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MegaWhoppingCosmicBookwyrm
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Mehso-so

3 ⭐️s
There‘s a lot going on and also not much happens… Many of the characters (especially these three doofuses) are very different than their tv counterparts. Data shows too much emotion, I especially hated the moments where he seemingly got his feelings hurt. I LOATHED the part where Carey says he actually pouts like a child. Riker‘s an unprofessional lunatic. Geordi was just a tad bit too insubordinate. (Although I must say, his ⬇️

MegaWhoppingCosmicBookwyrm protectiveness over Data definitely fed my inner Data/Geordi ship demon.) 😅

The plot was meh. I still don‘t understand how this entity swooped through Earth in the 1990‘s, plucked one ship out of the ocean, then apparently left our solar system and didn‘t come into human contact again until the Enterprise stumbled across it randomly out in the galaxy… 🤷‍♀️

I don‘t know that I can blame Carey for not having a better grasp on the characters ⬇️
5mo
MegaWhoppingCosmicBookwyrm mannerisms. The show premiered in late September ‘87 and this novel was published in July ‘88. She had to have been writing it either before it premiered or just as it was airing. So I don‘t know how much, if any, of the actors depictions she was able to see before writing this. Wesley especially seems like she wrote a completely different person in the role, down to his physical looks.

Book 2 of #BookTrek2024
5mo
Roary47 Eeee I think I‘ve read this one a long time ago. 🤩 5mo
MegaWhoppingCosmicBookwyrm @Roary47 Lol, it‘s almost as old as I am. 😅 Have you read any other Star Trek books? I‘m working my way through the TNG series. ❤️ 5mo
Roary47 @MegaWhoppingCosmicBookwyrm Yes, I‘ve read a few. I need to get back into reading them. They seem to be the only Sci-fi I can actually get into. 😅 5mo
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MegaWhoppingCosmicBookwyrm
Encounter at Farpoint | David Gerrold
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Pickpick

4 ⭐️s
A novelization of the first TNG episode. There are some obvious differences that they changed later during filming of the show. Riker goes by Bill in this, but Will in the show. Data‘s origin is different. Things happen in a different order and I definitely prefer the tv version of that better. But what I like better in the book are the thoughts of the characters. A fun look into how they think/perceive each other.

Book 1 of #BookTrek2024

Roary47 I might have read this a long time ago. 🖖🏼 5mo
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MegaWhoppingCosmicBookwyrm
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I don‘t know how many of y‘all pay any attention to anything BookTube related, but there are two events coming up that I‘m pretty excited about.

June on the Range is hosted by Michael K. Vaughan and basically you just have to read at least one Western sometime in June.

Book Trek is hosted by Revenant Reads and runs June-August. You read Star Trek fiction, from whichever iteration you prefer. ⬇️

MegaWhoppingCosmicBookwyrm My #JuneontheRange reads will be:
1. To Tame A Land by Louis L‘Amour
2. Bluefeather Fellini in the Sacred Realm by Max Evans
3. The Spirit of the Border by Zane Grey

My #BookTrek2024 goal is to start with the first TNG related novel and read as many as I can before September.

Live long and prosper, y‘all!
🖖🤠
6mo
Soubhiville Have fun! 6mo
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