You're least favorite Trek book
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I don't recall which page has the first "Aha!" moment, but this novel sets up several - I guess the infamous "more cerebral" designation fits to describe this ST writing? - incidents, and these surprises and pay-offs kept me reading happily all the way through.
I didn't read the entire thread so this may be nothing new but here's a few off the top of my head:
Sword of Damocles. It just didn't work for me. It was partly because it was coming off one of the best Trek books ever (Orion's Hounds) and partly because it was both at times confusing and yet predictable.
The Devils Heart. It was a hard cover. I am pretty sure it was the first hardcover after Federation and I bought it sight unseen. Years later, I couldn't tell you anything about the plot but I remember thinking, "I paid $20.00 for this?!?!"
Dyson Sphere. The afterword discussing real world possible FTL space flight was many times more interesting than the lame story.
I don't remember the book but it was a TNG book by the guy who wrote Fallen Heroes. I bought it expecting something great. Nope.
New Frontier varies in quality. Sometimes it's great and other times I just sigh and say, "Yet another episode of Star Trek: The Sitcom."
Sword of Damocles. It just didn't work for me. It was partly because it was coming off one of the best Trek books ever (Orion's Hounds) and partly because it was both at times confusing and yet predictable.
The Devils Heart. It was a hard cover. I am pretty sure it was the first hardcover after Federation and I bought it sight unseen. Years later, I couldn't tell you anything about the plot but I remember thinking, "I paid $20.00 for this?!?!"
Dyson Sphere. The afterword discussing real world possible FTL space flight was many times more interesting than the lame story.
I don't remember the book but it was a TNG book by the guy who wrote Fallen Heroes. I bought it expecting something great. Nope.
New Frontier varies in quality. Sometimes it's great and other times I just sigh and say, "Yet another episode of Star Trek: The Sitcom."
If it makes you feel better, I liked Red Sector too. I don't remember all the details of it but I seem to recall it being a fast paced, almost technothriller type story.
I think I've mentioned it in this thread before (if not, certainly in previous threads), but I also loved Red Sector and I'm continuously surprised by the hate for it.
How could anyone not LOVE "The Buried Age" especially since it was probably my most anticipated Star Trek novel ever! Marco doesn't remember but I'd come on to Trek Lit every few months and post about when the Picard Lost Era novel would be coming out...and he'd say something like "soon" or another equally evasive and sly comment. The Buried Age is among my top five favourite books.
^ Oh, he remembers you. Didn't you get your copy of the restraining order?
Dayton, you're memory's playing up again. The restraining order was against me for the Sisko Lost Era novel.^ Oh, he remembers you. Didn't you get your copy of the restraining order?
When is it coming out again?
I am going to have to give The Buried Age another try. I've heard too many people raving about it. Perhaps i just wasn't in the right frame of mind last time since i'd just come off of another NF related high. Peter David does that to me.
I can't stand to read anything by Diane Carey, largely due to her fixation with boats..
I can't stand to read anything by Diane Carey, largely due to her fixation with boats..
I've not seen any mention of To Storm Heaven. I read that at a point where I was just reading a series of 50-odd Trek books within 2 days each (the only advantage of a long train trip to school), yet when I got to that one, I just couldn't do it. The most annoying thing is that I couldn't think of a specific reason I didn't like it. Somehow, it was a real effort to keep reading, and I eventually gave up. I don't think I've seen any opinions on it at all, so I don't know if it was just me.
No, you're not alone. While I didn't mention it here, it certainly belongs to the weaker Star Trek books. The plot was predictable and lacked anything resembling a flow. The characterizations for all characters were disastrous, especially for Worf (I can only assume you'll find a pic of Worf and the cover of this novel when you look up the term "character assassination").
Was that the one where Worf declares that Alexander's new pet hamster has the soul of a warrior after the thing attacks him?
Fictitiously yours, Trent Roman
Fictitiously yours, Trent Roman
Yep.
Oh, I remember being very amused by the hamster subplot...
I don't know about warriors, but I had a hamster who was an explorer, once. The cage was old, second-hand, and the little bugger kept figuring out ways to open the door. You'd just be sitting there, watching TV, when suddenly something would start climbing your leg... or fall into your lap from one of the overhead vents, since he kept getting into the walls. Amazingly, for a creature that kept getting lost in the walls, wander into the fireplace, and otherwise drop great distances or get stepped on by people who didn't realize he'd gotten out and was darting across the floor, he died of old age. Tough little furball.
Fictitiously yours, Trent Roman
Fictitiously yours, Trent Roman
The Price of the Phoenix and The Fate of the Phoenix probably top my personal list of least favorite Star Trek works. Ugh. I shudder just thinking about those ... so-called novels.
Also, the novelization of "Equinox." After the first fifty or sixty pages, the book reset to page one and started over again, skipping a good chunk. I do not remember *that* happening in the episode! Bah.
Also, the novelization of "Equinox." After the first fifty or sixty pages, the book reset to page one and started over again, skipping a good chunk. I do not remember *that* happening in the episode! Bah.
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Sounds like a printing error in the copy you bought. I'm sure they weren't all like that.
Or maybe he was trying to write a novel that resembeld cause and effect?
"He" who? Diane Carey novelized Equinox.
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