So What Are you Reading?: Generations

[Allyn Gibson]

I read the Marvel TNG comic special, Riker: The Enemy of My Enemy written by Dan Abnett & Ian Eddington, with pencils by Andrew Currie, and inks by Art Nichols.

I remember having a hard time finding that one back in the day. I eventually did, but it was a hole in my collection for a while.

 

[kirk55555]

I don't do much Trek reading nowadays, but I did read The Q Conflict comic trade paperback yesterday. It was pretty fun, with Q and several other non-corporeal races (Organians, Metrons and Trelane) solving a conflict by selecting teams from basically the TOS/TNG/DS9/VOY crews to compete in challenges. We get a bunch of character interactions that we'd never get to see, like Janeway and Chekov, although it doesn't really get into stuff like Nemesis era Worf being around DS9 season 3 Jadzia.

It did end a bit weirdly, maybe because IDW was doing ongoing comics that needed this to happen but right at the end we get Wesley Crusher and Amanda Rogers (who had been secretly helping the Starfleet Officers) randomly get their powers stripped and turned back into regular humans, which not only seems pointless but came out of nowhere. It means nothing to the story in the comic and doesn't match up with any other story or continuity (although obviously this comic came out before Wesley appeared in Picard S2 ands Prodigy). I can only guess that IDW was planning to do something with those characters in other comics, but taking The Q Conflict as a standalone story it was a bizarre, rushed part of the ending.

Still it was a great comic overall, and you don't need anything more then basic Trek knowledge to read and enjoy it, even if it has a few odd continuity issues.

 

[Commander Troi]

I'm currently reading: "Repent, Harlequin!" Said the Ticktockman.

A friend and I once decided that story (and Shakespeare) were the best reasons for the English language to exist.

 

[Laura Cynthia Chambers]

Just finished Darkness Calls The Tiger by Janyre Tromp.

After the attack on Pearl Harbor, Imperial Japan devours the southern portion of Burma, intent on taking over mainland Asia. Unaware of the coming darkness, Kailyn Moran drifts in her role as the only daughter of a widowed missionary.

As whispers of war snake through the Kachin mountains, Kai's father is convinced God will protect the mission. He entrusts the village to her and the kind yet inexperienced new missionary, Ryan McDonough, while he makes routine visits to neighboring villages.

War descends like a tempest upon the mountain peaks, and an unbreakable bond forms between Kailyn and Ryan as they unite to provide solace to both villagers and the flood of refugees. Despite their tireless efforts, a brutal enemy shatters almost everything they love, pushing Kailyn to embark on a path of unrestrained vengeance.

Afraid he's losing the woman he loves, Ryan fights to protect Kai from the deadly consequences of her choices. But in the face of destruction, can he convince her of the power and freedom of forgiveness?

 

[JD]

Yesterday, I took a short break from the NCIS:LA novel to read the new issue of the ST: Lower Decks comic, which was pretty fun. I have to admit, while I'm still enjoying them, I haven't liked the last few issues by Tim Sheridan quite as much as the early issues by Ryan North.

 

[hbquikcomjamesl]

Now four chapters into Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets.

Another chapter or two. I'm really starting to sympathize with Harry, every time he has to deal with Lockhart. (Looking him up on Wikipedia exposed me to a minor spoiler or two, but very little that I didn't already suspect; ditto for Dobby the House-Elf.)

I get that kind of bovine scat all the time, with charities convinced that I want, expect, or even tolerate material rewards (or unsolicited "memberships" of dubious value) in return for my generosity.

 

[bdub76]

A friend and I once decided that story (and Shakespeare) were the best reasons for the English language to exist.

It's a fast read. I thought it was okay. So far I'm liking his short story Grail more.

 

[hbquikcomjamesl]

Now about 7 chapters into Chamber of Secrets, and I really feel Harry's pain. Lockhart is a grandstanding "defecatory orifice of a donkey," and Malfoy, though less of a grandstander, is an even worse "donkey's defecatory orifice."

Meanwhile, I just picked up Tim Greiving's John Williams: A Composer's Life.

 

[I am not Herbert]

Now about 7 chapters into Chamber of Secrets, and I really feel Harry's pain. Lockhart is a grandstanding "defecatory orifice of a donkey," and Malfoy, though less of a grandstander, is an even worse "donkey's defecatory orifice."

I find it impressive that you held off reading these books so long, so many years past all the hullaballoo surrounding the movie adaptations, theme park rides etc. I admire your restraint!

 

[hbquikcomjamesl]

Yes, and I'm deliberately obtaining British editions, and deliberately doing so on the used market, the former because they are closer to the original intent (my copy of Charlie and the Chocolate Factory is from my own childhood, old enough that the Oompa-Loompas are still a tribe of African Pygmies); the latter because of some "issues" I was made aware of by a certain renowned ST novelist.

 

[bdub76]

I find it impressive that you held off reading these books so long, so many years past all the hullaballoo surrounding the movie adaptations, theme park rides etc. I admire your restraint!

Read them all during the lockdown for the pandemic.

At this point, I'd listen to the Stephen Fry audio books for them. I prefer to not reread books.

 

[hbquikcomjamesl]

Eight chapters into Chamber of Secrets. I now know why deathday parties aren't particularly popular among the living, the handwriting is on the wall (that whole trope, BTW, is a Biblical misread; in Daniel 5, we see a hand, writing on the wall), and so is the caretaker's cat.

Nearly-Headless Nick's difficulties with the Headless Hunt reminds me of a Groucho Marx quote:

I refuse to join any club that would have me as a member

 

[bdub76]

Took a brief break from 11/22/1963 after recent events. I'm almost done with Tooth and Claw: A Longmire Story and the short story collection Stalking the Nightmare. And I should finish up North and South this weekend.