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Sweet and simply how much of the Trek Population actually reads trek books, wheather it be pocket books or hardcovers. A can say i do, i read one every two weeks or so, i'm just wondering how wide spread trekliterature is thats all. Anyway besides the point those of you how do read have probably come to the conclusion that i have...novels are the best!
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Well... Novels set early in the series are great standalone books, sometimes. I'm finding that the new TNG/DS9/NF/SCE novels are becoming quite internally consistant, which is a nice treat. I'm currently reading "The Battle of Betazed".
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I have read i think i can remember as far back as...All four Invasion books, the dominion war all four, the return, ship of the line, valient(i think thats how its spelt), Emissary, the romulan prize(good book), i'll say a few more when my brain is clear...
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I've read all the books. I own a copy of every single one. Some of them rock, some of them are really third-rate. Most of the newer ones (The DS9 Relaunch, the recent TNG ones, the "Eugenics Wars" books, etc.) are in the "Rock" category.
There's a good info/discussion page about the books over at www.psiphi.org, better than the 'official' site, IMHO.
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I've been reading science fiction as long as I've been a Trek fan (since my single-digit years), but I've never read a single Trek novel. I've read hundreds of SF novels and short stories, but for some reason I've never been interested in reading the further adventures of any characters I've seen on screen. I inherited a complete set of Blish novelizations, but I use them for reference only.
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I've read quite a few of the Trek books; I liked NF particularly. One thing I don't get though is how few Trek books shops actually have in stock; they always seem to sell quite a few so it remains a mystery for me...
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I've read most of them, and I laregely agree with everyone else's comments. The early novels were generally good, those between about 1988-1996 were mostly crap, and the trend has been accelerating to greatness lately. In the last two years, there have been very few duds.
My only exception is New Frontier... I've never been a fan of Peter David, and NF's biggest selling points also happen to be the same things I don't like about his writing. I like the idea, I like his way of tying together loose ends and whatnot, but I don't dig his writing style at all.
The DS9 relaunch, however, has been genius. Diplomatic Implausibility and Immortal Coil stand out as stand-alones. I also have high hopes for the TOS reboot coming soon.
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IMO many of the early novels were wayyy off base to be considered good Star Trek, with the exception of Diane Duane, Diane Carey, "The Final Reflection" and all the others i liked, then after Paramount's 'purge' of fandom and supporting character elements, things became more cohesive, but incredibly bland.. not quite in the time period you mention, but an accurate estimation (there are still some favorites in there too) The new focus is not on series (there was a time when it felt like they were publishing any crappy novel they had sitting around just to keep them coming on a monthly basis rather than waiting for a good story to come in), rather the new focus lies in 'concept books'.. they began this around "Day of Honor" and "Invasion!" when they started having series that crossed over between the many different franchises, taking advantage of their strengths and differences to make each one fit thematically with its source material. Now that they are on track, I just hope to see some effort to reconcile older stories and the writers that were the heart & soul of their publishing that were unceremoniously sacked by the wierdness of the last couple of years of the 80s when Paramount forbade any interesting concepts from their novels.
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Can it wait until sometime this evening? I've got ten or eleven essays to read before my nonfiction class at 6:00. But as soon as I get back, I'll be all geared up to release the hounds of culture, 'kay?
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quote:Originally posted by Topher: Well... Novels set early in the series are great standalone books, sometimes. I'm finding that the new TNG/DS9/NF/SCE novels are becoming quite internally consistant, which is a nice treat. I'm currently reading "The Battle of Betazed".
Erm SCE? What?
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Starfleet Corps of Engineers.. its Pocket's first e-book only line of short stories (although now they are publishing them on paper too! yay!).. Its about a Starfleet Engineering team on the USS daVinci led by Sonya Gomez, and master controlled by Scotty from Earth, with sometimes guest stars of LaForge or Nog, and a cast of other character, most of whom have ppeared or are related to characters from all the other major Trek series.
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quote:Originally posted by Sol System: Just to be contrary, I think Star Trek books are actively dangerous to science fiction.
"Actively Dangerous"? By what, hunting them down and shooting them with big guns?
Are we being a bit reactionary here Simon?
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