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Malnurtured Snay
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Well, what are your thoughts on this? For me (and in completely random sorting order to make it appear it is random):

TNG - Exiles by Howard Weinstein
TNG - Masks by John Vornholt
TNG - Reunion by Michael Jan Friedman

TOS - Deep Domain by Howard Weinstein
TOS - The Great Starship Race by Diane Carey
TOS - Sanctuary by John Vornholt

Erm. Well, that's only six -- but those are all that I can think of right now.

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My favourite books in no particular order.

TOS Uhura's Song by Janet Kagan
TOS Bloodthirst by J.M. Dillard
TOS The Final Reflection by John M. Ford
TOS How Much For Just The Planet? by John M. Ford
TOS Final Frontier by Diane Carey
TOS Dwellers in the Crucible by Margaret Wander Bonanno
TOS Kobayashi Maru by Julia Ecklar
TOS Crisis on Centaurus by Brad Ferguson
TOS Time for Yesterday by A.C. Crispin
TOS Vulcan's Glory by D.C. Fontana

At first I had 20 books listed, then I deleted 10. Interesting that only TOS books survived.

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i haven't read many star trek books (i just haven't had the time), but i really liked the great starship race.

--jacob

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I liked "Kobayashi Maru" a lot, but didn't buy it. I only own 7:

TOS "The Wounded Sky"
TOS "Prime Directive"
TOS "Yesterday's Son"
TOS "Rules Of Engagement"
TNG "Requiem"
DS9 "Antimatter"
DS9 "Warchild"

The TNG & DS9 ones I bought at an airport because I needed soemthing to do. But I absolutely ADORE the first 3 listed. I even made me a sim character that was Sadrao.

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I haven't read many but the ones I like are

Voy Mosaic
TNG The Q trilogy
Star Trek Dark Passions

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A few, in no order:

TNG: Diplomatic Implausibility
TNG: Vendetta
TOS: How Much for Just the Planet?
TNG: Q-In-Law
TOS: Recovery
TOS: Uhura's Song
DS9: Fallen Heroes
TNG: Imzadi
TOS: Vulcan's Forge
TOS: Shadows on the Sun
TOS: Sarek

okay, that's 11. so sue me.

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Well, here's a few, in no particular order.

TNG - "Reunion"
TNG - "Dark Mirror"
TNG - "Q-Squared"
TOS/TNG - "Federation"
NF - "Restoration"
TOS - "The Return"
DS9 - "A Stitch in Time"
DS9 - "The Fall of Terok Nor"
DS9 - "The War of The Prophets"
DS9 - "Inferno"

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Sorry, but JeffK and Fitz; not ONE Peter David book? Pah!

Vendetta is my favourite. I don't read them anymore, since they became samey pap, but I do try and pick up any PAD books. And the Reeves-Stephens' too. Hey, I know that Federation was popularist fan-fic. But it was good.

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My favorite Peter David book isn't Star Trek ... it's Howling Mad, and it's hilarious.

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My favorite Star Trek novel of all time is John Ford's "The Final Reflection." If you novel readers out there haven't read it yet, you are missing out on some good stuff.

"A Stitch in Time" comes in second.

As for Peter David, not only are his Star Trek novels pretty good, but his Babylon 5 novels are excellent, although they are mostly either movie novelizations or novelizations of JMS scripts that were never filmed. The Legions of Fire trilogy is the best.

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quote:
Sorry, but JeffK and Fitz; not ONE Peter David book? Pah!

I had "The Captain's Daughter", the Excalibur books, "Q-in-Law", "I, Q", and his Young Adult books about Worf on my list, but I thought the remaining books were better.

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How about:

Best Destiny
The Return
Federation
Sarek
Spectre
Final Reflection
Crossover
My Enemy, My Ally
Avenger
Preserver

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