So What Are you Reading?: Generations

[carcinoGeneticist]

Clockwork Orange. I don't think I like it. It's full of nonsense words.

 

[hbquikcomjamesl]

Clockwork Orange. I don't think I like it. It's full of nonsense words.

Not to mention ultraviolence.

Meanwhile, back at the ranch, 5 chapters into The Dark Veil.

 

[Greg Cox]

Back to NORTHWEST OF EARTH by C. L. Moore. A collection of her "Northwest Smith" stories from the 1930s.

I've been spacing them out (no pun intended) because I'm finding that they're best not read in one sitting. The gorgeous, pulpy, purple prose is delectable in small doses, but a bit much to read one after another.

 

[Christopher]

Clockwork Orange. I don't think I like it. It's full of nonsense words.

I thought it was pretty horrorshow.

 

[halima]

DTI: Watching the Clock
Im completely new to star trek, all ive watched is a couple of episodes of the first seasons of TOS and ENT. Thought it would be to fun to throw myself into the deep end with DTI.

 

[Christopher]

DTI: Watching the Clock
Im completely new to star trek, all ive watched is a couple of episodes of the first seasons of TOS and ENT. Thought it would be to fun to throw myself into the deep end with DTI.

Wow... A surprising choice, since that book is heavily dependent on the continuity of the 24th-century shows and on the novel continuity at the time. It'll be a good test of whether my exposition skills were up to making the story clear to a newcomer despite that.

 

[Avro Arrow]

Im completely new to star trek

Welcome to the club! (And to the board!) It’s a pretty big franchise; hopefully you find something to your liking!

 

[hbquikcomjamesl]

I thought it was pretty horrorshow.

I had to look up the Nadsat reference, but I see what you were doing.

Im completely new to star trek

Welcome to the squirrel-cage, and look out for the nuts (they're we're "mostly harmless").

It'll be a good test of whether my exposition skills were up to making the story clear to a newcomer despite that.

I have (to coin a phrase) "the utmost confidence" in you.

 

[Vox24]

I am reading Star Trek: S.C.E. - Have Tech, Will Travel. When I first got into Treklit years ago, I avoided this series because I thought a book focused on engineers would be boring. Eventually, I decided to read the first book because I had enjoyed all the other series I had started. I fell in love with this series and these characters. The novella format, which I wasn't sure of at first, became one of the reasons I connected with the series and characters like I did. It allowed the various authors to build up sub-plots, to focus on different characters, and allowed for a variety of story types to be told. I was never sure if the next novella would be horror, action, comedy, a character study, etc.

 

[youngtrek]

My May 2025 reads:

Avengers: X-Sanction by Jeph Loeb and Ed McGuinness (comics, 2012; collected edition, 2012)

Star Trek: Strange New Worlds: Toward the Night by James Swallow (novel, 2025)

Star Trek Vol. 4: Pleroma by Collin Kelly, Jackson Lanzing, Megan Levins (comics, 2024; collected edition, 2025)

Star Trek: Defiant Vol. 4: The Stars of Home by Christopher Cantwell and Angel Unzueta (comics, 2024; collected edition 2025)

GoodReads 2025 Reading Challenge Goal: 75. Read so far: 16 (21%)

— David Young

 

[KRAD]

I am reading Star Trek: S.C.E. - Have Tech, Will Travel. When I first got into Treklit years ago, I avoided this series because I thought a book focused on engineers would be boring. Eventually, I decided to read the first book because I had enjoyed all the other series I had started. I fell in love with this series and these characters. The novella format, which I wasn't sure of at first, became one of the reasons I connected with the series and characters like I did. It allowed the various authors to build up sub-plots, to focus on different characters, and allowed for a variety of story types to be told. I was never sure if the next novella would be horror, action, comedy, a character study, etc.

So glad you're enjoying it!

Signed, the guy who edited the series.

 

[hbquikcomjamesl]

I was never sure if the next novella would be horror, action, comedy, a character study, etc.

I agree, there is a combination of richness and brevity in the SCE series.

There's also a Captain's Table short story, in the follow-up anthology, that ties into the series. Captain Gold tells a midrash, while waiting to break his Yom Kippur fast.

