what should I read next? (advice welcomed)
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Well, unless you want me to use my telescope to peek in your window again, could you provide a list of the titles you have waiting on the shelves? 
Of those book you listed I liked Ishmael the most by a long shot.
Crispin's Zar books and A Hard Rain are good to decent.
Black Fire I found to be pretty mediocre and I really disliked Carey's Piper novels.
I haven't read Mind Meld and Dyson Sphere.
So my recommendation would be Ishmael, but you have to keep in mind that it doesn't really has that much traditional Star Trek stuff in it, given the fact that Spock has to go undercover in the past.
Crispin's Zar books and A Hard Rain are good to decent.
Black Fire I found to be pretty mediocre and I really disliked Carey's Piper novels.
I haven't read Mind Meld and Dyson Sphere.
So my recommendation would be Ishmael, but you have to keep in mind that it doesn't really has that much traditional Star Trek stuff in it, given the fact that Spock has to go undercover in the past.
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Well, unless you want me to use my telescope to peek in your window again, could you provide a list of the titles you have waiting on the shelves?
the list has been posted - now let's see where you stand, Dayton
Defcon - I heard that Ishmael is a crossover with another TV series? Is it something like Planet X (I remember that novel from way back - I actually nver got around to reading it, since the premise sounded too "fan fictiony")
I went with the Crispin and Carey books, all Old School-like.
I went with Carey's books.
I've read and enjoyed all the books on your list, with the exception of Hard Rain. That one looks horrible.
Ishmael, Dreadnought and Black Fire are probably my favourites.
I totally missed all the crossovers in Ishmael (including a tiny Doctor Who brushby, IIRC) and still loved it.
I thought the Zar books alright but not mind-blowing (except for the OMG Spock Jr! atmosphere). Battlestations wasn't as good as Dreadnought, but I liked it.
The line "It will roll, sir" from Data in Dyson Sphere (and the event involving 'rolling') is still with me although I recall nothing else about the book.
Mild Meld was alright, but I recall nothing specific.
Ishmael, Dreadnought and Black Fire are probably my favourites.
I totally missed all the crossovers in Ishmael (including a tiny Doctor Who brushby, IIRC) and still loved it.
I thought the Zar books alright but not mind-blowing (except for the OMG Spock Jr! atmosphere). Battlestations wasn't as good as Dreadnought, but I liked it.
The line "It will roll, sir" from Data in Dyson Sphere (and the event involving 'rolling') is still with me although I recall nothing else about the book.
Mild Meld was alright, but I recall nothing specific.
My choice would be Ishmael. (But I loved Here Come the Brides, so I might be a little biased.)
I didn't care for Dyson Sphere. A Hard Rain was OK. I should probably note that TNG is my least favorite series.
My next choice after Ishmael would be the Zar books.
I didn't care for Dyson Sphere. A Hard Rain was OK. I should probably note that TNG is my least favorite series.
My next choice after Ishmael would be the Zar books.
A Time For Yesterday. Great novel.
Yesterday's Son/Time For Yesterday.
I loved Ishmael, great novel, and I enjoyed the Carey novels. The lead is a Mary Sue, but a good (meaning flawed) one. I liked the first Zar novel more than the second. Time for Yesterday was still OK, but I think it tried to do too much, and got a little bogged down in world-making of this Conan-like setting, only to do some catch-up at the end.
The others I haven't read.
The others I haven't read.
Neither do I, but that's because I last read it in the summer of 1988.
I say read them all. In any order you choose.
You realize, of course, that the Department of Temporal Investigations will be on your case now. I can understand the appeal of reading a Trek book nine years before it's published, but you have to be a little more discreet in talking about it.
At first you confused the hell out of me with this post. Then I checked my book list. The title I was thinking of is Mindshadow. That's the one I read in 1988.
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