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So what are you reading now (Part 4)?

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I just finished the second book in the Destiny trilogy. That climactic moment was....pretty intense. Didn't help that I was humming ominous music (not sure from where) from the moment Chakotay saw what was coming through the two distracting Picard/Dax chapters until they returned.
 
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I'm taking a break from Mission Gamma: Twilight because, while I really enjoyed character moments (such as Taran'atar watching a group of kindergarten-age children), it is taking ages for anything to actually happen, and it hasn't gripped me. In the meantime, I've completed the Infinity's Prism anthology by reading the alternate VOY story, Places of Exile, which is great. It's amazing how much I've enjoyed VOY literature, even though it's my least favorite Trek show. Maybe because the medium allows the authors to shake things up. I'm reading the Homecoming/Farther Shore duology (I'm halfway through the second novel). It's very gripping, and I enjoy having a story set mostly on Earth, and seeing a darker side of the Federation (the Patriot Act parallels are obvious). And these are supposed to be the 'bad VOY novels'? In that case, the good ones must be really awesome. :)
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Have you read the A Time To... books yet? If not you should, they also have some big modern day parallels, and darker stuff in them. Aaaand alot of them takes place on Earth.
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That's next on my reading list. Though I've heard that the first few are not that great and that I could just read the last 3 (A Time To Kill, A Time To Heal, A Time for War/A Time for Peace)?
 
I liked all of "A Time To..." Reading them all helps to understand characters (as their experiences in those books have huge impact on them and their decisions) in later books.
 
And on the flipside, I'm one of the ones recommending you skip the first 6.

I guess I tend to prefer books that do something new, stretch the boundaries in some way, or cause some lasting repercussions, and the last 3 all do those things in spades. The first 6 are totally generic TNG stories, despite in theory having pretty emotional subject matter. I'm not much a fan of the numbered novels, by and large, for the same reason; if you are, you'll probably enjoy the first 6 as well.
 
I skipped the first duology and I thought that the ones I did read got progressively better as they went along, starting with ok, and getting all the way through to oh my friggin' god that was amazing.
 
I read "The Good That Men Do" last week and just finished "Kobayashi Maru" today. Both were good but I thought TGTMD was better. I am on to "Beneath the Raptor's Wing" next.

I also decided to reread "Vendetta" between TGTMD and KM. I am thinking I need to reread some more of Peter David's Trek novels. :bolian:
 
The Politician: An Insider's Account of John Edward's Pursuit of the Presidency and the Scandal That Brought Him Down (such a sleazebag...)

The Match King: Ivar Kreuger, The Financial Genius Behind A Century of Wall Street Scandals (interesting book)

The S.M. Stirling Terminator Trilogy (not a bad trilogy, though the final book was very rushed)
 
I am reading a Star Trek Enterprise book. It is called The Good That Men Do. Featured are Catfish Tucker, Shar, Aenar, and the Romulans. Jake and Nog made a cameo, then went away, then came back breifly, now have been gone for a long time. It is been an entertaining book, however i am not finsihed reading it.
 
Just finished today Michael Moorcock's forthcoming Doctor Who novel, The Coming of the Terraphiles.

Now, back to A Game of Thrones.
 
Still, reading Snow Crash...

It's a very, uhm, detailed book...(In a good way. It's rare that a book can give you a big buildup, and 'move' at the same time. Some books feel they need to come to a complete stop to describe 'something' or give exposition)...
 
I've finished The War of the Prophets. I loved it. That may be the most...erm...final and decisive ending to a novel in the history of Treklit :lol:.

On to Inferno, which I'll be reading with a heavy heart: For me, it's the last of the Reeves-Stevens Star Trek novels. I've loved them all, even the most batshit crazy fanwanky loonybin moments of the Shatnerverse.

When Pocket and Bad Robot get their collective act together, J+G R-S need to come back and write a nuTrek novel. They're totally on the same wavelength of epic crazy fun (War of the Prophets even mentioned a Red Matter alike "singularity bomb", that destroyed a planet and surrounding fleet. Very fitting for an alternate 2390, in a reverse-continuity kind of way)
 
I've just finished Pandora's Star, and am moving on to Judas Unchained. So far, I think this is much better than the Night's Dawn trilogy; the alien enemy is much more interesting than the one in Night's Dawn, I think.
 
Still working through Losing the Peace and just started Mission to Minerva. Just found out James P Hogan passed away last month.
 
Star Trek: The Next Generation/X-Men: Planet X

It's interesting and fun, but I'm more invested in the B-plot of the X-Men getting home rather than the A-plot of the mutants on the planet.
 
My mom is reading The 4400: Welcome to Promise City on the Nook, and I decided to just let her finish that before I go back to it. So instead of that I'm working my way through a free sample of The Immortal Coil, and once I finish I will be buying the whole thing so I can keep going. I'm a huge Data fan so I have been really looking forward to this one and so far it has not disappointed.

EDIT: I'll try and see if I can get my mom to write some comments after she finishes The 4400 book.
 
Just finished the Out of the Cocoon anthology. Solid work. Some of the four stories were a bit stronger than others.

"Out of the Cocoon" was interesting in that the whole story felt like a blistering criticism of Up the Long Ladder. At the same time, it's another example where a bad episode is spun off into a story and yet, no matter how good the story may be, all it does is remind you that 'Hey! Remember how bad that episode was?'

'Honor' was a good little bit of world building.

'Blackout' was the weak point. Jolen unfortunately came across as one of those guest characters who seemed to take over a story they're appearing in. I almost want to call him a Mary Sue if only because of how quickly Bart becomes consumed with him/her. Also, maybe I'm a bit dense, but I didn't understand the final chapter. Was Bart dumping Anthony for Jolen?

'The Cleanup' is a good political follow up on a former ally of the Dominion. Some of the booby traps seemed a bit too archaic or silly to have been dreamt up by the Dominion. But a good example of the ripples still put out by the war. Although, one almost thinks the crew would be brought up on genocide charges for not simply shooting the damn Fuser the moment it went off. I can understand the idea that it would be better to shut off a mysterious device causing pain to the Miradorn than to destroy it, but after a couple hundred thousand Miradorn died, you'd think someone would have at least suggested it. Same goes for the Fuser on New Mirada. If a mine booby trap could punch a hole in the shielding of the Fuser, I think orbital bombardment from the da Vinci would make quick work of it, even if it meant the loss of the royal palace. Let's just say the lack of hustle was noticeable.
 
I just finished Lost Souls, and with it the Destiny trilogy. That was...incredible. Mack and those who worked with him produced a thing of beauty.
 
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