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A simple explanation that fits in the movie and isn't relying on previous 'canon fact'
So what are you reading now (Part 4)?
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Thank you.
A simple explanation that fits in the movie and isn't relying on previous 'canon fact'
Well, I've finished Seize The Fire and already posted my opinion in the review thread.
I'm still reading the Section 31/TOS novel Cloak, which is pretty good, so far.
As this is only a file on my computer, I've also started Saturn's Children by Charles Stross, which I bought used in my favourite Sci-Fi book shop recently. I'm still in the very early stages of that, the beginning was very intriguing but somehow I didn't feel like reading anything on the train and before bed in the last few days.
I'm still reading the Section 31/TOS novel Cloak, which is pretty good, so far.
As this is only a file on my computer, I've also started Saturn's Children by Charles Stross, which I bought used in my favourite Sci-Fi book shop recently. I'm still in the very early stages of that, the beginning was very intriguing but somehow I didn't feel like reading anything on the train and before bed in the last few days.
I finished Sins of Commission. In space, for 275 pages, nothing happens.
I'm now reading Unworthy, which I'm loving and am about to start New Frontier #1: House of Cards.
The early script at IMSDB offers an interesting reason for why Spock didn't take the KM. As said in the film, "The purpose is to experience fear, fear in the face of certain death. To accept that fear and maintain control of one's self and one's crew." In the early script Spock says that, as a Vulcan, his ability to maintain control isn't in question and thus there is no need for him to take the test.
I'm now reading Unworthy, which I'm loving and am about to start New Frontier #1: House of Cards.
The early script at IMSDB offers an interesting reason for why Spock didn't take the KM. As said in the film, "The purpose is to experience fear, fear in the face of certain death. To accept that fear and maintain control of one's self and one's crew." In the early script Spock says that, as a Vulcan, his ability to maintain control isn't in question and thus there is no need for him to take the test.
Well I'm sorry and I'm not directing this at you Dan, but that just sounds like a pile of bollocks.
As for what I'm reading, I'm still rereading the Harry Potter books and I'm now on Half Blood Prince even though I watched Deathly Hallows part one a couple of weeks ago and I did try and read StF, but it was so uninteresting I gave up on it.
Hey, why are you talking about what book you're reading in the what are you reading thread?
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(Update: I actually put the book aside since Clarke doesn't really have a plot/story for this entry; according to the many reviews on Amazon, others felt the same way!)
I just finished Bernard Cornwell's Lords of the North, which was excellent. This series has me completly captivated -- if you've an interest in Anglo-Saxon England and the period of Vikings and Danelaw, I'd reccommend it. The first book in the series is The Last Kingdom.
I am currently in the middle of Oliver Sack's The Mind's Eye. My next trek read will either be Beneath Raptor's Wings or Losing the Peace. I want to catch up with the ENTbooks before year's end, but Losing the Peace is tempting even if the cover is a bit...flat.
I am currently in the middle of Oliver Sack's The Mind's Eye. My next trek read will either be Beneath Raptor's Wings or Losing the Peace. I want to catch up with the ENTbooks before year's end, but Losing the Peace is tempting even if the cover is a bit...flat.
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Hey, why are you talking about what book you're reading in the what are you reading thread?
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(Update: I actually put the book aside since Clarke doesn't really have a plot/story for this entry; according to the many reviews on Amazon, others felt the same way!)
I'd read Clarke's grocery shopping list before another book by any number of authors.
Finished reading TNG: Guises of the Mind. It was a good read and I enjoyed the psychic stuff involved.
Now reading TNG: Here there be Dragons...
Now reading TNG: Here there be Dragons...
If he wrote it before, oh, about 1980, sure
Dude definitely got a little... loopy towards the end.
Sounds interesting. Lately I've been trying to expand my reading horizons, and historical fiction is the next genre I was thinking about trying out. I already have The Pillars of the Earth sitting on my bookshelf (I actually watched most of the miniseries already) and I just added Roma to my Nook wishlist.
kkozoriz1
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If he wrote it before, oh, about 1980, sure
Dude definitely got a little... loopy towards the end.
Loopy Clarke still beats 99% of other writers.
If he wrote it before, oh, about 1980, sure
Dude definitely got a little... loopy towards the end.
Loopy Clarke still beats 99% of other writers.
Rendezvous With Rama is definitely top 5 books of all time for me, and I have to vehemently disagree with this. At the very least, Clarke + any co-author = immediate fail.
I thought The Light of Other Days worked reasonably well. A ton better than Gentry Lee's alleged Rama sequels, anyway.
Working on the Day of Honor omnibus. Two books down so far... I do wonder what the HECK they were thinking in how they printed this. Next Gen, DS9, Voyager, THEN the original Trek novel that explains where the Day came from? Huh?
I'm now reading all the TNG books in chronological order, of the ones that i own. I started with "Encounter at Farpoint". Have now finished that one, and "Ghost Ship." Just now starting "The Peacekeepers."
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