Exactly. Her breasts in Hi Def are worth the price of admission alone.
Who can argue with that?
So what are you reading now? Part 2
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Who can argue with that?
Finished Landing and Freedom's Choice, now on to Freedom's Challenge.
Paused between stories in Lovecraft Unbound to read Wil Wheaton's new book, Memories of the Future Volume 1. It's the first in a planned series of eight books in which Wheaton reviews the first four seasons of TNG. The tone is generally snarky, and the humour... well, if a friend was making those remarks while you were both watching the show, they might be funnier. They sometimes fall flat as written commentary. But what makes the book especially worth reading are the moments when Wheaton talks about what it was like to be there filming those episodes -- problems with writers and directors, the way the cast started coming together, and that sort of thing. But it's generally a light and breezy read -- a little too light for the cover price ($19.87 -- get it?), perhaps, but fun enough.
I couldn't get into A Singular Destiny...
I'm actually going to skip over that and go right to Losing the Peace...
I tried to get into it, but the Klingon parts slowed it down for me.
It's still in my book pile; I want to read it since it was considered the ultimate Q novel....
I finished The 4400: Welcome to Promise City. It was a great read that definitely captured the feel of the show. I then read The Return of Sherlock Holmes: The Adventure of the Dancing Men. I've now started (finally) on Star Trek: Vanguard: Reap the Whirlwind by David Mack.
Cheers, Christopher.
I just finished reading, for the first time, The Disinherited by Peter David, Michael Jan Friedman, and Robert Greenberger.
It was an average story elevated with some interesting character development in the supporting characters. I remember reading where the Star Trek XI writers were reading novels like Prime Directive and [/i]Spock's World [/i] in order to get a feel for the characters. After reading this novel, I was wondering if they might have read The Disinherited, too. Especially when it comes to Uhura translating the alien sign language for the Lexington and her similar expertise with the Romulan codes. An overeager Chekov running through the halls late for his shift and volunteering too many suggestions to Kirk during a battle reminded me of Chekov running like a madman through the halls on his way to the transporter room in the movie, too. They both felt like character building attempts like McCoy's "I'm a Doctor, not a so-and-so" that frequently appeared throughout the franchise.
It was an average story elevated with some interesting character development in the supporting characters. I remember reading where the Star Trek XI writers were reading novels like Prime Directive and [/i]Spock's World [/i] in order to get a feel for the characters. After reading this novel, I was wondering if they might have read The Disinherited, too. Especially when it comes to Uhura translating the alien sign language for the Lexington and her similar expertise with the Romulan codes. An overeager Chekov running through the halls late for his shift and volunteering too many suggestions to Kirk during a battle reminded me of Chekov running like a madman through the halls on his way to the transporter room in the movie, too. They both felt like character building attempts like McCoy's "I'm a Doctor, not a so-and-so" that frequently appeared throughout the franchise.
I read the trade paperback collecting John Byrne's Star Trek: Crew comic miniseries today. (I buy the comics but tend to let them pile up unread and then just read the paperbacks.) Quite liked it. Review hidden more for space than spoilers.
Comics legend John Byrne has become one of the mainstays of IDW's Star Trek comics, and I'm coming around to the idea that that's a good thing. Though I haven't been crazy about some of his Romulan stuff, the Assignment: Earth miniseries was a fun read, and I really enjoyed Crew, too.
Crew is a prequel to the original series, featuring Number One from "The Cage" at several points in her career leading up to that episode. It's a great idea, and one that should appeal to fans of the Star Trek: Early Voyages comic that Marvel produced a few years back and IDW reprinted this year in trade paperback.
Crew has a very deliberately retro feel; this could have come from the 1960s in some respects. This isn't the familiar and well-explored galaxy of modern Trek, it's a place with a lot of dark, unexplored corners. There's even what may be a reference to Forbidden Planet, with an image of a colonists' graveyard on a hillside. There's also some nice use of continuity -- when Number One arrives on the Enterprise, Bob and Sarah April are the captain and chief medical officer, and Christopher Pike and Spock are new arrivals as well. Unlike Early Voyages, which gave Number One the name Robbins, Crew doesn't name its protagonist, but it doesn't try to come up with a silly rationalization about Number One being her name, either. There's also some continuity with Byrne's Past Trek comics: one story is a sequel to one of his Assignment: Earth stories.
