I read Harbinger not long ago, I liked it alot. Liked the FSN.
Titan 1
was good but confusing will all those aliens so many new characters.
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I read Harbinger not long ago, I liked it alot. Liked the FSN.
Titan 1
was good but confusing will all those aliens so many new characters.
You're welcome, reading the McCoy book as as i was a passinger in a car ride from Baltimore into Southern North Carolina it couln't have been a more fitting time to read it for me.
To be honest, I don't remember Probe well enough to really say. That usually means I found the book about average, plus or minus a little; I tend to better remember the ones I really like and the ones I really dislike. I went into more detail about Music of the Spheres at my blog, but the gist is that (a) I thought there were more new characters than were really needed, (b) I didn't care for the prose style and didn't think the regulars' dialogue rang true, and (c) nonetheless I can see why some people really like it, because it's definitely not a generic Trek novel written in a generic style.
I finished The Lives of Dax and took home a co-worker's copy of Absolute Power by David Baldacci because I wasn't reading it much at work. When I finish that I'll be starting on Stargate Atlantis: Mirror, Mirror.
I'm now reading the second book in Naomi Novik's Temeraire series, Throne of Jade, and although I'm only about twenty pages in, I have to say that it's already a good read. Picks up not long after the first book ended.
Just finished Titan: Over a Torrent Sea. I'm about to start Losing the Peace.
Just finished this; I was blown away again. Lives Of Dax and A Stitch In Time should definitely be considered part of the Relaunch, if for no other reason than they're god damn amazing and everyone should read them
I just started House Of Suns, his newest. Not far enough into it yet to have any idea what's going on, but I'm certainly intrigued. Absolution Gap is the only book of his so far I haven't deeply enjoyed, he's a remarkably consistent author.
Just finished The Soul Key. XD
Just Finished: Greater Than the Sum
(Spoiler alert!!!)
Although I enjoyed most of the crew’s interactions (bar the Berverly/Picard stuff owing my hatred of Beverlump), and I liked the Cluster Entity (or whatever it was called) this book felt like an “in-betweener”, a set up for Destiny that spend too much time tying up loose ends and not enough doing it’s own thing.
Far too much time is spent trying to reconcile all the different interpretations of the Borg in the novels/tv/films leading up to this one. The results are less than convincing, and IMO the novel would have been better off without them.
Far too much of the novel reads like an apology for Before Dishonor.
In the battle between Enterprise and Frankenstein, the Enterprise uses tractor beams to ram Frankenstein into a nearby moon. Only problem is that tractor beams don’t work on ships with shields (BoBW, the Borg couldn’t hold Enterprise until her shields failed), and earlier we were told Frankenstein was using traditional deflector shields for defence.
Near the end, when they’re trying to infect the planetoid with the anti-Borg virus and it manifests an obstruction blocking the torpedo, everyone mysteriously forgets that they could just beam the torpedo directly into the planet’s mantle. Especially strange considering they beam a torpedo onto the Frankenstein mid-battle earlier in the book.
Picard’s little cry seemed totally wrong for his character IMO, and I don’t think he needs an appointment with the ships’ counsellor to decide who to take on his missions.
I’m still on the fence over Trys.
I liked the Christmas party at the end. I’ve been waiting for another Christmas-in-space since Star Trek Log 2 (or whichever one it was). Although I’m really not overly religious, I hate the watering-down of Xmas. All the “non-offensive” vague “Winter Wishes” BS we put up with now winds me up no end. I’m glad that in the future people are secure enough about their faiths that they allow others to celebrate theirs unfettered (even if in the future it’s probably just an excuse for atheists to swap mostly meaningless replicated presents) Thank you.
Up next: Vulcan!
Old-school Trek from before technobabble was even invented. I read this once before, many years ago and don’t remember a thing about it. That might be because I think I had the flu at the time. The Sigmund booth sounds terrifying.
(Spoiler alert!!!)
Although I enjoyed most of the crew’s interactions (bar the Berverly/Picard stuff owing my hatred of Beverlump), and I liked the Cluster Entity (or whatever it was called) this book felt like an “in-betweener”, a set up for Destiny that spend too much time tying up loose ends and not enough doing it’s own thing.
Far too much time is spent trying to reconcile all the different interpretations of the Borg in the novels/tv/films leading up to this one. The results are less than convincing, and IMO the novel would have been better off without them.
Far too much of the novel reads like an apology for Before Dishonor.
In the battle between Enterprise and Frankenstein, the Enterprise uses tractor beams to ram Frankenstein into a nearby moon. Only problem is that tractor beams don’t work on ships with shields (BoBW, the Borg couldn’t hold Enterprise until her shields failed), and earlier we were told Frankenstein was using traditional deflector shields for defence.
Near the end, when they’re trying to infect the planetoid with the anti-Borg virus and it manifests an obstruction blocking the torpedo, everyone mysteriously forgets that they could just beam the torpedo directly into the planet’s mantle. Especially strange considering they beam a torpedo onto the Frankenstein mid-battle earlier in the book.
Picard’s little cry seemed totally wrong for his character IMO, and I don’t think he needs an appointment with the ships’ counsellor to decide who to take on his missions.
I’m still on the fence over Trys.
