quarantine, so I first started ST:TNG: Headlong Flight by @Dayton Ward, but then I remembered I was planning on reading digital edition of The Amazing Spider-Man Masterworks: Vol 1 by written by Stan Lee, with art by Steve Ditko and Jack Kirby so I switched over to that instead. Those are probably 3 of the most legendary names in the comic book industry and this the first thing I've read involving any of them.
I'm almost done with Quarantine, so I started ST:TNG: Headlong Flight by @Dayton Ward, but after I started it I remembered that I was also planning on reading Marvel Masterworks: The Amazing Spider-Man Vol. 1, written by Stan Lee, with art by Steve Ditko and Jack Kirby so I switched over to that.
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Got a few new (old) paperbacks.
Here There Be Dragons
The Better Man
Nightshade
They were ok. I prefer the more modern books.
Here There Be Dragons
The Better Man
Nightshade
They were ok. I prefer the more modern books.
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Two more oldies:
The Romulan Stratagem
Blaze of Glory
The Romulan Stratagem
Blaze of Glory
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"Crossover" by JMF.
Would this have been better without the TNG crew? I think so. Probably wouldn't have sold as well though.
Would this have been better without the TNG crew? I think so. Probably wouldn't have sold as well though.
Soupy Twists!, by Jem Roberts, a look at the making of A Bit of Fry & Laurie, written with the cooperation of the duo. I've read two of Stephen Fry's autobiographies (Moab Is My Washpot, The Fry Chronicles), and as Hugh Laurie generally avoids talking about himself, this is as close to an authorized biography of Laurie as we're ever likely to see. I wasn't expecting a book about ABoF&L to be as funny as the television series was, but every page or so there's something that has me guffawing -- and I haven't even reached the series yet. (The first section of the book, at least as far as I've gotten, is about their lives and careers prior to ABoF&L.) I did jump ahead and read some of the unproduced sketches.
The latest Literary Treks episode is up: episode #250: Tom Clancy Without Technobabble, all about A Time to Heal, featuring an interview with David Mack! This was a really fun episode, dealing with some weighty issues that come up in that novel. Also, there's some exciting news about an upcoming TNG novel that's revealed towards the end of the episode!
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