So what are you reading now? Part 2
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I've given up on 20,000 Leagues Under The Sea for now, but still reading the books in my sig.
Up next will be Trudi Canavan's The Magician's Apprentice and Malcolm Pryce's Don't Cry For Me Aberystwyth.
Up next will be Trudi Canavan's The Magician's Apprentice and Malcolm Pryce's Don't Cry For Me Aberystwyth.
Just finished Mark Morris's Torchwood novel Bay of the Dead, a fast romp about Torchwood versus zombies in Cardiff. Of course, it's not quite that simple...
I've seriously considered getting into the Torchwood (and Dr. Who) books, but have been hesitant. Are those fairly decent books? How do they stack up to, say, Trek Lit? Are they fairly engaging and entertaining for the most part or does the quality vary wildly by book?
*Assumes you've read more than one of them*
I haven't read any of the TW books, but I wouldn't recommend any of the DW books. oh, some of them are good, fun books to read, but they are pretty much all "planet of the week" type of books, and in my opinion, books aimed at the teenagers, which is not surprising since that's the target audience of the series.
The Torchwood books aren't consistently wonderful, but I'd say I enjoy them as much as I enjoy the average TrekLit book. I'm always glad when a few come out. (They come out three at a time, two or three times a year, and there are now twelve of them.)
Well, that's more or less true of the current series of books, sure, though it hasn't stopped me from buying them. But the wider universe of original Doctor Who fiction -- the New Adventures, Missing Adventures, Eighth Doctor Adventures, Past Doctor Adventures, Telos novellas, Short Trips, etc, plus all the semi-authorized spinoffs (Bernice Summerfield, Faction Paradox, Time Hunter, Iris Wildthyme), is at least as rich, wonderful, and rewarding as the world of TrekLit. The problem is, too much of it is out of print and hard to find for a reasonable price.
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oops, yeah, I meant the new series books.
Finally managed to get hold of "Articles of the Federation". Enjoying it so far
Edit to add: - Just finished it and I thought it was superb
Edit to add: - Just finished it and I thought it was superb
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I read one of the New Who books, The Stone Rose, and thought it was pretty good. Like the others said, it was certainly geared twoards a younger audience, but IMO it fit in pretty well with the tone of the show, and told a fairly interesting story. It wasn't as good as most Trek Lit, but it was good enough I decided to pick up the next one, The Resurrection Casket. I've actually had that one for a couple years now, but I've never gotten around to reading it.
I've seriously considered getting into the Torchwood (and Dr. Who) books, but have been hesitant. Are those fairly decent books? How do they stack up to, say, Trek Lit? Are they fairly engaging and entertaining for the most part or does the quality vary wildly by book?
*Assumes you've read more than one of them*
Just started rereading Storm Runner by Tara K. Harper, and realized I forgot more than I thought I had. But it's still a good read.
Just finished Lies My Teacher Told Me: Everything Your American History Textbook Got Wrong by James W. Loewen -- which, by the way everybody in the United States should read.
I'm now going to focus on getting through Vanguard: Open Secrets by Dayton Ward. After that, I'm trying to decide whether I should concentrate on reading The Dark Side: The Inside Story of How the War on Terror Turned into a War on American Ideals by Jane Mayer or The Shock Doctrine: The Rise of Disaster Capitalism by Naomi Klein.
Along the line, I'm going to pick up the Mere Anarchy paperback and The Calling by David Mack.
I'm now going to focus on getting through Vanguard: Open Secrets by Dayton Ward. After that, I'm trying to decide whether I should concentrate on reading The Dark Side: The Inside Story of How the War on Terror Turned into a War on American Ideals by Jane Mayer or The Shock Doctrine: The Rise of Disaster Capitalism by Naomi Klein.
Along the line, I'm going to pick up the Mere Anarchy paperback and The Calling by David Mack.
Finished it yesterday. It was quite good, giving a nice context and introduction to Marco Polo's story. One thing it really could have used: a map. I had to go looking for one online (and never found the "perfect" one) to find out where exactly in the world I was at any given point.
I picked up a few Ray Bradbury books from the library; first up is Death Is A Lonely Business.
I'm reading Magnificent Desolation by Buzz Aldren. I think it is fitting since tomorrow is the 40th anniversary of the Apollo 11 moonwalk.
I just finished Star Trek: Deep Space Nine: Mission Gamma: Lesser Evil and started on Mr. Monk Goes to the Firehouse. I also finished Marvel's first run of Trek comics on the DVD and have started on DC's first run. So far there much much better than the Gold Key and Marvel ones.
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