So what are you reading now (Part 4)?

[kkozoriz1]

If you're looking for the follow up to the Palamas and Apollo story check out Peter David's New Frontier. One of the characters has a connection. The series has gone a bit off the rails of late but the first 3/4's of the books are quite enjoyable. Nothing too deep but a fun read for the most part.

 

[Joel_Kirk]

If you're looking for the follow up to the Palamas and Apollo story check out Peter David's New Frontier. One of the characters has a connection. The series has gone a bit off the rails of late but the first 3/4's of the books are quite enjoyable. Nothing too deep but a fun read for the most part.

Ahhh...!

Cool.

 

[Joel_Kirk]

Finished 'Prime Directive'...

I may have to read it again in a couple of months in order to catch things that weren't caught the first time. Overall, I thought it was pretty good.

A 3.4 or 3.5 out of 5.

I have a couple of non-Trek books I plan on reading before I take on some other Trek books; some of which I've read before, some of which I've mentioned earlier in this forum:

*The Great Starship Race-Diane Carey
*Starship Trap-Mel Gilden
*The Kobayashi Maru-Julia Ecklar
*Dreams of the Raven
*Pandora Principle
*Federation
*Dark Mirror
*The Genesis Wave Books 1 & 2
*Star Trek: Mirror Universe
*Susan Sackett's autobiography
*Imzadi
*Ishmael
*Some book I forget the name of, where McCoy finds out he has a daughter
*Some book set in the TNG era (which I also forget the name of) where a blind Andorian girl becomes friends with Dr. Selar, although-you'd-think she-would-become-friends-with-Geordi-since-they-have-the-same 'thing'-going-on-with-the-eyes.
*Crossover
*Final Frontier
*Mind Meld

 

[Snaploud]

I've been reading the Honor Harrington series via my kindle 3. From the main series: I've worked my way from book 1 through about half of book 9 (ashes of victory). It's a fun series.

 

[Christopher]

*Some book I forget the name of, where McCoy finds out he has a daughter

I was puzzled by that at first, since stories about McCoy's daughter Joanna (or Barbara in the Gold Key comics) have always portrayed her as someone he knew and raised as a father before his divorce. But then I remembered The Better Man by Howard Weinstein, a post-TMP novel in which McCoy discovers he apparently has another daughter on an alien planet.

*Some book set in the TNG era (which I also forget the name of) where a blind Andorian girl becomes friends with Dr. Selar, although-you'd-think she-would-become-friends-with-Geordi-since-they-have-the-same 'thing'-going-on-with-the-eyes.

That's The Eyes of the Beholders by A. C. Crispin. And why assume that blind people can only become friends with other blind people? It's not like blindness is the only attribute they possess.

 

[Joel_Kirk]

*Some book I forget the name of, where McCoy finds out he has a daughter

I was puzzled by that at first, since stories about McCoy's daughter Joanna (or Barbara in the Gold Key comics) have always portrayed her as someone he knew and raised as a father before his divorce. But then I remembered The Better Man by Howard Weinstein, a post-TMP novel in which McCoy discovers he apparently has another daughter on an alien planet.

Yes. That's it. His other daughter...not Joanna.

I came across that book on Amazon and said, 'Okay.'

So, I may rent the book and see how it is.

That's The Eyes of the Beholders by A. C. Crispin. And why assume that blind people can only become friends with other blind people? It's not like blindness is the only attribute they possess.

Well, it's not so much about assuming and getting technical; it's more like...'Why not?'

Maybe I (Joel Kirk) personally wouldn't have minding reading a version where Geordi was interacting with this Andorian character.

 

[F. King Daniel]

I finished Star Trek Log 7. I wasn't impressed with the resolution. Kirk came across as a fool to only realize, weeks later, that "The Counter-Clock Incident" didn't make the slightest bit of sense. It made even less sense that Spock would keep quiet, not calling foul as events were unfolding. Also the primitive villagers/superbeings thing has been done to death.

I enjoyed the battle of wits between Kirk and his frenemy Kumara, and thought Kirk rooming with a Klingon during his academy days was a neat idea. Less impressive was the level of cheese applied to the Klingons, and the way Kumara ran the Klathas.

 

[Thrawn]

I've been reading the Honor Harrington series via my kindle 3. From the main series: I've worked my way from book 1 through about half of book 9 (ashes of victory). It's a fun series.

Where are you getting the books? Amazon doesn't sell Kindle versions.