Meanwhile, I'm approaching the 2/3 point in The Dark Veil.

 

[Cyfa]

I've finished ST: DS9 - Gateways: Demons of Air and Darkness by KRAD (and just realised that I forgot to say I'd started it!) and started DS9 - Mission Gamma: Twilight by David R George III

 

[KRAD]

I've finished ST: DS9 - Gateways: Demons of Air and Darkness by KRAD (and just realised that I forgot to say I'd started it!) and started DS9 - Mission Gamma: Twilight by David R George III

Hope you enjoyed it!

I wrote about 40% of that book while on jury duty -- a six-and-a-half-week civil trial that was an absolute nightmare. However, everyone involved in that case -- my fellow jurors, the plaintiff, the lawyers, the judge, the court officer, and the clerk -- had either characters or ships named after them in the novel.

 

[Vox24]

So glad you're enjoying it!

Signed, the guy who edited the series.

I am definitely enjoying this re-read. It feels like connecting with old friends again. If I could resurrect only one series from the relaunch era, it would probably be Corps of Engineers.

I bought the Dragonlance Chronicles by Margaret Weiss and Tracy Hickman. It contains the first three Dragonlance novels. I've never read any of these books or any Dragonlance book, but I've heard good things. I'm only a few chapters in so far but I'm enjoying it.

 

[JD]

DTI: Watching the Clock
Im completely new to star trek, all ive watched is a couple of episodes of the first seasons of TOS and ENT. Thought it would be to fun to throw myself into the deep end with DTI.

Wow, it's nice to see a new fan starting out with old school Trek, but I am a little surprised to see someone go for Enterprise of all series. Not that that there's anything wrong with it, but I would have expected a newbie to go for one of the more popular shows like TNG or DS9.
DTI is great, it'll really give you a good feel for what the novels from that era are like.

I am reading Star Trek: S.C.E. - Have Tech, Will Travel. When I first got into Treklit years ago, I avoided this series because I thought a book focused on engineers would be boring. Eventually, I decided to read the first book because I had enjoyed all the other series I had started. I fell in love with this series and these characters. The novella format, which I wasn't sure of at first, became one of the reasons I connected with the series and characters like I did. It allowed the various authors to build up sub-plots, to focus on different characters, and allowed for a variety of story types to be told. I was never sure if the next novella would be horror, action, comedy, a character study, etc.

I've been working my way through the SCE omnibuses, and one thing I like about it is that the novellas' shorter length really make it feel more like the TV series, compared to the full length novels who bigger stories felt more like a movies or season long arcs.

There's also a Captain's Table short story, in the follow-up anthology, that ties into the series. Captain Gold tells a midrash, while waiting to break his Yom Kippur fast.

There's also an SCE story tales of the Dominion War, but it's been a while since I read it, so I can't remember exactly which characters it was about.

 

[halima]

I am a little surprised to see someone go for Enterprise of all series. Not that that there's anything wrong with it, but I would have expected a newbie to go for one of the more popular shows like TNG or DS9.

Ive heard that people generally dont like enterprise very much compared to the other series, but i wanted to go in a loosely chronological order, following this guide. I expect ill be jumping around a little, though, just to taste whats to come.
I genuinely watch so little tv that anything is a fun and exciting indulgence. Im just trying to get myself off of instagram reels and youtube and on to long(er) form media! Im going at a snails pace. Not really used to this at all.

I have to confess that im going through DTI more than a little confused. I think thats only to be expected for someone who has no knowledge of the events being referenced, but i think that itll be so fun to stumble across something in a show and say, ah! I know this one, lucsly mentioned it! Its already happened a little bit what with the temporal cold war and all in enterprise.

 

[I am not Herbert]

Im just trying to get myself off of instagram reels and youtube and on to long(er) form media!

hear, hear!

 

[somebuddyX]

I tried a book called "You Deserve Each Other" by Sarah Hogle. I just can't relate to their nonsense.

 

[Daddy Todd]

Continuing my DS9 post-series re-read, working my way through Twilight by DRG III. And “work” is the operative word here. It’s awfully long-winded for my tastes.

My drive time audiobook is Asylum by the amazing Una McCormack. Loving it!