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(Previous reviews in this series are here, and comments on earlier reviews are always welcome!)

( Tomorrow, I'm going to pretend that I belong here. )

As always, I'd appreciate it if you avoided spoilers for later books in your comments!

As most DS9 fans on the flist are probably aware, after the TV show ended, a set of tie-in novels started up where the series had left off, creating a relaunched "season eight" (most folks seem to put "Unity" as the season eight finale, it looks like), and now even a "season nine" of sorts.

I've started reading the relaunch novels in the order suggested here (scroll down for a list of the relaunch novels and comments about assorted other tie-ins that fit into the same timeline), and have made it to the end of the Mission Gamma quartet. And I've enjoyed them quite a lot! Lots of fantastic development for existing characters, cleverly realized new characters, and smartly unpredictable plots.

If you've been on the fence about reading these books, I'd definitely recommend giving them a shot. Since I've been enjoying them muchly, I figured I'd write them up a bit - under the cut are my (incredibly longwinded) thoughts on the four Mission Gamma novels.

( Major spoilers for the entire TV series and the novels up to Lesser Evil under the cut. )

Phew. That was long! I haven't properly reviewed anything in a long time.

If you reply (and I hope you do, even if you just want to tell me how wrong I am about all of the above!), I just want to mention that I haven't read beyond "Lesser Evil" yet, and so I'd really appreciate it if you avoided spoilers for later books in your replies.

Finally picking up my Who-In-Order epic saga where I left off (i.e. where I jumped forward and had trouble getting used to reconstructions again): I've just finished "The Myth Makers", which was a lovely reconstruction of a serial featuring the First Doctor, Vicki, and Steven, which is an excellent TARDIS team that doesn't get nearly enough attention. Yes. I didn't take any notes - I was that surprised that I got sucked in as I did - so I am working from memory and with the help of the Internet, here. Forgive any lapses.

( Maybe I'm just a sucker for the historicals, but I really enjoyed that. Here there be spoilers for the serial and for the Trojan War, yo. )

Well. I think I've probably spent enough time on that. Back to writing! I'm glad