Stuff I've been reading

[geekchick]

Lots of B5 tie-ins, specifically The Passing of the Techno-Mages and the Bester trilogy.

44. The Shadow Within, Jeanne Cavelos (Anna and Morden backstory about what happened on Z'ha'dum, prequel to the Techno-Mage arc. )
    
45. Casting Shadows
    
46. Summoning Light
    
47. Invoking Darkness. A friend recommended this as not only being good tie-ins, but also being a good stand-alone story; I agree. Galen is a great character.


48. Dark Genesis: The Birth of the Psi Corps, J. Gregory Keyes
    
49. Deadly Relations: Bester Ascendant
    
50. Final Reckoning: The Fate of Bester. I picked these up because I was always intrigued by Bester's character. (Although I admit that I keep hearing "Eee! Now say 'nuclear wessels'!" in my head as I'm reading.) I thought they were okay tie-ins, but I thought the Techno-mage books were just better all around.


51. Larklight: A Rousing Tale of Dauntless Pluck in the Farthest Reaches of Space, Philip Reeve. A boy's own tale of space pirates, giant spiders, and adventure set in an alternate Victorian era in which space travel is a fact of life and is accomplished via alchemy. Utterly charming, and now I have to pick up the sequel which was just recently released. (Starcross: A Stirring Adventure of Spies, Time Travel and Curious Hats)


I know I'm missing at least two books, but I forgot to make note of them and I cannot for the life of me remember what they were. Clearly, they must've been really engaging. ;) Currently, I'm alternating between Wikinomics: How Mass Collaboration Changes Everything and The Orphan's Tales: In the Night Garden.

Comments

[scherzoid.livejournal.com]

It's been years since I read them, but I seem to recall Peter David's Londo/Centauri Prime trilogy to be the best (by far) of the tie-in books. And have you been getting the JMS B5 script books? They're well worth the money, just for the introductions! If you'd like to borrow, just let me know...

[geekchick]

I may throw the Centauri Prime books on the library list; to get the Techno-Mage series, I had to have them hit up four different libraries and I'd expect the same with these.

I haven't been reading the script books, no. I may in fact take you up on the borrowing offer at some point, once I get a little more caught up on the unread stack already at home. Thanks!