(M51'12) The Brave and the Bold, Book 1, Keith R.A. DeCandido
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PART ONE
"/Zalkat, not 'alley cat,' Captain, and hardly,/" T'Pol said in the tone that Archer had come to recognize as the one she used when he was being annoyingly human. As far as he could tell, those times were roughly whenever Archer was awake. p4
I had a chuckle at that.
After a brief pause, T'Pol said slowly, "/If you'd let me finish, sir, you'd have known that I have no objection to bringing your animal down--assuming he is kept of the main archaeological site we have established. My objection was to the presence of Mr. Tucker./"
"I can't see why--you two haven't gotten into an argument for hours," Archer said dryly. "You must be suffering withdrawal." p7
Had a chuckle at this too. I thought I didn't really like the way he wrote Enterprise, but maybe I do.. I sure made enough notes.
Okay, here we go... On page 9 T'Pol is writing tags on artifacts and samples and things. She's doing it /in/ Vulcan. I wouldn't have thought anything of this except for the fact that in Broken Bow, isn't she told to use strictly English while she's serving on Enterprise? Hm? Why write the labels in Vulcan then? Huh?
On to TOS now... I know, Enterprise was only a few pages..
The commodore got up and pulled his golden uniform shirt over his head. As he did so, eh felt like all the energy drained out of his body--almost as if the shirt had been keeping him awake.
I liked this concept, the visual was great, and the emotion behind it was something as well. You really can feel it. We've all had days like that.
Two lines in a conversation on page 40+41...
"Damn difficult to diagnose a disease whose symptoms include feeling energetic, unusual vigor and general excitement." - Dr. McCoy
and
"Which meant the hospitals were flooded with healthy people who felt good and thought their hearts would blow up." -Decker, referring to the hospital announcing the symptoms and end of the disease and the healthy mixing right in with the unhealthy.
"I had my sense of humor surgically removed when I took this job, Mando."
Chuckled at that line. I've seen the sort before, but still makes a smile come to my face.
Lewis Rosenhaus makes a full appearance on page 50 and as I read this I had to cringe because he's an exact copy of Bashir. I am very certain this guy wasn't actually on the show, so I guess I know where to point the finger, unfortunately.
Talking about Kirk's speech on page 102, Decker says:
"I especially liked all the dramatic pauses."
Which made me crack up hysterically. Kirk's answer?
"Just fumbling for words, Commodore."
"They go from dying of a nasty virus to the functional equivalent of eating a grapefruit."
that was Lewis Rosenhaus's line on page 116
On page 122 there's a whole section where one of the crew of the ship is waiting for others to gather and takes a moment to look up at the sky. The reason is that it's a luxury she doesn't want to take for granted and so she does it whenever she's on a world somewhere. I thought that was a neat thin to mention.
From there we go into DS9... and my biggest problem here is New Bajor, which was the first Bajoran Colony in the GAMMA QUADRANT... However this book is all about setting up New Bajor on one of BAJOR'S MOONS. That was very much throwing me off for the whole thing.
On page 153 there's talk of DS9 being very square, which I was surprised about because it's a round station with curved pylons. Maybe I read it wrong or interpreted its meaning the wrong way, but I found it really odd.
"There was this woman."
Unable to stop himself, Shabala laughed. "Why is it that every embarrassing story about a human male in his youth starts out with the phrase, 'There was this woman'?" p181
I had to chuckle at this.
So the Bajorans get together on page 213 and haul out this piece of farming equipment that's stuck down in the ground and the Starfleet officer watching them is impressed.
Tova smiled, "What, you Starfleet types don't do heavy lifting?"
"Not if we can avoid it."
The comment from there goes on to think of Starfleet as weak. And it's true, actually. But only sometimes.
On page 220 a list is given of the various weapons that fall under General Order 16, which is the order to find and take these items for holding so bad guys don't get them 'cause they're real nasty. One manipulates minds, one manipulates weather, one vaporizes people and one makes them sick (the previous one)...
"None of those are particularly appealing," Keogh muttered.
"Tools of tyrants never are, Captain," Kira said.
She's got a good line there.
"Get the constable a phasor."
"No need. I don't carry weapons."
"You don't?" The idea of a security chief who went unarmed was incomprehensible to Talltree.
"Trust me, "O'Brien said with a smile, "he doesn't need one." p249
A good little back and forth there... DeCandido tends to copy from TV into books rather well... And I do mean copy because the lines are nearly the same at times. Not in a bad way though.
Finally, on page 250 there's a grunt, which Odo says sounds like Kira. I thought that was sweet. Of course he'd know her grunt over anyone else's he's been friends with and worked with her for long enough he /should/ recognize it.
And that's book one, folks. A review will follow and I am now caught up! Huzzah!
