Book Nerd’s Comments (group member since Dec 20, 2018)

Book Nerd’s comments from the Never too Late to Read Classics group.

I'm liking it so far. Ira Levin wrote nice fast paced books.
Her dream was really trippy.

Yeah, I don't like that much either but it's free at least.

I don't have time to rewatch the show but I've been putting it on while I do other things.

Michelle wrote: "My library listed copies of these in their catalog as a 3 book collection. But when I put them on hold, they came up as lost :(

Still looking for them elsewhere."
You can read a few on Archive for now. I posted the link.



I've read a few so far and really enjoying them. It's much like if they had an unlimited budget and modern special effects on the show.

Season 1
✅"Where No Man Has Gone Before"
✅"The Corbomite Maneuver"
✅"Mudd's Women"
✅"The Enemy Within"
✅"The Man Trap" (novelization: The Unreal McCoy)
✅"The Naked Time"
✅"Charlie X" (novelization: Charlie's Law)
✅"Balance of Terror"
✅"What Are Little Girls Made Of?"
✅"Dagger of the Mind"
✅"Miri"
✅"The Conscience of the King"
✅"The Galileo Seven"
✅"Court Martial"
✅"The Menagerie, Part I & 2" (novelization does not include the frame story)
✅"Shore Leave"
✅"The Squire of Gothos"
✅"Arena"
✅"The Alternative Factor"
✅"Tomorrow is Yesterday"
✅"The Return of the Archons"
✅"A Taste of Armageddon"
✅"Space Seed"
✅"This Side of Paradise"
✅"The Devil in the Dark"
✅"Errand of Mercy"
✅"The City on the Edge of Forever"
✅"Operation -- Annihilate!"
Season 2
✅"Catspaw"
✅"Metamorphosis"
✅"Friday's Child"
✅"Who Mourns for Adonais?"
✅"Amok Time"
✅"The Doomsday Machine"
✅"Wolf in the Fold"
✅"The Changeling"
✅"The Apple"
✅"Mirror, Mirror"
✅"The Deadly Years"
✅"I, Mudd"
✅"The Trouble with Tribbles"
✅"Bread and Circuses"
✅"Journey to Babel"
✅"A Private Little War"
✅"The Gamesters of Triskelion"
✅"Obsession"
✅"The Immunity Syndrome"
✅"A Piece of the Action"
✅"By Any Other Name"
✅"Return to Tomorrow"
✅"Patterns of Force"
✅"The Ultimate Computer"
✅"The Omega Glory"
✅"Assignment: Earth"
Season 3
✅"Spectre of the Gun" (novelization The Last Gunfight)
✅"Elaan of Troyius"
✅"The Paradise Syndrome"
✅"The Enterprise Incident"
✅"And the Children Shall Lead"
✅"Spock's Brain"
✅"Is There in Truth No Beauty?"
✅"The Empath"
✅"The Tholian Web"
✅"For the World is Hollow and I Have Touched the Sky"
✅"Day of the Dove"
✅"Plato's Stepchildren"
✅"Wink of an Eye"
✅"That Which Survives"
✅"Let That Be Your Last Battlefield"
✅"Whom Gods Destroy"
✅"The Mark of Gideon"
✅"The Lights of Zetar"
✅"The Cloud Minders"
✅"The Way to Eden"
✅"Requiem for Methuselah"
✅"The Savage Curtain"
✅"All Our Yesterdays"
✅"Turnabout Intruder"

Suppose you were an up-to-date young wife who moved into an old and elegant New York apartment house with a rather strange past.
Suppose that only after you became pregnant did you begin to suspect the building harbored a diabolically evil group of devil worshippers who had mastered the arts of black magic and witchcraft.
Suppose that this satanic conspiracy set out to claim not only your husband but your baby.
Well, that's what happened to Rosemary... Or did it...?

The episodes of Star Trek the original series were novelized by James Blish with some of them finished by his wife J.A. Lawrence.
For July read any or all of the stories.

They are spread over thirteen books or several collected volumes.
https://www.goodreads.com/series/5404...
All of the volumes can be read here:
https://archive.org/details/star-trek...

If you're a real nerd like me and want to read the stories in order it can be kind of difficult. Here's a list of the tv episodes. This is in production order, they aired in yet another order.

