VOY: String Theory part 1: Fusion

An enjoyable book by Kirsten Beyer- the first book in the "String Theory" trilogy. Of course I read the last book first, somewhat spoiling it for me, but I didn't let that detract from my enjoyment. Great characterization, and an engaging plot. Digs deeper into the history of the race from whence The Caretaker and Suspiria came.

Episode: VOY: Real Life

This is, bar none, my favorite Voyager episode. Not many Star Trek episodes or movies move me to real tears, but this one does in spades. When the holographic Doctor decides to create a family, he first plans for no random elements (and wouldn't we all like that?). When Kes and B'elanna convince him that to really experience a family there must be random factors, he discovers that real life can be exceedingly painful. When he tries to do what none of us get to do- turn off the program when things get too hard- Tom convinces him to do the painful but growth inducing thing.

Eugenics Wars Book 1 by Greg Cox

This first book chronicles the beginnings of Khan Noonien Singh. We first meet him as a precocious 4 year old living in the Chrysalis project compund under the Indian Desert, and follow him to the age of 16.
Cox's well written book has many of my favorite elements in a Star Trek book-it tells us what happens to characters both before ( Khan) and after ( Gary Seven and Roberta Lincoln) we meet them in the series. It reads as something of a history lesson for Khan's early life ( which also happens to be my lifetime), placing the forces that shape the fictional superman into a real historical context. And it still manages to keep it's sense of humor.

Mission Gamma Book 4 :Lesser Evil by Robert Simpson

Book 4 in a series I have not read book one and three in- still, these serial books list enough backstory to keep you filled in. Very sad inplaces, as this series has tended to be. Well written.

Rock and a Hard Place by Peter David

Early Peter David Trek fiction. Not as good as his later work, but amusing all the same. Enough action to appeal to The Boy (11).

Grounded by David Bischoff

By a long shot, the worst ever "Star Trek book I couldn't finish". Usually I give the gawdawful books to the Friends of the Library sale but due to the author's completely ignorant misrepresentation of autism, I won't even do that. Off to join my pile of "babyWise" and "No Greater Joy" that I buy at yard sales so unsuspecting people who might use them don't buy them. It's that bad.

George Takei is getting married!!!

George Takei is getting married!!!
I am so happy for him, I wish his blog allowed comments so I could give him my congrats. http://www.georgetakei.com/news.asp
Quote:
Brad and I have shared our lives together for over 21 years. We've shared the good times as well as struggled through the bad. He helped me care for my ailing mother who lived with us for the last years of her life. He is my love and I can't imagine life without him. Now, we can have the dignity, as well as all the responsibilities, of marriage. We embrace it all heartily.