"/Zalkat, not 'alley cat,' Captain, and hardly,/" T'Pol said in the tone that Archer had come to recognize as the one she used when he was being annoyingly human. As far as he could tell, those times were roughly whenever Archer was awake. p4
I had a chuckle at that.
After a brief pause, T'Pol said slowly, "/If you'd let me finish, sir, you'd have known that I have no objection to bringing your animal down--assuming he is kept of the main archaeological site we have established. My objection was to the presence of Mr. Tucker./"
"I can't see why--you two haven't gotten into an argument for hours," Archer said dryly. "You must be suffering withdrawal." p7
Had a chuckle at this too. I thought I didn't really like the way he wrote Enterprise, but maybe I do.. I sure made enough notes.
Okay, here we go... On page 9 T'Pol is writing tags on artifacts and samples and things. She's doing it /in/ Vulcan. I wouldn't have thought anything of this except for the fact that in Broken Bow, isn't she told to use strictly English while she's serving on Enterprise? Hm? Why write the labels in Vulcan then? Huh?
On to TOS now... I know, Enterprise was only a few pages..
The commodore got up and pulled his golden uniform shirt over his head. As he did so, eh felt like all the energy drained out of his body--almost as if the shirt had been keeping him awake.
I liked this concept, the visual was great, and the emotion behind it was something as well. You really can feel it. We've all had days like that.
Two lines in a conversation on page 40+41...
"Damn difficult to diagnose a disease whose symptoms include feeling energetic, unusual vigor and general excitement." - Dr. McCoy
and
"Which meant the hospitals were flooded with healthy people who felt good and thought their hearts would blow up." -Decker, referring to the hospital announcing the symptoms and end of the disease and the healthy mixing right in with the unhealthy.
"I had my sense of humor surgically removed when I took this job, Mando."
Chuckled at that line. I've seen the sort before, but still makes a smile come to my face.
Lewis Rosenhaus makes a full appearance on page 50 and as I read this I had to cringe because he's an exact copy of Bashir. I am very certain this guy wasn't actually on the show, so I guess I know where to point the finger, unfortunately.
Talking about Kirk's speech on page 102, Decker says:
"I especially liked all the dramatic pauses."
Which made me crack up hysterically. Kirk's answer?
"Just fumbling for words, Commodore."
"They go from dying of a nasty virus to the functional equivalent of eating a grapefruit."
that was Lewis Rosenhaus's line on page 116
On page 122 there's a whole section where one of the crew of the ship is waiting for others to gather and takes a moment to look up at the sky. The reason is that it's a luxury she doesn't want to take for granted and so she does it whenever she's on a world somewhere. I thought that was a neat thin to mention.
From there we go into DS9... and my biggest problem here is New Bajor, which was the first Bajoran Colony in the GAMMA QUADRANT... However this book is all about setting up New Bajor on one of BAJOR'S MOONS. That was very much throwing me off for the whole thing.
On page 153 there's talk of DS9 being very square, which I was surprised about because it's a round station with curved pylons. Maybe I read it wrong or interpreted its meaning the wrong way, but I found it really odd.
"There was this woman."
Unable to stop himself, Shabala laughed. "Why is it that every embarrassing story about a human male in his youth starts out with the phrase, 'There was this woman'?" p181
I had to chuckle at this.
So the Bajorans get together on page 213 and haul out this piece of farming equipment that's stuck down in the ground and the Starfleet officer watching them is impressed.
Tova smiled, "What, you Starfleet types don't do heavy lifting?"
"Not if we can avoid it."
The comment from there goes on to think of Starfleet as weak. And it's true, actually. But only sometimes.
On page 220 a list is given of the various weapons that fall under General Order 16, which is the order to find and take these items for holding so bad guys don't get them 'cause they're real nasty. One manipulates minds, one manipulates weather, one vaporizes people and one makes them sick (the previous one)...
"None of those are particularly appealing," Keogh muttered.
"Tools of tyrants never are, Captain," Kira said.
She's got a good line there.
"Get the constable a phasor."
"No need. I don't carry weapons."
"You don't?" The idea of a security chief who went unarmed was incomprehensible to Talltree.
"Trust me, "O'Brien said with a smile, "he doesn't need one." p249
A good little back and forth there... DeCandido tends to copy from TV into books rather well... And I do mean copy because the lines are nearly the same at times. Not in a bad way though.
Finally, on page 250 there's a grunt, which Odo says sounds like Kira. I thought that was sweet. Of course he'd know her grunt over anyone else's he's been friends with and worked with her for long enough he /should/ recognize it.
And that's book one, folks. A review will follow and I am now caught up! Huzzah!
3cedargrove
On to TOS now... I know, Enterprise was only a few pages..
At least it had /some/ Enterprise in the book, right? I wish there were more things written about Enterprise, and I don't just mean the 'continuation' stuff either.
At least it had /some/ Enterprise in the book, right? I wish there were more things written about Enterprise, and I don't just mean the 'continuation' stuff either.
