Vixen *finally* got around to doing Provenance of Shadows

[Dancing Doctor]

Since I had some free time yesterday, I decided to find my copy of Provenance of Shadows and start reading it. This was about 3:30 in the afternoon. I finished reading it at about 10:20 that same day.

And it was...okay.

One reason why I didn't like it as much as I had thought was because The City On The Edge Of Forever isn't one of my favorite episodes. It's a good one, but not my favorite. And while the alternate timeline intrigued me, after a while it just slowed me down and made me skim those parts. Almost all of the regular timeline events were excellent, and I enjoyed the psychoanalysis of why McCoy had relationship problems.

Another thing I really enjoyed was the bringing back of Tonia Barrows. She's my favorite yeoman, and I was thrilled to see her and McCoy have a relationship together, as well as how well developed and richly written it was.

Overall, it was a decent read, and, personally, got better as I just skimmed the alternate timeline stuff.

If I had to give it a number on a scale of one to ten, it'd be a 7.75, and if I wasn't so tired at the moment, probably a full 8. Oh hell, I'll give it an 8.

 

[Saratoga NX-3842]

I kind of thought the same thing. the 20th bits weren't all that engaging, and after the events of TOS when it moved in to movie territory, it slowed down and was hard to keep my interest.

Maybe being the longest star trek book ever written kept me bogged down too much.

 

[tenmei]

I've found my copy of it and realised that I've never read it - and whilst some of DRG's writing can be great, he's always suffered, from my POV at least, from his writing being a bit impenetrable at times.

 

[Dancing Doctor]

The length wasn't a problem once I began skipping the 20th century bits. I hate saying that, but those were the parts that caused my interest to waver. I thought all of the 23rd and 24th century bits were great.

 

[bennyrex]

^^ That's very interesting... I found the opposite to be the case. I found the 20th century bits incredibly compelling, and enjoyed the future bits, but found them less fascinating.

 

[JAG]

That was the case with me as well. I enjoyed the 20th century part immensely. I enjoyed the book immensely.

 

[Iamnotspock]

I loved this book. I found it well constructed, brilliantly characterised, and overall excellently written. I seriously can't fault it.

I haven't been able to get into the Spock book, The Fire and the Rose, which I'm reading now. I'll stick with it though.

 

[Lindley]

The 20th century parts were the best aspect of the entire trilogy, IMO.

 

[Dancing Doctor]

I haven't been able to get into the Spock book, The Fire and the Rose, which I'm reading now. I'll stick with it though.

I've just started it, but, based on what I've read, I think it'll be the same.

 

[Saratoga NX-3842]

The problem with this one, is that the 20th century bits are just copied and pasted from the COTEF script.

 

[FatherRob]

The problem with this one, is that the 20th century bits are just copied and pasted from the COTEF script.

Did you read the twentieth century bits?

After the first section of the book, McCoy's life moves on... he heads out, and establishes a life for himself in the midst of WW2 America. Heck, even the parts that were drawn from the script were expanded in many places!

This was, far and away, the best part of the Crucible trilogy.

Rob+

 

[Saratoga NX-3842]

The problem with this one, is that the 20th century bits are just copied and pasted from the COTEF script.

Did you read the twentieth century bits?

After the first section of the book, McCoy's life moves on... he heads out, and establishes a life for himself in the midst of WW2 America. Heck, even the parts that were drawn from the script were expanded in many places!

This was, far and away, the best part of the Crucible trilogy.

Rob+

No NO NOe, i meant in the spock novel not the McCoy novel

 

[Dancing Doctor]

The problem with this one, is that the 20th century bits are just copied and pasted from the COTEF script.

That's what I had figured.

I got bored with The Fire And The Rose, and decided to reread one of the best DRGIII novels, and indeed one of the best Trek Lit entries, ever: Serpents Among The Ruins