Ten Forward Lounge - Miscellaneous General Chat & Welcome Thread
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Hi all, I just joined (from Texas), I am a fan of all Trek, but mostly I am a litverse fan, been reading the books regularly since 2015. So, I'll probably mainly be hanging out in the Literature forum.
Welcome. What's your favorite book? Which shows do you prefer? Who is your favorite author?
Favorite Books: From History's Shadow, The Good That Men Do, Destiny Trilogy, Vanguard series
Author: Greg Cox, Christopher L Bennett, Dayton Ward & David Mack
Show: Enterprise, with DS9 close 2nd, but TNG was my first love.
Welcome 
Are there any Trek novels you can recommend? I used to read lots and lots but my eyesight isn't that good anymore and so I switched to audiobooks. Fortunatly, there are quite a lot of Trek actors recording audiobooks now =)
Are there any Trek novels you can recommend? I used to read lots and lots but my eyesight isn't that good anymore and so I switched to audiobooks. Fortunatly, there are quite a lot of Trek actors recording audiobooks now =)
I recommend the Vanguard series, and I personally love the Khan books by Greg Cox also. I've probably read roughly 130 trek novels since starting on trek novels in 2015. Yeah, and my eyes are going bad as well, just got glasses, but I guess that comes with being 43.Welcome
Are there any Trek novels you can recommend? I used to read lots and lots but my eyesight isn't that good anymore and so I switched to audiobooks. Fortunatly, there are quite a lot of Trek actors recording audiobooks now =)
eInk readers are great for this kind of issue: adjustable font sizes, and without the eye strain you get from reading from a phone/tablet/computer screen!
^ they are indeed I have an ancient Sony reader which is no e-ink but rather good nevertheless. It has 3 font sizes and is extremely robust. It's so old that it can easily be repaired by the user
@chadder : thanks for the tip! I used to read a lot of Trek novels when they first appeared but have given up on them 20 years ago. The last one I've read was vol 5 of the Calhoun series. So there's a lot for me to catch up with
I have an ancient Sony reader which is no e-ink but rather good nevertheless. It has 3 font sizes and is extremely robust. It's so old that it can easily be repaired by the user @chadder : thanks for the tip! I used to read a lot of Trek novels when they first appeared but have given up on them 20 years ago. The last one I've read was vol 5 of the Calhoun series. So there's a lot for me to catch up with
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@rhubarbodendron Indeed, from what I've read of the past 15-20 years I really enjoy the continuity. But, I do prefer the one-offs as well. I am not totally through on the New Frontier series, I've gotten through the Excalibur trilogy there.
I'm rather fond of the TNG and DS9 series (though in both there are a few horribly bad ones). Have you read the 34th rule? It's one of the really good ones and has a very surprising end.
I also much enjoyed A Stitch In Time. But there I might be biased since Andrew Robinson told me that the boarding school scenes are to a certain extent autobiographic and I made similarly terrible experiences at my boarding school.
Another of my favourites is Kahless (or qeylIS, rather). However, I find it irritating that the author keeps alternating between two timelines and therefore tend to read first all odd chapters and then the even ones.
I also much enjoyed A Stitch In Time. But there I might be biased since Andrew Robinson told me that the boarding school scenes are to a certain extent autobiographic and I made similarly terrible experiences at my boarding school.
Another of my favourites is Kahless (or qeylIS, rather). However, I find it irritating that the author keeps alternating between two timelines and therefore tend to read first all odd chapters and then the even ones.
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welcome to craziness 
I'm not new here, but I just thought I'd say hello to everyone
It's nice to be nice
It's nice to be nice
^that's actually not a bad idea at all. The newbies introduce themselves but have to guess on us oldtimers. So:
Hi, I'm not new: this is my second round through the ranks. I first joined the board in 2001 but left after 2 years and rejoined in 2011. I'm a fan of old-fashioned SciFi (from Jules Verne to Angus MacVicar) and Trek is just a sideline in my interests. Within Trek I like TNG and DS9 best but as I have no TV anymore I haven't seen anything newer than season 2 of ENT.
Other than SciFi I love all sorts of needlework, particularly historical techniques like bobbin lace or tatting, and occasionally get called in by museums when an ancient piece of clothing needs repairs. I'm also a musician (guitar, flutes, recorders and percussion) and enjoy drawing with pastel crayons or charcoal. You will never find me without a book though lately I've turned to audiobooks since my eyes aren't that good anymore.
By profession I am a biologist and in my spare time I host several small message boards with a very friendly clienteel *waves at members* I live in a tiny town in the country, close to the Bavarian Forest National Park. If you come over here for Octoberfest or on a business trip, contact me and I'll show you around. There are lovely places that are only known to the natives, not listed in any Baedecker, Michelin, Frommer or Murray
Hi, I'm not new: this is my second round through the ranks. I first joined the board in 2001 but left after 2 years and rejoined in 2011. I'm a fan of old-fashioned SciFi (from Jules Verne to Angus MacVicar) and Trek is just a sideline in my interests. Within Trek I like TNG and DS9 best but as I have no TV anymore I haven't seen anything newer than season 2 of ENT.
Other than SciFi I love all sorts of needlework, particularly historical techniques like bobbin lace or tatting, and occasionally get called in by museums when an ancient piece of clothing needs repairs. I'm also a musician (guitar, flutes, recorders and percussion) and enjoy drawing with pastel crayons or charcoal. You will never find me without a book though lately I've turned to audiobooks since my eyes aren't that good anymore.
By profession I am a biologist and in my spare time I host several small message boards with a very friendly clienteel *waves at members*
I live in a tiny town in the country, close to the Bavarian Forest National Park. If you come over here for Octoberfest or on a business trip, contact me and I'll show you around. There are lovely places that are only known to the natives, not listed in any Baedecker, Michelin, Frommer or Murray
^that's actually not a bad idea at all. The newbies introduce themselves but have to guess on us oldtimers. So:
Hi, I'm not new: this is my second round through the ranks. I first joined the board in 2001 but left after 2 years and rejoined in 2011. I'm a fan of old-fashioned SciFi (from Jules Verne to Angus MacVicar) and Trek is just a sideline in my interests. Within Trek I like TNG and DS9 best but as I have no TV anymore I haven't seen anything newer than season 2 of ENT.
Other than SciFi I love all sorts of needlework, particularly historical techniques like bobbin lace or tatting, and occasionally get called in by museums when an ancient piece of clothing needs repairs. I'm also a musician (guitar, flutes, recorders and percussion) and enjoy drawing with pastel crayons or charcoal. You will never find me without a book though lately I've turned to audiobooks since my eyes aren't that good anymore.
By profession I am a biologist and in my spare time I host several small message boards with a very friendly clienteel *waves at members*
Great post
*blush* thank you
Have not read the 34th rule, but A Stitch In Time is on my list, I will get to it one day. I am quite excited to get to that one, eventually.
The 34th rule is also available as audiobook, read by Armin Shimerman. You can find it on youtube as well. I love to listen to audiobooks when out driving or during ironing and other boring occupations.
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Sorry, I had to remove your link for copyright reasons. I don't think there's any way those are legal.
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