The Delta Anomaly (JJ ST YA novel) is out!

[BillJ]

I won't even be thumbing through it if I see it in the store. That just sounds awful.

If I was entertained by that type of language, I'd just talk to my two teenage kids or watch an episode of iCarly.

Can't say I'm to thrilled hearing about the use of contemporary language, but I doubt many of us here are still part of the target audience of these novels and if that is what it takes to reach younger readers, so be it. If some of those teens checking out those novels later "graduate" to the "normal" Star Trek novels we benefit, too, since S&S will only continue the Trek line as long as they see profit in it, and more readers= more profit=continuation of the line.

Let's be honest here. The target may be 'tweens but the vast majority of these books will be bought by adult Star Trek fans.

At the ten to fifteen age range I would have been embarrassed to be seen holding one of these books and offended that the author/publisher thought so little of my intelligence. YMMV.

 

[Almost Unique]

In my teens/early twenties I was too proud to buy the previous Trek YA offerings. I was too eager not to be a kid anymore. This time around I didn't hesitate. Kinda ironic.

 

[Stevil2001]

I teach college students and never have I heard one say "yo girl."

 

[Idoliside]

I read it on Friday and I liked it. Not in the way I liked Destiny, mind you. Kirk's parts felt like Chris Pine's performance to me. It was easy to hear Pine's voice in my head. Spock, however, did not feel like Spock to me. Either Spock. Balancing out, though it was a fun little story.

Spoiler: nuStarfleet Academy

How many times are the Borg gonna show up before they're supposed to, anyway?

In regards to your spoiler, seriously? Tell me you are just joking.

 

[Almost Unique]

That's in the book. No joke.

Spoiler: nuStarfleet Academy

Not a full on invasion, more like a scout. Although the scout didn't really act exactly like the Borg did onscreen...ENT actually did a better job of having a early Borg encounter

 

[F. King Daniel]

That's in the book. No joke.

Spoiler: nuStarfleet Academy

Not a full on invasion, more like a scout. Although the scout didn't really act exactly like the Borg did onscreen...ENT actually did a better job of having a early Borg encounter

That sounds almost as bad as Nero/V'ger

 

[Almost Unique]

Pretty much the same zipcode, yeah. I'm so easy to please that I don't mind.

 

[JD]

That's in the book. No joke.

Spoiler: nuStarfleet Academy

Not a full on invasion, more like a scout. Although the scout didn't really act exactly like the Borg did onscreen...ENT actually did a better job of having a early Borg encounter

I was starting to consider picking this up... but now I'm not so sure. I usually don't mind the thing the spoiler is about popping up in the books, but to me this is way to soon in the new timeline for them to be doing this kind of stuff.

 

[TheAlmanac]

I haven't been able to pick up a copy of this book yet.

A Chapters computer search shows that none of their locations in Winnipeg have it yet, so I'll have to try some other local options.

I don't recall seeing any other Canadians mentioning that they had a copy, so I hope there isn't any regional issue with this particular title...

 

[Thrawn]

^ Don't stress out. You're not missing much.

 

[TheAlmanac]

Fair enough.

I do want my own copy, but my only real "concern" is that I'd also like to get it as a birthday present for a young burgeoning Star Trek fan (the son of someone I know) in a couple of weeks.

On that note, for those who've read it already, will those references to more adult activities in the book (Academy keggers or whatever) fly over the heads of the tween set, or do they stand out?

 

[Almost Unique]

I didn't find any of it to be vulgar, and I'm a bloody christian. It's pretty tame, I wouldn't worry about the appropriateness.

 

[Therin of Andor]

I didn't find any of it to be vulgar, and I'm a bloody christian. It's pretty tame, I wouldn't worry about the appropriateness.

Yeah, but where the old "Young Adult" chapter books were aimed at kids between 10 and 14, these ones are aimed at more like teens of 16 to 18.

 

[Defcon]

^ Since you've read it you're probably the better judge, but I just want to point out that the S&S site lists it as appropriate from age 12 up.

 

[Thrawn]

^ I'd agree. The worst tomfoolery is Kirk admiring a girl's legs, and later playing a prank whereby a chicken is launched into a rival cadet's dorm room.

 

[Therin of Andor]

^ I'd agree. The worst tomfoolery is Kirk admiring a girl's legs...

And Gaila drinking to excess.

As an elementary school librarian, this series won't be going into our library. I quite proudly donated a spare "Worf's First Adventure" to my previous library and it was relatively popular.

 

[Agenda]

I can't find it anywhere in Canada, either. I wonder what's up.

 

[TheAlmanac]

I can't find it anywhere in Canada, either. I wonder what's up.

Amazon.ca and chapters.indigo.ca both list it as "In Stock," but I can't find a single store location through the latter that actually has it. :/

I've already mentioned Winnipeg, but I tried Toronto as well for comparison and (despite having far more locations to choose from) there wasn't a single copy in any of them.

 

[Mysterio]

I can't find it anywhere in Canada, either. I wonder what's up.

Amazon.ca and chapters.indigo.ca both list it as "In Stock," but I can't find a single store location through the latter that actually has it. :/

I've already mentioned Winnipeg, but I tried Toronto as well for comparison and (despite having far more locations to choose from) there wasn't a single copy in any of them.

This seems to be the trend in Canada. Chapters/Indigo, our only choice, is not getting new releases until a week or two after the publish date. The same is the case for Zero Sum Game. I was finally able to find it in stock at one local (Mississauga) Chapters.

 

[Agenda]

Chapters/Indigo, our only choice, is not getting new releases until a week or two after the publish date.

Not truly our only choice, fortunately, as I just ordered it from Amazon. But doesn't it bother anyone else that Indigo/Chapters has a virtual monopoly on bookstores in Canada? Whatever happened to antitrust laws?