The Best of Peter David

[OverlordSpock]

First Knight was a fun exploration of King Arthur awakening from his sleep in the modern world. A reincarnated character from his original life has a name that is a hilarious word play, and there's a great laugh early in the story about the cliche of a knight in shining armor.

Do you mean Knight Life?

 

[Therin of Andor]

Once Burned, Stone and Anvil, Vendetta, Imzadi, Q-Squared.

I think we are in complete agreement.

 

[FredH]

Vendetta
Q-in-Law
Imzadi
Retrospect
Strike Zone

Am I the only one who puts Strike Zone on that level of a pedestal? I freaking love Strike Zone.

That the one where during a fight, Worf uses the transporter to

Spoiler: ouch

beam a guy’s head off?

 

[somebuddyX]

Worf's First Adventure

 

[Desert Kris]

Do you mean Knight Life?

Yep! That is the correct title, yes.

 

[E-DUB]

I've been rereading some of David's work in light of his passing. I was reading "I,Q" (co-written by the man himself) when I ran across this complete non sequitur. Speaking of Jadzia Dax, he says: "She was quite a woman. I wonder if she shaved. Maybe at a more quiet time I'd get a chance to ask her." (p150 hardcover edition) What? Is it just me or does that seem really weird? Is this perhaps some inside joke?

 

[David cgc]

I've been rereading some of David's work in light of his passing. I was reading "I,Q" (co-written by the man himself) when I ran across this complete non sequitur. Speaking of Jadzia Dax, he says: "She was quite a woman. I wonder if she shaved. Maybe at a more quiet time I'd get a chance to ask her." (p150 hardcover edition) What? Is it just me or does that seem really weird? Is this perhaps some inside joke?

Just good old fashioned sexism. Q is saying Dax is so manly, she might grow facial hair.

 

[ClayinCA]

Of PAD's non-Trek work, I love Knight Life and the Swamp Thing novelisation, but I adore Howling Mad (about a wolf, bitten by a wereworf, who turns into a man at full moon) and his novelisation of the Ang Lee Hulk film, which comes off almost as a horror novel and was really well done.

I liked almost all of his Trek stuff, but my favourites are Imzadi, Q-In-Law and A Rock and a Hard Place. The Rift was also great.

 

[Turtletrekker]

Howling Mad, Knightlife, Sir Apropos of Nothing. All great stuff. I saw a listing for a book about the daughter of Robin Hood that he wrote before he passed that I am now even more eager to pick up and read than I was before.

A quick Google search tells me that the book is called Robyne of Sherwood,  and I will make it my mission to find this book.