Currently Reading: Star Trek - Titan: Orion's Hounds

Hello, everyone! It has been awhile hasn't it? Unfortunately I haven't had much to write about and I have had several health problems which I won't mention here, which has distracted me from posting.

I have to say, I really enjoyed The Golden Compass and would recommend it for anyone wanting to read a good fantasy. I'm looking forward to the movie. The full trailer has finally been released, so look for it either on Yahoo or the Quicktime trailers site.

Currently I'm reading the 3rd book in the Titan series, following the adventures of Riker and his crew aboard his ship, the USS Titan. I'm half-way through it, and it's more or less a sequel to the first TNG episode, Encounter at Farpoint. It's not bad, but I still like the first book so far. I'm finding that this one and the previous one aren't holding my attention as good as the first one did. Anyhow, as always, here is the synopsis from Amazon.

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As the U.S.S. Titan ventures beyond the outermost reaches of known space, the telepaths in her crew -- including Diplomatic Officer Deanna Troi -- are overwhelmed by an alien cryof distress, leading the ship to the scene of a shocking act of carnage: a civilization of interstellar "whalers" preying upon and exploiting a familiar species of sentient spaceborne giants.

Appalled but reluctant to rush to judgment, Captain William Riker and his crew investigate, discovering a cosmic spawning ground in a region of active star formation -- the ecosystem for a bewildering array of diverse but similarly vast life-forms. While attempting to negotiate an end to the victimization of these creatures, Riker's crew inadvertently grants them the means to defeat their hunters' purpose...only to learn that things are not exactly as they seem.