If there's any downside, it's the high body count (a lot of people get killed in the course of these stories), and the fact that two stories feature impostors posing as crew members. Overall, though, I really enjoyed it, and strongly recommend it, especially to old school original series fans. John Byrne fans will also enjoy the bonus features: original black and white artwork for one issue and a cover gallery featuring black and white and finished versions of the covers.
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Crew is a prequel to the original series, featuring Number One from "The Cage" at several points in her career leading up to that episode. It's a great idea, and one that should appeal to fans of the Star Trek: Early Voyages comic that Marvel produced a few years back and IDW reprinted this year in trade paperback.
Crew has a very deliberately retro feel; this could have come from the 1960s in some respects. This isn't the familiar and well-explored galaxy of modern Trek, it's a place with a lot of dark, unexplored corners. There's even what may be a reference to Forbidden Planet, with an image of a colonists' graveyard on a hillside. There's also some nice use of continuity -- when Number One arrives on the Enterprise, Bob and Sarah April are the captain and chief medical officer, and Christopher Pike and Spock are new arrivals as well. Unlike Early Voyages, which gave Number One the name Robbins, Crew doesn't name its protagonist, but it doesn't try to come up with a silly rationalization about Number One being her name, either. There's also some continuity with Byrne's Past Trek comics: one story is a sequel to one of his Assignment: Earth stories.
If there's any downside, it's the high body count (a lot of people get killed in the course of these stories), and the fact that two stories feature impostors posing as crew members. Overall, though, I really enjoyed it, and strongly recommend it, especially to old school original series fans. John Byrne fans will also enjoy the bonus features: original black and white artwork for one issue and a cover gallery featuring black and white and finished versions of the covers.
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I just finished reading Enterprise The Romulan war I wish there was a second book to continue where this story leaves off. Excellent book. i really enjoyed reading it. I started Douglas Adams Dark teatime of the soul. It's really different storytelling from the Hitchhiker guide to the galaxy seriesis written.
Well, after Clive Cussler and Paul Kemprecos' "Serpent", I zipped through Dean Koontz's "In Odd We Trust", and now I'm reading "Haunted" by James Herbert for a Halloween theme.
Next up, Sharpe's Rifles...
Having said that, I did pick up Crucible McCoy and Kirk last week (already had the Spock one) so I might read them soon, if I can get back into a TrekLit mood...
Next up, Sharpe's Rifles...
Having said that, I did pick up Crucible McCoy and Kirk last week (already had the Spock one) so I might read them soon, if I can get back into a TrekLit mood...
I'm reading 'The Jade Dragon'....written by Carolyn Mardsen and Virginia Shin-Mui Loh. It's geared towards younger readers, but it's a good story (and good stories should be for people of all ages). Too, it's a quick read...
I'm going to also finish 'Tales of the Dominion War' (which I have mixed feelings about) and 'The View from the Bridge'....
I'm going to also finish 'Tales of the Dominion War' (which I have mixed feelings about) and 'The View from the Bridge'....
Just finished the TPB of the IDW comic series Mission's End. Very good, though not the best imaging of the end of the 5YM, in my opinion.
Also just finished Dwellers in the Crucible. I really really enjoyed this book, despite the fact that it doesn't have a heck of a lot of plot. Someone with more time on their hands could do a comparison review between this and Killing Time, which had some similar themes going on, but Dwellers succeeds where Killing Time fails miserably.
Now reading Dreadnought! I probably would have skipped this one by the look of it, but I really enjoyed Final Frontier and Best Destiny.
Also just finished Dwellers in the Crucible. I really really enjoyed this book, despite the fact that it doesn't have a heck of a lot of plot. Someone with more time on their hands could do a comparison review between this and Killing Time, which had some similar themes going on, but Dwellers succeeds where Killing Time fails miserably.
Now reading Dreadnought! I probably would have skipped this one by the look of it, but I really enjoyed Final Frontier and Best Destiny.
Finished the Destiny series a couple of weeks ago, ordered The Good that Men Do, Kobayashi Maru, and Beneath the Raptor's Wing. I'll read them in order.
Is Last Full Measure out of print? Because I can't seam to find it.
Is Last Full Measure out of print? Because I can't seam to find it.
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