So What Are you Reading?: Generations
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I was really hoping once they started doing e-books on a regular basis again they'd relaunch SCE/Corps of Engineers, but that doesn't seem to be happening.
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Ouch. That is rough. Clearly, you guys were on the right track. It's a shame that TPTB seemed to have learned the wrong lesson and discarded a project that was ahead of it's time at the very moment it could have really blossomed.
I remember that Amazon was a punchline after the dot com bubble burst because it had never turned a profit. People were skeptical of Netflix before high speed internet became easily accessible. What would the world look like if people had given up on those ideas before technology caught up with them?
You know, now might be a good time for a Discovery/USS Lovell crossover...
Hope springs eternal.
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You might want to bump it up a little higher in your "to read" queue. I read both of his Dominion War books back to back last night. Very fast paced and entertaining. I liked the composite crew of The Orb of Peace. You get to see Picard in war mode, a (slightly) more vulnerable Ro, and a couple of characters from Lower Decks. Oh, and a Trill who I'd swear has some Tellarite blood in him.
The only nitpick I have is that the pace may have been a bit too fast in the first book. I wish the scenes on the Cardassian penal colony could have been expanded, and I wish we had a few contentious scenes between Ro and Picard early on.
A minor complaint for what turned out to be two fun books.
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I've decided to get right into the Gorkon novels next.
Starting with A Good Day to Die.
I've already read A Burning House. You can read it without the Gorkon novels, but I want to catch up on things I might have missed, as the Gorkon novel adventures were mentioned in it.
Starting with A Good Day to Die.
I've already read A Burning House. You can read it without the Gorkon novels, but I want to catch up on things I might have missed, as the Gorkon novel adventures were mentioned in it.
Do you know that even though it's #1 A Good Day Die is actually the third IKS Gorkon story?
The second Gorkon installment was the back half of The Brave and the Bold, Book Two, which also contains diagrams of the Gorkon at the end.
Alright. I've read that, though it was several years ago.
Malkus did ring a bell.....
I just posted my yearly wrap-up of Trek Lit on TrekLit.com.
Finished reading I.K.S. Gorkon: Enemy Territory for the next episode of Literary Treks, and just started re-reading Imzadi for the episode after that one!
Finished reading I.K.S. Gorkon: Enemy Territory for the next episode of Literary Treks, and just started re-reading Imzadi for the episode after that one!
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Engines of Destiny by Gene DeWeese
I read several very negative reviews of this one, but I thought it was very good.
I read several very negative reviews of this one, but I thought it was very good.
I liked it, too. If I remember correctly, Kirk and the Borg were involved.
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That's the one.
I think it did a commendable job of filling in some cracks in Relics, Generations, and First Contact. The author seemed to put a lot of thought into the story, and came up with some plausible explanations for some of the questions I had as a viewer of those movies.
Some of the reviews I read claimed that Scotty was written out of character. I can understand how seeing Scotty being depressed and retreating into a bottle might be off-putting to fans, but I think it's believable. He's old, he's stuck 75 years out of his own time, he just witnessed Kirk's death, and feels responsible for the death of Franklin in the transporter buffer. This story gives him a chance to move on from the past and put his life back together.
Another complaint I read was the Reset Button ending. Sure it gets overused, but how can you write a story that shakes up the status quo when the story is designed to bridge the gap between two movies? And it isn't a complete reset in any case, as at least one character is changed by his experiences, whether he realizes it or not.
Random thoughts:
- I enjoyed learning a bit more about Guinan, including the origin of her mysteries "feelings."
- I never liked the idea of the Borg having a Queen. It's a very Hollywood exec type of idea, imo. I like how the author delved into how this Queen was a little different than the others which led to some creative strategizing on her part, as well as giving her some weaknesses.
- Time travel in Trek has been handled in inconsistent and sometimes contradictory fashion over the years. A new twist is introduced here with the possibility that a person doesn't actually travel through time but the timeline itself may be transformed around them. Is it 100% plausible? And does it jibe with past Trek time travel stories? Eh, maybe not. But it's interesting and it works well enough here.
- I wish there had been a few more Kirk scenes. Not heroic action scenes or anything. Just a few more introspective moments, and maybe a few more scenes with Scotty. The author had a lot of characters to juggle with Scotty, Guinan, Picard, Sarek, Kirk, and the BQ all getting their time in the spotlight.
- Riker came off as a bit of a jerk in his few brief scenes. kind of odd. Sometimes I think the actors voicing their lines is more important than the writing being in character.
Edited to add: I also love the cover
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PDAs did exist back then - I had a Palm Vx that I bought and read ebooks on - I read the SCE books on there. I loved it - especially for its ability to look like I was working while reading since a lot of business people used them for calendar management and I was working as a software consultant at the time
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PDAs did exist back then - I had a Palm Vx that I bought and read ebooks on - I read the SCE books on there. I loved it
So, I'm only 18 years behind the times? Lol. That's actually pretty good for me. I still haven't bought a cellphone. I'm practically a Luddite.
My Kindle is the lone exception. The value and convenience made it something I couldn't pass up. I've read more books in the past year than I have since I was a teenager.
Back on topic: I'm about to read SCE: Failsafe. Seems like a good way to ring in the new year.
Just finished Stephen Kings’ latest ‘Elevation’. A charming little story 5/5
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Chain of Attack & about a third of From the Depths.
Kirk just needs to drop a net on any Federation officials as soon as they beam aboard and drag them straight to the brig.
Kirk just needs to drop a net on any Federation officials as soon as they beam aboard and drag them straight to the brig.
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