• PlaidBaron
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    29 days ago

    I read one of his scifi novels. It was very bad. But I didnt expect anything differnt tbh.

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      29 days ago

      I read the first couple TekWar books. The first one isn’t that bad. Lots of good ideas but if I remember correctly the second book was just dull and I never finished it. Probably would be a good audiobook, maybe…

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        29 days ago

        It was one of the TekWar books but I have no idea which. I just know it was very badly written.

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          29 days ago

          It was amateur but readable so I wouldn’t say it was badly written. Someone probably had a hard time being his editor and staying objective

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          29 days ago

          Actors arent inherently writers, its not really surprising or shameful to me.

          I love Paul Darrow as Avon, but I’ve heard some pretty dismal things about the novel he wrote for his character’s family. And that’s okay, I’m not gonna knock him for trying. Same with Shatner.

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      29 days ago

      He had an album, I don’t even remember the type of music. I think it had a lot of spoken word so maybe it was jazz. It was in 90s, I was high.

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      29 days ago

      Star Trek V and his run of Star Trek novels are the original NuTrek.

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        Aw I liked V, I think a lot of its issues were caused by the studio. “What does God need with a ship?” is easily the most Captain Kirk line in all of Trekdom.

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          Gonna get a lot of flack here but I liked V more than IV. Yeh, I said it. Who’s gonna fight me? :D

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            29 days ago

            No need. I’m one of the few who really enjoys Insurrection… when viewed as a 2-parter episode.

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            29 days ago

            I’m with you. Of all the things they could have done after turning our guys into outlaws, they go with a trip to 1980s Earth? I mean, it’s budget friendly, but a bit of a let down…

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      I quite enjoyed “The Return”. I suspect that was less due to his writing abilities than the 2 other writers…