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Spoilers TOS: Lost to Eternity by Greg Cox Review Thread
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Do you mean Greg Cox?
Yes I totally meant Greg Cox, I was half asleep when making that post. My apologies.
No problem. I was amused since I have a brother named David.
What a very odd coincidence! I absolutely love this book so far and I’m only on chapter 7! Thank you for posting about it on this page!
You won’t be disappointed!
I’m loving this, particularly the 2024 storyline!
Well done, Mr. Cox!
Well done, Mr. Cox!
Just finished it. It says something about the quality of the writing that I was able to almost completely walk away from it for the entire week of the NMRA Convention, then pick up right where I left off, without being totally lost.
And GC manages to fulfill every contract he made with the reader. I gave it one of my vanishingly rare "Outstanding" votes.
And GC manages to fulfill every contract he made with the reader. I gave it one of my vanishingly rare "Outstanding" votes.
About a third in. Not certain which epoch I prefer.
I guess we could call this an epoch novel.
Just finished it. That podcast story got real dark at the end; with her accidently killing her friend and being forced into the future. I got most of the references but I don't know what she meant by calling people "boomers". Must be American slang I'm not familiar with. Nice to know that Nicolas Cage is nor canon with the Trek universe. 
The scientist character confused me with her being half Andorian. I don't see how that would be possible with the four genders. As far as I'm aware, that fact about them hasn't be overwritten in the screen lore and should still be in the novels.
I assume someone made a podcast about Melinda's disappearance. I look forward to that story.
The scientist character confused me with her being half Andorian. I don't see how that would be possible with the four genders. As far as I'm aware, that fact about them hasn't be overwritten in the screen lore and should still be in the novels.
I assume someone made a podcast about Melinda's disappearance. I look forward to that story.
The Augment Klingon virus is mentioned a few times
I would presume she was talking about members of the "baby boomer" generation born between 1946-1964, during the "baby boom" of increased birth rates after World War II ended.
And specifically, at the end, “Ok, Boomer” is a recent catchphrase younger people use for sarcastically responding to stuff from older people (not necessarily Baby Boomers, I’ve seen it said to Gen Xers and even Millennials once or twice) they see as obsolete or uselessly out of touch, but also pointless to argue with, so they just agree and then ignore them. For instance;
Old person: The reason you can’t get a job is you’re just sending applications on the computer! You need to print up your résumé on nice paper, walk into an office building, and ask to meet the owner. Then give him a firm handshake and look him in the eye, that’s how you get a job!
Young person: Ok, Boomer.
I feel like it wasn’t quite justified in the end, a little harsh in context, but considering the target wouldn’t understand the meme anyway, I wrote it off as a private joke about the generation gaps. Like, “Ok, Boomer” feels to me like a conversation-ending rhetorical move unless it’s specifically being deployed as teasing between people who know each other well enough that saying “your ideas are dumb because you’re old” won’t be taken as an insult but just as comic exaggeration.
I was wondering about the whole "boomer" reference myself. About all I could figure out was that it wasn't in the sense of a skilled freelance railroad worker.
It's definitely not a reference to an SSBN... err, ballistic nuclear missile submarine, which are nicknamed "boomers."
When I hear "Boomer," I still think of Herbert Jefferson, Jr., or to a lesser extent Grace Park.
There was an '80s sitcom about a dog called Here's Boomer, I think.
There was an '80s sitcom about a dog called Here's Boomer, I think.