So what are you reading now?

[William Leisner]

I quite like the concept, and while it opens the door for a lot of fanwank, it also is undoubtedly challenging for the writer. The first story, A Less Perfect Union, was very good, aforementioned issue aside.

Glad you enjoyed it, and thanks for putting up with my wankish tendencies.

 

[donners22]

I'm willing to deal with that if the story is positive, hopeful and enjoyable story and captures what I take to be the Star Trek spirit. A Less Perfect Union was a terrific example of that. The "welcome back" line was beautiful, and I loved the final conversation between Kirk and T'Pol.

 

[DeafAngelboy23]

I am reading Star Trek Tales Of The Dominion War. I am now on "Eleven Hour Out" in this book.

 

[TenLubak]

At 2:04 o clock EST, I have returned from the gathering center in Bel Air Md, with my own copy, smelling of fresh pressed ink, or maybe Starbucks cofee, not sure if the book infects the beans, or the bean provide the aroma, but VOYAGER Full Circle, which by the way is hard to find since B+N White Marsh only carries TNG, TOS, ds9 it seems...which is why the guy asked me when buying Greater than the Sum if I only read TNG or all ST..then he told me that yeah thats what most people buy..thats how we order...what? Anyway, Waldenbooks in WM was sold out, but B+N Bel Air had 3 so i bought one! How super!

Mr. Chakotay chuckles is in Paris. More soon!

 

[SicOne]

At this ungodly hour, I am reading the back of the Hershey's Syrup container that I have just poured over my ice cream. Not the whole thing, mind you, but enough to cover it quite tastily. I could not help but notice that the nutrition facts give a lowly 2 tablespoons worth of information. I asked the empty room, "Who puts only two tablespoons of Hershey's Syrup over a bowl of ice cream?" and the room answered back, "Nobody in THIS house!" Actually, it was a tad disconcerting that the room answered back, but then again I've taken so many drugs tonight that when the wife threw the flashlight at me for bogarting the last hit, I thought it was Halley's frickin' Comet come 'round again...

Also noticed a sign, "Questions or comments about this product, call toll-free weekdays 9-4 ET 1-800-468-1714". Now I gotta stay awake 5 more hours. Inconsiderate wankers. I intend to bring up the two tablespoons issue. I need more than that to cover the half gallon of ice cream that I've just scooped into a mixing bowl. When you've got a serious case of the munchies, a few scoops just won't do. I was also gonna ask how Hershey's Syrup affects hardened arteries. My aorta is stiffer than a garden hose outside in winter.

And "refrigerate after opening"? Are you kidding me? Cold syrup flows so slowly that your ice cream will be all melted before you can dig in. It defies all common sense. Asshats. And when you've got the attention span of a five-year-old, then you...what, oh look, something shiny. What? Never mind.

Ohhhhh...what BOOKS are we reading, is that what you meant? Whoops, my bad. Continue. (scarf, scarf, scarf, belch)

 

[Judge King]

I've finished reading A Singular Destiny and started reading Over a Torrent Sea.

 

[KimMH]

FINALLY got my hands on the Destiny trilogy and loved them! Got Singular Destiny and going to indulge myself this weekend! It was so hard to NOT read it until I found the others!

 

[KRAD]

At this ungodly hour, I am reading the back of the Hershey's Syrup container that I have just poured over my ice cream. Not the whole thing, mind you, but enough to cover it quite tastily. I could not help but notice that the nutrition facts give a lowly 2 tablespoons worth of information. I asked the empty room, "Who puts only two tablespoons of Hershey's Syrup over a bowl of ice cream?" and the room answered back, "Nobody in THIS house!" ... {rest of syrupy rant snipped}

For the record, this is the funniest thing I've encountered all week, and that's against some mighty stiff competition (like the guy who thought that the fact that I work for the U.S. Census Bureau as a freelance enumerator-for-hire meant that I was just the person to complain to about how they don't take care of his building).

 

[Rosalind]

Since the last time I posted in this thread, I've read:

-- The Original Series: Burning Dreams by Margret Wander Bonanno
-- A Singular Destiny by Keith R.A. DeCandido
-- Corps of Engineers: Aftermath by Christopher L. Bennett, Loren L. Coleman & Randall N. Bills, Robert Greenberger, Michael A. Martin & Andy Mangels, Aaron Rosenberg
-- The Next Generation: Q & A by Keith R.A. DeCandido

I enjoyed the three novels greatly, I like the two KRAD books better than Margret's, but I can't decide whether I enjoyed ASD better or Q&A. I liked most of the COE books, but there were one or two bad science lines in one of them that I couldn't take that story seriously at all.

 

[SicOne]

Thanks, KRAD; was a tad delirious with lack of sleep and low blood sugar, but rectified those shortcomings in quick order. I didn't really take THAT many drugs.

If you want a laugh, rent "Best Of Saturday Night Live:Christopher Walken", where he portrays a guy razzing a census-taker.

 

[Anika Hanson]

Star Trek Deep Space Nine-The 34th Rule

 

[David R. George III]

^ Nice to hear this one's still kicking!

 

[Reanok]

I started Mere Anarchy and it's really good. It was well worth the wait of finally getting the book at long last. It keeps being sold out at Barnes and Noble.

 

[Steve Roby]

After reading a few Doctor Who and Trek books, I switched to other stuff. I read William Gibson's Spook Country and then on to Hard Case Crime books: Donald Westlake's The Cutie and now Peter Pavia's Dutch Uncle.

Spook Country felt kind of insubstantial compared to the much more plot-heavy stuff I've been reading lately. Lots of interesting ideas and observations, as you'd expect from a Gibson novel, but many of the characters are just sketches, and though it's structured as a suspense novel it didn't really generate much. Bit of a JG Ballard tone at times, which reminds me that I should dig up one of the unread Ballard books around here. (I've got plenty of Ballard books that have been read, too.)

 

[Cap'n Crunch]

Just finished Burning Dreams by Margaret Wander Bonnano. I'm now reading Ex Machina by Christopher L. Bennett. Next up is A Time to Sow by Dayton Ward & Kevin Dilmore.

 

[indianatrekker26]

im currently juggling star trek voyager: Full Circle and Star Trek Mere Anarchy. just picked up Vanguard Open Secrets

 

[Mr. Laser Beam]

smelling of fresh pressed ink, or maybe Starbucks cofee

That's gotta be a sad reflection on Starbucks, people confusing the aroma of their coffee with pressed ink.

 

[Csalem]

Finished Over a Torrent Sea and have started Mere Anarchy

 

[Defcon]

Finished The Deathless in the interim.

Now I'm reading the CoE: Wounds trade paperback.

Since that post I've finished Wounds and read A Singular Destiny, Treason and Full Circle.

Now I'm about to start Supernatural: Witch's Canyon by Jeff Mariotte.

 

[BrotherBenny]

Recently finished:

- Mere Anarchy: The Centre Cannot Hold by Mike W. Barr
- Vanished by Tess Gerritsen

Currently reading:

- Mere Anarchy: Shadows of the Indignant by Dave Galanter
- Throne of Jade by Naomi Novik
- VOY: Cybersong by S. N. Lewitt
- NF: Treason by Peter David