So what are you reading now?

[LightningStorm]

Seems about every 2 months is how often I update here what I'm reading:

I have since finished Jumper: Griffin's Story by Steven Gould and liked it very much. It, like the movie, cut off rather abruptly but was still quite good.

Then went on to Vanguard: Open Secrets - LOVED IT, absolutely loved it! Real Life kicked in and it took me a very long time to get through it but I managed.

Now I am reading something I picked up on a whim at Wal-Mart. G.I. Joe: Above and Beyond by Max Allan Collins it's a movie prequel. And at only 100 pages in I am thoroughly enjoying this one. It's very heavily character based and the camaraderie and interactions between the characters are the best scenes since... well... since Articles of the Federation.

As for Titan: Over a Torrent Sea, I still haven't finished this one. I'm very very disappointed in this one especially since I loved Orion's Hounds so much. I will be finishing it though, eventually, because I have this thing about needing to complete previous books of a series before moving on to the next one.

 

[KRAD]

Just finished "Mere Anarchy" and really enjoyed it. Krad did a great job getting the writers to complete the series and maintaing a really good story line and all ofthe writers did an excellent job with the TOS characters....they were dead on!!! Great job by all and I recommend the series to everyone..highly enjoyable.

Thanks! But the credit really belongs to the seven loonies I put together to write the thing....

I just finished Finger-Lickin' Fifteen, the latest of Janet Evanovich's Stephanie Plum books. Next up will be Volume 2 of the annotated Holmes.

 

[DimesDan]

I've been reading Chris Brookmyre's A Big Boy Did it and Ran Away for the second time, I'm enjoying it more than last time, but of his twelve novels, this isn't the best.

Afterwards I'm not sure, I might read his next book (The Sacred Art of Stealing) or reread Harbinger as I picked up Summon the Thunder a few weeks ago, or something else, but just not sure what.

 

[S. Gomez]

Arthur C. Clarke's Rendezvous With Rama.

 

[CaptKirk]

Krad
Also have read the Plum novels and find them hilarious...also read all of the Holmes annotated volumes...keep up the good work and how about a sequel to Burning House.

 

[M.Robison]

Just re-read "Star Trek: The Lost Years" by J.M. Dillard, starting on "Spocks World" by Diane Duane

 

[Cap'n Crunch]

I just finished Mission Gamma: Twilight by David R. George III today. Great book! I love the character development, especially between Ro/Quark and Vaughn/Prynn. Just Vaughn's "flashback" scenes alone were great; the one with his mother was particularly heartwrenching. The scene at the end between Vaughn and Prynn nearly brought a tear to my eye. Any book that comes that close to making me cry, or does make me cry, has to be a great book. I give it four Bolians and a Thumbsup:

I went ahead and started Mission Gamma: This Gray Spirit by Heather Jarman; so far it's pretty good.

I'm still working on Absolute Power by David Baldacci, when I'm not busy at work.

Additionally, I'm working my way through Star Trek: The Complete Comic Collection. I'm a little more than halfway through the Gold Key comics (I'm pretty much reading them in publication order), and although they do get better they're still not that great (partly the reason it's taking so long).

After This Gray Spirit, I'll try to find a copy of Mission Gamma: Cathedral. Right now Amazon has them starting at $11.71, so if I can get one in good shape for less than $15 that'll be great. I may have to check a used book store, where I got the other three Mission Gamma books, before I go with Amazon though.

If I don't have Cathedral to start when I finish This Gray Spirit, I may finally start on Mr. Monk Goes to the Firehouse, or read some more Sherlock Holmes.

 

[Csalem]

Just finished Open Secrets and inspired by a dream I had a few nights ago am going to read Jurassic Park for something like the tenth time.

 

[seigezunt]

Just finished Troublesome Minds (awesome!), and now onto Shadows on the Sun...

 

[Captain Randy Hall]

Uh oh! Page 47??!!!??

Since my last posting who knows how long ago, I've picked up the new Vanguard novel, Open Secrets. I usually read novels a chapter or so at night before snoozeville. So far, it's been very good.

Still, it is funny how we sometimes picture the characters. At first, I thought Reyes was stout and on the short side, but I've read the descriptions and had to toss that out the window.

That's it. There is no more. I'm done...

 

[BrotherBenny]

Finished Mere Anarchy last night. Just Wow. Did Mestiko join the Federation or the Klingons? I'm not surprised we didn't find out, it was the journey that mattered -- and what a journey.

Still reading Warped and DW book 2.

 

[F. King Daniel]

(*Spoilers be ahead, m’kay?*)

“Resistance…is futile. But I love it when you try” – and then Seven, possessed by the Borg Queen (who just happens to be Captain Janeway) gives Picard a big kiss. That pretty much sums up Before Dishonor. I like!

On page 180-something, Peter David is tearing into Richard Arnold and Gene Rodenberry’s decree from decades ago that “there are no female Borg”. Admittedly that was a silly thing to say (and led to a small disclaimer at the start of Vendetta) – but what kind of sci-fi franchise takes potshots at its long deceased visionary/creator (and his unloved stooge)?

I liked that Riannon gets the mention she didn’t in Destiny (reading these things in the correct order? What fun is that?)

