Beach Reading

[daddytodd]

Yesterday's beach reading: Star Trek: Mere Anarchy: It's Hour Come Round by Margaret Wander Bonanno (The Darkness Drops Again and The Blood-Dimmed Tide were airport/airplane reading on the trip down.) This was really good stuff; I thought 5 of the 6 Mere Anarchy titles were excellent; the 6th one was not-so-good. That's a damn fine batting average. Kudos to the authors and the editor, Keith RA DeCandido!

Today's beach reading: The Swordsman of Mars by Otis Adelbert Klein (Planet Stories Library #12/Paizo Publishing.) I've been collecting the "monthly" Planet Stories titles since last year; this is the first one I've had a chance to read (lucky for me they're only coming out once every two or three months these days, after the first 12 were actually monthly.) This was originally published in 1933 in Weird Tales; this is the first "complete" book version (apparently the Ace Double version in the '60's was quite heavily rewritten, by an unknown hand, as Klein died in 1946 -- for this edition, Planet Stories went back to the original serial installments for the text.

This was fast paced, with loads of action, unlikely coincidences, a moderate amount of racism -- and, of course, the Hero winds up with the gorgeous Blonde, because the luscious Brunette decides she's in love with another guy. There are no surprises here, but it's competently written, undemanding fun.

Tomorrow: Star Trek Voyager: Full Circle, By Kirsten Beyer. I've been saving this one for the beach. Yay!

Comments

[daytonward.livejournal.com]

Glad to hear you liked Mere Anarchy!

[daddytodd.livejournal.com]

You and Bubba (Dilmore is Bubba, right...?) REALLY started the series off right. Good characters, great story, great continuity with "Where No Man...". I was impressed. Thanks for the excellent work!

[daytonward.livejournal.com]

We're both TOS fans, so it was right in our wheelhouse. Kevin and I developed the overall premise to drive the six novellas, but each author created their own story within the framework. It was a fun project to work on.

[tbass.livejournal.com]

I hope to god somebody is taking pictures of you lounging around naked on the beach so i can have a look at them! :)

[daddytodd.livejournal.com]

That might be happening ;-)

[scream4noreason.livejournal.com]

I really must look into these Trek novels, it has been a while since I read one.

[daddytodd.livejournal.com]

I'd recommend starting with the recent "Destiny" crossover trilogy. It takes place about 18 months after "Nemesis" and mixes TNG with Voyager, DS9, Titan (Riker's new command, which has its own book series) and (believe it or not) a significant Enterprise component. It's good stuff.