Hmm. I'd forgotten you'd mentioned that series. Sounds interesting.
And I note that there's a local B&N with both books. And that the author usually spells his last name "Baldree."
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And I note that there's a local B&N with both books. And that the author usually spells his last name "Baldree."
Oops. You're right. I spelled his name wrong. Let me fix that.
(In my defense, it's a been a long, hectic day.)
I've also started The Autobiography of Kathryn Janeway. One mark of a great biography writer is that they can make the time before the subject became famous just as fascinating as their glory years. Una McCormack succeeds in making the first two chapters that cover Janeway's time before Starfleet Academy gripping and relatable.
I get like that, too.
Just picked up both of them on my way home from my docent shift at the Museum. Any recommendation on reading sequence? Order of publication vs. in-universe chronology?
I'm only about a quarter of the way into the prequel, but my instinct is to read in order of publication, since, obviously, the author intended the first book to stand alone with any knowledge of the prequel.
I was kind of leaning that way, at least for first read-through, but perhaps in-universe chronology for subsequent re-reads. Sort of the way I lean that way with regard to Narnia (or Humanx Commonwealth, for that matter; as brilliant as Nor Crystal Tears is, it's probably not the ideal introduction to ADF's HC).
No problem. I'm about halfway through the prequel.
And I gather the series is doing very well for Tor. I even saw the new book on sale at Wal-Mart yesterday.
Just posted my review of Alan Dean Foster's The Unsettling Stars from 2020 (kinda).
Currently reading Picard: Firewall by David Mack, as well as working my way through the Star Wars graphic novels collecting the various 2020 - present comics series set between The Empire Strikes Back and Return of the Jedi. Definitely some fun stuff in there!
Currently reading Picard: Firewall by David Mack, as well as working my way through the Star Wars graphic novels collecting the various 2020 - present comics series set between The Empire Strikes Back and Return of the Jedi. Definitely some fun stuff in there!
I wouldn't know; many years ago, when I found out what Wal-Mart does to its supply chain, and to locally-owned businesses when it moves into an area, I took a vow never to set foot in a Wal-Mart for any reason other than to save somebody else's life.
Down to the last 30 pages of Legends & Lattes.
And since it's now three days into Lent,
Genesis Exodus
And I don't mean Exodus as in Leon Uris.
And since it's now three days into Lent,
And I don't mean Exodus as in Leon Uris.
Is this the next Book Club episode?
Not so far. (I think @James Swallow said that was considered for the book that ultimately became Dark Veil.)
Finished Legends & Lattes. Hmm. Chekhov's dire-cat?
Genesis Exodus Leviticus.
I’m doing a re-read of books about the making of TMP. Finished Return to Tomorrow the other day. It’s longer than I remembered! That took a couple months to get through.
Currently reading Chekov’s Enterprise. Koenig is quite entertaining, short & snappy.
The Making of Star Trek - TMP is queued up after that.
Currently reading Chekov’s Enterprise. Koenig is quite entertaining, short & snappy.
The Making of Star Trek - TMP is queued up after that.
I finished the Spirit Walk duology over the weekend. It was a first-time read for me, and I thought they were much better than their reputation on this board. I actually prefer these two books to the Homecoming/Farther Shore duology. Moset and the Changeling made for much better antagonists, and the characters and setting were used quite well.
Current reading:
Black Panther: Doomwar (reread)
Star Trek: The Never Ending Sacrifice (reread with more experience and less focus on the post-Unity elements)
Star Wars: Crimson Climb (deals much more with Qi'ra's time before her role as Dryden Vos's lieutenant than I was expecting)
Throne of Jade (I know that it would make for poor drama, but I just want a story where Laurence and his dragon hang out and read together instead of fighting in battles)
Current reading:
Black Panther: Doomwar (reread)
Star Trek: The Never Ending Sacrifice (reread with more experience and less focus on the post-Unity elements)
Star Wars: Crimson Climb (deals much more with Qi'ra's time before her role as Dryden Vos's lieutenant than I was expecting)
Throne of Jade (I know that it would make for poor drama, but I just want a story where Laurence and his dragon hang out and read together instead of fighting in battles)
Numbers. It's not a mathematical treatise (and the endless repetitions of all twelve of the Tribes doing exactly the same thing would make any mathematical treatise seem fascinating by comparison, but at least that means one can rush through those entire passages).
And of course, Numbers is where you find the perennially amusing story of Balaam and his ass.
And I'm now about 40 pages into Bookshops & Bonedust. No plagiarism accusations here (foul-mouthed characters "who could teach Norman Mailer how to cuss" have been around for a very long time), but the owner of the bookshop reminds me a lot of Dr. T'Ana from LD.
And of course, Numbers is where you find the perennially amusing story of Balaam and his ass.
And I'm now about 40 pages into Bookshops & Bonedust. No plagiarism accusations here (foul-mouthed characters "who could teach Norman Mailer how to cuss" have been around for a very long time), but the owner of the bookshop reminds me a lot of Dr. T'Ana from LD.
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