Ride Theory finished reading The Eye of the Needle by Ralph Rugoff
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Sometimes, I scroll through the "Random" feature of Project Gutenberg for unusual e-books, which I read on my hopelessly outdated Kindle.
The most frightening Twilight Zone episode is "Time Enough At Last," but fortunately, I take off my glasses to read.
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Ride Theory reviewed Star Trek Log Five by Alan Dean Foster (Ballantine / science fiction -- 24532)
Adaptations of the Star Trek animated series episodes "The Ambergris Element", "The Pirates of Orion", …
Fun adaptions of pretty standard ST plots
4 stars
The first two stories are your basic "race-for-a-cure" tales (Kirk and Spock are transformed into water breathers in "The Ambergris Element", and Spock needs a rare drug in "Pirates of Orion") while the third is a ragtag-team-has-to-pull-together-to-save-the-galaxy yarn ("Jihad"). Nothing wrong with any of them, but nothing exceptional either. Foster uses a few pages at the beginning to flesh out the backstory of Lt. M'ress, the catlike communications officer, but it doesn't tie in with the stories. I get the distinct impression Foster got the scripts and didn't see the animation, since physical descriptions of alien races have very little in common with how they looked onscreen. I still love the Star Trek Fosterverse -- it's canon unto itself.
Ride Theory rated Star Trek Log Five: 4 stars
Star Trek Log Five by Alan Dean Foster (Ballantine / science fiction -- 24532)
Adaptations of the Star Trek animated series episodes "The Ambergris Element", "The Pirates of Orion", and "Jihad".
Ride Theory started reading Star Trek Log Five by Alan Dean Foster (Ballantine / science fiction -- 24532)
Star Trek Log Five by Alan Dean Foster (Ballantine / science fiction -- 24532)
Adaptations of the Star Trek animated series episodes "The Ambergris Element", "The Pirates of Orion", and "Jihad".
Ride Theory wants to read Star Trek Log Five by Alan Dean Foster (Ballantine / science fiction -- 24532)
Star Trek Log Five by Alan Dean Foster (Ballantine / science fiction -- 24532)
Adaptations of the Star Trek animated series episodes "The Ambergris Element", "The Pirates of Orion", and "Jihad".
Ride Theory rated Songs from the gallows: 4 stars
Songs from the gallows by Christian Morgenstern, Walter W. Arndt
Poems translated by Walter Arndt.
Ride Theory rated Schott's Sporting, Gaming, and Idling Miscellany: 4 stars
Ride Theory finished reading Schott's Sporting, Gaming, and Idling Miscellany by Ben Schott
Ride Theory set a goal to read 75 books in 2025
Ride Theory set a goal to read 75 books in 2025
Ride Theory finished reading Knott's Preserved by Christopher Merritt
Ride Theory rated Knott's Preserved: 5 stars
Ride Theory started reading Schott's Sporting, Gaming, and Idling Miscellany by Ben Schott
Ride Theory commented on Knott's Preserved by Christopher Merritt
Re-read. I am thanked in the introduction. That surprised me