I'd like to thank the academy....oh wait, wrong award...

Seriously, though, I'm glad to be continuing on in the revamped role of Fleet Captain. I look forward to continuing my role helping with missions, giving advice, and just being a friend to my fellow fleeties.

To all the new Captains, Congratulations! If you need anything, never hesitate to ask :).

I'm thoroughly enjoying playing FFXII. I like the fact that it's character driven; though some of the characters are a bit...one dimensional, they've grown on me. Fang and Lightning especially.

Its a great game. B)

Thanks :D I look forward to working with you all and being able to give something back to the fleet after all the help, advice and on times energy credits, you all have given me.

Thanks. Guess this means I will have to be on my best behavior...at least mostly.

Wow thank you! Congrats to all the other new captains as well! Looking forward to working with all of you in the Fleet.

Thanks to the past Captains and congrats to the present!

Welcome to the team, Captains!!! I look forward to working with you all =)

First and foremost, I’d like to thank our currently Fleet Captains. You’re dedication to Stonewall Fleet has been inspiring and uplifting. I am not exaggerating when I say that we could not have gone through Launch and come as far as we have without all of you. As a token of our appreciation, I’d like to bestow the Legion of Merit to the following Fleet Captains who have helped us through the Launch of Star Trek Online; Evanescent, H4z, Invader J, Jerbear, Misterorff, Rasilek, Starseed, TarynTorvin, WigWhamBam, and Zepari.

Now, I’d like to congratulate the following members on become our new Fleet Captains; Starseed, Sparkz, Sinner68, Tallanvor, BrianKM, TarynTorvin, Doogiegood, CaptMakarand, Gamerjosh, Counsla, Chichistarr, Jaesun, and RingSlinger. I’m very glad to be working with all of you and excited to have you as our new Fleet Captains. Please stay tuned for more information as we schedule a training day for all of you.

Hhhmmm books, let me see if i read any of these books of which you speak. Love the Locke Lamora books that were mentioned and a few other some mentioned.

First off, books with GLBT connections:
Crossroads series by Kate Elliot has a gay character. Personally anything by her is good.
Last rune series by Marc Anthony, the main character is gay and ends up with his hunky Knight.

Fantasy:
Necromancer series by Gail Z Martin.
Anything my Robin Hobb.
Anything by Jim Butcher, although i not yet read the Dresden Files.
Anything by Terry Brooks.
Princess series by Jim C Hines.
Eyes of God trilogy by John Marco.
Anything by Kate Elliot.
Sci Fiction:
3 Star Marine Trilogies from Ian Douglas.

These are just current stuff. You can also include, Wheel of Time and Thieves World series. Also the Authors Stephen Donaldson and Jack Chalker. Chances are i have read or considered it.

Woot New Weird.
I believe I read that China and Neil Gaiman are friends. So, double woot gay New Weird!

Hero is FANTASTIC, as are the two Scott Lynch novels mentioned in the first post.

Fantasy-wise, I am a huge fan of Sarah Monette's Doctrine of Labyrinths series. It features a crazy gay wizard as one of the main characters and is generally excellent. I also love Lynn Flewelling's novels. One of her series is focused on a gay pairing; the other touches on trans issues. Ellen Kushner's novels are also fantastic as long as you don't mind her tearing out your heart and stepping on it. Pratchett is always fantastic, and I will admit to having a fascination for Jaqueline Carey's Kushiel novels. Finally, I just started reading Jim C. Hines' novels. His first trilogy is about a short, near-sighted, super-smart goblin, and is hilarious especially if you have experience in games like WoW or D&D. His second series, currently in progress, could best be described as taking fairy-tale princesses and making them kick ass.

I have never been a big fan of literary sci-fi, but I have recently become obsessed with Lois McMaster Bujold's Vorkosigan novels. They are about an undersized, oversmart, slightly manic noble who masquerades as the admiral of a mercenary fleet. He also has a string of women who love him, an evil clone, the two most awesome parents in the world, and a cousin who is either a giant idiot or very, very subtle.

Sorry for the length, but reading is genuinely my favorite thing in the world.

Hero by Perry Moore

While browsing the isles for a children's book for an assignment for my degree (before I should go any further, should say I am a trainee school teacher), I came across this book. It tells the world of its first openly gay teenage superhero and his band of misfits. Its a real page tuner. I dont know what to say about this book that wont give anything away. Its full of sweet romantic moments, hardships and times that not just LGBT people can relate to, but pretty much everyone. Through the writing you can really relate to the characters. All I can say to sell this as a read, is to say that a huge smile came across my face, and at the time I was reading it, it gave me hope things could work out alright.

A better description than I can give

I heartily recommend the works of China Mieville for those who want some mature urban fantasy/horror/steampunk. He's often seen as one of the leading authors of the New Weird trend of the last decade.

His books can be a bit of the bloated side but he's still one of my favourite authors around. His most recent novel, The City & The City, is a bit different to his other stuff - an existential noir police procedural that won huge critical acclaim from the mainstream press as well as in speculative fiction circles.

And he's a hotty:

Just found a cool site that lets you build a list of books and then get recommendations based on your list.

http://www.whatshouldireadnext.com/

bfelczer wrote:

Amazing job! wow!

with your permission, I would like to put this in the next Times issue :)

Already gave you permission in vent, just also stating here and ANY guides I may do in the future, you always have my permission to be used in any way for the Fleet (News letter.. or any other way).

chichistarr wrote:

Great guide!!! I knew Pasty knew more than just fashion!

:laugh:

Great guide!!! I knew Pasty knew more than just fashion!

Amazing job! wow!

with your permission, I would like to put this in the next Times issue :)

This is really awesome! Thank you so much!!

Great writeup. Thank you for sharing.

I love this Jaesun, Thank you!