I liked Spock’s involvement – until he said he hasn’t tried to contact Scotty since the latter’s transporter resurrection. Not only does that contradict a load of novels (like Crossover, not to mention all the Shat books) but it makes Spock appear a total dick. Here’s a guy who’s helped you save the universe countless times and you can’t even drop him a line to say “Hey, good to hear you’re still with us. LLNP”. I like to think Spock has more respect and affection for his old crewmates than that (it certainly seemed that way in STXI).

Captain Janeway dies. Goes to heaven (atheist Gene Rodenberry would be furious) and Mrs Q is God. Or rather the Q are God. Or did they just ascend Janeway a la Stargate’s Ancients? Is this the start of JaneQuay? Does anyone believe for a second that Peggy Hill in Space is really dead?

Everything else was good. I enjoyed the book very much.

Up next…The IDIC Epidemic
Topical Star Trek returns, albeit on a 21-year time delay. It’s the swine flu in space!

I like the idea that Klingons have used old human technology, in this case a dam, to eliminate hunger on three planets.

 

[Paris]

...I liked Spock’s involvement – until he said he hasn’t tried to contact Scotty since the latter’s transporter resurrection. Not only does that contradict a load of novels (like Crossover, not to mention all the Shat books) but it makes Spock appear a total dick. Here’s a guy who’s helped you save the universe countless times and you can’t even drop him a line to say “Hey, good to hear you’re still with us. LLNP”. I like to think Spock has more respect and affection for his old crewmates than that (it certainly seemed that way in STXI).

This is just the tip of the iceburg when it comes to Peter David and his inconsistencies. Don't get me wrong...I'm a big PAD fan and i've been reading his New Frontier series since day one, and I'm also one of the few that enjoyed Before Dishonor, but he tends to make some glaring mistakes that seem so easily avoidable with the help of an editor who grasps trek continuity. After reading Treason (the latest NF book) it seems like he's decided to make NF it's own universe like the shatverse. The last line or two of the book has Adm. Nechayev say something that, at the time the story is supposed to take place (late 2379), seems to make no sense, especially since we've already "seen" her in books that occur after Treason (BD being one of them). He establishes that Bravo Station is not a Federation facility, it just has a Federation commander in Adm. Shelby. But in the New Frontier comic book mini-series by PAD, Bravo station is clearly of Starfleet design. Last I heard, the Federation wasn't in the business of selling their starship or starbase designs to independent nations. The man seems to contradict himself all the time.

...aaarrgghhh...oh well. Even after all of this, I still enjoy reading his books .

 

[stoneagepunk]

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

I have dug out my old Star Trek books, and now I am reading them again. D.C. Fontana's Vulcan's Glory is one of them.

In those days I bought about all Star Trek fiction that had Spock on the cover or in the title.

 

[JD]

Since I'm down to about 1xx pages in Life, The Universe, and Everything, and 8x in Open Secrets, I went ahead and stared the SCE novella Ambush in the 3 paperback collection Some Assembly Recquired. It's taken me about two years to get to this point, not becuase I don't like the stories (I've really enjoyed the ones I've read) , but simply because I keep getting side tracked and saying "oh, I'll get back to them later" and before I know it's it's been almost a year. I've decided to change this now though, and I intend on working my way through the series alot quicker, like one or two every few books, instead of a few dozen books.

 

[Possum]

I have dug out my old Star Trek books, and now I am reading them again. D.C. Fontana's Vulcan's Glory is one of them.

I've been doing the same thing. I read that one last week or so (I've been reading several a week). It is fun to see if some of the old favorites hold up- still get a kick out of Ishmael and Uhura's Song.

However, I've been trying to remember which book, might have been a Diane Duane one possibly, that had these aliens which allied with the Enterprise crew that were described as being liquid-ish and multi-colored. Like there was one that was orange and black, and one that was green and black I think. I recall that one learned from Chekov and "spoke" with a Russian accent. It seemed like it had a plotline vaguely like "My Enemy, My Ally" where the crew and some aliens were having to re-take the Enterprise or defend it against invaders. I figured this would be the right place to ask. Also, I'm assuming it is one of the numbers before 50 and I probably haven't read it in 20 years. Thanks for any help- I'm sure I have it but I still have a bunch of books to go through.

 

[Stevil2001]

It sounds to me like you're describing The Three-Minute Universe.

 

[DimesDan]

The Sacred Art of Stealing which is another Christopher Brookmye book. After that I'll probably will reread Harbinger and then read Summon the Thunder as I picked it up a few weeks ago.

 

[Sci]

This week I seem to be jumping between The Dark Side, State Terrorism in Latin America: Chile, Argentina, and International Human Rights by Thomas C. Wright, and Vanguard: Open Secrets. At some point, I'm going to see if I can bring myself to read Nunca Más: The Report of the Argentine National Commission on the Disappeared, though I anticipate that being a tough one to crack. And then I need to get back to Team of Rivals: The Political Genius of Abraham Lincoln and then try to get into Power, Faith, and Fantasy: America in the Middle Eas, 1776 to the Present by Michael Oren. And, of course, The Next Generation: Losing the Peace.

 

[JD]

I decided to start The Chimes at Midnight today. The TOS movie era/Lost Era is one of my favorite Trek time periods, so I've been looking forward to seeing the MryU version of it for a while now.