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Meryl:
--- Quote from: brokeplex on December 07, 2007, 01:06:06 am ---For Larry Niven a good start is the "Man-Kzin Wars" series, there are in volume XI right now. Like much of what LeGuin writes it is future history, just not so far into the future as Leguin. Start with volume # 1, which will start you on the journey into Niven's "known universe" as mankind confronts the Kzinti. I'll give you a hint: the Kzinti are intelligent felinoids, if you are a cat lover like me....you will love this series. The conflict with the Kzinti is brutal, too put it mildly, so be prepared for a little sci-fi gore. If that isn't your style, go to the "Tales of Gil the Arm", set in the same future history as M-K wars, just a century earlier, before the Kzinti arrived and destroyed the long peace................. I hope I've got you interested.
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This really does sound interesting. I am indeed a cat lover, being a mother to two, and have had my own cat wars to sort out. ;)
I hope I like the first book! I love having a nice long series to look forward to. 8)
brokeplex:
Enjoy your exploration of Niven's "Known Space"!
For more info and a time line of Niven's alternate uiniverse go to larryniven.org in that site go to "Known Space: the future worlds of Larry Niven"
For a time line of the Man Kzin wars go to http://home.time.net/spiker/martinl.htm
Let humankind be very careful while it searches for ET's, we just may find them...........
brokeplex:
Don't worry Injest. An alien probe will find and link up with Voyager, change its name to V'ger, and later on Kirk and Spock will have a delightful old time saying hello.
brokeplex:
Injest, try to pick up a copy of the latest Star Trek Academy novel by Shatner...you will love it. Spock and Kirk as teenagers and how they were introduced to Star Fleet academy and most importantly the reasons behind Sarek's estrangement from Spock over his desire to be in Star Fleet. As I was reading the novel, I just couldn't help but think of Jack Twist and OMT.
brokeplex:
--- Quote from: injest on December 08, 2007, 10:51:15 pm ---I thought Spock and Kirk didn't meet til Kirk took over command of the Enterprise!!!
Garry suggested Q-in-law...LOL!...(Q is one of my favorite of all the ST characters..)
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there we go...bravely we sci-fi fans charge into the confusion that results between films, television and books. Same as our earlier Star Wars discussion on another thread about the films or books being canon. In Star Trek the air has been even murkier than in Star Wars. There are films that violate canon from the oiginal TV series (TOS). Example: Star Trek VIII which features Zephraim Cochrain an Earthman living in Montana at the time of first contact. Well, in TOS Cochrain is a native of Alpha Centauri who invents warp drive there. Consensus has been much harder to reach in Star Trek than Star Wars or the Alien series. I am resigned to canonical heresy when it comes to Star Trek, and you are right according to TOS Spock and Kirk met when Kirk took over the Enterprise from Chris Pike ( wasn't Jeffrey Hunter a hunk!) But the book is great and you will love the story of the teenaged Kirk and his recalling his experiences as a child with the evil Governor Kodos..........shudder the thought of Kodos!
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