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PostTue Sep 09, 2003 7:36 pm    Official Thread: Homecoming / The Farther Shore

lets discuss the books
a warining there may be spoilers in here read with caution
first of all who knows the child that is often discussed like the age the stuff
i think it is janeway...........


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PostWed Sep 10, 2003 6:24 am    

The child is a what-a-huh?
The book is good, didn't think it had as much impact as the first DS9 relaunch books, Avatar 1 & Avatar 2 but good nonetheless...at first, I didn't like Homecoming but after reading The Farther Shore, more of Homecoming made sense. I'm looking forward to re-reading both of the novels together rather than having a month gap in between


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PostThu Sep 11, 2003 6:32 am    

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who knows the child that is often discussed like the age the stuff
i think it is janeway...........


i considered this to but have you read Mosaic? its the life story of janeway and it never mentioned anything like that. she seemed to have a really happy childhood and was really close to her dad so i dont know who it is. maybe its seven



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PostThu Sep 11, 2003 9:18 am    

It's revealed who it is in the Further Shore.


It was the new Borg Queen


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PostFri Sep 12, 2003 8:22 am    

SPOILERS
the new borg queen? interesting

i might be getting it tomorrow if theyve got it in the book shop yet



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PostFri Sep 12, 2003 6:51 pm    

Where do you live?
In the UK it came out in June and The Farther Shore in July. I've never seen either book in WHSmiths, only in Ottaker's down south. I ordered mine from Amazon though lol.


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PostMon Sep 15, 2003 7:28 pm    

well i am reading the farther shore
it is janeway...i think she was close to her biological father
and seven did not have a life in the ages they say
mabie it is ummm
dunno



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PostTue Sep 16, 2003 2:41 am    

Maybe you should finish the Farther Shore

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PostTue Sep 16, 2003 3:43 pm    

Yeah, it's all explained at the end...

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PostFri Sep 19, 2003 6:41 pm    

well i have finished the book
and its well umm.....not gonna say



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PostFri Sep 19, 2003 6:43 pm    

rate it 1-10

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PostFri Sep 19, 2003 7:31 pm    

outta 1-10 i owuld give it 1000000000000000000000000000000000000
it was a great books



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PostSat Sep 20, 2003 5:59 am    

Homecoming 6/10 - I lost interest; it was too slow but had a great ending (Quite a good cliffhanger for a book)

The Farther Shore 9/10 - Alot faster and more action-packed than the first book. Also a good resolution, clearing up alot of the plot strands from the first book. In a way I wish some could have been left open so that they could have been furthered in future relaunch books. Again, a good ending.


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PostMon Sep 22, 2003 7:21 pm    

well we can discuss events but be caurful, there will be spoilers


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PostThu Sep 25, 2003 11:44 am    

Lol, you said that at the beginning.

I wonder what the future relaunch books will be like? I somehow hope that they put Janeway back on board Voyager. It wouldn't be the same with Chakotay as Captain...

I wonder what themes the books will be based on...I hope that they maintain the same continuity exemplified in the DS9 relaunch...


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PostFri Sep 26, 2003 7:03 pm    

well we can hope, or just write them ourselves
and another thing about the books, there was a lot of action in them



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PostSat Sep 27, 2003 4:13 am    

I wish they'd put more detail in the action scenes in Trek books, try and build up the tension a bit. Do something a little more than "Janeway fired at two of them"...put a bit more detail in there...Maybe it's just me lol.

Just as a matter of interest how old are you all? I was wondering which age market reads the books. I'm 17...I always thought that the books were aimed at a much younger audience...


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PostMon Sep 29, 2003 9:46 am    

no
this book is almost meant for older kids because of the swearing and umm well the ' bad ' stuff said in them



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PostMon Sep 29, 2003 10:55 am    

I think the books are aimed at young teens...besides even little kids seem to swear these days.

I was in the bank and this little kid and his mum were there. and the mum said something like "hold this for me" and the kid goes "f**k off!"

I was horrified! I never even knew words like that existed when I was their age! Naive ignorant me lol...


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PostTue Sep 30, 2003 5:09 am    

The main books are aimed at young adults. The Starfleet Academy books are aimed at younger readers.

I'm 17, btw


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PostTue Sep 30, 2003 10:45 am    

Generally speaking I read books that are designed for an older market (and by that I don't mean *beep* lol) so when I read the Trek books they sometimes seem a bit simplistic.

...and that sounded amazingly big-headed lol. It wasn't meant to sound that way.


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PostWed Oct 01, 2003 10:40 pm    

i'll be 17 in january, my sister is 13 and she sort reads them but it takes her ages


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PostSun Oct 05, 2003 12:01 am    

oooo, I loved those books. I went nuts when I couldn't get the farther shore till over a month or 2 after I read homecoming. Eesh. I give them both a 10... 2 thumbs up! I think the books are aimed at older teens/young adults. The 15-25 market, probably. I'm 15. I highly doubt they're aimed at younger teens, they use a lot of very complex words in there. I've expanded my vocabulary by about 10-15 words just from reading trek books, lol. Like portentous... what 12-13 year old knows what portentous means? Or conundrum. I just learned that word yesterday... haha. Yeah, trek books are aimed towards the slightly older audience.

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PostMon Oct 06, 2003 3:35 pm    

well i knew that, i have read both books
and anyways there is some INNAPROATE STUFF IN THEM its sick, when i showed my parents they almost took the book back



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PostTue Oct 07, 2003 12:13 am    

I havent read this book yet. Though I have been trying to find a store that sells it. I have been able to find the latter.. But Homecoming is proving quite difficult.

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