yesterday's Son and Time for Yesterday by AC Crispin

We all know what happened between Spock and Zerabeth in All our Yesterdays -AC Crispin takes it one step further- what if Zerabeth had Spock's child? What if Spock had reason to contact him? Also stars The Guardian of Forever. A Trekkie must read.

Gawdawful TNG fiction

Metamorphasis and Survivors by Jean Lorrah- aside from being poorly written, Lorrah's blatant Data/Yar shipping is nauseating.
Boogymen by Mel Gilden Wesley make his boogymen leave the holodeck and they endanger the ship.I assume he saves the day, but I couldn't finish.
Nightshade by Laurel K Hamilton I can only imgain her writing improved before writing this and her vampire novels. Either that, or people are so desperate for vampire soft pr0n they'll read anything. Another I couldn't finish.

Q in Law and Q Squared, by Peter David

These two novels take a look at the chaos that could result from Q meeting two of the more memorable characters from TOS and TNG.
Q in Law pits Q against the only character who stands up to him in the TNG universe for strength, charisma, and the ability to annoy Picard- Lwaxana Troi. The producers of TNG lost out by never making this an episode- it's hilarious, and should have been done.
Q squared answers the question a lot of the long time trekkies asked themselves- isn't Q a lot like Tremaine? Yes, and when they come together the whole universe is threatened.
Highly enjoyable reads about one of favorite Trek characters.

Books: Vulcan's Forge, Vulcan's Heart, Exiles

This post is copied from May '07
I'm on a Star Trek kick, and more specifically, a Vulcan kick. Right now I'm reading "Vulcan's Forge" by Josepha Sherman and Susan Schwartz. ONe thing I love about the book is that it has Starfleet humans who practice religion. Yep, I know it makes roddenberry's ashes roll in their urn, but I enjoy. This is the third book of theirs I have read and as I have sometimes done, read them backwards, starting with " Exiles" and then "Vulcan's Heart".

In which I rate the Star Trek movies

ST: The Motion Picture - One of the most pointless movies ever made. "Hey, remember that great episode with Nomad? well, what if the Voyager probe went nuts!?!
ST II: The Wrath of Khan - One of my top 3, even though it gave me a life long severe earwig phobia
ST III: The most memeorable thing about this movie for me is that when I was a kid, I won tickets on the radio for a preview showing 3 days before it came out. The day it officially premiered there was a costume contest and a friend made me a "kid Spock burial robe" costume (complete with custom fit fabric ears and lo, I also won the costume contest.
ST IV: The Voyage Home - I love it. It was funny, and I remember more lines from this film than any other.
ST V: The Final Frontier - I can only say..."Gah! Hurts my brain!"
ST VI: The Undiscovered Country - Highly enjoyable, love Chang and the tie ins with Worf.
ST: Generations -Another top 3. A great segue from TOS to TNG movies
ST:First Contact - Love it.The movie's Zefram Cochrane is much for enjoyable than the TOS one. Forever changed my emotional reaction to "Magic Carpet Ride"
ST: Insurrection - I like it more than some folks do.
ST: Nemesis - This sucks as much Final Frontier.

Book:To Reign in Hell:The Exile of Khan Noonien Singh by Greg Cox

This EXCELLENT tome looks at what transpires with Khan and the rest of the Botany Bay survivors between Space Seed and The Wrath of Khan. Well written, full of literary references, with emotion and a keen insight into the characters, this is s story of love, betrayal, loyaly and hardship. Highly recommended.

Book: Surak's Soul by JM Dillard

A readable but but not exceptional Enterprise novel in which Sub-Commander T'pol must contend with the delicate balance in serving on an earth ship while staying true to the pacifist path of Surak.

Book: Missing in action by Peter David

The latest in the New Frontiers series. Like any Peter David book, this has the "more out there" feel that can simultaneously make his book the most entertaining and the most annoying. Lots of caharcter development for Soleta, who os one of my favorite characters, and the death of my least favorite NF character (let's see if he stays dead- this is ST)