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.

  • 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.