So What Are you Reading?: Generations

[Christopher]

Or a Quincy DVD (in spite of Dr. Quincy being a Medical Examiner, and therefore a specialist in forensic pathology, not all of the episodes involved murder).

It started out being a murder mystery show, but it evolved into a social-commentary show with Quincy taking on the Important Social Issue or Public Health Hazard of the Week and making big preachy speeches about how things had to change. I mean, I generally agreed with its point of view, and Jack Klugman giving an impassioned monologue was always entertaining, but it could've stood to be less sledgehammery. I often wished it would dial back some on the Very Special Episodes and throw in a few non-controversial murder mysteries now and then for variety's sake.

 

[Nyotarules]

TNG Collateral Damage

 

[Greg Cox]

By the 1970s, the Stratemeyer staff writers (no, "Laura Lee Hope," "Carolyn Keene," and "Franklin W. Dixon" aren't real people, and as I recall, GC has taken up the pen of "Victor Appleton" on at least one occasion) were traveling all over the world for research purposes, all for the sake of children's popular fiction.

My stint as "Victor Appleton" was interesting. Although I ended up only writing one Tom Swift novel, The Robot Olympics, I also wrote the bible for that particular line of Tom Swift books and came up with the plots for all of the novels, which were then farmed out to other authors, all writing as "Victor Appleton."

That was a fun (and profitable) gig while it lasted.

 

[JD]

I just finished @Greg Cox's No Time Like the Past, and I loved it.
I've now gone to @KRAD's Farscape post-PK Wars comics, which I haven't read since last March according to Goodreads. I'm not sure if I'll read the rest of it this time since I still have 4 more miniseries left, but I definitely won't wait so long to back to it if I don't.

 

[Greg Cox]

Sherlock Holmes and the Telegram from Hell, by Nicholas Meyer.

With a quote from J. J. Abrams on the front cover!

 

[JD]

I finished up Gone and Back earlier today, and it was great. I've enjoyed alternate universe stories and this was a fun one, with John ending in a universe where Aeryn never joined Moya's crew. After that I read the next miniseries Tangled Roots, which was great too. The reveal of what was going caused Deke to be the way he is was definitely not what expected. Chiana's relationship with Roiin was a surprise, and I felt a little bad for her in the end. It was also interesting getting meet some of Aeryn's former PK team mates and Crais's parents. I decided to take a break again, and I decided to go back to reading the TNG Enterprise-E era stories and I'm going to reread Immortal Coil.

 

[hbquikcomjamesl]

Finally have time, over a month after it arrived, to actually read Chris Farnell's USS Cerritos Crew Handbook instead of just admiring the beautiful binding.

 

[Reanok]

Paws to remember by Sofie Kelly

 

[comsol]

Diane Duane's Harbinger Trilogy - set in the Star*Drive universe.

 

[Guy1993]

I finished reading Star Trek DS9 Millennium The Fall of Terok Nor last week I absolutely loved it felt incredibly authentic the characters jumped off the page. In lots it respects I think so far I prefer this as finale to DS9 than What we leave Behind.

 

[Denise]

Angel Down by Daniel Kraus.

 

[David cgc]

I just finished rereading Dan Moren’s “Galactic Cold War” series, including the newest, “final” novel, which isn’t necessarily the final novel in the actual storyline. I suppose that’s fitting, since the first novel isn’t technically part of the series either, since he switched publishers for the sequels. Anywho, they’re a fun mix of action space opera and spy thriller, I recommend them.

Now I’m starting in on “Lake of Souls,” Ann Leckie’s short-story collection. And in the background, I’ve been rereading the Animorphs YA series at one book a week as part of a Tumblr book-club. I stopped reading them as a kid about a year before the series ended. I’ve heard what the big finale is, but this’ll be my chance to actually see it for myself.

 

[Daddy Todd]

I’m starting in on “Lake of Souls,” Ann Leckie’s short-story collection.

I just finished Leckie's Translation State on Sunday. It was weird and wonderful.

 

[David cgc]

I just finished Leckie's Translation State on Sunday. It was weird and wonderful.

I really enjoyed that one, I'd always gotten a kick out of wacky Preseger hijinks, and she managed to do a pretty deep dive and explain a lot about how and why they (or, rather, their human hybrids) were the way they were without completely demystifying them.

 

[Greg Cox]

It started out being a murder mystery show, but it evolved into a social-commentary show with Quincy taking on the Important Social Issue or Public Health Hazard of the Week and making big preachy speeches about how things had to change. I mean, I generally agreed with its point of view, and Jack Klugman giving an impassioned monologue was always entertaining, but it could've stood to be less sledgehammery. I often wished it would dial back some on the Very Special Episodes and throw in a few non-controversial murder mysteries now and then for variety's sake.

My brother Doug, who was a big Quincy fan, felt the same way.

 

[Stevil2001]

I just finished rereading Dan Moren’s “Galactic Cold War” series, including the newest, “final” novel, which isn’t necessarily the final novel in the actual storyline. I suppose that’s fitting, since the first novel isn’t technically part of the series either, since he switched publishers for the sequels. Anywho, they’re a fun mix of action space opera and spy thriller, I recommend them.

Now I’m starting in on “Lake of Souls,” Ann Leckie’s short-story collection. And in the background, I’ve been rereading the Animorphs YA series at one book a week as part of a Tumblr book-club. I stopped reading them as a kid about a year before the series ended. I’ve heard what the big finale is, but this’ll be my chance to actually see it for myself.

I really liked Lake of Souls, particularly the stories set in the world of Raven Tower.

 

[Drumheller]

The Klingon Gambit by Robert E. Vardeman. Published in October 1981.

I have a used book store near my home and they have a ton of Star Trek novels. I grabbed this one at random. So far, I'm enjoying it.

 

[Avro Arrow]

Welcome to the board, @Drumheller ! (From Drumheller, Alberta, by any chance?)