Saw some posts and comments from a while back about the Trek books and decided to give them a try. Starting out with “Q-Squared” because it was on sale for $1.99 and I figured a Q-centric story would be a fun entry point. I am now kind of regretting that frugal decision.

It follows multiple parallel realities (called “tracks” in the book) with Q and Trelane central to the plots, so my usual casual reading style of a chapter each evening is not working out well because I just cannot keep up.

The only saving grace is that I’ve at least read “A Stitch in Time” so I know not all Trek books are this confusing. Probably going to have to just power through this one and not let it ruin the medium. It’s not that it’s a bad story, just hard to follow.

  • Iced Raktajino@startrek.website
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    2 days ago

    Saw some posts and comments from a while back about the Trek books

    That was probably me. I started reading them over the summer and have talked about them quite a bit. I haven’t read Q-Squared yet, but I also have it in my collection (not for $1.99 though 😠). I took a break after I finished the Cold Equations trilogy but am probably going to start on the Titan series next.

    Thanks for the heads up about it being confusing to follow. I tend to do marathon reads rather than short sprints, so hopefully that helps. I don’t think I’ve read any of Peter David’s books yet, but the ones by David Mack are all great and well paced.

    and not let it ruin the medium

    If you’re not a fan of that one, yes, please don’t let it ruin the rest of them for you. The Destiny trilogy is absolutely amazing as are most of the ones I’ve read (though Destiny is for sure my favorite).

    My collection so far:

    • Admiral Patrick@dubvee.orgOPEnglish
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      2 days ago

      Yeah, reading more than a chapter at a time is what I’m gonna try for the rest of this book. I’m about 1/3 into it but have to keep going back and reading the previous chapter over again because I can’t remember which universe the last “wham moment” happened in.

      spoiler

      And the fact that any time something major happens, Trelane wipes their memory of it isn’t helping

      That’s quite the collection. I just read the synopsis for Destiny and it does sound quite promising. After I finish this one I may buy that and give it a go.