tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3701602284718920546.post7235738296914408490..comments2024-03-27T17:14:54.791-05:00Comments on Glorious Trash: The Price Of The PhoenixJoe Kenneyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03285576322579808153noreply@blogger.comBlogger14125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3701602284718920546.post-54059569102649945592020-08-26T18:34:20.330-05:002020-08-26T18:34:20.330-05:00Dang! this brings back memories. I encountered men...Dang! this brings back memories. I encountered mention of the Marshak/Culbreth output in one of the Best of Trek collections in the early ’80s—and yet I bought these bizarre lumps of fiction. Although it’s been more than 35 years, I remember these books with feelings of derision and nausea and boredom. Your review is much like the ones from Best of Trek books: dead on. Thank you.Reyglurhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06358830967346348251noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3701602284718920546.post-35331772888763901772018-11-03T06:21:25.974-05:002018-11-03T06:21:25.974-05:00Reading "fate" right now, which only goe...Reading "fate" right now, which only goes to illustrate the depths of my self-loathing.<br />My review so far:<br />I read this shit so you don't have to.<br /><br />It is one thing to write two books about a weird, sick sado-masochistic love pentangle between Kirk, Spock, a Kirk clone, the female Romulan commander who tried to seduce Spock that one time, and a guy who is basically Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11870710562291078439noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3701602284718920546.post-73627409322961778722016-05-12T15:05:22.236-05:002016-05-12T15:05:22.236-05:00Okay, Marty, I'll give it a shot! I've be...Okay, Marty, I'll give it a shot! I've been watching some classic Trek so it should be the perfect opportunity to read the novel...and see how little it has in common with the actual show.Joe Kenneyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03285576322579808153noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3701602284718920546.post-72436659436884861102016-05-10T09:02:34.591-05:002016-05-10T09:02:34.591-05:00Come on, Joe, it's been three years! Time to s...Come on, Joe, it's been three years! Time to subject yourself to FATE!Marty McKeehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05516468586469252914noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3701602284718920546.post-49783502873812307712013-08-01T22:37:04.074-05:002013-08-01T22:37:04.074-05:00I can't judge this book because I don't kn...I can't judge this book because I don't know it, but I get so bored (not offended, bored) with the idea of "outing" fictional characters (or celebrities or anyone else). It used to be that you mainly had to put up with homophobes seeing gay people everywhere they looked. Now you also have NON-homophobes doing the same thing! Granthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09603892208775996594noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3701602284718920546.post-49826444784979794932013-01-10T16:27:07.891-06:002013-01-10T16:27:07.891-06:00Thanks everyone for the comments! This was one st...Thanks everyone for the comments! This was one strange reading experience for sure. I picked up a few Star Trek books, but I might put Fate of the Phoenix next on the list, just so I can chalk it off. I suspect it will be more of the same. <br /><br />And btw Marty, Vonda McIntyre's "Enterprise" was one of the books I too bought back in the day -- in fact it's one I actuallyJoe Kenneyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03285576322579808153noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3701602284718920546.post-5749112163878705932013-01-10T15:34:34.052-06:002013-01-10T15:34:34.052-06:00This is a whole new, interesting, trashy world to ...This is a whole new, interesting, trashy world to me.<br /><br />Thanks for reviewing the book, Joe.<br /><br />Peter Brandvoldhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12008419428583093754noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3701602284718920546.post-36614426555290909352013-01-10T15:13:00.223-06:002013-01-10T15:13:00.223-06:00Slash fiction may have gotten its start with Star ...Slash fiction may have gotten its start with <i>Star Trek</i> and K/S (which is where the "slash" designation originated), but it has now come to mean any fanfiction that insinuates a homosexual relationship between two characters from a TV series, et al, where none existed in the original material.Janushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01017944123176015662noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3701602284718920546.post-62793842778462907802013-01-10T14:49:42.898-06:002013-01-10T14:49:42.898-06:00I have heard about this slash fiction, but I never...I have heard about this slash fiction, but I never realized it actually got published. Man, companies were a lot less uptight about their license back in the day weren't they! <br /><br />I don't see how any true Trekkie could except this book given that the whole point about being Vulcan is that you aren't supposed to have emotions!OlmanFeelyushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17521657876810568251noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3701602284718920546.post-56285032520978949252013-01-10T14:22:59.872-06:002013-01-10T14:22:59.872-06:00It wouldn't get past Paramount now, but in the...It wouldn't get past Paramount now, but in the 1970s, why would they give a shit about a paperback novel (I don't think there was originally a hardcover) tie-in to a show that had been cancelled years earlier? Of course, corporations were less litigation-happy then too, but I doubt anyone at Paramount cared or even knew much about this novel. The studio certainly wouldn't have cared Marty McKeehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05516468586469252914noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3701602284718920546.post-4750741858830354492013-01-10T14:18:38.847-06:002013-01-10T14:18:38.847-06:00I've read only a couple of Star Trek novels--b...I've read only a couple of Star Trek novels--both by James Blish way back in the early 70's. Can't remember if I liked them or not.<br /><br />I can't believe the proposal for this one got through Paramount. I thought they were rather protective of the franchise's integrity. This sounds like a real slap in the face of the original show, which I love and continue to watch Peter Brandvoldhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12008419428583093754noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3701602284718920546.post-56386952540263307992013-01-10T11:53:56.950-06:002013-01-10T11:53:56.950-06:00You're like a sin-eater for those of us who lo...You're like a sin-eater for those of us who love trash fiction, but can't stomach all that much of it. <br /><br />I've got a few old-school Trek novels lying around, but I've never read one, and this is why - you never know what crackpot interpretation of the series you're going to get.Jack Badelairehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10932441028544500024noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3701602284718920546.post-26426903330791001672013-01-10T09:08:43.255-06:002013-01-10T09:08:43.255-06:00Wow, a glutton for punishment, he? Just having rea...Wow, a glutton for punishment, he? Just having read your review, I wish I could not know that book exists - I can't imagine subjecting myself to a sequel!Bob/Sallyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07830145891314387373noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3701602284718920546.post-85648184814991581602013-01-10T09:08:20.130-06:002013-01-10T09:08:20.130-06:00Yep. It's bad. I read it as a kid and couldn&#...Yep. It's bad. I read it as a kid and couldn't make hide nor hair of it. It was overly complicated and had nothing to do with the show. I may or may not have read the sequel; I don't remember. A coupla years ago, I tried to re-read this (I also re-read SPOCK MUST DIE), and put it down maybe halfway through. Could not finish it. Looking forward to your review of FATE, though I doubt I Marty McKeehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05516468586469252914noreply@blogger.com