At the moment, I'm rereading TNG: Intellivore by Diane Duane. Shorter than usual for her, but given the constraints of the day when she wrote it... Anyway, I'm fixating on her references to star names mostly IAU-approvable on first read again, and trying to find B Hydri via SIMBAD with no luck. It's got to exist, right?
Oh! Forgot Picard: Last Best Hope, the Picard autobiography, a bunch of comics including Hive and a mountain of ancient fanfic including much of Kraith.
I look forward to your views on Kraith. I'm also reading some ancient fanfic. I'm enjoying the experience, even when I don't enjoy a particular fic.
Recreationally, i.e. not for work or research, these... 1) – LEARNED OPTIMISM by Martin EP Seligman 2) – DAWN OF THE DUMB by Charlie Brooker 3) – THE SEARCHERS by Alan Le May 4) – THE BURGLAR CAUGHT BY A SKELETON by Jeremy Clay 5 – THE JUDGE CHILD by John Wagner, Alan Grant, et al6 – DEAD ISLAND by Mark Morris 7 – THE MURDER ON THE LINKS by Agatha Christie 8- GERMAN LONGSWORD STUDY GUIDE by Keith Farrell and Alex Bourdas 9 – A VERY BRITISH MURDER by Lucy Worsley 10 – SPARTAN GOLD by Clive Cussler and Grant Blackwood 11- SURVIVAL OF THE FITTEST by Sabine C Bauer 12 – MY WICKED WICKED WAYS by Errol Flynn 13 – CHANGELESS by Gail Carriger 14 – SIN CITY 7: HELL AND BACK by Frank Miller 15 – SEVEN OF NINE by Christie Golden. 16 – THE WANTED by Robert Crais 17 – A BRIEF HISTORY OF THE AMAZONS, Women Warriors In Myth And History, by Lyn Webster Wild. 18 – BEDLAM; LONDON AND ITS MAD by Catharine Arnold 19 – THE CAT LOVER’S COFFEE TABLE BOOK. By Nanette Newman, Graham Tarrant, and Edward McGlachlan. 20 – BLITZCAT by Robert Westall 21 – MURDER ON THE ORIENT EXPRESS by Agatha Christie. 22 – TWELVE ANGELS WEEPING by David Rudden
I've usually started this thread the past few years. I'm glad to see someone else started one while I was AWOL. This was a busy year with lots of side projects, other hobbies, and a new grandson to interfere with my reading, so I was way down this year. I only read 18 books this year and 4 of those were graphic novel compilations. I only read six Star Trek related titles this year. Here's how my year panned out: The Walking Dead, Vol. 30: New World Order by Robert Kirkman The Walking Dead, Vol. 31: The Rotten Core by Robert Kirkman The Walking Dead, Vol. 32: Rest In Peace by Robert Kirkman Wanderers by Chuck Wendig The Walking Dead: Here's Negan! by Robert Kirkman Star Trek: Picard: Countdown by Kirsten Beyer Star Trek: Discovery: Dead Endless by Dave Galanter The Ironclads by Frank R. Donovan Star Trek: The Original Series: The Antares Maelstrom by Greg Cox Star Trek: Picard: The Last Best Hope by Una McCormack The Rising: The Newsflesh Trilogy by Mira Grant Feedback (Newsflesh, #4) by Mira Grant Star Trek: Discovery: Die Standing by John Jackson Miller The Relentless Moon (Lady Astronaut #3) by Mary Robinette Kowal A Big Ship at the Edge of the Universe (The Salvagers, #1) by Alex White Relentless (Drizzt Trilogy #3; The Legend of Drizzt #33) by R.A. Salvatore Star Trek: Voyager: To Lose the Earth by Kirsten Beyer Ready Player Two (Ready Player One, #2) by Ernest Cline
