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>JM - I think Mantovanni is better written than Calhoun. I'm not saying I'm=
a
better writer than Peter David, overall; he's done some brilliant stuff.
>I AM saying that Liberty SMOKES New Frontier---hands down.
>I can see the superficial similarities in the characters. I believe,
however, that Mantovanni has more depth.
I've noticed the similarities too, but still find that Liberty stories are
= easier to take.
I have come to *extremely* dislike New Frontier stories, since I simply don=
't like
the bizarre, over-the-top characters. In one of the books Riker appears an= d he
made a comment something like, "What am I doing on this ship?" I
had the s= ame
feeling. Peter David lost it with me in the original stories when the Grea= t Bird
of the Galaxy (?!?!? gak!!!) erupted from some planet. This violated one o= f my
rules of writing, avoid the overblown ending ("2001" had the same
problem, = I felt).
I strongly dislike the way that series is heading. A lot of the fan fictio= n by the
writers here present more satisfying non-TV-canon crews than the New Fronti= er
stories.
Steve
The Universe Unbounded.
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>JM - I think Mantovanni is better written than Calhoun.
I'm not saying
I'm abetter writer than Peter David, overall; he's done some
brilliant stuff.>I AM saying that Liberty SMOKES
New Frontier---hands down.>I can see the
superficial similarities in the characters. I believe,however,
that Mantovanni has more depth.
I've noticed the similarities too,
but still find
that Liberty stories are easier to take.
I have come to *extremely* dislike
New Frontier
stories, since I simply don't like
the bizarre, over-the-top
characters. In one
of the books Riker appears and he
made a comment something like,
"What am I doing on
this ship?" I had the same
feeling. Peter David
lost it with me in the
original stories when the Great Bird
of the Galaxy (?!?!? gak!!!)
erupted from some
planet. This violated one of my
rules of writing, avoid the overblown ending
("2001" had the same problem, I felt).
I strongly dislike the way that series is
heading. A lot of the fan fiction by
the
writers here present more
satisfying non-TV-canon
crews than the New Frontier
stories.
Steve
The Universe
Unbounded.
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