So What Are you Reading?: Generations

[hbquikcomjamesl]

Hmm. Queen Esther as in the Purim story, @Laura Cynthia Chambers ?

Be that as it may, The Epistle of St. Paul the Apostle to the Philippians Colossians.
And I will note that Ancient Philippi was named after Philip of Macedonia, while Philippi, West Virginia was named after Philip Barbour, and the Philippines were named after Philip of Castile. All very different places.

 

[Greg Cox]

Little Demon in the City of Light: A True Story of Murder and Mesmerism in Belle Epoque Paris, by Steven Levingston.

Historical true-crime, about a sensational murder trial in 1899 Paris, hinging on the issue of whether someone could be hypnotized to commit murder.

(And, okay, also the new GODZILLA VS. THE HULK comic book.)

 

[hbquikcomjamesl]

The First Epistle of Paul the Apostle to the Thessalonians
The First Epistle of Paul the Apostle to the Thessalonians
The First Epistle of Paul the Apostle to Timothy
The First Epistle of Paul the Apostle to Timothy
The Epistle of Paul to Titus
The Epistle of Paul to Philemon
The Epistle of Paul the Apostle to the Hebrews

 

[Laura Cynthia Chambers]

Hmm. Queen Esther as in the Purim story, @Laura Cynthia Chambers ?

Yes. I'm not sure yet at what point in the story it takes place.

 

[hbquikcomjamesl]

The General Epistle of James.
The First and Second Epistles General of Peter.
The First Epistle General of John.
The Second and Third Epistles of John.
The General Epistle of Jude.
Leaving The Revelation of St. John the Divine for this evening.

After finishing a very long article in a 1942 magazine I recently received as a no-occasion gift (the June 1942 issue of Railroad Magazine), and reading Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone (my first time reading any Rowling), I will begin the renowned Binyon translation of Dante's Divine Comedy, with the Longfellow translation handy as a reference.

 

[Denise]

Reading Loot by Tania James and Precipice by Robert Harris and Gliff by Ali Smith.

 

[Allyn Gibson]

Philippi, West Virginia was named after Philip Barbour, and the Philippines were named after Philip of Castile. All very different places.

I am a graduate of Philip Barbour High School in Philippi, West Virginia, which is also the site of the "Philippi Races," the first land battle of the Civil War.

I am probably the only graduate of PBHS to visit Barbour's grave in Washington. I have family in the same cemetery (Congressional).

 

[JD]

I finished the SCE: No Surrender novella on Friday, and I enjoyed it. The stuff with Bradford gave us some nice character development for Capt. Gold, and the stuff on the prison station was pretty good.
After that I took a break from SCE to read the latest issue of the ST Lower Decks comic, which continues to be great. I was a little surprised by how quickly they resolved the cliffhanger from last issue, but the reveal of who was behind the timeline changes was really good and a big surprise.

 

[hbquikcomjamesl]

I always liked Captain Gold. And I wouldn't mind one bit if he were to make a canonical appearance.

 

[KRAD]

I always liked Captain Gold. And I wouldn't mind one bit if he were to make a canonical appearance.

Me, too.

 

[korblborp]

Curse of Sagamore by Kara Dalkey

 

[Daddy Todd]

I'm working on a DS9 "relaunch" re-read, and after finishing Avatar Book 2 on Sunday, read SCE: Cold Fusion, because it's a side story to what's going on with DS9. I thought @KRAD did an excellent job in balancing the ongoing SCE storylines with the ongoing DS9 storyline. Tons of fun!

I also finished what is reportedly the final Darkover pastiche by Deborah J. Ross, Arilinn. It was OK. I'm fine with putting this series to bed, especially as the original author has been dead for 25+ years, and the last few entries have been giving a definite sense of "diminishing returns".

My commute listen is now From Slavery to the Stars by Andreea Kindryd, who was Gene Coon's admin while he was producing TOS (and for a few years after, when he was at Universal producing It Takes a Thief). It's a wonderful book. Highly recommended.

 

[Kilana2]

Die Standing by J.J. Miller

Evil Georgiou is hilarious so far.....

 

[hbquikcomjamesl]

Still reading "Wrecking Engineer," Bill Brunner's 43-page memoir of his career running a "Big Hook" for the Sante Fe, in the June 1942 issue of Railroad Magazine. I started it one evening during Lent, when I was ahead of quota, and left my KJV in my office.

 

[I am not Herbert]

non ST: Emma

ST: Mutiny on the Enterprise. I feel like it's gotten a bad rap around here, but I've mostly enjoyed it. The characterization is solid and the threat is a novel one. Something tells me the author had a political axe to grind but that sort of thing doesn't bother me unless it interferes with the storytelling.

 

[Christopher]

ST: Mutiny on the Enterprise. I feel like it's gotten a bad rap around here, but I've mostly enjoyed it. The characterization is solid and the threat is a novel one. Something tells me the author had a political axe to grind but that sort of thing doesn't bother me unless it interferes with the storytelling.

I never noticed anything political about it, as far as I recall, but I thought the characterization was poorly done. In Vardeman's previous novel, The Klingon Gambit, he wrote McCoy as a caricatured, one-note anti-technology fanatic, which I assumed was a consequence of the mind-altering force that was affecting the crew in that novel. But he wrote McCoy in exactly the same caricatured way in Mutiny.

 

[hbquikcomjamesl]

Now 2 chapters into Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone. And on my lunch table at the office, I'm still in the middle of "Wrecking Engineer."

 

[Dr Bonezee]

Almost Finished with Coda Book 3: Oblivion's Gate. Torn between reading The Captain's Oath and Harm's Way. Anyone wanna weigh in on which one I should start?

 

[I am not Herbert]

Almost Finished with Coda Book 3: Oblivion's Gate. Torn between reading The Captain's Oath and Harm's Way. Anyone wanna weigh in on which one I should start?

Tough to say-- their writing styles are fairly different but both have strong followings, here and generally. I'll give the politic answer and say TCO is structured in a way that you can read (somewhat) self-contained 'episodes' (for lack of a better word) in one sitting, which then feed into a larger whole. If that lines up with your reading style (as it does mine) then I'd recommend that one first.

 

[hbquikcomjamesl]

I have this vague recollection of a scene involving a Starfleet CO cursing a blue streak, and remarking somewhere on TrekBBS that it "gave an entirely new meaning to 'The Captain's Oath'."

Found my remark. It wasn't as I remembered it at all.

That said, I can recall so little of the details of what it's about that I'm getting an urge to "read it again for the first time."