28 July Reading Room: Announcement

[tinturtle]

I will be facilitating a reading room discussion (or trying to) on Friday, 28 July. The subject of the discussion will be Free Trader by Debra Hicks, a Star Trek TNG crossover AU. The fic has 26,454 words. Please read it this week if you want to participate in the discussion.

Comments

[byslantedlight.livejournal.com]

I had a feeling that would happen... meh for ST:TNG, but I'll give it a go. I used to watch ST:TOS, but I've never seen TNG, which is why I've not read this fic before, and am a bit reluctant to now. I always feel like I'm missing half the story if I don't know the other side of a cross-over.

That said, it will be great to have another Reading Room, so hurrah and thanks for offering! *g*

[tinturtle]

Yes, it might not have been a good idea to pick a crossover as a candidate, for this reason. I did think of that after making the poll, and I feel a little bad about the outcome. It looks to me as if the actual TNG characters only appear in this fic fairly briefly, though, if that helps.

I think that next time, if we are choosing from my pool of Lifetime Bingo fics again,* it would be better to use a poll with multiple choices allowed and the prompt "I would be content to read...." That will be more likely to produce a tie, but will make it less likely that someone will be unhappy with the outcome.

* (This would be my preference, since for better immersion, I've been avoiding reading fics not part of my Lifetime Bingo game. I feel kind of weird about having that much power over selections, though.)

[sc-fossil.livejournal.com]

I am not a ST fan at all but I love this story! Looking forward to the discussion. I have seen limited amounts of ST but this story is such fun.

[tinturtle]

Perhaps this will encourage byslantedlight.

[byslantedlight.livejournal.com]

Lol, it's okay, I'm reading it right now, with breakfast! 😊