Star Trek reading - Yes I'm a nerd...I get it. - Page 4

Pax · 03-06-2012, 06:23 AM

I don't get why you are so defensive in your first post and your thread title. Being a Star Trek fan is not as nerdy as it was probably used to be.
To read books about stuff you like is pretty common.

No need for being defensive, it is not a strange thing to like Star Trek.

jbcohen · 03-06-2012, 08:56 AM

The thing I like about star treck books is that I have seen what the characters look like so there is no mistaking what they look like or how they dress. Makes visualization of the characters much simpler.

jhempel24 · 03-06-2012, 11:24 AM

Also the mannerisms....it's kind of nice if you are kind of speed reading through them, you already know how the characters will react and things like that.

Solitaire1 · 03-06-2012, 12:32 PM

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Originally Posted by Pax

I don't get why you are so defensive in your first post and your thread title. Being a Star Trek fan is not as nerdy as it was probably used to be.
To read books about stuff you like is pretty common.

No need for being defensive, it is not a strange thing to like Star Trek.

I strongly agree with this. With novels, it is possible to do things that would be far too expensive or not possible on the big/small screen.

It is the same reason I still enjoy comic books. As an example of the above, with the recent movie "Green Lantern" special effects have recently reached a level where it became possible to do on screen, except via animation, what was done in the comics in the early 1960s.

Nancy Fulda · 03-06-2012, 01:43 PM

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Being a Star Trek fan is not as nerdy as it was probably used to be.

Depends where you live.

Out here in rural Germany, many people still consider science fiction harmful to tender developing minds. Good thing I made peace with my inner nerd many years ago...

Pax · 03-06-2012, 02:55 PM

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Originally Posted by Nancy Fulda

Depends where you live.

Out here in rural Germany, many people still consider science fiction harmful to tender developing minds. Good thing I made peace with my inner nerd many years ago...

I am from Germany and I have not experienced this attitude.

Nancy Fulda · 03-06-2012, 03:05 PM

I suspect it varies from region to region.

Also, I hang out mostly with other mothers of small children. If I was a student at a University, or living in a metropolitan area, I suspect I wouldn't sense so much opposition to all that weird, impractical violent stuff in SF books and video games.

scrapking · 03-06-2012, 08:16 PM

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Originally Posted by Nancy Fulda

Depends where you live.

Out here in rural Germany, many people still consider science fiction harmful to tender developing minds. Good thing I made peace with my inner nerd many years ago...

Wait... what? Ich verstehe das nicht.

I was looking at a used Trek book in a store once, a TNG novel about the Enterprise encountering a society that lives on a massive fleet of sublight ships, and who are about to fight another group. The novel's one of intrique and diplomacy. I can't remember the name for the life of me, but I remember checking online at the time and seeing nothing but good reviews. I regret not picking it up.

JSWolf · 03-06-2012, 08:29 PM

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Originally Posted by scrapking

Wait... what? Ich verstehe das nicht.

I was looking at a used Trek book in a store once, a TNG novel about the Enterprise encountering a society that lives on a massive fleet of sublight ships, and who are about to fight another group. The novel's one of intrigue and diplomacy. I can't remember the name for the life of me, but I remember checking online at the time and seeing nothing but good reviews. I regret not picking it up.

Read the chart and get going. 8-]

JSWolf · 03-27-2012, 06:04 PM

The new eBook is out today.

Star Trek: Vanguard: Storming Heaven by David Mack is the last book in the Vanguard series.

QuantumIguana · 03-27-2012, 06:17 PM

I used to read a lot of Star Trek novels. I think I got to the point where I had read them all, and once I didn't have anything more to read I stopped. Of course, if I start again, there's a backlog of books to read. I haven't read as many of the DS9 books, I'm more interested in stories that take off from where the series ended rather than the book just being another episode (although that is OK too).

There is a debate on whether events that created the new movie timeline made the previous timeline never have happened. But I can still watch the episodes, and that new books are being created tells me that the original timeline is alive and well! ;-) I thought the movie was fun, but I don't think it will carry Star Trek forward. When the producers say that there are no more ideas, it is that THEY have run out of ideas, it's not the same thing at all. I think books set in the original timeline will dominate over the new movie timeline.

JSWolf · 03-27-2012, 06:25 PM

The new timeline is an alternate timeline. If it wasn't, it would be a paradox and that's not allowed to happen. So what happened was once the timeline changed, it became another timeline.

