So what are you reading, now? Part V
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I read, almost without a break, Typhon Pact: Zero Sum Game, by David Mack, and Typhon Pact: Seize the Fire, by Michael A. Martin. Zero Sum Game was seriously good - really enjoyed it. Thank you, David. Seize the Fire was fine, but I didn't like it nearly as well as Zero Sum Game, partly because I am just NOT a Riker fan, but also because it seemed...I don't know, more conventional a story. I guess it was just more action and less politics, and the politics is what drew me to the Typhon Pact books in the first place.
I'm looking forward next to Typhon Pact: Rough Beasts of Empire, by David R. George III. Well, actually, I'm taking a short break from Trek - variety, you know! - to read some P.G. Wodehouse stories first - variety, you know! - then I'll get to Rough Beasts of Empire.
I'm looking forward next to Typhon Pact: Rough Beasts of Empire, by David R. George III. Well, actually, I'm taking a short break from Trek - variety, you know! - to read some P.G. Wodehouse stories first - variety, you know! - then I'll get to Rough Beasts of Empire.
Well, in the month since Christmas Day I've read:
DS9: A Stitch In Time
DS9: Avatar, Book One
DS9: Avatar, Book Two
DS9: Section 31: Abyss
DS9: Gateways, Book Four: Demons of Air and Darkness
DS9: Gateways, Book Seven: What Lay Beyond: Horn and Ivory
and I'm just now starting the Mission Gamma tetralogy. These are going a lot faster than I'd thought and, while I doubt I'll get completely caught up with the whole Trek reluanch this year, it's very possible I'll make it through the whole DS9 relaunch. Heck, I may even be through it by early fall and be ready to start the Voyager/TNG relaunch series. This is turning out to be a very Trekkie New Year and I'm loving it.
Looking back at what I've missed over the years, I really have no idea why I took a ten-year TrekLit break. Never again!
- Byron
DS9: A Stitch In Time
DS9: Avatar, Book One
DS9: Avatar, Book Two
DS9: Section 31: Abyss
DS9: Gateways, Book Four: Demons of Air and Darkness
DS9: Gateways, Book Seven: What Lay Beyond: Horn and Ivory
and I'm just now starting the Mission Gamma tetralogy. These are going a lot faster than I'd thought and, while I doubt I'll get completely caught up with the whole Trek reluanch this year, it's very possible I'll make it through the whole DS9 relaunch. Heck, I may even be through it by early fall and be ready to start the Voyager/TNG relaunch series. This is turning out to be a very Trekkie New Year and I'm loving it.
Looking back at what I've missed over the years, I really have no idea why I took a ten-year TrekLit break. Never again!
- Byron
Just finished Rough Beasts of Empire last night, probably going to start Iris Abroad, the latest Iris Wildthyme anthology, today.
My response to Rough Beasts of Empire is similar to my response to Zero Sum Game: a good book that does things I didn't like to certain characters. I just hope that whoever's in charge of the Trek books now has some plan to follow up on those changes.
Oh, and nice to see a mention of Mr. Roby's Bookstore next door to Sisko's Creole Kitchen. Probably just coincidence, given that Roby seems to be a more common name in New Orleans than anywhere I've ever lived, but it's a pleasant surprise to see the name in a book. (I only know of one other book with a character whose last name is Roby: Richard Russo's Empire Falls.)
My response to Rough Beasts of Empire is similar to my response to Zero Sum Game: a good book that does things I didn't like to certain characters. I just hope that whoever's in charge of the Trek books now has some plan to follow up on those changes.
Oh, and nice to see a mention of Mr. Roby's Bookstore next door to Sisko's Creole Kitchen. Probably just coincidence, given that Roby seems to be a more common name in New Orleans than anywhere I've ever lived, but it's a pleasant surprise to see the name in a book. (I only know of one other book with a character whose last name is Roby: Richard Russo's Empire Falls.)
I don't know if it was the intention or not, but I immediately thought of you when I read that.
