Trek lit in Gitmo?

[James Swallow]

Came across this over on the IO9 website; pictures from the prison library at Guantanamo Bay, showing what seems to be a well-thumbed copy of Andy and Mike's Kobayashi Maru...
http://io9.com/5582836//gallery/gallery/2

 

[Lonemagpie]

The Twilight trilogy too - damn, isn't that against the Geneva Convention?

 

[SeerSGB]

I wonder if they're on team Jacob or Edward.

 

[Lonemagpie]

I wonder if they're on team Jacob or Edward.

Presumably Shia prisoners are on one team, and Sunnis on the other

 

[Bishop76]

Kobayashi Maru is actually worse than the Twilight books. This prison truly is he'll on earth...

 

[BrotherBenny]

Kobayashi Maru is actually worse than the Twilight books. This prison truly is he'll on earth...

Can I ask why you thought KM was bad? I have no intention of reading yet another over-romanticized version of a vampyric and lupine war, so I won't have any basis for comparison. I happened to really enjoy KM.

 

[JD]

Same here. It wasn't my favorite Trek book ever, and I remember thinking some things were odd, but I didn't think it was that bad.

 

[Technobuilder]

I liked the fact that somehow a human captain has acquired an old klingon neutronic fuel carrier. That actually made me smile.

 

[JD]

Yeah, but the actual character was one of the low points of the book, at least for me.

 

[David cgc]

Well, his voice in TWOK sounded flamboyant and haughty to enough. Sort of. As much as three lines can.

I wouldn't be surprised if part of the reason he was rather repellant was so that the Final Flight of the Kobayashi Maru wouldn't be a total downer. Imagine if we actually liked him?

Then'd I'd feel ever worse about Calhoun assuming he was a romulan spy and blowing him up.

 

[Admiral Shran]

The Twilight trilogy too - damn, isn't that against the Geneva Convention?

I hear it's considered an even worse form of torture than waterboarding.

 

[Trent Roman]

Can I ask why you thought KM was bad? I have no intention of reading yet another over-romanticized version of a vampyric and lupine war, so I won't have any basis for comparison. I happened to really enjoy KM.

I can't speak for Bishop, but I can tell you why Kobayashi Maru is likely the last ENT book I'll read:

http://www.trekbbs.com/showthread.php?t=65371&highlight=Kobayashi&page=12

Fictitiously yours, Trent Roman

 

[TEACAKE'S PLEATHER DOME]

Yeah, but the actual character was one of the low points of the book, at least for me.

I agree. I didn't exactly sweat it over his future death while reading it, might have been nice to actually feel bad for him. I was not enamored with KM, I think the build up to a book with that title set me up for a let down (yes I know there was another trek book with that title).

Still if I was in Gitmo I would be MOST HAPPY to read a Trek book. I wonder though if this library is for prisoners or those that work there?

 

[Nerys Myk]

I hope none of the prisoners are Janeway fans.

 

[Trent Roman]

I hope none of the prisoners are Janeway fans.

I somehow doubt any Gitmo detainees are fans of women in positions of authority.

Fictitiously yours, Trent Roman

 

[Nerys Myk]

I hope none of the prisoners are Janeway fans.

I somehow doubt any Gitmo detainees are fans of women in positions of authority.

Fictitiously yours, Trent Roman

Prison can change a man.

 

[Trent Roman]

"Oh, that Captain Janeway--she can point at my genitals all she wants."

Fictitiously yours, Trent Roman

 

[Stevil2001]

Can I ask why you thought KM was bad? I have no intention of reading yet another over-romanticized version of a vampyric and lupine war, so I won't have any basis for comparison. I happened to really enjoy KM.

I can't speak for Bishop, but I can tell you why Kobayashi Maru is likely the last ENT book I'll read:

http://www.trekbbs.com/showthread.php?t=65371&highlight=Kobayashi&page=12

Fictitiously yours, Trent Roman

http://www.trekbbs.com/showpost.php?p=2602045&postcount=178 is a better link for those of us who don't happen to have our pagination set the exact same way as you.

 

[Trent Roman]

^ Didn't think of that, sorry.

Fictitiously yours, Trent Roman