JPH> ones.
 OEO> I fail completely to see where Peter David has gotten 
 OEO> his reputation from.  He's really only an average SF 
 OEO> writer.  True, he's head and shoulders above the sad 
 OEO> examples who write most of what Pocket fobs off on us 
 OEO> as Trek books, but compared to other SF authors he's, 
 OEO> well, just kinda OK.
David may not be a good SF author.  I agree with you on this point.  Hpwever, 
he is a good St author.  Of course most of the time ST is not really SF.  Or 
at least it's not really good SF.
 OEO>  Time to read some *REAL* SF 
 OEO> authors, people.  R.A. Heinlein, A.C. Clarke, James 
 OEO> Blish, Isaac Asimov, Ted Sturgeon, David Drake, Harry 
 OEO> Harrison, David Weber, Robert Sawyer, Harry 
 OEO> Turtledove...
Harlan Ellison, Allen Steele, Robert Frezza, David Gerrold, Nicola Griffith, 
William Gibson, Fred Pohl, Poul Anderson, Alfred Bester, P.K. Dick, Joe 
Haldeman, Larry Niven...
Vixtoria Aeron Mackey
 
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