Jun. 21st, 2015
Star Trek Meme: Day 17
Jun. 21st, 2015 10:06 pmDay 17 - Have you read any of the books? If so, which ones?
In the 80s and early 90s, I actually used to read a lot of them. This being before I discovered fanfiction. It started with Vonda McIntyre's movie novelizations, which were fully fledged out novels, adding a lot; her Wrath of Khan novelization on the one hand introduced Saavik's half Romulan background and mentor/protegé relationship with Spock, which Carolyn Cowles later fleshed out in what is still my favourite TOS novel, The Pandora Principle, but on the other also added an affair with David Marcus, which, no. Other novels from that time which stuck with me were Margaret Bonnano's Strangers from the Sky, and of course the big Vulcan novel, Spock's World.
Later on, TNG novels started to get published, and I remember liking those of Peter David best - Q Squared, Imzadi, etc. I probably would read them differently now, not least because I got jaded about some of David's writing quirks, not to mention that there's a scene in Q Squared in which character A taunts character B with how a woman A used to be with and B is now in love with smells and "the little noises she makes" during sex which shows up again in the David written B5 episode Soul Mates. (It happens to us all. Last year![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png)
jesuswasbatman made me realise I have a fanfiction habit of letting the Master (Doctor Who edition) end up in the wrong bodies and get outwitted by people he thinks he manipulates. Until he commented on it, I truly hadn't realised I'd done this repeateadly.) However, back then I certainly loved those novels.
DS9, alas, did not produce memorable tie in novels early on, and by then I'd gotten into fanfiction which had the advantage of not being restrained by editorial fiat to stick to certain tabus. Also, this was still the era when no novel was allowed to be a sequel to another. Currently, the DS9 novels are all i none continuity, but alas I tried a few of the post show series (two or three) and didn't care much for them, so I didn't continue. However, I did read The Never-Ending Sacrifice by Una McCormack, which is basically a Cardassian I, Claudius starring Rugal (from the season 2 episode Cardassians), and a splendid one, too. I also read the Dax anthology (liked it, some stories more than others) and a couple of the others.
Let's see, what else? I treid a few Voyager novels but none stuck with me, and haven't read an Enterprise or Reboot novel at all.
( The other days )
In the 80s and early 90s, I actually used to read a lot of them. This being before I discovered fanfiction. It started with Vonda McIntyre's movie novelizations, which were fully fledged out novels, adding a lot; her Wrath of Khan novelization on the one hand introduced Saavik's half Romulan background and mentor/protegé relationship with Spock, which Carolyn Cowles later fleshed out in what is still my favourite TOS novel, The Pandora Principle, but on the other also added an affair with David Marcus, which, no. Other novels from that time which stuck with me were Margaret Bonnano's Strangers from the Sky, and of course the big Vulcan novel, Spock's World.
Later on, TNG novels started to get published, and I remember liking those of Peter David best - Q Squared, Imzadi, etc. I probably would read them differently now, not least because I got jaded about some of David's writing quirks, not to mention that there's a scene in Q Squared in which character A taunts character B with how a woman A used to be with and B is now in love with smells and "the little noises she makes" during sex which shows up again in the David written B5 episode Soul Mates. (It happens to us all. Last year
jesuswasbatman made me realise I have a fanfiction habit of letting the Master (Doctor Who edition) end up in the wrong bodies and get outwitted by people he thinks he manipulates. Until he commented on it, I truly hadn't realised I'd done this repeateadly.) However, back then I certainly loved those novels. DS9, alas, did not produce memorable tie in novels early on, and by then I'd gotten into fanfiction which had the advantage of not being restrained by editorial fiat to stick to certain tabus. Also, this was still the era when no novel was allowed to be a sequel to another. Currently, the DS9 novels are all i none continuity, but alas I tried a few of the post show series (two or three) and didn't care much for them, so I didn't continue. However, I did read The Never-Ending Sacrifice by Una McCormack, which is basically a Cardassian I, Claudius starring Rugal (from the season 2 episode Cardassians), and a splendid one, too. I also read the Dax anthology (liked it, some stories more than others) and a couple of the others.
Let's see, what else? I treid a few Voyager novels but none stuck with me, and haven't read an Enterprise or Reboot novel at all.
( The other days )
