I thought the Reeve-Stevenses' "Millennium" DS9 trilogy was quite good - do people still seem fond of them? I especially liked the way they incorporated Sisko's Benny Russell alter ego.
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Worth noting that it's a followup to Lorrah's first TNG novel Survivors, which gives Tasha Yar a backstory that isn't quite consistent with what we later got in "Legacy," though not entirely incompatible (if you assume that New Paris was an alternate name for Turkana IV). That book introduces a set of characters who return in Metamorphosis, and it also features Data rather heavily. And, yes, both books are written per the original assumption of TNG's creators that Data did have the capacity for emotion but just hadn't developed it fully; the hackneyed sci-fi cliche of the "emotionless android" didn't get grafted onto the character until "The Ensigns of Command" in season 3. The Data of Lorrah's novels is undeniably emotional, which was perfectly consistent with how he was written at the time, but pretty much impossible to reconcile with what was later established.
I enjoyed Rising Son quite a bit but I remember a the time it got a lot of dislike. My favorite aspect was how it focused on a lot of the Season One DS9 Gamma Quadrant races that were mostly forgotten after the Dominion was introduced.
The Millennium series was also a favorite of mine. They weren't disliked at the time per se but have seemed to have been forgotten mostly.
The Millennium series was also a favorite of mine. They weren't disliked at the time per se but have seemed to have been forgotten mostly.
That was such a fun read and a nice bit of continuity filler.
Speaking of recent TOS standalones, I really liked The Children of Kings. Dave Stern does stories set on the moody edge of darkest space very well. What Price Honor? was good in a similar vein.
Agreed. Abyss is one of my favorite books from the DS9 Relaunch. Great read for a Bashir fan like me
It's been a long time, but I recall Abyss and This Gray Spirit being my favorites of the 2001-03 era of the relaunch, before the momentum began to dissipate.
I'm about 2/3 thru Greg Cox's TOS novel Assignment Eternity, and it's really really good. I've never heard much of anything about it so I think it qualifies as underappreciated.
Co starring Gary Seven and Roberta, it's fast paced with excellent characterization and a killer opening hook.
Co starring Gary Seven and Roberta, it's fast paced with excellent characterization and a killer opening hook.
Thanks!
Bringing back Gary Seven and Roberta (and Isis) had been on my agenda since Day One. Assignment: Eternity was actually my third attempt at a "Return of Gary Seven" novel after my first two proposals fell short of getting a green light.
Don't know that you need to duck. They have their own Buck Rogers, "gee-whiz" charm to them (the ones I've read, anyway); and that kind of sf, too, is part of Trek's DNA.
Besides, if it weren't for the Gold Key comics, my wife couldn't have made and given an awesome pillowcase made from this fabric...
I loved Best Destiny and I seem to remember it not getting the best of reviews.
I also greatly enjoyed Shadows on the Sun and I don't see that one being talked about much.
I have read Warped at least twice and enjoyed it both times. I am sure that novel is intensely disliked. For some reason it worked for me. I did not enjoy the other K.W. Jeter novel however.
I thought Imzadi II was just as much fun as the first one and I loved seeing Worf versus Betazed culture.
I also greatly enjoyed Shadows on the Sun and I don't see that one being talked about much.
I have read Warped at least twice and enjoyed it both times. I am sure that novel is intensely disliked. For some reason it worked for me. I did not enjoy the other K.W. Jeter novel however.
I thought Imzadi II was just as much fun as the first one and I loved seeing Worf versus Betazed culture.
It's pretty good, but it's kind of a downer. There was a time when it was the last chronological adventure of the TOS crew in the books, or at least one version thereof, and I felt a certain antipathy toward ending their journey with such a depressing tale. Now we've had enough post-TUC stories about TOS characters that it isn't really an issue anymore.
Hey, Bashir was in a lot of Bloodletter. 
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