I just finished Supernatural: War of the Sons and started on Myriad Universes - Places of Exile.
So what are you reading, now? Part V
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My book club is doing A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius by Dave Eggers for the month of February.
In my personal reading, I just finished the two trade paperbacks of Grant Morrison's All-Star Superman. Not bad, but my first impressions aren't ones of being bowled over. Maybe later re-reads will leave me feeling differently.
I've also read the first couple essays in an anthology called Batman And Philosophy: The Dark Knight of The Soul.
In my personal reading, I just finished the two trade paperbacks of Grant Morrison's All-Star Superman. Not bad, but my first impressions aren't ones of being bowled over. Maybe later re-reads will leave me feeling differently.
I've also read the first couple essays in an anthology called Batman And Philosophy: The Dark Knight of The Soul.
Starting Star Trek Vanguard instead of Paths of Disharmony, because the font is bigger and I'm interested in seeing what the fuss is all about.
Aye, what's with the tiny font in the Typhon Pact books? I almost need a magnifying glass to read the things. That's one reason I got an ebook reader: so I could make the font bigger!
^If the page count goes above a certain length, the price has to be raised. Small print is a way of keeping the page count low enough to avoid that. So it helps your pocketbook if not your eyesight.
Is that driven by the old "more pages = more cost to print" or is there more to it than that? Also, is that true for all formats of books, or just printed books?
^I don't know. I'm just repeating what I've been told on the subject.
I'm reading IKS Gorkon: Honor Bound, Book 2...and I'm loving these books.
The Titan books lured me back to TrekLit. I enjoyed Over a Torrent Sea--primarily because the characters were strong and seemed particularly "alive" to me. I'm not a fan of the soap opery Riker-Troi angst and I thought Lavena was a little over used--but all in all it was a pleasant and easy read.
Synthesis was the most satisfying Trek book I'd read in a long time. The Titan characters seemed maybe a little stiff in that one, but the plot carried things along and kept me interested enough not to have any problems with that.
Seize the Fire is trying my patience. I swear, characters that were alive in Torrent and a little stiff in Synthesis are practically two dimensional at best in what I've read so far. That first bridge scene read like a bunch of cardboard cut-outs standing around with one person jumping behind one after the other and speaking all the dialog in one--rather stilted, voice.
But...I've really liked all the Gorn parts so far, so I'm letting it sit for a few days until I'm ready to go back to it. Hoping it will loosen up a little farther along.
Synthesis was the most satisfying Trek book I'd read in a long time. The Titan characters seemed maybe a little stiff in that one, but the plot carried things along and kept me interested enough not to have any problems with that.
Seize the Fire is trying my patience. I swear, characters that were alive in Torrent and a little stiff in Synthesis are practically two dimensional at best in what I've read so far. That first bridge scene read like a bunch of cardboard cut-outs standing around with one person jumping behind one after the other and speaking all the dialog in one--rather stilted, voice.
But...I've really liked all the Gorn parts so far, so I'm letting it sit for a few days until I'm ready to go back to it. Hoping it will loosen up a little farther along.
I don't know about book publishing, but I know about magazine and newspaper publishing, and the cost of all print paper has skyrocketed in the last few years. If you ever have a chance to compare a newspaper, for instance, from 20 years ago to today, you'll notice that it's a few inches narrower now...and the difference between current newspapers and those of 40, 50, 60 years ago is eNORmous. If you ever watch an old movie or TV show in which somebody's reading a newspaper, you can easily see the difference.
Thanks! I appreciate it. As for Lavena being "overused," the idea of Titan is that it's an ensemble series and any character could end up being the main focus of a given book. Kinda like DS9, where you could have an episode that focused on, say, Rom and Leeta and only had Sisko deliver two lines in the teaser.
Just finished Vanguard: Harbinger. Quite impressed, looking forward to continuing in this series...I already have book three, and book two should arrive either tomorrow or early next week.
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It's actually Harbinger, not Harbringer. The word is pronounced "har-bin-jer" and has no relation to the word "bring."
Thanks. I'm always doing that. Even when playing Armada 2 and using those Borg artillery ships, I kept spelling it with that out-of-place R.
I'm currently reading 3 books:
Too Fat To Fish- Artie Lang
The Mist- Stephen King
Spock Must Die!- James Blish
Too Fat To Fish- Artie Lang
The Mist- Stephen King
Spock Must Die!- James Blish
Is that necessary for a misspelling that was most likely an accident?
It's very common to see/hear "harbinger" misspelled/mispronounced. Since it's a common mistake, it's worth investing some effort to counter it with accurate information.
I'm starting David Weber's Honor Harrington series. Really getting into it with the first book "On Basilisk Station"
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