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Post by The Doctor on Nov 30, 2017 22:22:46 GMT
I bought the first of IDW's Discovery comics and I won't be buying anymore. Bit of a let down with Kirsten Byern as a co-writer. A very thin read for £3.50 in which very little happens slowly and covers ground we've already seen in the TV show.
-Ralph
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Post by Jim on Dec 27, 2017 22:23:47 GMT
I finished my first Star Trek novel in a good few years today with John M. Ford's The Final Reflection. Very, very good. It has been sitting on my to-read pile since 2007 (!) not long after he died and I read Warren Ellis praising his Star Trek work; watching Discovery finally pushed me to get to it, and it turned out to be relevant!
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Post by The Doctor on Dec 28, 2017 8:07:48 GMT
His 'How Much for Just The Planet?' is also worth seeking out.
-Ralph
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Post by Jim on Dec 28, 2017 9:15:54 GMT
Yes, I bought it at the same time and it is racing up the to-read stack!
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Post by The Doctor on Jan 17, 2018 20:43:28 GMT
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Post by Andy Turnbull on Jan 17, 2018 22:12:22 GMT
FFS - do they not know we have a regular podcast feature to record?!
Andy
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Post by The Doctor on Jan 17, 2018 22:24:46 GMT
I know!
Still the licensing issue will sort itself out in time and there are still 5 confirmed novels for 2018.
I shall catch up with older books I have not read. Khan trilogy on the way!
-Ralph
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Post by Fortmax2020 on Jan 17, 2018 22:38:21 GMT
My sympathies. It it is OK. Real Trek is back on television. |
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Post by Philip Ayres on Jan 17, 2018 23:37:42 GMT
FFS - do they not know we have a regular podcast feature to record?! Andy I will have to step up my efforts and assist you. |
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Post by The Doctor on Jan 18, 2018 7:55:21 GMT
My sympathies. It it is OK. Real Trek is back on television. But Ralph needs to know what happens next in the various ongoing plots!!! -Ralph |
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Post by Fortmax2020 on Jan 18, 2018 8:03:38 GMT
You said previously that they were only a stop gap to see you through to new TV Trek.
You can be free! They're trying to help you!!
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Post by legios on Jan 18, 2018 8:26:19 GMT
FFS - do they not know we have a regular podcast feature to record?! Andy Dashed inconsiderate of them! Karl |
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Post by The Doctor on Jan 18, 2018 17:32:06 GMT
You said previously that they were only a stop gap to see you through to new TV Trek. You can be free! They're trying to help you!! It's ok. Having followed the link to the BBS board where the authors post the delay in new commissions is just down to a combination of a licence renewal and change in management at a certain part of S&S which is delaying everything (not just Trek). Just means it's likely 2019 before the range is back to monthly. If I can cope with one DW episode in 2016 I can manage only five new Trek books in 2018. Bit annoyed though. At least a year now to learn what the deal is with Sisko's mysterious daughter! And now RISE OF THE FEDERATION will take even longer to conclude!!! Nnnngh. -Ralph |
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Post by Fortmax2020 on Jan 18, 2018 18:28:10 GMT
Maybe it just won't pick up again and then you'll break free of 'needing' to know these things.
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Post by KnightBeat on Jan 18, 2018 20:25:48 GMT
And now RISE OF THE FEDERATION will take even longer to conclude!!! They said it'd be a long road! (I'm sorry. I didn't mean to remind everyone of the theme tune. No, it's OK. It's over now.) |
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Post by The Doctor on Jan 18, 2018 21:59:51 GMT
Maybe it just won't pick up again and then you'll break free of 'needing' to know these things. It's a continuity that has been going since the 90's! It will endure! And now I will have time to go back and read the ones I have missed. I genuinely really enjoy the novel continuity. -Ralph |
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Post by Fortmax2020 on Jan 19, 2018 0:56:21 GMT
*Judges you by putting you on a team of political fools from recent politics*
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Post by The Doctor on Jan 20, 2018 10:26:19 GMT
I had been about to order a ton of back catalogue books that I didn't read as the library did not have them but no need for now as I have a new Titan novel still to read, there's a Discovery novel in February and I have the Khan trilogy in my reading pile. But when the well starts to dry up...I know what to do..
-Ralph
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Post by blueshift on Mar 21, 2018 21:32:48 GMT
The local charity shop has got in a million star trek books, are there any in particular that anyone is after?
(No doctor who though, just a tattered copy of Marco Polo)
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Post by The Doctor on Mar 21, 2018 21:43:40 GMT
Grab as many as you can!
-Ralph
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Post by The Doctor on Apr 19, 2018 8:47:12 GMT
So it seems there are 5 Enterprise novels between the end of the show and the Rise of the Federation series (which I have read and is currently paused until the Trek book licence issues are worked out). The first (Last Full Measure) goes for stupid money on the secondary market but is mostly flashbacks so can be skipped anyway. Next two are out of print (The Good that Men Do but heavily read reading copies acquired or on the way). The next two detailing the Romulan War are still in print. In the post.
-Ralph
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Post by Pinwig on Apr 19, 2018 20:26:29 GMT
Now he's true friending himself! Nothing can stop him!
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Post by The Doctor on Apr 19, 2018 22:31:12 GMT
As I had said previously there are only 5 new novels in 2018 and currently none for 2019 until whatever is holding up the book rights is sorted out. Thus, I am slowly but surely building up a back catalogue of unread books to tide me over. Got 12 in the pile. More to get in May pay packet (I have previously read every title in the local library system).
-Ralph
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Post by blueshift on Apr 22, 2018 19:30:01 GMT
Are there any Star Trek books you're after Ralph, the local charity shop has a million of them
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Post by The Doctor on Apr 22, 2018 20:57:19 GMT
Can you take a photo? That would make it easier!
-Ralph
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Post by blueshift on May 20, 2018 12:25:21 GMT
Can you take a photo? That would make it easier! -Ralph Here you go, better late than never Seems like they have every Star Trek book ever Maybe not the place for someone thifty Most of them seem to cost £2.50 (If that's got you on the hook, Here's bigger pics for a better look) imgur.com/a/EjPdn5V  |
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Post by The Doctor on May 26, 2018 11:39:08 GMT
There's some ripe stuff there!
-Ralph
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Post by Philip Ayres on Jun 2, 2018 6:55:14 GMT
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Post by The Doctor on Jun 2, 2018 8:06:46 GMT
Phil does not. These are merely a collection of the pish articles from the partwork spaceship model series currently stinking up newsagent shelves.
-Ralph
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Post by Philip Ayres on Jun 2, 2018 8:17:30 GMT
Do they have nice pictures of space ships in them?
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