I just finished reading A Flag Full of Stars by Brad Ferguson. Not bad but I still liked The Lost Years better. The Kirk/Ciana romance was interesting but I guess I'm used to my Trek having Spock and McCoy somewhere in it, too. That's why I didn't like a lot of the 80's and 90's novels with the regular characters getting shoved aside for all those "original" characters that authors always tried to introduce to save the day.
So what are you reading now? Part 2
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I finished Mr. Monk Goes to the Firehouse the other day. It was pretty good, felt a lot like an actual episode and the characterizations were spot on.
I then started on Star Trek: I.K.S. Gorkon: Enemy Territory. I'm already about a third of the way through and really enjoying it so far. Next up is Star Trek: Klingon Empire: A Burning House.
I then started on Star Trek: I.K.S. Gorkon: Enemy Territory. I'm already about a third of the way through and really enjoying it so far. Next up is Star Trek: Klingon Empire: A Burning House.
"A Glossary of Literary Terms" by M.H.Abrams. I was just going to glance through, but its thorough and in-depth enough to merit actually reading in its entirety. The best thing about it is seeing mention of scholars that I personally know, and who produced works of great critical importance or redefined how the academic community approached a certain term or genre. It's quite exciting, particularly as you don't always realize quite how influential some of the professors and fellows around you have been! Very much an eye-opener...
I'm reading Obsidian Alliances during the evening baseball game (my wife and I watch every Detroit Tigers game), and Losing the Peace before I fall asleep.
I'm reading Avatar book 1. It's about time I saw how this restart thing started.
So far: Everyone has mysterious dreams. They all start coming true. Also an Andorian who thinks the station is too cold! Must be based on the Worlds of the Federation blue guys.
So far: Everyone has mysterious dreams. They all start coming true. Also an Andorian who thinks the station is too cold! Must be based on the Worlds of the Federation blue guys.
It all (mostly) gets reconciled in the end
. The DS9-postfinale Andorians and "Enterprise" Andorians were two simultaneous interpretations that were eventually reconciled with stories in the Enterprise-postfinale and the Myriad Universes series. There are still a few little points of disparity for those of us who worry about such things (), but I think it's been suggested Andorians can easily tolerate the cold, but prefer it hot and humid (indeed, in the Myriad Universe story it suggests a massive global warming project to reconcile Enterprise-Andor with how it appears in the DS9 relaunch). Just to warn you, in case you ever get to "Paradigm" (and a great story it is).
Just finished The Final Reflection. Fantastic book, and a much more nuanced vision of the Klingons than what I feel we eventually got. I had my doubts that it would keep my interested, being mostly about original characters, and I admittedly skipped through the first chapter (I never do well with descriptions of fictional games: I hate Quiddich, too), but got hooked later. Some nice TOS (and TAS! Yeah!) name-checking, too.
Continuing with the early novel, now starting Corona. A little leery of the reporter character (having been a longtime journalist, I've found many portrayals of reports in popular fiction pretty ham-handed), but so far so good.
Continuing with the early novel, now starting Corona. A little leery of the reporter character (having been a longtime journalist, I've found many portrayals of reports in popular fiction pretty ham-handed), but so far so good.
I finished "Death in Winter" yesterday and have just now started reading "Day of the Vipers." I can't say much for "Winter;" the plot and dialogue were very simple and a lot of the characters were awfully cliched, but it made for a decent, albeit pretty light read. Originally, I only picked "Winter" up because it intertwined Donatra into the story. Unfortunately, her role throughout the novel was pretty… Minimal and not entirely essential. Considering how interesting she was in "Singular Destiny" and even "Nemesis," it's a shame she hasn't been used more prominently. Anyone think the "Titan" series does a better job of developing her character?
"Vipers" has so far been much more rewarding in complexity and depth than some of the other Trek I've been reading—just got to press my brain to keep track of all those Bajoran and Cardassian names! Ah, and I also found "Spock Must Die" for a buck downtown. I'm thinking of reading that or "Art of the Impossible Next."
"Vipers" has so far been much more rewarding in complexity and depth than some of the other Trek I've been reading—just got to press my brain to keep track of all those Bajoran and Cardassian names! Ah, and I also found "Spock Must Die" for a buck downtown. I'm thinking of reading that or "Art of the Impossible Next."
I just started re-reading Fearful Symmetry again because the plotlines are so complex.I look forward to getting Soul key to see what happens to continue this story.As For the Ds9 novel Day of the Vipers is such a good book it's hard to put it down.You get so involved with the story you don't want to do other things.
I thought they did.
Isn't there a glossery in the back of each of the Terok Nor books? As for which book to read next, I wholehearted reccomend AotI, it's one of my favorite books. I haven't read SMD though, so I can't say anything about that one.
Mm, yes, thankfully there is. I've enjoyed "Vipers" so much that I think I'll try and procure the rest of the series and read them next. In my experience, the British Trek authors (however few there may be of them) consistently produce some really great Trek novels. Too bad James Swallow and Una McCormack haven't written more!
Finished I.K.S. Gorkon: Enemy Territory last night and started on Klingon Empire: A Burning House. Next is DS9: The Lives of Dax.
In addition to what I'm reading in my sig, am now also reading The Soul Key.
Started the next book in the Wolfwalker series, Wolf's Bane. With this one and the next I know I'm going to have a hard time finishing, but there are parts I do want to read again. Particularly in Wolf's Bane.
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