Archive for January, 2005

Star Trek: New Frontier – After the Fall

Sunday, January 23rd, 2005

It’s three years later and nearly everyone associated with Excalibur and Trident has moved on in some way or another, except their creator, writer of stuff Peter David. He continues to crank out entertaining books like the world is ending tomorrow. Does he know something we don’t? If only he didn’t write so many stories that end with the words to be continued …

Published in hardcover by Pocket Books. ISBN 074349184X

Star Trek: To Reign in Hell – The Exile of Khan Noonien Singh

Sunday, January 23rd, 2005

Greg Cox concludes, or maybe just continues, the story of Khan with this account of his years on Ceti Alpha V. Cox has written a series of fascinating books detailing late twentieth century according to Trek. This is an exceptional addition.

Published in hardcover by Pocket Books. ISBN 0743457110

Nobody Runs Forever

Sunday, January 23rd, 2005

This is another lean mean Parker novel by Richard Stark. All of the Parker tales are quick and entertaining reads. Neither Parker nor Stark disappoint, but this time around, Parker runs. This doesn’t happen often.

Published in hardcover by Mysterious Press. ISBN 0892967986

The System of the World

Sunday, January 23rd, 2005

I finally finished the last volume of the Baroque Cycle by Neal Stephenson. Taken as a whole, the complete trilogy is an amazing tale. I have no clue if the history illuminated by Stephenson is true and I don’t really care. It was fun reading his books.

Published in hardcover by HarperCollins. ISBN 0060523875