If you're not just kidding, Xeris is speaking about Dayton Ward & Kevin Dilmore and their relatively recent The 4400 novel.
Oh.
So what are you reading now?
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Just finished Crucible: Spock by David R. George III, a year after I finished McCoy. Another wonderful tale by one of my favourite authors. I don't know whether I like this one better than McCoy or not, because my life has changed a lot since then, my circumstances has changed. This book connected with me in a very different way than how McCoy book moved me to tears. It'll be very hard to decide next time the top ten books list come around, I might have to cheat and list Crucible instead. 
Mmh, I was never able to get into Crucible: McCoy. It's the only Trek book I started but never finished.
Which version? I have the illustrated edition from Apogee Books. That one is, if I'm remembering correctly, the Boston version of the story. There's also a New York version of the story, which is the version on Project Gutenberg.
Not only my favourite Trek book by far, but also one of my favourite books of all time!
Finished: Three Day Road , by Jospeh Boyden
Reading: Guns, Germs and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies, by Jared Diamond.
Next up: Kobayahsi Maru, by Mangels & Martin
Hey, have you War of the Worlds fans listened to Jeff Wayne's musical version narrated by the late Richard Burton? Absolutley love it!
Interesting, how different people react to the same book. For me. it's still the best Trek-Book ever written, one that gave some sleepless nights, because I couldn't put it down.
Well, back to topic:
I started withtwo books this week, numer one is "China Mountain Zhang" by Maureen F. McHugh, first impression was not really enthusiastic, but on the other hand, judging a book after fifty pages (of 350) is not exactly fair.
The other one is "Hybrids" by Robert J. Saywer, the third book of the "Neanderthal"-Trilogy. It's the fourth book I've read from him (The mentioned trilogy and "Flashforward") and all those books were so overwhelmingly good, that I'm planning on reading his entire bibliography in the next years.
Weird. You're the third person in as many days to tell me they're reading Three Day Road. Granted, one is reading it for a class, but it's still a funny coincidence.
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Well, I still have Crucible: McCoy, so I might give it a second try one day.
My wife Laura read it a few weeks ago, though she bought it three years ago (we actually found a good bookstore in one of the hotels on the Las Vegas strip -- Mandalay Bay, I think; the woman working in the store recommended it). I may get around to it eventually myself.
My personal rule of thumb is that if I get through 10% of a book and it isn't doing it for me, that's enough to decide to put it aside.
The illustrated Apogee version-- you're right, it's the Boston Post text. I'll have to take a look at Gutenberg's New York Journal version. In any case, I'm working on tracking down both the original newspapers in which the story appeared.
Just finished John Birmingham's "Without Warning".
Some type of energy wave wiped out most of the continental United States, leaving only Alaska, Hawaii, and the Seattle, Washington area untouched, on the eve of the 2003 invasion of Iraq.
The world attempts to deal with the vanishing of America. The jihadists claim it was an act of Allah, and Iraq and Iran prepare to invade Kuwait and Saudi Arabia, forcing the coalition forces in place to pre-empt that attack. Israel goes nuclear. France descends into anarchy. Great Britain closes its borders and begins to expel citizens of Middle Eastern descent. The ten million or so Americans out of the country at the time of the wave all begin repatriating to safe areas in Operation Uplift; one gathering point for refugees is Guantanamo Bay, which was a part of Cuba which survived the wave...but is attacked by Venezuela. And what is left of the United States tries to figure out where in the hell we go from here.
First book in a three-book trilogy. If you enjoyed the Weapons of Choice trilogy, you will also dig this one.
Some type of energy wave wiped out most of the continental United States, leaving only Alaska, Hawaii, and the Seattle, Washington area untouched, on the eve of the 2003 invasion of Iraq.
The world attempts to deal with the vanishing of America. The jihadists claim it was an act of Allah, and Iraq and Iran prepare to invade Kuwait and Saudi Arabia, forcing the coalition forces in place to pre-empt that attack. Israel goes nuclear. France descends into anarchy. Great Britain closes its borders and begins to expel citizens of Middle Eastern descent. The ten million or so Americans out of the country at the time of the wave all begin repatriating to safe areas in Operation Uplift; one gathering point for refugees is Guantanamo Bay, which was a part of Cuba which survived the wave...but is attacked by Venezuela. And what is left of the United States tries to figure out where in the hell we go from here.
First book in a three-book trilogy. If you enjoyed the Weapons of Choice trilogy, you will also dig this one.
About 25% of the way into Singular Destiny. Would be further, but I waited until "Under a Torrent Sea" was about to come out to get the free Amazon shipping. In the end they shipped Singular Destiny with the other books I ordered, but were saying that UaTS wasn't available, then the next day shipped it. Got both on the same day.
In any case enjoying SD so far...
In any case enjoying SD so far...
I just read the first two issues of the Star Trek Countdown comic and all I can say is: wow! I really like what they're doing. I'm now much more confident about the upcoming movie and I venture a guess that most of the people being pessimistic about how the Trek canon would be handled are dead wrong.
Probably...not like I mind reading on a screen tooo much. Just have to get used to scrolling.
Most ebook readers don't scroll, they format as pages and you "turn" the pages as you would a book.
Just started Sacrifices of War...and once I got started I didn't want to put it down for lunch. Here I thought I was going to have to go back and remind myself of what happened in the other book, but so far just reading it is enough. Must be Kevin Ryan's writing style, informing/reminding without repeating loads of backstory.
Reread Imzadi by Peter Davd, and the book form of trek Insurrection..
Both still are excellent.
Not coincidentally, I'm also reading Three Day Road. I've had to put it aside for a time, though, as I have some homework to do--namely, I've got several Star trek novels to read in preparation for a new project.
Rosalind, I am of course delighted to hear that you enjoyed The Fire and the Rose. Thanks for the kind words.
Rosalind, I am of course delighted to hear that you enjoyed The Fire and the Rose. Thanks for the kind words.
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