Almost totally off topic... but with the most recent reshufflings at Pocket, have there been any changes to the CSI or Blizzard Game book lines?
So what are you reading now? Part 2
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I recently started rereading Dies the Fire by S.M. Stirling. His Emberverse and Nantucket series are very good. It may take me a while (only a third of the way through Dies the Fire and I plan on reading all six emberverse books before I move on) but it's worth it. Highly recommended!
^ I checked this out from the library last Saturday. I've barely started it, but I like what I've read so far.
ETA: I'm also reading Connected: The Surprising Power of our Social Networks and How They Shape Our Lives by Nicholas A. Christakis
ETA: I'm also reading Connected: The Surprising Power of our Social Networks and How They Shape Our Lives by Nicholas A. Christakis
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Currently enjoying Vanguard: Precipice. Not too much left to go, so I'll finish it today.
^ I LOVED both this anthology and The Sky's the Limit.
I recently finished Star Trek: Deep Space Nine: Unity by S.D. Perry. I really enjoyed this one and can't wait to continue the rest of the DS9 "relaunch". Then I read The Return of Sherlock Holmes: The Adventure of Charles Augustus Milverton. I'm now over half way through Star Trek: The Next Generation: Losing the Peace by William Leisner. I just can't put this one down, it's a real page turner. Meanwhile, I received and read the Star Trek comic trades The Next Generation: The Space Between and Klingons: Blood Will Tell. The Space Between wasn't to great as a whole, however there were some decent single issues. The way the final issue tried to tie all the stories together just didn't work to well. Blood Will Tell on the other hand was great.
Reading "Forged in Fire" again...probably going to move on to "Burning Dreams" after that.
Having finished the thoroughly enjoyable Precipice, and inspired by Lovecraft month over at Tor.com, I'm now reading Lairs of the Hidden Gods, Volume 2: Inverted Kingdom, edited by Asamatsu Ken. It's the second of four collections of translations of Japanese horror stories inspired by H.P. Lovecraft. I read the first one a while back and liked it; this one's getting off to a slow start with a long story about kabuki theatre. And monsters.
Picked up Synthesis and Precipice at Borders a couple of days ago, so will start on Synthesis tomorrow on the way to/from the place I'm volunteering at.
Still really enjoying Black Powder War, but since I started reading it on the flight to the US, and have been concentrating on settling in over the last ten days, I haven't read much.
It won't take me long to speed through the Trek books, I always seem to read those quickly.
Still really enjoying Black Powder War, but since I started reading it on the flight to the US, and have been concentrating on settling in over the last ten days, I haven't read much.
It won't take me long to speed through the Trek books, I always seem to read those quickly.
I’ve finished Orion’s Hounds. Very enjoyable.
I wonder what the Borg would make of the Star Jellies?
My only quibble is that Tuvok seems to be heading into (has probably gone though for those ‘up to date’) a “Vulcan with emotional control issues” storyline. Problem: Every Vulcan ever has already done this. Considering Vulcans have lived their unemotional peaceful way for 2000+ years (with one brief civil war in the interim) I don’t believe we’re getting a fair representation of the people.
Oh…and near the start a Caitian crewman is eating meat, when the entirely irrefutable FASA Federation manual (I never play the games, I just picked up a few tattered old manuals second hand I think they’re great) states that despite evolving from carnivores, the sophisticated Caitians now look down on eating meat (although I believe they say “most Caitians”)
Next: Ghost Walker. Get a load of Big Bird’s new look (“new look” circa 1991) on the cover!
I wonder what the Borg would make of the Star Jellies?
My only quibble is that Tuvok seems to be heading into (has probably gone though for those ‘up to date’) a “Vulcan with emotional control issues” storyline. Problem: Every Vulcan ever has already done this. Considering Vulcans have lived their unemotional peaceful way for 2000+ years (with one brief civil war in the interim) I don’t believe we’re getting a fair representation of the people.
Oh…and near the start a Caitian crewman is eating meat, when the entirely irrefutable FASA Federation manual (I never play the games, I just picked up a few tattered old manuals second hand I think they’re great) states that despite evolving from carnivores, the sophisticated Caitians now look down on eating meat (although I believe they say “most Caitians”)
Next: Ghost Walker. Get a load of Big Bird’s new look (“new look” circa 1991) on the cover!
I'm currently reading Star Wars: Shield of Lies, book 2 of the Black Fleet Crises. I only have about a 1/4 of the book left then it's off to Unworthy, by Kirsten Beyer.
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Well, one, the books can only build on the precedents the series has already established. It's a canonical fact that Tuvok's brain has been through hell over the past decade -- brainwashing by a rogue Maquis, mind-melding with a homicidal maniac, merging and de-merging with a Talaxian, being telekinetically microwaved by Kes, getting scrambled by an alien weapon, getting assimilated by the Borg -- culminating in weeks of torture just prior to his arrival aboard Titan. That's the character we've been given to work with. We can't just ignore all that history and pretend Tuvok is an ordinary, baseline Vulcan. This is an intensely traumatized individual, and that has to be acknowledged.
Two, part of the reason so many main Vulcan characters have been through such crises of emotional control is that they're written for human audiences, and humans need characters they can relate to emotionally.
Three, there are more representative Vulcan characters in the literature. Tuvok's wife T'Pel is one. There are also the "twins," Taurik in TNG and Vorik in VGR.
I'll assume you're joking.
Just finished the Errand of Vengeance trilogy. For the most part I enjoyed it a lot, though I had a hard time with the final volume. It's very action-oriented, and I often have a hard time with figuring out action/battle sequences in books ("x lurked behind the bulkhead while y and z approached in formation, dangling an a with a b behind the c under the panel controlling the d," etc...)
As a whole, though, I found it an interesting filling of back story to some TOS characters, reminiscent of the Janus Gate (and not just because of the terrible covers). I found the Klingon story interesting, which is a great feat as I had grown completely weary of the klingons in the screen franchise.
I just started the sequel trilogy, Errand of Fury. Better cover, at least.
As a whole, though, I found it an interesting filling of back story to some TOS characters, reminiscent of the Janus Gate (and not just because of the terrible covers). I found the Klingon story interesting, which is a great feat as I had grown completely weary of the klingons in the screen franchise.
I just started the sequel trilogy, Errand of Fury. Better cover, at least.
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