Re-reading James Swallow's Deus Sanguinius while i wait for Full Circle to turn up in the mail.
So what are you reading now?
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Are you sure you're in the right place? ...isn't this a board for trek-lit fans
? It seems odd that someone who doesn't read the books would spend their time here...Do you just hang around out of habit from when you did enjoy the books?
p.s.- Not trying to be a dick, i'm just truly curious why anyone would hang around a board that talks about books they don't have any interest in reading. It seems like a waste of your time...
Not seeing much in the way of SF romance there, though, which is what AuntKate is talking about. It's been growing quite a bit as a market over the last ten years or so. Or so I'm told, anyway. One of my former co-workers is a big fan of writers like Catherine Asaro, who's one of the big names in the subgenre. None of her books are listed at the S&S romance site, but a few are available from Baen.
Perhaps I should say that Star Trek romance is a field that might be explored rather than Pocket Books romance. My bad.
I'm a Trek fan. I suppose that is reason enough to read this site, even the literature forum. Or are there entrance requirements to read and post here? Like, do I have to be a jerk?
I'm a Trek fan. I suppose that is reason enough to read this site, even the literature forum. Or are there entrance requirements to read and post here? Like, do I have to be a jerk?
Oops -- my eyes jumped right over the word "scifi". My bad.
Though, at the S&S Romance page, you can narrow it by subcategories "paranormal" and "fantasy". There's not quite a metric ton listed, but they have delved to a degree.
Though, at the S&S Romance page, you can narrow it by subcategories "paranormal" and "fantasy". There's not quite a metric ton listed, but they have delved to a degree.
Perhaps I should say that Star Trek romance is a field that might be explored rather than Pocket Books romance. My bad.
I'm a Trek fan. I suppose that is reason enough to read this site, even the literature forum. Or are there entrance requirements to read and post here? Like, do I have to be a jerk?
Funny
. It may have not sounded like it, but I was actually being serious. When I wrote that I wasn't trying to be a dick, I meant it. Tone is kind of hard to convey on a message board. The fact that you are a trek fan in general and you hang around even though you are no longer into the books is a fine answer. I was just wondering. There's no need to resort to name calling...
Romance is certainly a major element of several of my Star Trek works, and I'm sure a major element of other Trek literature as well.
I could start reading the novels again, I suppose. The last books I read were the myriad universe collections, which were not too bad compared to the other books I've started and put aside (starting with "Death in Winter"). I dislike the current direction that the relaunch books have taken and am uninterested in the novels that are not connected to one of the TV programs.
I've been a reader for years. I have all of the numbered TNG and Voyager novels, and several of the cross-over sets. I started reading Trek novels in the 70s. Maybe I'm here because "hope springs eternal" that the "usual" Star Trek novel will be replaced with something that catches my interest.
I'm not sure what you were trying to do, but I do know what I thought you were doing--telling me to get lost. The thread is about what we're reading--not what "Star Trek lit" we're reading. I decided to post. Sorry if you thought I was out of line.
I've been a reader for years. I have all of the numbered TNG and Voyager novels, and several of the cross-over sets. I started reading Trek novels in the 70s. Maybe I'm here because "hope springs eternal" that the "usual" Star Trek novel will be replaced with something that catches my interest.
I'm not sure what you were trying to do, but I do know what I thought you were doing--telling me to get lost. The thread is about what we're reading--not what "Star Trek lit" we're reading. I decided to post. Sorry if you thought I was out of line.
I'd have to agree with you on that KRAD, I've not read any of the Clone Trooper novels so my only contact with Ms Traviss's is Bloodlines, Sacrifice and Revelation, but I've prefered those over the other six, but I think she missed something by not killing Grand Master Skywalker himself in Sacrifice as I was adiment for ages before reading it that she would!
I'm still reading Invincible, I'm finding it a hard slog, mainly because I've not read any Star Wars in a while and the last (and only) time I read Revelation was when it was released over a year ago so some details are a bit hazy.
Once I've finished it though, I'll either read Imzadi which I've never read before and picked up recently or Over a Torrent Sea which, obversely I haven't read either, so I'm a bit torn on the decision.
I thought Karen Traviss's first two Legacy of the Force books were excellent on their own. And even the last was very good.
They were less good when you considered the fact that there were pre-established characters with personalities from other books. But she writes character so dang well, I was usually willing to overlook it and read about these different people instead.
They were less good when you considered the fact that there were pre-established characters with personalities from other books. But she writes character so dang well, I was usually willing to overlook it and read about these different people instead.
Yeah. I gave up after Inferno, partially for the reason that Traviss's Jacen/Caedus was stunningly compelling as a villain, and Denning's was a blithering evil moron. They totally weren't writing the same character at all, and I preferred Traviss's even though it seemed like she was the one venturing away from what the direction of the story was supposed to be.
Currently reading Preacher - just polished off the first volume. Wonderful, puerile, brutal, often childish, always brilliant.
Reading it is like being fellated by violence.
Reading it is like being fellated by violence.
I could start reading the novels again, I suppose. The last books I read were the myriad universe collections, which were not too bad compared to the other books I've started and put aside (starting with "Death in Winter"). I dislike the current direction that the relaunch books have taken and am uninterested in the novels that are not connected to one of the TV programs.
I've been a reader for years. I have all of the numbered TNG and Voyager novels, and several of the cross-over sets. I started reading Trek novels in the 70s. Maybe I'm here because "hope springs eternal" that the "usual" Star Trek novel will be replaced with something that catches my interest.
I'm not sure what you were trying to do, but I do know what I thought you were doing--telling me to get lost. The thread is about what we're reading--not what "Star Trek lit" we're reading. I decided to post. Sorry if you thought I was out of line.
Just a misunderstanding then. I had no intention of telling you to get lost, and I'm fully aware that this thread is not just about trek-lit. The only reason I asked was because you flat out said that you had it sworn off and this seemed weird for someone on a trek-lit board. I guess I should have just PM'd you the question...oh...and apology accepted
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"Beyond Heaving Bosoms" is the funniest title I've seen in a long time - surely that has to be a piss-take?
This ought to be a cover quote on subsequent editions...
I finally got around to starting Forged in Fire this past weekend, and I'm thoroughly enjoying it so far and should be done with it in a day or two, work schedule permitting.
Now I'm just trying to decide what to read next, I'm thinking of the Terok Nor trilogy.
Now I'm just trying to decide what to read next, I'm thinking of the Terok Nor trilogy.
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