As for the books, they are very good and I do suggest you keep on reading.

afv011 · 03-27-2012, 08:06 PM

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Originally Posted by JSWolf

The new eBook is out today.

Star Trek: Vanguard: Storming Heaven by David Mack is the last book in the Vanguard series.

Would that be a required reading before all the other books in your chart? I see you have the Vanguard books as the first ones to read.

JSWolf · 03-27-2012, 09:06 PM

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Originally Posted by afv011

Would that be a required reading before all the other books in your chart? I see you have the Vanguard books as the first ones to read.

Nothing really is required before these.

Solitaire1 · 03-28-2012, 12:04 PM

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Originally Posted by JSWolf

The new timeline is an alternate timeline. If it wasn't, it would be a paradox and that's not allowed to happen. So what happened was once the timeline changed, it became another timeline.

As for the books, they are very good and I do suggest you keep on reading.

The following is my own view on the new Star Trek movie and its resulting timelines (I'll put it in a spoiler for those who've not seen the movie):

Spoiler:

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03-06-2012, 06:23 AM	#46
Pax Zealot Posts: 135 Karma: 1052388 Join Date: Oct 2010 Location: Germany, Potsdam Device: Pocketbook Touch HD 3, Sony PRS 650	I don't get why you are so defensive in your first post and your thread title. Being a Star Trek fan is not as nerdy as it was probably used to be. To read books about stuff you like is pretty common. No need for being defensive, it is not a strange thing to like Star Trek.

03-06-2012, 08:56 AM	#47
jbcohen Wizard Posts: 3,033 Karma: 11196738 Join Date: Oct 2010 Location: Where am I? Device: Kindle Paperwhite Signature edition and a Samsung S24 Ultra	The thing I like about star treck books is that I have seen what the characters look like so there is no mistaking what they look like or how they dress. Makes visualization of the characters much simpler.

03-06-2012, 11:24 AM	#48
jhempel24 Wizard Posts: 2,157 Karma: 7068605 Join Date: Dec 2007 Device: Amazon Kindle Paperwhite, B&N Nook Colro	Also the mannerisms....it's kind of nice if you are kind of speed reading through them, you already know how the characters will react and things like that.

03-06-2012, 03:05 PM	#52
Nancy Fulda I write stories. Posts: 700 Karma: 16437432 Join Date: Jul 2011 Location: Northern Germany Device: kindle	I suspect it varies from region to region. Also, I hang out mostly with other mothers of small children. If I was a student at a University, or living in a metropolitan area, I suspect I wouldn't sense so much opposition to all that weird, impractical violent stuff in SF books and video games.

03-27-2012, 06:04 PM	#55
JSWolf Resident Curmudgeon Posts: 80,782 Karma: 150249619 Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Roslindale, Massachusetts Device: Kobo Libra 2, Kobo Aura H2O, PRS-650, PRS-T1, nook STR, PW3	The new eBook is out today. Star Trek: Vanguard: Storming Heaven by David Mack is the last book in the Vanguard series.

03-27-2012, 06:17 PM	#56
QuantumIguana Philosopher Posts: 2,034 Karma: 18736532 Join Date: Jan 2012 Device: Kindle Paperwhite 2 gen, Kindle Fire 1st Gen, Kindle Touch	I used to read a lot of Star Trek novels. I think I got to the point where I had read them all, and once I didn't have anything more to read I stopped. Of course, if I start again, there's a backlog of books to read. I haven't read as many of the DS9 books, I'm more interested in stories that take off from where the series ended rather than the book just being another episode (although that is OK too). There is a debate on whether events that created the new movie timeline made the previous timeline never have happened. But I can still watch the episodes, and that new books are being created tells me that the original timeline is alive and well! ;-) I thought the movie was fun, but I don't think it will carry Star Trek forward. When the producers say that there are no more ideas, it is that THEY have run out of ideas, it's not the same thing at all. I think books set in the original timeline will dominate over the new movie timeline.

03-27-2012, 06:25 PM	#57
JSWolf Resident Curmudgeon Posts: 80,782 Karma: 150249619 Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Roslindale, Massachusetts Device: Kobo Libra 2, Kobo Aura H2O, PRS-650, PRS-T1, nook STR, PW3	The new timeline is an alternate timeline. If it wasn't, it would be a paradox and that's not allowed to happen. So what happened was once the timeline changed, it became another timeline. As for the books, they are very good and I do suggest you keep on reading.

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