Vonda McIntyre adapts her second Star Trek film to novel form, as I continue to boldy go with the non-canon adventures of James T. Kirk and company. Featuring a passing tie-in to her own novel Entropy Effect with her character of Mandala Flynn hetting a mention, as well as her fixation on Sulu, this novel…
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Star Trek: The Final Reflection (1984) – John M. Ford
As non-canon Trek novels go, this one proves to be very interesting. I didn’t love it, and I didn’t hate it. Our characters, Kirk, Spock, McCoy, only serve to bookend the tale, one that has become very popular for establishing Klingon society, before it was more fully explored in The Next Generation. There is much…
Star Wars: Absolutely Everything You Need to Know (2015) – Adam Bray, Kerrie Dougherty, Cole Horton and Michael Kogge
Since my first pack of Topps Star Wars cards, the second series with the red border, I knew I had found something special. A supposition proven correct, when I saw the film later that year when my family moved to CFB Borden. The film changed me, and has been a part of my DNA since…
Star Trek: Corona (1984) – Greg Bear
A xenophobic, small planet reporter, Mason, is assigned a story aboard the U.S.S. Enterprise, and finds herself caught up in an eye-opening adventure as I continue to Boldly Go with the non-canon Star Trek novels from Pocket Books that have been coming out since 1979! Penned by Greg Bear the story takes place just after, or…
Lego Star Wars: Small Scenes From a Big Galaxy (2015) – Vesa Lethimaki
DK Canada and Lego Star Wars combined forces to publish a fun and beautiful book of Vesa Lethimaki’s minifigures and the creative environs he puts them in. I remember first coming across Lethimaki’s Flickr stream a few years ago, and was completely wowed by his art. I quickly bookmarked it, and visited on a regular…
The Tournament (2013) – Matthew Reilly
Matthew Reilly brings his thrill-a-minute style of writing back to the 16th century as he populates his novel with historical figures caught up in intrigue, lust and a legendary chess tournament in the heart of the Ottoman Empire, Constantinople. A young English princess, Elizabeth Tudor, Bess, all of thirteen years old, accompanies her teacher Roger…
Star Wars: Battlefront – Twilight Company (2015) – Alexander Freed
Its back to a galaxy, far, far away this week as the Book Shelf takes on a Star Wars novel, based on a game, based on the universe George Lucas created. And you know what? It works, and it works well. This one, put simply, is a war story, we get glimpses of a number…
Harry Potter and the Cursed Child – Part One and Two (2016) – Jack Thorne
******SPOILERS****** Ahh, it’s like coming home. Harry Potter and the Cursed Child is now taking the London stage by storm! Based on a story by J. K. Rowling, John Tiffany and Jack Thorne, the book, published in script form, is a compilation of both shows, parts one and two are performed on opposite nights, and I…
The Passage (2010) – Justin Cronin
Epic, majestic, terrifying and engrossing. And heartfelt thanks to Amanda for pushing it in my direction! These words perfectly define The Passage by Justin Cronin. A massive novel, coming in at 879 pages in paperback, the tale it unfolds is massive, engaging, and is almost mythic in nature. With a vast cast of characters,…
Morning Star (2016) – Pierce Brown
Pierce Brown’s epic science fiction trilogy comes to an explosive, and emotionally satisfying conclusion with Morning Star, this week’s title on The Book Shelf. After the stunning cliffhanger of Golden Son, I was left to wonder what Brown would do to finish off the story, and what would the cost be to characters I’ve…
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