This book always seems to be among the favorites of sci-fi and literature readers alike. So, naturally I have to read it. And man-oh-man is it packed with story elements from sad to darkly humorous and from historical to fantastical. It's a lot to unpack. So it goes.
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The First Fifteen Lives of Harry August
What would you do if you lived the same lifetime over and over and remembered everything from your previous lives? Would you try to protect the world? Or destroy it?
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The Collectors (Star Trek: Department of Temporal Investigations)
Dulmer and Lucsly are back and with them are more of their friends from the Department of Temporal Investigations. Including one from several hundred years in the future. But can the DTI hold a story all their own without other familiar Star Trek faces?
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Pliable Truths (Star Trek: The Next Generation)
Picard and Garak on the cover? The Enterprise-D docked at Deep Space 9, er, Terok Nor too?! Oh, this is going to be gooood! [Spoiler Alert: It. Is. Great!]
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Disavowed (Star Trek: Section 31)
Dr. Julian Bashir is turning out to be a lot like Jack Bauer. Being a hero time and again but getting damned for his efforts. I mean, Bashir essentially committed treason, but we should be able to look past a little thing like that, right? Section 31 can!
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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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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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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…