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So What Are you Reading?: Generations
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The newest Literary Treks episode is available: Literary Treks 287: Fear Usually Leads to Chaos, in which we cover Destiny, Book I: Gods of Night by David Mack.
I'm currently reading the third book in the trilogy, Lost Souls.
I'm currently reading the third book in the trilogy, Lost Souls.
Recently read Uhura’s Song for the first time. I know it’s often regarded as a highlight of the ‘80’s Trek Novelverse, but I just didn’t like it. Evan Wilson was just way too “manic pixie dreamgirl” for me. I know she was supposed to be adorable, and mysterious, and cuter than cute as she called Kirk out on what felt like every other page. But none of that worked for me. She was, quite simply, annoying.
And then, Kagan dragged out the ending to inject more Tail-Kinker (as Evan came to be known) hijinks... she could’ve easily lopped off about 75 pages and had a better novel. Well, at least in my opinion.
Evan/Tail-Kinker might not be an author-surrogate (Kagan stated she was patterened after her mother) but has every single other annoying characteristic of a Mary Sue. She out-doctors Bones, out-sciences Spock, and out-commands Kirk. She invented some engineering thingamajig that would’ve made Scotty green with envy. She bested Sulu at fencing, and Uhura at barding. I don’t recall what she did better than Chekov, but it wasn’t screaming. Poor Pavel still has to own that one.
So yeah, a big thumbs-down on Uhura’s Song from me.
And then, Kagan dragged out the ending to inject more Tail-Kinker (as Evan came to be known) hijinks... she could’ve easily lopped off about 75 pages and had a better novel. Well, at least in my opinion.
Evan/Tail-Kinker might not be an author-surrogate (Kagan stated she was patterened after her mother) but has every single other annoying characteristic of a Mary Sue. She out-doctors Bones, out-sciences Spock, and out-commands Kirk. She invented some engineering thingamajig that would’ve made Scotty green with envy. She bested Sulu at fencing, and Uhura at barding. I don’t recall what she did better than Chekov, but it wasn’t screaming. Poor Pavel still has to own that one.
So yeah, a big thumbs-down on Uhura’s Song from me.
Baptism of Fire by Andrzej Sapkowski
Funny; I always liked Uhura's Song.
At any rate, I finished The Hunchback of Notre Dame a few days ago. Very tragic ending, but at least Frollo gets it in the end.
Ye vish! Victor Hugo was verbose. Makes ADF seem downright laconic. Then again, if I weren't a seasoned ADF fan, I probably wouldn't have had the patience for Victor Hugo.
At any rate, I finished The Hunchback of Notre Dame a few days ago. Very tragic ending, but at least Frollo gets it in the end.
Ye vish! Victor Hugo was verbose. Makes ADF seem downright laconic. Then again, if I weren't a seasoned ADF fan, I probably wouldn't have had the patience for Victor Hugo.
Our look at the second book of the Destiny trilogy is up on the Literary Treks podcast: Literary Treks 288: The Golden Girls in Space.
I've recently finished the third book (our episode on that one will be out next week), and I'm currently reading Storyworthy by Matthew Dicks.
I've recently finished the third book (our episode on that one will be out next week), and I'm currently reading Storyworthy by Matthew Dicks.
Finished up The Amazing Spider-Man: American Son, and started Interphase Book One, by @Dayton Ward and @Kevin Dilmore the last novella in the first paperback Star Trek: SCE omnibus.
Voyager #12 "Chrysalis" by David Niall Wilson.
I considered moving on to Book 3 of the Gorkon series but I want to read "The Brave and the Bold" first which I still have to get. I still have several Voyager books I haven't read so I decided to grab one of those for now.
I considered moving on to Book 3 of the Gorkon series but I want to read "The Brave and the Bold" first which I still have to get. I still have several Voyager books I haven't read so I decided to grab one of those for now.
im back on my 24th century reading kick. I'm currently reading one of my old favorites, TNG: Doomsday World.
Uhura's Song
On to Fortune's Stroke by Eric Flint and David Drake.
Our final episode about the Destiny series is up: Literary Treks 289: It is Better to Heal Than to Harm, featuring an interview with David Mack about the third book, Lost Souls, and the trilogy as a whole.
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