Most trek novels I finish in one day. (I work nights on security, fair amount of reading time) I'd be more likely to list ones I needed MORE than one day to finish....
Which Trek Books Did You Read In One Day?
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Reading a good book in one day seems completely unnatural to me - like making a point to eat something you love in one bite rather than savoring it. Or, for a more adult comparison, it would be like...oh, never mind.
The only Trek books I rush through - not sure it qualifies as "reading" them - are ones where I am dying to know the plot, but have given up on the storytelling.
The only Trek books I rush through - not sure it qualifies as "reading" them - are ones where I am dying to know the plot, but have given up on the storytelling.
Recently I read the duology The Brave and the Bold in one day. Very good story, BTW, I loved the way the story was told from the PoV of less known/previously just mentioned characters.
As I've reread "Vanguard: Harbinger" at the same time as well, I noticed that the bridge crew of the Constellation seems to be the same in TBatB and Harbinger. Was the crew established in TOS, or did KRAD create the characters (which I liked very much BTW!) and Mack used the characters?
Otherwise @ topic, I remember the good old days when I went to bed, just wanting to read a chapter or so and then spent the whole night reading. *g* NF: Restoration, Q Squared, The Yesterday-books... all come to mind...
As I've reread "Vanguard: Harbinger" at the same time as well, I noticed that the bridge crew of the Constellation seems to be the same in TBatB and Harbinger. Was the crew established in TOS, or did KRAD create the characters (which I liked very much BTW!) and Mack used the characters?
Otherwise @ topic, I remember the good old days when I went to bed, just wanting to read a chapter or so and then spent the whole night reading. *g* NF: Restoration, Q Squared, The Yesterday-books... all come to mind...
Most of the trade paperback stories (Myriad Universes, Mirror Universe) I read in one day, each. (not the whole books, but the stories within them)
Thanks!
The only member of the Constellation's crew established in "The Doomsday Machine" besides Decker was "Science Officer Masada," who was a mention in a log entry. I created the rest of the crew myself, and Dave then used them, not only in Harbinger, but also the Mirror Universe versions of them in The Sorrows of Empire.
I know there's at least one Trek book I read in one day, but for the life of me I can't remember which one. I believe Q-Squared came pretty close. Some of the earliest TOS books are so thin that I got through them pretty quick. However, most books take me about 2-8 days.
The more interested I am in the story, the more it's almost impossible to put it down, which, these days, with such incredible writers, is happening more often than it used to. (And I'm not just saying this to suck up to the writers.) It's almost to the point where I'm figuratively tearing through them because I just can't stop - 'Oh, I'll read one more chapter... Wait, what? Oh, I've got to keep reading and find out how that works!'
Once again, a salute for:
"The Black Shore" by Greg Cox!
This book is so incredibly good! Fortunately I did start reading it on a Saturday afternoon so I had nothing sceduled for that day. I just read it from the first to the last page with only a short pause to make more coffee. It was so exciting that I couldn't stop reading it until I was finished.
It's still a favorite!
"The Black Shore" by Greg Cox!
This book is so incredibly good! Fortunately I did start reading it on a Saturday afternoon so I had nothing sceduled for that day. I just read it from the first to the last page with only a short pause to make more coffee. It was so exciting that I couldn't stop reading it until I was finished.
It's still a favorite!
The first 4 New Frontier Books
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Double or Nothing by Peter David
And
Double or Nothing by Peter David
Ditto. Both this and "Sarek" were books where, snowed-under with other things, I cheated and played the abridged audio versions first - immediately requiring me to drop everything and devour the hardcovers proper because they were sooooo good.
"Stone and Anvil" still made me shed a tear at the end, even though I'd already "heard" the ending.
Also read ST:TMP (before seeing the movie), "The Entropy Effect", "Final Frontier", "Prime Directive", "Gateways: Cold Wars", "Andor: Paradigm" and - just this week - "Treason", in very short order.
I read Over a Torrent Sea in what amounted to one day. I started Friday evening, went to bed, and finished on Saturday morning.
Strangely, I believe the only Star Trek book I've ever read in a day was Before Dishonor by Peter David. I had my problems with the book, but it did keep me engaged enough to keep reading all day.
On the other hand, I find that it's sometimes nice to stop and dwell on the story for a while, think about what's happened, guess what might happen, that sort of thing. When I read books too quickly, I miss this opportunity and sometimes don't get as much out of them.
On the other hand, I find that it's sometimes nice to stop and dwell on the story for a while, think about what's happened, guess what might happen, that sort of thing. When I read books too quickly, I miss this opportunity and sometimes don't get as much out of them.
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