So what are you reading now?

[JD]

If anyone is interested, Amazon has the first 10ish pages of TM up as part of a` look inside feature. I read it the other day, and TBH at first I wasn't sure if I liked the writting style. But after a couple pages I got used to it, and by the end I was really mad that it was over so quickly. So at this point I will probably be getting it, unless it gets really bad reviews when it comes out.

Well, turns out I might not have to wait that long ot finish it, since I actually found it at the Wal-Mar where I work and bough it (ok, I know I was gonna wait, but I got so excited to see Trek Lit there that I bought it. Besides, judging by the preview, I'm almost certain it's gonna be good). Apparenntly they are actually paying attention to how popular the movie has been, because since it came out we've gone from having the new movie Barbies, one new movie poster, and the Alternate Reality Fan Collective, to having that stuff plus all three Remastered TOS season, TNG season 1 (bought it) & 2 (will buy), the new Best of TOS and Best of TNG DVDs, the Borg FC, and TM.

 

[Technobuilder]

Currently reading:
-Star Trek: Vanguard - Open Secrets by Dayton Ward
-Black Magic Woman by Justin Gustainis (Quincey Morris S.I. #1)
-Crown of Slaves by David Weber & Eric Flint

Rereading:
-The Westing Game by Ellen Baskin
-More Than Honor by David Weber

Up Next:
-The Rum Diary by Hunter S. Thompson
-The Shadow of Saganami by David Weber
-Star Trek: Mirror Universe - Shards & Shadows by About 3/4ths of the Trek Lit Forum'

 

[Lonemagpie]

Companero- The Life And Death Of Che Guevara by Jorge Castaneda, which I was flipping through in a charity shop yesterday and got hooked on. A pristine new copy for 50p. Next up is "Max Frei's" The Stranger for a Death Ray review

 

[BrotherBenny]

David Copperfield and A Tale of Two Cities were my first encounters with Dickens, one right after the other in that order. To be perfectly honest, nothing of his that I've read since has come up to their level, but Bleak House was pretty close. Hard Times is actually one of the two I started didn't follow through (more because I was in the mood for something else), and one of these days I'll get around to picking up Oliver Twist.

I find you have to be in a particularly morbid frame of mind to read Dickens, and I'm not that melancholy very often.

 

[dbush]

I, too, am reading Crown of Slaves. On page 383 of the recent Mass Mkt. edition. Absolutely fantastic. Classic Weber.

 

[Allyn Gibson]

I've read about half of Time Unincorporated Volume 1: Lance Parkin in the past twenty-four hours. It's a collection of mainly his Matrix and Enlightenment articles on Doctor Who. (His essay on "Death Comes to Time" and why it's important should be read by any Star Trek fan.) The last third of the book is a collection of his blog posts on the writing of The Eyeless, which offers interesting insights into the writing of a tie-in novel, from pitch to final product.

Parkin needs to write Star Trek. I didn't realize he was quite the fan of Star Trek; he writes approvingly in one essay of the Kirk-on-the-Excelsior issues of the DC Comics Star Trek series.

 

[William Leisner]

Currently a quarter of the way through The Time Traveler's Wife, and loving it.

 

[David Mack]

^ Ah, yes. The Time Traveler's Wife really is a fantastic novel.

 

[S. Gomez]

David Copperfield and A Tale of Two Cities were my first encounters with Dickens, one right after the other in that order. To be perfectly honest, nothing of his that I've read since has come up to their level, but Bleak House was pretty close. Hard Times is actually one of the two I started didn't follow through (more because I was in the mood for something else), and one of these days I'll get around to picking up Oliver Twist.

I find you have to be in a particularly morbid frame of mind to read Dickens, and I'm not that melancholy very often.

I don't think I was necessarily in a morbid frame of mind, though. But that's just me.

 

[Steve Roby]

I've read about half of Time Unincorporated Volume 1: Lance Parkin in the past twenty-four hours. It's a collection of mainly his Matrix and Enlightenment articles on Doctor Who.

I think I have to get that, though I've read a lot of the Enlightenment stuff already.

I'm currently reading Istanbul Noir, edited by Mustafa Ziyalan and Amy Spangler. It's part of the Akashic Books series of noir crime fiction short stories about various cities around the world. Quite good so far.

 

[T'Ressa Dax]

Started re-reading Tara K. Harper's Shadow Leader, second chronologically in the Wolfwalker series.

 

[KRAD]

-The Westing Game by Ellen Baskin

WHOA! That brings me back. What a great book....

-Star Trek: Mirror Universe - Shards & Shadows by About 3/4ths of the Trek Lit Forum'

*snerf* More like 3/4 of S&S's author list posts on the Trek Lit forum (9 out of the 13 authors post here), but whatever.

 

[Sci]

For the record, anybody who hasn't read Dickens's Great Expectations hasn't lived.

 

[Trent Roman]

Yes, I sagely concur. The climatic battle against Miss Havisham and her robot monkeys to destroy the Genesis Device is thrilling.

Fictitiously yours, Trent Roman

 

[Sci]

Yes, I sagely concur. The climatic battle against Miss Havisham and her robot monkeys to destroy the Genesis Device is thrilling.

Fictitiously yours, Trent Roman

Damn straight.

 

[Skywalker]

Just started Star Trek: Terok Nor - Day of the Vipers. I'm playing a Bajoran in a Trek sim I just joined, and I figured it'd make sense to read the Terok Nor books to give myself some extra background information.

That, and I wanted to read them anyway.

 

[DimesDan]

For the record, anybody who hasn't read Dickens's Great Expectations hasn't lived.

Although born and raised in the areas of the Country that Dickens mainly wrote about and my grandmother living next to one of his homes, I've never read a Dickens novel, even though I have A Christmas Carol, Oliver Twist and even Great Expectations somewhere.

 

[indianatrekker26]

I plan to dive into a few different books while on my two week vacation in a few weeks. Gonna get caught up in some trek lit. Plan to bring along Troublesome Minds, Star Trek movie novel and Star Trek Vanguard: Open Secrets.

 

[CaptKirk]

I'm about two thirds of the way through "The Red KIng" in the Titan series. Don't know what to read next...maybe "The Good That men Do" followed by "Kobayshi MAru" or "Reap the Whirlwind" or "My Brother's Keeper - Republic" ...just not sure....any sugestions?

 

[Sci]

For the record, anybody who hasn't read Dickens's Great Expectations hasn't lived.

Although born and raised in the areas of the Country that Dickens mainly wrote about and my grandmother living next to one of his homes, I've never read a Dickens novel, even though I have A Christmas Carol, Oliver Twist and even Great Expectations somewhere.

For shame!