I liked the Christmas party at the end. I’ve been waiting for another Christmas-in-space since Star Trek Log 2 (or whichever one it was). Although I’m really not overly religious, I hate the watering-down of Xmas. All the “non-offensive” vague “Winter Wishes” BS we put up with now winds me up no end. I’m glad that in the future people are secure enough about their faiths that they allow others to celebrate theirs unfettered (even if in the future it’s probably just an excuse for atheists to swap mostly meaningless replicated presents) Thank you.
Up next: Vulcan!
Old-school Trek from before technobabble was even invented. I read this once before, many years ago and don’t remember a thing about it. That might be because I think I had the flu at the time. The Sigmund booth sounds terrifying.
I had been reading the Star Wars X Wing series. I've read some star wars the past few months. I thought about jumping back into trek again. I'm behind on the latest fiction. I have yet to read TNG: Losing the Peace, TTN: Over a Torrent Sea, VAN: Open Secrets, TOS: Troublesome Minds.
I thought about going back and re-reading the TNG relaunch from the beginning, with the "A Time to,,," series.
I thought about going back and re-reading the TNG relaunch from the beginning, with the "A Time to,,," series.
Just finished The Tears of the Singers. A better Uhura book than Uhura's Song, but not necessarily a better book. I thought the characterization of Kor was quite off. But an enjoyable story, with a little more depth than some of the novels.
I'm wondering if this was one of the first Trek novel with some PG concepts for its day. Spotted the words "shit," "badass," and (horrors!) "lesbian" in it.
On to the very odd (so far) Ishmael.
I'm wondering if this was one of the first Trek novel with some PG concepts for its day. Spotted the words "shit," "badass," and (horrors!) "lesbian" in it.
On to the very odd (so far) Ishmael.
I just finished Margaret Wander Bonanno's fantastic Captain Pike novel, Burning Dreams. This was the first Christopher Pike-centric book that I have read, and I loved it. Such a tragic background, but an amazing story. My anticipation for Dave Stern's "Children of Kings", which is set aboard Pike's Enterprise, has just tripled 
. Next up: I think i'll read PAD's Captain Sulu adventure, The Captain's Daughter...
. Next up: I think i'll read PAD's Captain Sulu adventure, The Captain's Daughter...
I read the two in relatively close proximity, and that sums up my reaction. Neither is a wholly satisfying novel. I might have liked MotS better if I'd liked Dwellers, though.
Since my last post here, I've read:
Stargate SG-1: Roswell by Sonny Whitelaw and Jennifer Fallon - very good, if a bit over the top and a little fan-wankish
Star Trek The Next Generation: Losing the Peace by William Leisner - also very good
The 4400: Welcome to Promise City by Greg Cox - another that was very good.
Currently reading:
Star Trek Deep Space Nine: The Soul Key by Olivia Wood
Up next:
Star Trek Deep Space Nine: The Neverending Sacrifice by Una McCormack
The Calling by David Mack
(hope I didn't screw up any names or titles as I went on memory here)
Stargate SG-1: Roswell by Sonny Whitelaw and Jennifer Fallon - very good, if a bit over the top and a little fan-wankish
Star Trek The Next Generation: Losing the Peace by William Leisner - also very good
The 4400: Welcome to Promise City by Greg Cox - another that was very good.
Currently reading:
Star Trek Deep Space Nine: The Soul Key by Olivia Wood
Up next:
Star Trek Deep Space Nine: The Neverending Sacrifice by Una McCormack
The Calling by David Mack
(hope I didn't screw up any names or titles as I went on memory here)
Since my last post, where I mentioned I was reading Alastair Reynolds' Revelation Space (which I enjoyed), I finished two books: The Illustrated Man by Ray Bradbury (a short story collection I was actually reading at the same time as RS) and The Invention of Hugo Cabret by Brian Selznick.
I strongly recommend The Invention of Hugo Cabret to everyone. It's a children's book, and illustrated, but what makes it so cool is that the pictures actually serve to tell the story rather than simply illustrate it. Whole pages are devoted to them and at times it feels like a movie between two covers--appropriate, since the story involves the films of Georges Méliès. In a word, it feels magical without having any actual fantasy elements in it.
After that, I started reading a book called The Court of The Air by Stephen Hunt. I was looking forward to it, and tried to like it, but it just felt off. The setting might be described as steampunk, but I was expecting more of an "authentic" Victorian atmosphere (though somewhat fantastic, of course). But it feels like it was written for teenagers, and that I was definitely not expecting. It's a shame, because I was looking forward to the other two books in the series as well, which have titles and covers that fire my imagination...but the reality seems to be a bit of a letdown.
So it's on to Michael Chabon's The Adventures of Kavalier And Clay.
I strongly recommend The Invention of Hugo Cabret to everyone. It's a children's book, and illustrated, but what makes it so cool is that the pictures actually serve to tell the story rather than simply illustrate it. Whole pages are devoted to them and at times it feels like a movie between two covers--appropriate, since the story involves the films of Georges Méliès. In a word, it feels magical without having any actual fantasy elements in it.
After that, I started reading a book called The Court of The Air by Stephen Hunt. I was looking forward to it, and tried to like it, but it just felt off. The setting might be described as steampunk, but I was expecting more of an "authentic" Victorian atmosphere (though somewhat fantastic, of course). But it feels like it was written for teenagers, and that I was definitely not expecting. It's a shame, because I was looking forward to the other two books in the series as well, which have titles and covers that fire my imagination...but the reality seems to be a bit of a letdown.
So it's on to Michael Chabon's The Adventures of Kavalier And Clay.
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