>Anyway, I tend not to read much SF - no, really, it's true. The only
>major exceptions are the works of Sir Arthur C. Clarke and the
>occasional Star Trek book (which are generally trash, but
>sometimes they're amusing trash. God help me, I've actually quite
>enjoyed Odyssey, the collected version of William Shatner's
>"return of Kirk" series).

Yeah, I know the feeling. Read through Odyssey and the second trilogy (Mirror Universe-Kirk vs. Superhero Kirk) and thought "This is actually entertaining. What's wrong with me?"

Like him or not, Shatner always manages to find good ghostwriters.

Mr. Fnord, what, you thought he wrote those himself?