My 2020 reading (includes graphic novels, fanzines, audiobooks, etc.) Interstat #25-#30 (fz) ed. by Teri Meyer & Ann Crouch Interstat #31-#36 (fz) ed. by Teri Meyer & Ann Crouch Interstat #37-#42 (fz) ed. by Teri Meyer & Ann Crouch Interstat #43-#50 (fz) ed. by Teri Meyer & Ann Crouch The Halkan Council (fz) #1-#3, #5-#6 ed. By Shirley Huang & Sandy Yingling Discovery: Aftermath #1-#3 (gn) by Kirsten Beyer & Mike Johnson/Tony Shasteen & J.D. Mettler The Halkan Council (fz) #7-#12 ed. by Shirley Huang & Sandy Yingling The Halkan Council (fz) #13-#18 ed. by Shirley Huang & Sandy Yingling Doctor's Orders (audiobook) by Diane Duane The Halkan Council (fz) #19-#27 ed. by Shirley Huang & Sandy Yingling Interstat (fz) #51-#56 ed. by Teri Meyer & Ann Crouch Swordhunt/Honor Blade by Diane Duane Discovery: Dead Endless (audiobook) by Dave Galanter The Empty Chair by Diane Duane The Entropy Effect by Vonda N. McIntyre The Monkees by Andrew Sandoval Picard: The Last Best Hope (audiobook) by Una McCormack The Darkover Newsletter (fz) 8,9/10,19/20-28, 31-54 edited by Ann Sharp The Klingon Gambit by Robert E. Vardeman Benchmarks Revisited by Algis Budrys The Higher Frontier (audiobook) by Christopher L. Bennett Solid State: The Story of Abbey Road and the End of the Beatles by Kenneth Womanck Monkee Business: The Revolutionary Made-For-TV Band by Eric Lefcowitz Benchmarks Continued by Algis Budrys Wuvable Oaf (gn) by Ed Luce Wuvable Oaf: Blood and Metal (gn) by Ed Luce The Interdependency III: The Last Emperox (audiobook) by John Scalzi Stardate 8-11 (fz) edited by Various Black Fire by Sonni Cooper Infinite Diversity #5 (fz) ed by Pat Harris (Black Fire cut scenes by Sonni Cooper) Star Trek (Kelvin): The Unsettling Stars (Audiobook) by Alan Dean Foster Star Trek: DeepSpace Nine (Seasons 1-7) by Various/Various 24 Frames into the Future by John Scalzi Farscape: Red Sky at Morning (gn) by O'Bannon & DeCandido/Sliney & Atkinson Farscape: Scorpius: Let Sleeping Dogs Lie (gn) by O'Bannon & Mack/Ruiz & Woodward Farscape: Compulsions (gn) by O'Bannon & DeCandido/Sliney & Atkinson Farscape: Scorpius: Glorious Basterds (gn) by O'Bannon & Mack/Purcell & Woodward A Budrys Miscellany by Algis Budrys Benchmarks Concluded by Algis Budrys These Are The Voyages - Gene Roddenberry and Star Trek in the 1970's II by Marc Cushman These Are The Voyages - Gene Roddenberry and Star Trek in the 1970's III by Marc Cushman Star Trek - The Motion Picture: Inside the Art & Visual Effects by Jeff Bond & Gene Kozicki The Beatles Finally Let It Be by Bruce Spizer Some Kind of Hero: The Remarkable Story of the James Bond Films by Matthew Field & Ajay Chowdhury James Bond Films: 1962-20 (movies) Various/Various/Various Beyond the Outposts by Algis Budrys Consider Phlebas (audiobook) by Iain M. Banks The Book on the Edge of Forever by Christopher Priest In Search of Wonder, Third Edition by Damon Knight The Futurians by Damon Knight The Issue at Hand by "William Atheling, Jr." (James Blish) More Issues at Hand by "William Atheling, Jr." (James Blish) Elton John: Jewel Box by Elton John, Bernie Taupin, etc. The Tale That Wags The God by James Blish New Maps of Hell by Kingsley Amis All Our Yesterdays: The Fanzine Columns by Harry Warner, Jr. Space: 1999 1: Breakaway (Powysverse equivalent) by Ball/Tubb/Booth/Jansen/Sokol Space: 1999 2: Moon Odyssey (Powysverse equivalent) by Tubb/Rankine/Ball Space: 1999 3: The Space Guardians (Powysverse equivalent) by Brian Ball/John Rankine So, a bunch of Sci-Fi criticism from the '40's to the '80's, a bunch of nostalgic stuff, Trek fanzines from the golden era of Trekfandon (the '70's), Scalzi new and old, and my belated discovery of Banks's The Culture. All in all, a great year.