Finished Rough Beasts of Empire, and since Paths of Disharmony wasn't in the book store yet, I decided to go back through and re-read the TNG relaunch (Resistance up to Losing the Peace). Still on Resistance, but I suspect that I'll tear through them fairly quickly, especially since I have read them once before. I'm eagerly looking forward to re-reading the Destiny trilogy when I get back up to that point.
I did that this summer. I don't re-read very often, but Destiny was definitely worth it.
I am trying to return to The Age of Absurdity, which I had been reading before the Typhon Pact series. I made a creepy-as-hell comparison between passages in it and in David Mack's Zero Sum Game here.
For leisure, I am reading A Far Better Rest, the story of A Tale of Two Cities as seen through the eyes of Sidney Carton. Right now it reads more like a period romance than a straight historical novel, but I live in hope.
For leisure, I am reading A Far Better Rest, the story of A Tale of Two Cities as seen through the eyes of Sidney Carton. Right now it reads more like a period romance than a straight historical novel, but I live in hope.
I'm halfway through Imzadi, which is okay, and I've started Stargate: Retaliation, the second of Bill McCay's sequels to the 1994 movie (taking a different direction to the later SG-1 TV series). Tensions are high between the Abydans and humans again, Horus guards have infiltrated Nagada and... Sha'uri wants a baby!
I'm enjoying it. Thus far, there have been no more of the movie/novel inconsistancies that plagued Rebellion.
I'm enjoying it. Thus far, there have been no more of the movie/novel inconsistancies that plagued Rebellion.
Finally finished 'The Crossing' my Cormac McCarthy and promptly moved onto 'Nemesis' by James Swallow. Next up in the ol' book pile: 'Pushing Ice' by Alistair Reynolds.
I just listened to "1922" by Stephen King from Full Dark, No Stars on audiobook. Absolutely one of the best things that King has ever written. It's a very dark and engrossing tale of murder.
Reading Cussler's Sacred Stone, second of the Oregon Files.
After that I'll be reading Paths of disharmony and then onto more Cussler.
After that I'll be reading Paths of disharmony and then onto more Cussler.
The stories make my drives to and from work much more bearable. The narrator for 1922 was really good. It makes me want to write a movie script.
I finished Club Dead last night, and I really enjoyed it. I can't wait to see True Blood season 3 when it comes out on DVD. I'd go with a 9/10 for the book.
I had originally planned on reading the first book in James Rollins' Sigma Force series, Map of Bones but I decided I was in the mood for more Trek, so I decided to go back to Seven Deadly Sins instead. I'll be picking up where I left off, with KRAD's Klingon story "The Unhappy Ones". Is that right, or should TUO be in italics too? I can never remember the proper ways to write book titles.
I had originally planned on reading the first book in James Rollins' Sigma Force series, Map of Bones but I decided I was in the mood for more Trek, so I decided to go back to Seven Deadly Sins instead. I'll be picking up where I left off, with KRAD's Klingon story "The Unhappy Ones". Is that right, or should TUO be in italics too? I can never remember the proper ways to write book titles.
I don't think anyone but English teachers care.
I finished "Big Driver" from Full Dark, No Stars I really enjoyed it, even though I thought the ending was a little rushed. I'm going to finish up Dreadnought by Cherie Priest and The Moon is a Harsh Mistress this month.
I think that will fulfill my reading quota for the month. I always seem to read the most in December and January when there is little new TV on the air.
Just finished Mr. Monster by Dan Wells, which is the sequel to I am Not a Serial Killer. I'm really enjoying this series. Imagine DEXTER meets BUFFY, as a sociopathic teenage serial killer wannabe stalks supernatural menaces in his home town, while fighting the urge to slice and dice his friends and family. Twisted and compulsively page-turning stuff.
I'm going to be starting THE HUNGER GAMES soon, to see what all the fuss is about.
I'm going to be starting THE HUNGER GAMES soon, to see what all the fuss is about.
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