Spoilers TOS: Legacies: Book 3: Purgatory's Key by Dayton Ward & Kevin Dilmore Review Thread

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  1. Jinn

    Jinn Mistress of the Chaotic Energies Rear Admiral

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    Holy Pama, I did not notice that either.
     
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  2. Ronald Held

    Ronald Held Vice Admiral Admiral

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    Ready to start whenever I get it..
     
  3. hbquikcomjamesl

    hbquikcomjamesl Rear Admiral Rear Admiral

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    I've gotten a start on it, but thanks to this week's "Shakespeare Night" at Hollywood Bowl, (very good, but very LONG; I was there Tuesday night, and didn't get home until after 1:00 AM Thursday morning) I've been too sleep-deprived to get very far.

    September 4th:

    . . . anthotropic, at least as K't'lk would put it.
     
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  4. CaffeineAddict

    CaffeineAddict Lieutenant Commander Red Shirt

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    Enjoyed the whole trilogy, and liked the conclusion. I liked how each of the main characters got stuff to do, rather than just a few with the others in the background.
     
  5. Sean_McCormick

    Sean_McCormick Captain Captain

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    Especially cool is, that the blue and red books are essentially monotone, while the mustard/gold one has a big green wedge on the front.
     
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  6. Reanok

    Reanok Rear Admiral Rear Admiral

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    I finally got my book in the mail. I look forward to reading it soon.:bolian:
     
  7. JoeP

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    I think that's why I hadn't noticed right away. It was only seeing the spines lined that it was obvious.
     
  8. JoeZhang

    JoeZhang Vice Admiral Admiral

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    I wasn't overly sold on this book - I think the overall story didn't require three books. I think another problem (and I think this is likely an editorial problem) is that the story of the Klingon ship felt very repetitive and covered the same ground as the enemy ship story in the previous book.
     
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  9. Quimby

    Quimby Lieutenant Red Shirt

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    One thing that confused me is they mentioned the Organian Peace Treaty multiple times as being in effect but I had the impression from the first two books that we were seeing what would be called the Organian Peace Treaty's creation on Centurus. If there was already a peace treaty, what exactly were Sarek and Gorkon negotiating?
     
  10. David Mack

    David Mack Writer Rear Admiral

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    What was put in place by the episode "Errand of Mercy" was a cease-fire. It was up to the two powers to negotiate a lasting, permanent ratified treaty.
     
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  11. Christopher

    Christopher Writer Admiral

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    But "The Trouble With Tribbles" talked about the treaty's terms for colony development as if the treaty were already in place, yet Books 2-3 of this trilogy take place after "Tribbles" (there's that Klingon engineer who commends Scotty for beating up Korax) and show the treaty still being negotiated. That is a bit confusing.
     
  12. Dayton Ward

    Dayton Ward Word Pusher Rear Admiral

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    I always viewed the treaty as something that would be revisited and refined often, as circumstances warrant/new situations are encountered/etc.

    "Hey, we didn't think of _____. Now what do we do?"
    "We'll have to hash it out. Crap. Another meeting. Can we at least pick a decent planet this time?"

    ;)
     
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  13. Christopher

    Christopher Writer Admiral

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    ^Makes sense.
     
  14. Markonian

    Markonian Fleet Admiral Moderator

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    Have the Izarians been portrayed as a separate species before? So far I thought they were Human colonists only, like Garth and Vale.
     
  15. Christopher

    Christopher Writer Admiral

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    Honestly, it was always ambiguous whether Garth was meant to be human or a humanoid alien. The books that introduced and developed Christine Vale interpreted Izar as a human colony, and so did the 1980 Star Trek Maps, but it was never clear in the episode, and there were probably some tie-in or fan things in the past that went the alien route.
     
  16. Enterpriserules

    Enterpriserules Commodore Commodore

    Had a blast with Dayton on Literary Treks talking about the last book in the series. [​IMG]
     
  17. Darkwing

    Darkwing Commodore Commodore

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    The only such thing I know of is that FASA claimed Izar was a joint Terran / Alpha Centauran colony, meaning Garth could have been Terran Human, Alpha Cent Human (Like Cochrane back then), or mixed parentage. It'd be interesting to see if anyone else did come up with a more alien tie-in for Izar.
     
  18. Reanok

    Reanok Rear Admiral Rear Admiral

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    I read this book and really liked it a lot . This was a fantastic miniseries for the 50th anniversary.
     
  19. Laura Cynthia Chambers

    Laura Cynthia Chambers Rear Admiral Rear Admiral

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    Almost finished it. Was there ever any discussion about putting a picture of the Jatohr on the cover?

    EDIT: Done. :) Or, for that matter, illustrating the Usildar?
     
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  20. JWolf

    JWolf Commodore Commodore

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    I finally finished the Legacies trilogy. I liked it. Now I'm ready to leave the TOS world and head to the DTI world.