So what are you reading now?

[JD]

I'm nearly finished Destiny - Mere Mortals and plan to logically move on to Lost Souls straight after.

Was in the middle of A Gutted World when I got my hands on Destiny so I'll probably pick that back up afterwards. And by that time, hopefully A Singular Destiny will pop up in a nearby book store.

Oh, yeah that reminds me, I still need to read The Chimes at Midnight, and Brave New World.

 

[Dayton Ward]

I've just started Ill Winds

Me, too, but that's because I had tacos for lunch.



Oh, wait. Was that out loud?

 

[OmahaStar]

I've just started Ill Winds

Me, too, but that's because I had tacos for lunch.



Oh, wait. Was that out loud?

*groan*

 

[Scott Pearson]

Okay, I'll try to save this thread from Dayton's GI troubles . . . and trust me, you don't want to deal with a former Marine with GI troubles.

What?

Oh, yeah, I just started Errand of Fury Book 3.

 

[RonG]

I just finished re-reading KRAD's The Art of the Impossible for the nth time (I'd finished A Singular Destiny a while ago), while awaiting my eBay package with A Time to Sow thru A Time to Hate (some might recall I posted a thread about that a while ago, and have since been able to snag all four books / two doulogies for a bargain ).

Hey, cool, glad you found 'em!

Thanks KRAD - I remember you tried to help me locate them on the web and I very much appreciate it!

I tried to read the old TOS novel The Pandora Principle, after recalling KRAD's recommendation of it in a Saavik thread not too long ago, but just could not get into it (the prose / writing was kinda weird)...

Huh. Too bad. I really enjoyed Pandora -- plus, I adore the Belandrid...

I can't get past the first few chapters - I think that - specifically in the writing- the dialogues sound very unnatural to me... May I ask what it is that you find enjoyable in the novel? Maybe you'll convince me to give it anpther try (I hate not finishing books..)

 

[Stephen!]

I'm getting back to reading Kobayashi Maru - I started reading it before Christmas, but got distracted with other things.

 

[wahwahkits]

Just finished 'Morningstar' by David Gemmell and am going to start 'Starship Trap' by Mel Gilden tonight.

 

[Sky]

Rereading Spock's World and planning to begin the ST VI novelization soon.

 

[Turbo]

Right now, I'm re-reading The Buried Age. Next up is Doris Kearns Goodwin's Team of Rivals.

 

[Bec]

I'm nearly finished Destiny - Mere Mortals and plan to logically move on to Lost Souls straight after.

Was in the middle of A Gutted World when I got my hands on Destiny so I'll probably pick that back up afterwards. And by that time, hopefully A Singular Destiny will pop up in a nearby book store.

Oh, yeah that reminds me, I still need to read The Chimes at Midnight, and Brave New World.

Yeah, I'll probably give those a look when I pick the book up again. To be honest though, neither story initially appeals to me that much.. not a big fan of Data or Soong so that plotline really doesn't interest me, and I've never gotten that much into The Original Series so I'm not too compelled there either. I bought the volume purely for A Gutted World because it's Kira-heavy, sounded great and written by KRAD. That's me sold.

Not to drag the thread too off topic, but that's the one thing that gripes me about the Myriad Universes collections. You may only be interested in one or two of the tales and is that enough to make you purchase a copy?

I experienced the same issue with the first volume of Myriad Universes. I haven't bought it yet because I'm not sure if I want to. The only story that I'd like to read is Places of Exile, it sounds really good and I liked Christopher's work on Greater Than The Sum. But the other two tales don't grab me at all. Khan? Genetically engineered soldiers? Not my thing. And I'm not interested in Enterprise enough for the other story. My question is.. do I want to read Places of Exile so much that I want to purchase the volume? I'm still unsure. With A Gutted World, it was most certainly a good choice, however.

In any case, it's probably all a moot point because of course the fiction line isn't solely geared to my personal tastes and has to offer variety, different people will be interested in different things. That's fair enough. I just hope the next volume is more TNG/DS9/VOY heavy.

So, after all that, I've realised what a pointless and unjustified complaint it is. Sure, I'm just stating my feelings.. ain't nothing gotta be done about it.

Resume previous discussion.

 

[shanejayell]

I rather liked the Julian Bashir 'Seeds of desent" story, actually. It has Kira and the DS9 cast as stars and is a nice 'flip' of the original Khan story. I'd recommend it.

 

[T'Ressa Dax]

Working my way through the Destiny trilogy. Almost finished with Gods of Night and enjoying it. It's one of those books where I just have to finish one more chapter even though I've other things to go do.

 

[Thrawn]

Bec - shane is right about Seeds Of Dissent, but either way, Places Of Exile is magnificent, and easily worth the price of admission on its own.

 

[Masks]

After a long hiatus from my Trek novels, I'm gonna jump back in with some oldies that ROCK. Survivors by Jean Lorrah, Contamination by John Vornholt, and How Much for Just the Planet by John Ford. I need some pushing to embrace all the new stuff thats out now

 

[BillJ]

Reading 'The Songs of Distant Earth' by Arthur C. Clarke right now. Not sure what I'll read next.

 

[Kopernikus]

I tried this in another forum and it sank like a lead balloon. However, rumor has it there are readers here so chances are someone is reading something.

So what are you reading now? It doesn't have to be Trek Lit although that's a possibility for some.

A good Idea, i was wondering why such a Thread did not exist here, it's usually a common thing in Lit-Boards, most often pinned on top.

On Topic:

I needed a short break in Trek after absorbing Destiny in roughly a week, so in the moment I'm switching between "The Terror" by Dan Simmons, "Chasm City" by Alastair Reynolds and "The wold without us" by Alan Weisman. The next one planned is "Pandora's Star" by Peter F. Hamilton, then some Trek again, either "A Singular Destiny" or "Obsidian Alliances"

 

[Steve Roby]

There's a topic like this in the SF & Fantasy forum, though it sometimes gets lost amid dozens of topics about TV and movies.

 

[Thrawn]

Kopernikus - after you read Pandora's Star, you're really going to want to have Judas Unchained ready. It's more like two halves of the same book; if you wait too long between them, you'll forget stuff, and it'll drive you batty.

Great duo, though; Hamilton is really spectacular.

 

[Astraea]

At the moment, I've just finished re-reading Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince for the umpteenth time and re-reading Jean Lorrah's Survivors for the first time in quite a while.

I used to read more non-fiction science for fun, but having Dipiro's Principles of Pharmacotherapy and various clinical guidelines as constant companions rather takes the fun out of doing science reading in my free time. I've been reading a lot of history lately, and am in various stages of completion of Alison Weir's biography of Katherine Swynford, Harold Holzer's Lincoln: President-Elect, and Jane Dunn's Read My Heart: Dorothy Osborne and Sir William Temple, a Love Story in the Age of Revolution.

Star Trek books are quick reads and always jump to the front of my reading queue, so I'll be reading Over a Torrent Sea in about a week. I'm also thinking about doing a re-read of the TNG novel Guises of the Mind.

As for the comments about the Myriad and Mirror Universes anthologies, I enjoy reading the compliations, even with the stories that I don't think I'll have any interest in. You can find some real treats that you aren't expecting - I'm not a TOS fan, and The Sorrows of Empire is, thus far, my favorite story out of any of the MU collections. As for the Myriad stuff, I think Places of Exile is interesting enough to warrant a purchase of the volume.

 

[Rosalind]

I need some pushing to embrace all the new stuff thats out now

if you have any specific questions, feel free to start a new thread and ask them.