Season 1
"Where No Man Has Gone Before"
"The Corbomite Maneuver"
"Mudd's Women"
"The Enemy Within"
"The Man Trap" (novelization: The Unreal McCoy)
"The Naked Time"
"Charlie X" (novelization: Charlie's Law)
"Balance of Terror"
"What Are Little Girls Made Of?"
"Dagger of the Mind"
"Miri"
"The Conscience of the King"
"The Galileo Seven"
"Court Martial"
"The Menagerie, Part I" (novelization does not include the frame story)
"The Menagerie, Part II" (This is the original pilot of the show.)
"Shore Leave"
"The Squire of Gothos"
"Arena"
"The Alternative Factor"
"Tomorrow is Yesterday"
"The Return of the Archons"
"A Taste of Armageddon"
"Space Seed"
"This Side of Paradise"
"The Devil in the Dark"
"Errand of Mercy"
"The City on the Edge of Forever"
"Operation -- Annihilate!"

Season 2
"Catspaw"
"Metamorphosis"
"Friday's Child"
"Who Mourns for Adonais?"
"Amok Time"
"The Doomsday Machine"
"Wolf in the Fold"
"The Changeling"
"The Apple"
"Mirror, Mirror"
"The Deadly Years"
"I, Mudd"
"The Trouble with Tribbles"
"Bread and Circuses"
"Journey to Babel"
"A Private Little War"
"The Gamesters of Triskelion"
"Obsession"
"The Immunity Syndrome"
"A Piece of the Action"
"By Any Other Name"
"Return to Tomorrow"
"Patterns of Force"
"The Ultimate Computer"
"The Omega Glory"
"Assignment: Earth"

Season 3
"Spectre of the Gun" (novelization The Last Gunfight)
"Elaan of Troyius"
"The Paradise Syndrome"
"The Enterprise Incident"
"And the Children Shall Lead"
"Spock's Brain"
"Is There in Truth No Beauty?"
"The Empath"
"The Tholian Web"
"For the World is Hollow and I Have Touched the Sky"
"Day of the Dove"
"Plato's Stepchildren"
"Wink of an Eye"
"That Which Survives"
"Let That Be Your Last Battlefield"
"Whom Gods Destroy"
"The Mark of Gideon"
"The Lights of Zetar"
"The Cloud Minders"
"The Way to Eden"
"Requiem for Methuselah"
"The Savage Curtain"
"All Our Yesterdays"
"Turnabout Intruder"

Blueberry wrote: "I disagree with Larry McMurtry's thinking that his book ending up glorifying the old west."
Yeah, I don't know why he thinks that. It was very realistic and brutal.

I like this quote from Clara's thoughts:

"Everything took longer than it should, or else went too quick.
It was wearying, trying to adjust to all the paces life required."

Lonesome Dove by Larry McMurtry

857 pages

Group Total: 229,118

Well that was as great as everybody says it is.
I definitely struggled, it was a slow read and I couldn't just speed through it but that probably just made it better.

Lesle wrote: "Newt learns so much from both men. Call about hard work and Gus he learns how to enjoy friendship and women."
Yeah, he had two daddies. I still don't think he knows much about women. It's amazing how clueless so many of these guys are.

(view spoiler)[Yeah, even with Gus dying, I think Deet's death hit me hardest. The death of a minor but important character, you feel like "damn, I wish I'd gotten to know him better!" (hide spoiler)]

Lesle wrote: "Of course it is. One of the streaming Apps I do not use!"
Of course. They claim all this streaming stuff is convenient but it's just an endless hassle. I want the video store back!

I read it in 2023. It was a great story but remember it was an American in the 1970s idea of Japan in 1600. People weren't just killing themselves at the drop of a hat.

Lesle wrote: "Where is it showing at? Some might be interested."
I think it's on hulu.

(view spoiler)[Deets, the hero of the story, has died!!! (hide spoiler)]

There are so many random meetings with whacky characters like Aus gathering the buffalo bones. I wonder if it will come together somehow?
And if July has any sense he will fire Roscoe and deputize Janey.

The Lonestar Ranger by Zane Grey

337 pages

Group Total 222,083

Lesle wrote: "Where are you at now Book Nerd?"
I'm on chapter 52, a little less than halfway through. I haven't had a lot of time to read lately but I'm off now so hopefully I'll finish it soon.

John wrote: "Book Nerd, I don't know if you're a fan of the Culture SF novels of Iain Banks? If you are I'd warmly recommend The Culture: The Drawings - a collection of sketches by Banks of the ships, weapons, etc of the novels."
I do like The Culture a lot. I just finished the last book a while ago.
I've been debating about the Drawings book. Some say it's cool, some say it's hard to read and tiny drawings.
I'll probably give in and get it eventually since I'd love more of The Culture.

It's another of the juveniles. This one gets a little heavy in the chain of command stuff for me but it does go farther out in space than just the solar system.

Starman Jones by Robert A. Heinlein

189 pages

Group Total: 214,760

A story about the near impossible task of navigating through space and the much more difficult task of navigating through human society, rules, and regulations.

If it weren't for the cornbread diet I'd advise Roscoe to go for it.