Books Narrow Rooms by James Purdy Star Trek: Picard - The Last Best Hope by Una McCormack The Ghastly One: The 42nd Street Netherworld of Director Andy Milligan by Jimmy McDonough Hurricane Season by Nicole Melleby Melmoth the Wanderer by Charles Maturin Stamped From the Beginning by Ibram X. Kendi Glitter Up the Dark: How Pop Music Broke the Binary by Sasha Geffen Paperbacks From Hell: The Twisted History of '70s and '80s Horror Fiction by Grady Hendrix Black Skin, White Masks by Frantz Fanon Gothic Queer Culture: Marginalized Communities and the Ghosts of Insidious Trauma by Laura Westengard Dad Made Dirty Movies: The Erotic World of Stephen C. Apostolof by Joe Blevins and Jordan Todorov The Autobiography of Kathryn Janeway by Una McCormack Comics The Lonliness of the Long-Distance Cartoonist by Adrian Tomine Killadelphia by Rodney Barnes, Jason Shawn, Alexander, Luis NCT, and Marshall Dillon Hedra by Jesse Longergan The Green Lantern Season Two #1-10 by Grant Morrison, Liam Sharp, Xermanico, Steve Oliff, Steven Wands and Tom Orzechowski Lois Lane #1-12 by Greg Rucka, Mike Perkins, Paul Mounts, Andy Troy, Gabe Eltaeb and Simon Bowland Superman's Pal Jimmy Olsen #1-12 by Matt Fraction, Steve Lieber, Nathan Fairburn Witch Hat Atelier Vol 1-6 by Kamome Shirahama Star Trek: Deep Space Nine - Too Long a Sacrifice #1-4 by David Tipton, Scott Tipton, Greg Scott, and Felipe Sobreiro House of X/Powers of X Vol 1 by Jonathan Hickman, Pepe Larraz, R.B. Silva and Marte Gracia John Constantine: Hellblazer by Simon Spurrier, Aaron Campbell, Matias Bergara, Jordie Bellaire, & Aditya Bidikar Superman Smashes the Klan by Gene Luen Yang, Gurihiru, & Janice Chiang Kill a Man by Steve Orlando, Phillip Kennedy Johnson, Alec Morgan and Jim Campbell I love Ed Luce! Came to his work via his contributions to Henry & Glenn Forever and dove right into Wuvable Oaf from there. There should be more comics about cat-loving grindcore bears with satanic wrestling alter-egos.
My Cross Cult Star Trek reading list 2020: 86 Star Trek – New Frontier Band 13 Stein und Amboss (Peter David Stone and Anvil ) 15.12.2019-19.02.2020 67 87 Star Trek – Picard Band 1 Die letzte und einzige Hoffnung (Una McCormack The Last Best Hope ) 20.02.2020-06.04.2020 47 88 Star Trek – The Fall Band 1 Erkenntnisse aus Ruinen (David R. George III Revelations and Dust) 07.04.2020-17.05.2020 41 89 Star Trek – The Fall Band 2 Der karminrote Schatten (Una McCormack The Crimson Shadow) 18.05.2020-08.06.2020 22 90 Star Trek – The Original Series Band 7 Früher war alles besser (Greg Cox No Time Like the Past) 23.05.2020-08.06.2020 17 91 Star Trek – The Original Series Band 4 Der Friedenstifter (Jerry Oltion Mudd in Your Eye ) 14.06.2020-05.07.2020 22 92 Star Trek – The Fall Band 3 Auf verlorenem Posten (David Mack A Ceremony of Losses) 09.06.2020-18.07.2020 40 93 Star Trek – Voyager Band 11 Sühne (Kirsten Beyer Atonement) 14.10.2019-30.07.2020 291 94 Star Trek – Titan Band 7 Gefallene Götter (Michael A. Martin Fallen Gods) 31.07.2020-07.08.2020 8 95 Star Trek – The Original Series Band 2 Feuertaufe: Spock – Das Feuer und die Rose (David R. George III Spock – The Fire and the Rose) 18.07.2020-31.08.2020 45 96 Star Trek – The Fall Band 4 Der Giftbecher (James Swallow The Poisoned Chalice) 19.07.2020-09.09.2020 53 97 Star Trek – The Next Generation Band 11 Das Licht der Fantasie (Jeffrey Lang The Light Fantastic) 08.08.2020-17.10.2020 71 102/1 Star Trek – The Original Series Band 9 Miasma (Greg Cox Miasma) 13.10.2020-12.11.2020 31 98 Star Trek – Prometheus Band 1 Feuer gegen Feuer (Bernd Perplies & Christian Humberg Fire with Fire) 18.07.2020-21.11.2020 127 99 Star Trek – Prometheus Band 2 Der Ursprung allen Zorns (Bernd Perplies & Christian Humberg The Root of All Rage 22.11.2020-28.11.2020 7 102/2 Star Trek – The Next Generation Der Stoff, aus dem die Träume sind (James Swallow The Stuff of Dreams) 18.10.2020-29.11.2020 43 100 Star Trek – The Fall Band 5 Königreiche des Friedens (Dayton Ward Peaceable Kingdoms) 10.09.2020-09.12.2020 91 101 Star Trek – Prometheus Band 3 Im Herz des Chaos (Bernd Perplies & Christian Humberg In the Heart of Chaos) 29.11.2020-10.12.2020 12 102/3 Star Trek – Titan Abwesende Feinde (John Jackson Miller Absent Enemies) 30.11.2020-14.12.2020 15 103 Star Trek – The Next Generation Band 12 Jagd (John Jackson Miller Takedown) 15.12.2020-30.12.2020 16