Amph Peter David?

I was thinking of taking a plunge into his New Frontiers series. Has anyone read his stuff? I can't get an unbiased opinion on a Trek board. They love him like TFN Lit loves Stover.

I hear he's great on character and short on sci-fi. Any opinions? It's a real investment of time and money trying to track all of those out of print books.

 

I've never read any of his novels but I've read some of his comics; Incredible Hulk, She-Hulk, Madrox, and X-Factor. He does excellent characterization. You can tell he really gets into the heads of his characters and understands their motivations and what makes them tick. Yeah, sometimes the sci-fi stuff gets lost in the shuffle because of this though. There are issues of X-Factor where superpowers are totally irrelevent. I like it though. The extra characterization makes you care that much more about everyone. PAD seems to always find a way to insert the right amount of humor at the right time, never feeling too excessive.

 

He wrote a King Arthur trilogy. I had a hard time getting through the first book (the only one I read) but I was in middle school-ish when I did.

 

I read some of the new frontear books when they first came out 12 years ok. They were good.

 

I haven't read his Trek work, but I have read "The Incredible Hulk: What Savage Beast?" and his comics work. I've enjoyed his work there and I know from many a Trek fan, he is considered one of the best writers who never got to grace the television or film screen. I'd say it is well worth it, since "New Frontier" is more original than his other novels. He has more creative license with the characters and thus can put them through hell.