So what are you reading now?

[Brendan Moody]

I'm thinking about doing a QoL review, if I can work up the enthusiasm to put coherent sentences and paragraphs together anytime soon.

I would greatly appreciate that. Your reviews are always thoughtful and useful bits o' criticism.

Here you go.

People have spent a ridiculous amount of energy contorting themselves to try to explain away stuff that basically boils down to the fact that Conan Doyle was lazy with his technical details and wasn't copy-edited.

Heresy. Next you'll be suggesting that every seeming contradiction in Star Trek isn't really part of a larger tapestry that only diligent fans can figure out.

 

[S. Gomez]

Currently I'm reading the first volume of The New Annotated Sherlock Holmes. The three volumes, edited and annotated by Leslie S. Klinger, include every single Holmes short story and novel written by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. I'd read very little of the original Holmes stories before, and realized that was a significant lack in my reading. And I'm glad I'm doing so, as this is some great stuff.

(Some of the annotations are unintentionally hilarious. While a lot of them are simply explaining contemporary references -- which is quite useful for a reader who exists in a world 100 years away from Holmes and Watson's -- the ones that try to explain the numerous inconsistencies are absurd. People have spent a ridiculous amount of energy contorting themselves to try to explain away stuff that basically boils down to the fact that Conan Doyle was lazy with his technical details and wasn't copy-edited. )

Awesome books. But you have to remember that Klinger is approaching it from the perspective of The Game, that Holmes and Watson were real and Conan Doyle merely The Literary Agent. And most of those contortions aren't his; he mostly gives various examples of other people's theories without settling down firmly in favour of any of them. He does do it occasionally, but usually let's the reader make up his or her mind.

 

[Dancing Doctor]

So, I've finished Full Circle, and I'm going to keep to my promise to finally sit down and get through Over A Torrent Sea

 

[FatherRob]

Okay, so I changed my mind. Finished My Enemy, My Ally and am now reading Uhura's Song by Janet Kagan. Then I'll move on to my next review book. This week I also plan to write my reviews of "Mere Anarchy" and "Troublesome Minds" before I get too far away from those stories to do them justice.

Rob+

 

[BrotherBenny]

I'm currently reading Dragonfly Falling (Shadows of the Apt book 2) by Adrian Tchaikovsky; Warped by K. W. Jeter and Mere Anarchy.

 

[Sci]

(Some of the annotations are unintentionally hilarious. While a lot of them are simply explaining contemporary references -- which is quite useful for a reader who exists in a world 100 years away from Holmes and Watson's -- the ones that try to explain the numerous inconsistencies are absurd. People have spent a ridiculous amount of energy contorting themselves to try to explain away stuff that basically boils down to the fact that Conan Doyle was lazy with his technical details and wasn't copy-edited. )

It's good to know that we Trekkies didn't invent that particular habit...

 

[DanTheGrey]

Reading (and 75% done) Open Secrets and next up will be Timothy Zahn's T4 prequel novel.

 

[dbush]

I decided to put off reading Before Dishono(u)r by Peter David. Am reading Interphase from SCE 1 and 2, and Crown of Slaves by David Weber / Eric Flint instead.

 

[Cap'n Crunch]

Yesterday, I finished Stargate SG-1: The Price You Pay and started on Stargate SG-1: The First Amendment. Next I'll either be reading Star Trek: Deep Space Nine - Section 31: Abyss or Mr. Monk Goes to the Firehouse, not sure which.

 

[new_mercury]

Now re-reading Summon the Thunder in my build up to getting the new one in June. - had forgotten how much i'd enjoyed Harbinger just finished re-reading it and when I first read it a couple of years ago it was the first ST book i'd read in a few years and it was what really got me back reading ST books and is only the 2nd book I have ever read twice although I plan to read the next 2 before getting open secrets.

 

[J Archer]

I'm about halfway through My Brother's Keeper : Republic.

 

[mackula]

Greater Than The Sum... really good so far.

 

[apenpaap]

I've just finished "A stitch in Time", and started "Avatar, book 1". I am reading the DS9 relaunch.

 

[DanTheGrey]

Finished 'Open Secrets' and liked the finale to it, very fitting.

Now 20% into the Zahn T4 prequel, and then we'll see what I read after that given that Amazon.ca still hasn't shipped the order with Clone Wars: No prisoners yet.

 

[JD]

How is the TS prequel novel? I thought about picking it up since I loved Zahn's first Star War Trilogy, but I never got around to it because I've got a huge to be read pile that, despite my best intentions, keeps growing.

 

[Dancing Doctor]

So, I finished Over a Torrent Sea, which was awesome. I've gone back and am trying to get To Storm Heaven finished by tonight.

 

[Cap'n Crunch]

I got Countdown today, so I went ahead and read it. It was interesting and fairly entertaining. I liked how Nero was fleshed out more than in the movie, and...

Spoiler: Star Trek XI

that it gives us the reason he blames Spock for Romulus' destruction.

Anyway, I'll be going back to finish Stargate SG-1: The First Amendment now.

 

[DanTheGrey]

How is the TS prequel novel? I thought about picking it up since I loved Zahn's first Star War Trilogy, but I never got around to it because I've got a huge to be read pile that, despite my best intentions, keeps growing.

Not bad, I think I'm just starting to get through the land of set-up. He still can paint a decent picture without boring you with descriptions of everything, trusting that you have a clue if you're reading a tie-in novel that you have an idea what things are.

A lot of running away from Skynet forces so far. Hopefully will pick up for the remaining parts of the book anytime now. Should have it finished by the weekend and can give a more in-depth review then.

 

[Smiley]

It's tough to say how well it leads into T:S without seeing the movie. It seems pretty nonessential, but it's entertaining enough. It has some decent character development and action scenes, and it serves to immerse you into the world of Terminator again. I don't think it's worth a buy, though. I ended up trading my copy in at Bookman's. If I'd known you were interested, I would have given it to you, JD.

 

[JD]

What about the comic prequel has anyone read that?