Comments on: Library Computer: Review “Mirror Universe: Shards & Shadows” Anthology (Pt. 1) + 2010 Books Update

By: sherlockfreak

sherlockfreak — Tue, 13 Jan 2009 22:07:39 +0000

Brady,
I saw “Q Squared” in a bookstore once but didn’t buy it. I’ll have to look for it again. :)

Josh
I have “Assignment: Eternity” and “Spock’s World” but haven’t read them yet.

I just finished Crucible: Kirk, and I really enjoyed it. I had read the Spock one before, but haven’t been able to find the McCoy one. If I find that one, I’ll definitely read it.

I started “Errand of Fury: Book 3″ and it’s a little slow during the parts that aren’t on the Enterprise (or basically, the parts that aren’t “Errand of Mercy”), but it’s not bad so far.

By: Josh

Josh — Mon, 12 Jan 2009 20:46:03 +0000

Final Frontier by Diane Carey – Set before the TOS Enterprise’s launch, it features Robert April, George Kirk, and a young Jim Kirk.

Assignment: Eternity by Greg Cox- Gary Seven, Roberta, and Isis in the 23rd century.

Also, I’m currently reading Duane’s Spock’s World.

By: brady

brady — Sun, 11 Jan 2009 17:33:10 +0000

I ejoyed Q squared which had trelane as a Q as well as the glowing ball in Day of the Dove. Also Dark Mirror was great, although set like the Mirror Universe has continued from Mirror Mirror and has an evil Picard and ISS Enterprise. It was written before DS9 explored the canon,but I’m sure you can use a quantum physics excuse to enjoy the book lol.

By: sherlockfreak

sherlockfreak — Sun, 11 Jan 2009 05:27:29 +0000

#17
Which of those do you like? I have been grabbing up all that I can find over the past year, and have really enjoyed some of them.

So far, I have read “The Entropy Effect”, “Black Fire”, “Memory Prime”, and “Legacy”. I have also read the novelizations of II, III, V, and VI, as well as “Probe” and “Sarek”. Those are all, I think, that fall between TMP and the books written within the last 15-ish years.

Are there any others that you would recommend? Any books that ANYONE here would recommend??

By: Simon

Simon — Sun, 11 Jan 2009 04:34:26 +0000

The “Aventine” has quantum-slipstream drive, so the lines are going to reflect what Starfleet knows about ships that use that drive: all they have is what Janeway brought back about the “Dauntless” so her lines are going to be similar…and ties into the “Enterprise” episode where the future Enterprise-J is fighting the Sphere Builders. In the background you can see a “Dauntless” (along with a Prometheus-class and a Nova-class).

By: noirgwio

noirgwio — Sun, 11 Jan 2009 03:03:59 +0000

Thanks 11 & 18 for the Pike book recomendations, I’ve added them to my list of books to check out!

By: McCoy's Gall Bladder

McCoy's Gall Bladder — Sun, 11 Jan 2009 01:33:05 +0000

I love the Mirror Universe

I’m really interested in the Pike story

I think van Gelder was one of Trek’s best characters.

I really liked Ron Tracy, who was the same only less so.

By: bolianbob

bolianbob — Sun, 11 Jan 2009 00:51:41 +0000

17:

I love the modern trek books. To me there is nothing better then sitting down on a sunday afternoon and reading a trek novel in one sitting. I love the plots and bascially, the message that trek keeps on moving forward.

However, you are completely correct when u say the crossovers and modern trek history can get to convoluted. I’m working my way through the DS9 novel’s and half the time I have to go back and re-read a book I had read months or even years before, just to keep track of the flow of history.

Excuse my ignorance, but when you saw ‘episodic’ novels, are you refering to the ones that are based on actual episodes?

By: Keith R.A. DeCandido

Keith R.A. DeCandido — Sat, 10 Jan 2009 22:38:25 +0000

#7: Other Pike books besides MWB’s “Burning Dreams” include “The Rift” by Peter David, “Captain’s Table: Where Sea Meets Sky” by Jerry Oltion, and “Vulcan’s Glory” by D.C. Fontana (yes, THAT D.C. Fontana *grin*)

#15: Er, no. Books are printed about a month before they go on sale, not six months…

By: Ralph F

Ralph F — Sat, 10 Jan 2009 18:16:10 +0000

Actually, with my Kindle, I’ve been re-reading a lot of old TREK novels (the post-TMP Pocketbook line). Some of them really, really suck, but some are quite good.

The problem I have with the modern era of Trek novels is that there’s too many crossovers and too much modern Trek history to keep track of. I much more enjoyed the “episodic” novels.

YMMV, of course.