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Post by Brad Nelson on Sept 1, 2020 10:15:02 GMT -8
I thought it would be a good time to read a Star Trek (original series) novelization. So I found a list of top books at Listopia and then read reviews for Spock’s World on Amazon. The reviews are very good. I’ll report back.
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Post by timothylane on Sept 1, 2020 10:51:27 GMT -8
Well, I'm pleased that Jean Lorrah's The Vulcan Academy Murders (which I read and enjoyed) is ranked #1, and that she's also at #10. She is or was a professor at Murray State University in the Jackson Purchase area of Kentucky (my sister first went to college there). Several of them were by familiar writers and might be worth reading if they're in my library somewhere. Elizabeth would especially appreciate Janet Kagan having the #2 book on the list. But it's disappointing that Louisville's own Carolyn Clowes is listed so far down. She deserved better. (Of course, to some degree she's a personal friend.)
Incidentally, Lorrah once did a reading from a book she was working (I don't know if it was ever completed set at "Jackson Purchase State University". I giggled when I heard that, and she made a comment about local knowledge. She even got mentioned in Leslie Klinger's annotated Dracula for a comment on how Van Helsing, Harker, et al had left Mina Murray Harker vulnerable to the Count's counterattack, with nearly disastrous results.
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Post by Brad Nelson on Sept 1, 2020 11:57:56 GMT -8
The Vulcan Academy Murders was my second choice. And if Spock's World goes well, I may try that one. And that Janet Kagan book the Elizabeth likes, Uhura's Song, is highly rated so maybe that one.
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Post by timothylane on Sept 1, 2020 12:36:40 GMT -8
A slight misunderstanding. I don't know that Elizabeth read that particular book, but she was a big fan of Janet Kagan and once went to a convention (Context in Columbus) because she was a featured speaker. (I think that may have been the first time we went to an out-of-town convention together). At that time Kagan was best known for her collection Mirabile, which I read and enjoyed (though probably not as well as she did) afterward.
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Post by Brad Nelson on Sept 1, 2020 13:11:48 GMT -8
Fan-of-Kagan works for me. Mirabile is fairly highly rated at Amazon. Hmm. Only 5 bucks. She gets a blurb from Mike Resnick, a sci-fi writer I respect. |
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