So what are you reading now?
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On the Trek side I'm reading Errand of Fury book three: Sacrifices of War by Kevin Ryan, and as for non-Trek, I'm reading Under a Velvet Cloak, book eight of Piers Anthony's Incarnations of Immortality.
You might actually like the third one. You never know. I have seen some fans list it as their favorite of the three but it generall goes the other way around.
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In my opinion the second book was the weakest of the three, the first and third are far better.
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Finished Genesis Wave book 3. Very disappointing. Seemed like a plot idea for another book shoe horned into the Genesis plotline.
I don't know if anyone actually cares, but there is a "what SFF book are you reading now?" thread in the science fiction and fantasy forum and a "what crime/mystery/thriller book are you reading now?" thread in the TV and Media forum. I started the latter myself since I didn't see one.
That said, I'm currently reading three books at the moment.
Empire in Black and Gold by Adrian Tchaikovsky (Fantasy)
The Bourne Sanction by Eric van Lustbader (Thriller)
Star Trek: Mirror Universe: Shards and Shadows.
Enjoying them all.
That said, I'm currently reading three books at the moment.
Empire in Black and Gold by Adrian Tchaikovsky (Fantasy)
The Bourne Sanction by Eric van Lustbader (Thriller)
Star Trek: Mirror Universe: Shards and Shadows.
Enjoying them all.
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What? There's no "What historical fiction novel are you reading?"
I'm reading Rumours of War, the sixth in Allan Mallinson's Matthew Hervey series. It's sort of the anti-Sharpe: he's a cavalry officer, not infantry; he didn't rise from the ranks; he's from a moderately respectable family; they start at Waterloo, instead of ending there; and the books are written, like Patrick O'Brian's Aubrey/Maturin novels, in much more of an attempt at sounding like they're from the early 19th century than the Sharpe books. (Don't get me wrong, I like Sharpe too. But they aren't quite doing the same sort of thing.)
Before that I read the deeply silly Verdigris, a Third Doctor, Jo Grant, and UNIT story by Paul Magrs. I can imagine people hating it, but I found it laugh-out-loud funny at times.
I'm reading Rumours of War, the sixth in Allan Mallinson's Matthew Hervey series. It's sort of the anti-Sharpe: he's a cavalry officer, not infantry; he didn't rise from the ranks; he's from a moderately respectable family; they start at Waterloo, instead of ending there; and the books are written, like Patrick O'Brian's Aubrey/Maturin novels, in much more of an attempt at sounding like they're from the early 19th century than the Sharpe books. (Don't get me wrong, I like Sharpe too. But they aren't quite doing the same sort of thing.)
Before that I read the deeply silly Verdigris, a Third Doctor, Jo Grant, and UNIT story by Paul Magrs. I can imagine people hating it, but I found it laugh-out-loud funny at times.
I've finished two books since this thread started. 
And now I'm onto The Last Colony by John Scalzi.
And now I'm onto The Last Colony by John Scalzi.
Finished the Mirror Images IDW comic omnibus. So far most of IDW books haven't thrilled me that much, especially the Year 4 and Enterprise Experiment books. I thought this one was pretty good. I also liked the Picard Interlude. I guess it fits in with the DS9 mirror universe history because the "Federation" could collapse between the time of young Picard and what happens in the DS9 era. And it doesn't seem to fit in the MU books Pocket Books MU storyline but it's still a fun story. I'm sure all this was hashed out when the comics came out be I'm reading them when the omnibus' come out. I didn't quite like the MU book as much as the the Klingon Blood Will Tell story, my favorite so far, but it's still quite good.
I should be finishing up The Engagement by Georges Simenon today then after that I will probably start Over A Torrent Sea but I'm not 100%. I'm tempted to start KRAD's Farscape book, even though I'm not quite up to it in the series. I'm hoping he'll be able to sign a non-BOOM! product or two along with what ever comics he's signing when he's at the BOOM! booth at Wondercon.
I should be finishing up The Engagement by Georges Simenon today then after that I will probably start Over A Torrent Sea but I'm not 100%. I'm tempted to start KRAD's Farscape book, even though I'm not quite up to it in the series. I'm hoping he'll be able to sign a non-BOOM! product or two along with what ever comics he's signing when he's at the BOOM! booth at Wondercon.
I'm still reading Creative Couplings (not much time for pleasure reading, and a few other issues I'll mention in my review) and White Horizon, but have finished three and therefore started another three: Ragged Dick by Horatio Alger (and I wish I hadn't found out that he was a pederast before reading the book, because now every scene seems dirty); Mumbo Jumbo by Ishmael Reed (fun in an insane kind of way); and the suicidal-thoughts inducing Ruth by Elizabeth Gaskell (people actually read this for fun? And I thought I was morbid...).
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Fictitiously yours, Trent Roman
That depressing? I'm just getting into Gaskell; the professor whose Victorian seminar I'm in this semester is in love with her. So far we've done Cranford (which is funny yet melancholy), and I'm halfway through North and South. The latter is definitely not as funny as the former.
Just started reading A Singular Destiny. So far thre only complaint is the small text used for the articles and lists. Can't read those pages easily without a good light.
I even misread Rovlaq as Bovlaq at least once.
I even misread Rovlaq as Bovlaq at least once.
Read Armor by John Steakley this week and am halfway down with God Emperor of Dune. Been out of Trek Lit for a little while...
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