So what are you reading now? Part 2
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If it really mattered whether you read Losing the Peace before A Singular Destiny, it would have been published before A Singular Destiny.
You and your silly logic...
Aaah... Thanx for pointing that out. I should have been more on the ball in noticing that.
Well, there's something to be said for reading the bulk of Losing the Peace before A Singular Destiny (the epilogue mentions the Typhon Pact already, if I'm not mistaken), but I don't think it takes away from the reading enjoyment if you read the books in the published order. I'd recommend reading Over A Torrent Sea before Losing The Peace, though, because that book explains a lot about Pacifica.
I just finished Dreadnought, which I found entertaining (except for the one clumsy attempt to graft Libertarian politics onto the Federation), confirming that I still like the author's work, despite her politics. In that vein, I'm onto the sequel, Battlestations.
I'm starting to feel the pull away from reading these in publishing order, though, and may follow the siren's call of post-Nemesis TNG stuff (I'm assuming that's starting with Death in Winter). I was going to keep it to TOS, but after watching DS9 again (much for the first time) I'm also getting tempted by the DS9 relaunch. I think I'm going to skip the TNG-era numbered novels.
I'm starting to feel the pull away from reading these in publishing order, though, and may follow the siren's call of post-Nemesis TNG stuff (I'm assuming that's starting with Death in Winter). I was going to keep it to TOS, but after watching DS9 again (much for the first time) I'm also getting tempted by the DS9 relaunch. I think I'm going to skip the TNG-era numbered novels.
Started reading Synthesis last night.
Finished Beneath the Raptor's Wing this afternoon, so it's back to Black Shore.
As soon as it arrives at my doorstep from Amazon.com, I'll be starting Under the Dome by Stephen King
And there was Piper saying at the end how Humans make the best captains and Kirk agreeing with her.
But aside from occasional bit like that the book was more entertaining than I was expecting it to be. I'm getting to Battlestations this month I think.
Go with the DS9 relaunch first. I've just read my way through it until 'Unity' and it's quite well written overall, really exciting and very addictive.
I finished Collision Course and enjoyed it very much, to my own surprise. I've been quite wary of the Shatner books. While the storyline becomes somewhat implausible toward the end, I loved the writing style and especially the world building (although it doesn't mesh that well with how I'd picture 23rd century economics and Earth). The last scene was very touching.
I finished Vanguard: Reap the Whirlwind and read Sherlock Holmes: The Adventure of the Solitary Cyclist. I'm currently reading Star Trek: Vanguard: Open Secrets by Dayton Ward.
I’ve finished Titan #2: The Red King. I enjoyed it.
I was slightly afraid of a rehash of The Wounded Sky, after the shout-out in the acknowledgements, and the very similar young-universe-causing-chaos story. Amusingly the Titan crew dismiss communicating with the proto-universe, believing that finding any way to meaningfully communicate could take decades, whereas Kirk’s crew managed it (in a truly cringe-inducing fashion I was not a fan of) in exactly zero time.
Actually, since the proto-universe possessed the Romulan fleet earlier on (something that would require it to figure out things like maths and language), surely contact would only have required an e-mail?
The philosophising over whom to save (particularly which species) sounded like a high-school class debate. I get the point, but the discussion was extremely shallow – although they were mid-apocalypse at the time.
A few other thoughts: No effort was made to try and preserve more than just the various peoples on Oghen. While artefacts and books take up space better filled with people, they should have set some underlings (it would only take one or two computer experts) the task of hacking/downloading as much of whatever planetary datanet the Neyel have as possible (and hopefully getting something more valuable than alien porn)
Bajoran ridges. Yuk! I *really* didn’t need or want to know.
Next time a TrekLit ship needs a motto for the dedication plaque, they need to run a (no-prize) competition here as TrekBBS.
I’ve now started the TOS book Chain of Attack, by Gene DeWeese. Another book I read many years ago and remember not the slightest thing about. Another space anomaly. Another trip to the other end of the universe.
I’m 50 pages in, and I never, ever, ever want to read the word “parsec” again. Gene uses it like that damn old-people advert does “Circulation Booster!”
Other than that, Gene’s got the characters and setting perfect. It really reads like a TOS episode. Me likey very much.
I was slightly afraid of a rehash of The Wounded Sky, after the shout-out in the acknowledgements, and the very similar young-universe-causing-chaos story. Amusingly the Titan crew dismiss communicating with the proto-universe, believing that finding any way to meaningfully communicate could take decades, whereas Kirk’s crew managed it (in a truly cringe-inducing fashion I was not a fan of) in exactly zero time.
Actually, since the proto-universe possessed the Romulan fleet earlier on (something that would require it to figure out things like maths and language), surely contact would only have required an e-mail?
The philosophising over whom to save (particularly which species) sounded like a high-school class debate. I get the point, but the discussion was extremely shallow – although they were mid-apocalypse at the time.
A few other thoughts: No effort was made to try and preserve more than just the various peoples on Oghen. While artefacts and books take up space better filled with people, they should have set some underlings (it would only take one or two computer experts) the task of hacking/downloading as much of whatever planetary datanet the Neyel have as possible (and hopefully getting something more valuable than alien porn)
Bajoran ridges. Yuk! I *really* didn’t need or want to know.
Next time a TrekLit ship needs a motto for the dedication plaque, they need to run a (no-prize) competition here as TrekBBS.
I’ve now started the TOS book Chain of Attack, by Gene DeWeese. Another book I read many years ago and remember not the slightest thing about. Another space anomaly. Another trip to the other end of the universe.
I’m 50 pages in, and I never, ever, ever want to read the word “parsec” again. Gene uses it like that damn old-people advert does “Circulation Booster!”
Other than that, Gene’s got the characters and setting perfect. It really reads like a TOS episode. Me likey very much.
If you're talking about distances in space, "parsec" is the preferred unit among astronomers and astrophysicists, because it's derived directly from the parallax method which is the primary means for determining the distance of astronomical objects. "Light-year" is more of a vernacular term.
I'm still slowly working through all the DS9 books that look interesting in chronological order. I just finished the Rebels trilogy, which I know gets panned around here, and admittedly it's a 6/10 at best, but I thought it was much more fun than people give it credit for. Sort of DS9 as reimagined as a Saturday-morning cartoon; not up to the depth and complexity of the show at its best, but an entertaining enough romp.
I'm on Hollow Men now, which is like the complete polar opposite in terms of tone
I'm on Hollow Men now, which is like the complete polar opposite in terms of tone
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