The Laertian Gamble

[LeadHead]

I don't remember having any particular issues with The Laertian Gamble, but I was in my teens then so I guess it appealed to me more. Didn't try too hard to understand it.

This.

I remember also enjoying that it was a story where Bashir was prominent, he was my favorite character and this was prior to the Genetically Enhanced Storyline so his character wasn't getting much of the meatier storylines as of yet.

 

[Newspaper Taxi]

As the old saying goes:

If you can't be famous, be imfamous.

 

[tomswift2002]

How is it an oxymoron? He had been critical of it before, but once he started writing it, he discovered he liked it after all. There's no contradiction there.

I was referring to the fact that Sheckly thought that he had done quite well, considering he had very little rewrites, when it appears that the majority of fans really don't think he did such a great job on the book. And he never returned for a second Trek book to show that he could do better.

 

[Christopher]

I was referring to the fact that Sheckly thought that he had done quite well, considering he had very little rewrites, when it appears that the majority of fans really don't think he did such a great job on the book.

But that's not an oxymoron, because it contradicts a different statement, namely your (and others') opinion of the book. An oxymoron is a phrase or statement that contradicts itself.

And he never returned for a second Trek book to show that he could do better.

Why would he? He was one of the legends of science fiction already, with literally hundreds of short stories and a couple of dozen original novels to his name and numerous awards and nominations for his work. He certainly didn't have anything to prove, and he had a lot more going on in his career than Star Trek.

 

[toughlittleship]

I remember liking the fact that there were Greeks in it.

 

[Therin of Andor]

I remember liking the fact that there were Greeks in it.

It was all Greek to me.

 

[JWD75]

I have most of the DS9 novels, but I somehow never got around to getting this one. I curious about it now and intend to find a copy and read it. I have a rather eclectic tastes when it comes to books and I might even like it. I know that Warped is almost universely hated around these parts, but it's one of my favorite novels.

 

[Zeke]

I was gonna ask about that... what's everyone's beef with Warped? I read it years ago and found it a bit dense, but a good read with some fairly cool ideas.

 

[Therin of Andor]

I was gonna ask about that... what's everyone's beef with Warped? I read it years ago and found it a bit dense, but a good read with some fairly cool ideas.

I had no problem with the ideas. But... it... just... moved... so... slowly... When I heard someone say the word "turgid", I thought "That's it".

As a completist, I also bought and listened to the audio abridgement. Felt really sorry for narrator, Rene Auberjonois.

 

[Christopher]

I was gonna ask about that... what's everyone's beef with Warped? I read it years ago and found it a bit dense, but a good read with some fairly cool ideas.

Much the same as Laertian, I'd say. Both books reflect their respective authors' styles far more than they reflect DS9. And so they're off-putting to people expecting a book that feels like DS9. Warped reflected the reality-bending approach of K. W. Jeter's literary role model Philip K. Dick, but that was an odd fit for Star Trek's more rationalistic universe.