I started reading this book last night, I've only finished two chapters but it's been a great read so far. 
The Buried Age (Spoilers!)
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I finished it the other day and I just want to know: what about the Slavers?
Thanks! That structure is kinda what I was going for. Since the book spanned nine years, I wanted it to be episodic.
Well, I don't find "The Slaver Weapon" compatible with Trek canon (there's nowhere to fit those four Man-Kzin wars into the Trek timeline). But even if I did, it would be a moot point, because Niven put the Slavers a billion years in the past, which would be well before the main historical period covered in the book. They would just fall under the rubric of the miscellaneous, isolated early civilizations that came and went, as, implicitly, did the First Humanoids from "The Chase."
Oh, I know they wouldn't have played a sizable role at all, but I had expected them to be mentioned in Picard's lecture earlier on. You even mentioned Clan Ru!
^ The who now?
Actually, what I was more curious about was the entirely new ancient aliens and time periods that Christopher created for the novel - or the contemporary ones, for that matter. Would you please tell us more about those? Not that there's probably much to tell, but I'd love to hear anything about their possible cultures, forms, or just how you came up with the name or idea. I loved all of that stuff and hope it shows up again in future Treklit.
Actually, what I was more curious about was the entirely new ancient aliens and time periods that Christopher created for the novel - or the contemporary ones, for that matter. Would you please tell us more about those? Not that there's probably much to tell, but I'd love to hear anything about their possible cultures, forms, or just how you came up with the name or idea. I loved all of that stuff and hope it shows up again in future Treklit.
Well, you'd have to be more specific about which species and concepts you're curious about. But you can find a lot of behind-the-scenes discussion in the book annotations on my website.
Well I'm halfway through the book (just after Picard recruits Data for the mission) and this is just a fantabulous book. I don't think I've ever read a piece of Trek fiction as great as this that didn't read just like a "filler episode" between sweeps weeks.
This book is epic, and it fills me with great saddnes that in all likelyhood there'll never be a screen adaption of this.
It also makes we want to go out and find my own immortal, hot, iridescently scaled alien chick.
This book is epic, and it fills me with great saddnes that in all likelyhood there'll never be a screen adaption of this.
It also makes we want to go out and find my own immortal, hot, iridescently scaled alien chick.
Thanks!
Well, I'd probably get a lot of money if there were, which would be nice, but I shudder to think how much it would have to be cut down. And you'd either have to do it in animation or cast younger actors. (Zachary Quinto as Data?)
Can't help you there. As shown, they're not easy to track down.
Yeah it'd have to be cut down a lot, unless they did a series of movies (like LOTR) on it. I've always been partly of the mind that Star Trek would serve it's self pretty well to open itself up as its own genre. So we could have multiple movies and shows in-universe but from differnet precpectives or situations.
For example, the Stargazer courtmarshal trials would make for a very good "lawyer" movie the voyages of the Needle would make a good movie in of itself and so on.
But, that's all very wishful and unlikely thinking.
Fantastic book though.
The Clan Ru are from First Frontier, IIRC. My memories are a little hazy, but I think they were intelligent descendants of Earth dinosaurs. (Hmm... much like the Voth!)
I have to admit, I was actually expecting a reference to Slaver stasis boxes to crop up when Picard & Co. were first investigating the stasis field!
I got this yesterday in the mail, I've just finished it and wanted to convey my thanks to the author, I really loved it.
Two things stood out for me: how events and characters from the series were incorporated without ever feeling forced or contrived *and* without overshadowing the main storyline, both things very difficult to achieve I believe. Plus, the use of the black holes to store information, something I especially appreciated having recently read Susskind's The Cosmic Landscape.
Also, I loved how everybody involved is basically motivated by good, even noble, intentions only. No 2 dimensional evil villains for the sake of evil here. That's the embodiment of Star Trek to me.
This one goes straight to my re-reading list.
Two things stood out for me: how events and characters from the series were incorporated without ever feeling forced or contrived *and* without overshadowing the main storyline, both things very difficult to achieve I believe. Plus, the use of the black holes to store information, something I especially appreciated having recently read Susskind's The Cosmic Landscape.
Also, I loved how everybody involved is basically motivated by good, even noble, intentions only. No 2 dimensional evil villains for the sake of evil here. That's the embodiment of Star Trek to me.
This one goes straight to my re-reading list.
I just finished TBA after finding it in a local bookstore yesterday. Christopher, take a bow! :thumbsup:
I don't want to start a list of all the things I liked (and there were plenty ), as it's pretty much been covered by the various posts in this thread.
I do, however, want to point out the best thing about it: the scope of Picard's voyage, both external/physical and internal/personal, from the Stargazer days (and personality) to the man we meet for the first time at the start of TNG.
Last - bonus points for the final section, incorporating the future principal characters of TNG (and then some)
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I don't want to start a list of all the things I liked (and there were plenty
), as it's pretty much been covered by the various posts in this thread.I do, however, want to point out the best thing about it: the scope of Picard's voyage, both external/physical and internal/personal, from the Stargazer days (and personality) to the man we meet for the first time at the start of TNG.
Last - bonus points for the final section, incorporating the future principal characters of TNG (and then some)
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Okay...
Ow, I hit my head on the monitor!
Thanks for the comments!
Just finished this book! Really enjoyed it.
Um.. What are you talking about? And why are you screaming?
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Everyone else who is now beset with curiosity - it was just some sweary anger about presumably moderator action in another forum.
Everyone else who is now beset with curiosity - it was just some sweary anger about presumably moderator action in another forum.
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