I've heard many good things about "The Entropy Effect," characterization problems aside. (In all fairness, I think it's really, really difficult to write convincing TOS Kirk, especially around his love interests). And "Prime Directive" does sound pretty kickass! I love stories in which the crew's loyalty to each other really gets to shine, and this sounds like one of them. I'll add both to my list!
Also, I've read several excerpts from "Killing Time," and holy shit I cannot believe that book made it past the censors! It's freaking ridiculous, isn't it? I mean, Harlequin-level ridiculous, overwrought physical descriptions of eyes and muscles, unnecessary nakedness and what not. Gayer than actual gay sex. I kind of sensed the downsides you mentioned from those excerpts, though. And I always figured I'd rather read good fanfiction with actual payoff than bad published fiction that never gets past the foreplay. XD But like you said, guilty pleasure - there is something intensely satisfying about knowing it exists in print!
Hello! I'm really sorry for taking, omg, nearly two months to get back to you. School sort of sucked me in and chewed on my bones. D: I completely understand if you want to discontinue the conversation, so don't worry if you don't want to reply.
(In all fairness, I think it's really, really difficult to write convincing TOS Kirk, especially around his love interests). And "Prime Directive" does sound pretty kickass! I love stories in which the crew's loyalty to each other really gets to shine, and this sounds like one of them. I understand that writing convincing behavior for TOS!Kirk around his love interests probably isn't the most easiest - I'm just really harsh over this because it wasn't really integral to the plot. You could have left out his love story altogether (same goes with Sulu's) and the main plot with Spock wouldn't have been affected. So, I'm condemning it because the decision to include these side plots was solely because the writer felt it was ABSOLUTELY needed and then went and bungled it up. On top of that, Kirk
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(I just googled to find reviews for "First Frontier", which brought me here!)
Anyway, I had to comment on this:
It's just the fact that the entire novel feels like fanfiction
That's because it was. ;) They had to take out a few scenes and tone down the explicit slash, but it used to be a slash fic that got edited and published.
They had to take out a few scenes and tone down the explicit slash, but it used to be a slash fic that got edited and published.
HAHAHAHA, omg. I knew they had to edit it to tone it down, but I had no idea it used to be fanfic. Geez, it was the 50 Shades of Gray of its time, only this was IN SPACE.
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Also, I've read several excerpts from "Killing Time," and holy shit I cannot believe that book made it past the censors! It's freaking ridiculous, isn't it? I mean, Harlequin-level ridiculous, overwrought physical descriptions of eyes and muscles, unnecessary nakedness and what not. Gayer than actual gay sex. I kind of sensed the downsides you mentioned from those excerpts, though. And I always figured I'd rather read good fanfiction with actual payoff than bad published fiction that never gets past the foreplay. XD But like you said, guilty pleasure - there is something intensely satisfying about knowing it exists in print!
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(In all fairness, I think it's really, really difficult to write convincing TOS Kirk, especially around his love interests). And "Prime Directive" does sound pretty kickass! I love stories in which the crew's loyalty to each other really gets to shine, and this sounds like one of them. I understand that writing convincing behavior for TOS!Kirk around his love interests probably isn't the most easiest - I'm just really harsh over this because it wasn't really integral to the plot. You could have left out his love story altogether (same goes with Sulu's) and the main plot with Spock wouldn't have been affected. So, I'm condemning it because the decision to include these side plots was solely because the writer felt it was ABSOLUTELY needed and then went and bungled it up. On top of that, Kirk ( ... )
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Anyway, I had to comment on this:
It's just the fact that the entire novel feels like fanfiction
That's because it was. ;) They had to take out a few scenes and tone down the explicit slash, but it used to be a slash fic that got edited and published.
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HAHAHAHA, omg. I knew they had to edit it to tone it down, but I had no idea it used to be fanfic. Geez, it was the 50 Shades of Gray of its time, only this was IN SPACE.
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