Hey, remember the Sam Elliott movie, Conagher? You should because it played on TNT about every other day in the early '90s! This is the book that inspired that film about a lone soul drifter looking for something. And that something happens to be a widow with a couple kids...
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Q are Cordially Uninvited… (Star Trek: The Next Generation)
Hey, remember when Jean-Luc and Beverly got married? No? Could it have anything to do with the fact that they decided to get married in one book and they were magically already married in the next one? Well this novella tells us the real story of their wedding. And it…
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Lust’s Latinum Lost (and Found) (Star Trek: Deep Space Nine)
Vulcan Love Slave IV, anyone? Just leave it to Quark to get you the latest and greatest installment!
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Acts of Contrition (Star Trek: Voyager)
This book continues the adventures of the U.S.S. Voyager after it returns to the Delta Quadrant on a mission of exploration. And while Tom Paris returns to Earth with Seven of Nine, each to deal with personal matters, Admiral Janeway takes command of the Full Circle Fleet to open diplomatic…
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The Client
Not all books with a child as the main character are kids' books. Especially when the central kid witnesses a gruesome suicide right off the bat and then plays games with the FBI for fear that his own life is in danger from the Mafia. You know, John Grisham could…
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Roadside Picnic
This book is widely hailed as one of the greatest science fiction novels. So naturally I'm going to read it. Originally published in Russia, the novel takes place near what are referred to as Zones, which are mysterious areas of a mysterious origin, with a mysterious impact on anyone who…
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The Old Man and the Sea
I read this book in one day. I had no idea some of these classics were so short! Good thing too... I wouldn't have wanted much more of this one.
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The Nickel Boys
This was another one of my reads for Black History Month 2024. I found somewhere, probably on Goodreads, a list of books by black authors that were meaningful to other black authors. When I came across this pick, the 2020 Pulitzer Prize winner, I read the description and something just…
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Firewall (Star Trek: Picard)
February 2024 sees the release of David Mack's newest Star Trek novel set in the Picard era - Firewall. I had the opportunity to talk with the author about the book on the Literary Treks podcast, so definitely check that out! For more of my standalone thoughts, keep on reading…
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The Light Fantastic (Star Trek: The Next Generation)
If that looks like Data in Dr. Soong's body on the cover of the book, that's because it is. And Lal too?! What is this? I'll tell you what it is. It's Star Trek storytelling at its finest. If you're looking for Easter eggs, callbacks, and fan favorite characters, look…