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Originally Posted by JSWolf
It is interesting to go back to books we liked when we were younger and see what we think. I've done that and some are still good and others not so good. The first Star Trek novel I've ever read turned out to be not so good. It was Spock Must Die by James Blish.
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Absolutely my worst experience in that vein was
Sword of Shannara, which I first read (and loved) as a teenager shortly after discovering Tolkien. Picked it up again a few years ago and couldn't endure past the first chapter. I feel like I'm being unfair to Terry Brooks - I understand he wrote it as a teenager, and I'm assured by friends he's become a pretty decent writer -- but I just can't bring myself to read anything by Brooks as a result.
Now,
Spock Must Die! -- read that one, too, a century or so ago. Can't remember much about it, though. To me, Blish is still the guy who did the Star Trek novels, though I'm sure he'd rather be remembered for
Cities in Flight.
--Nathanael