 

[Christopher]

I finished Star Trek Log 7. I wasn't impressed with the resolution. Kirk came across as a fool to only realize, weeks later, that "The Counter-Clock Incident" didn't make the slightest bit of sense. It made even less sense that Spock would keep quiet, not calling foul as events were unfolding.

True, but the episode by itself makes even less sense. Foster had to work with what he was given.

 

[donners22]

I'm going through the Seven Deadly Sins collection.

Haven't read a Trek book in a while, and have misgivings about a lot of the more recent ones, but this has been quite good. I particularly enjoyed the Romulan and Ferengi stories (though the latter gets a little boost in my eyes for sending me to the dictionary - "facotum" is not a word I recall encountering).

The Cardassian story was okay and the Klingon one has been decent so far. For some odd reason, Klingon terminology and names just jar me and make it a little hard to read.

Not so enthused about the premise of the remaining stories, but perhaps I will be pleasantly surprised. It has been a decent diversion at least, and that's generally all I need from a book.

Must pick up the last New Frontier book soon to complete my set. Hope it is good.

 

[Daddy Todd]

I've been reading the Honor Harrington series via my kindle 3. From the main series: I've worked my way from book 1 through about half of book 9 (ashes of victory). It's a fun series.

Where are you getting the books? Amazon doesn't sell Kindle versions.

Get them from webscriptions.com (Baen's E-Book site) in the right format and they can be imported onto a Kindle -- I think it's EPUB. (I got them all on a CD that came with the HC edition of Mission of Honor. They're all loaded in Stanza on my iPad, just waiting until I get around to reading them.)

 

[Snaploud]

I've been reading the Honor Harrington series via my kindle 3. From the main series: I've worked my way from book 1 through about half of book 9 (ashes of victory). It's a fun series.

Where are you getting the books? Amazon doesn't sell Kindle versions.

Baen.com lets you download in kindle format (technically, the "mobi/palm/kindle" format). The books are also less expensive than on amazon.com. Many of the books are even free (usually the first book in a series).

http://www.webscription.net/c-29-honor-harrington-series.aspx

http://www.webscription.net/t-kindle.aspx

Edit: E-Pub is actually a different format entirely ("E-Pub/Nook/Stanza" format).

Side note: Baen.com also has some great e-book bundle deals, and all purchases are available on your account for additional downloads (just as if you purchased on amazon.com) with the added benefit of being able to download in multiple formats. I should also note that individuals with physical disabilities may qualify to get all their baen.com books free.

 

[F. King Daniel]

I finished Star Trek Log 7. I wasn't impressed with the resolution. Kirk came across as a fool to only realize, weeks later, that "The Counter-Clock Incident" didn't make the slightest bit of sense. It made even less sense that Spock would keep quiet, not calling foul as events were unfolding.

True, but the episode by itself makes even less sense. Foster had to work with what he was given.

I know, but as with The Good That Men Do, I kept thinking that there's got to be a better way to do it. ADF was allowed to change the Aprils' decision - I wonder how much else could have been altered? Cutting silliness like the ship flying backwards, swapping "everything working backwards" for "everything working differently", mentioning that the Beta Niobe nova may have concealed a wormhole and so forth while keeping the plot itself the same might have worked.

But of course I don't know what conditions ADF was working under.

 

[kkozoriz1]

Some of the TAS episodes could be adapted to live action episodes with no or minor revisions. Unfortunately, The Counter-Clock Incident would require a major re-write. It's a fun little episode but doesn't make a whole lot of sense. However, it's not a live action show so it's easier to forgive and just squint at the plot to make it a little less silly.

I wonder how a live action fan film series of TAS adaptations would go over?

 

[Reanok]

I'm reading book6 of Strange new worlds .I like the variety of stories in all the different books.

 

[Basill]

Just finished The Buried Age while on my cruise. Awesome work Cristopher. I've been steering clear of TNG for a few years now, but I've had a rejuvenation of Picard and look forward to some more stuff from the era. I love your attention to detail btw.

 

[Christopher]

Thanks!

 

[PsychoPere]

I finished Mission Gamma: This Gray Spirit and started Mission Gamma: Cathedral a couple nights ago. Also finished All the President's Men for class, still working on Shadow. I've also started reading Inception: The Shooting Script.

 

[indianatrekker26]

i'm starting a new series, the Dresden Files "Storm Front." Really enjoying it so far.

 

[JD]

Oh, The Dresden Files is a terrific series. I'm on the third book right now.