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I just finished reading The Eugenics Wars Volume One. I highly recomend this book to anyone, especially if you like Khan.

 

Gary Seven and Roberta Lincolin are both great characters and I loved the way that this book tied in with events that really happened in our history.

 

Did anyone else read this book? What did you think of it? Have you read Volume 2 yet? Is it as good as the first one?

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I haven't read the second one yet (waiting for it to come out in paperback) I was very surprised at how good it was. I sat in the swinging bench in front of the lake near my cabin and read it in a day. I really couldn't put it down. The current events tie in was what I loved most about it. I can't wait to see how Cox portrays the war. I think that WWIII and the Eugenics wars (are they the same thing or different?) are the most underdeveloped thing in Trek.

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I can't say for sure but I thought that I heard that Volume II was going to be released to paper back in March. Like I said I still don't have it so I might be wrong.

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I just finished the second one not too long ago. Excellent read. Basically it was a blend of Star Trek lore, X-files like mystery and James Bondish over the top action. One scene even reminded me of "Octo(I'm trying to say a bad word but can't)." All in all it was a real page turner. Just had a quick question though if anyone has read both books (or even the first one.) I remember in one of the Star Trek TNG where the Enterprise-D helped these genetically engineered people from an oncoming stellar fragment of some sort (I think the episode was called "The Masterpiece Society.") Anyway I was wondering if that colony was the same as the one Kirk is involved with on Sycorax? (although I think the name of the colony in TNG is completely different...not too sure abouth it though) I know of Greg Cox fondness of using everything already established in the Star Trek universe to weave new stories and thought that this my be the case here.

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I just finished the second one not too long ago.  Excellent read.  Basically it was a blend of Star Trek lore, X-files like mystery and James Bondish over the top action.  One scene even reminded me of "Octo(I'm trying to say a bad word but can't)."  All in all it was a real page turner.  Just had a quick question though if anyone has read both books (or even the first one.)  I remember in one of the Star Trek TNG where the Enterprise-D helped these genetically engineered people from an oncoming stellar fragment of some sort (I think the episode was called "The Masterpiece Society.")  Anyway I was wondering if that colony was the same as the one Kirk is involved with on Sycorax? (although I think the name of the colony in TNG is completely different...not too sure abouth it though)  I know of Greg Cox fondness of using everything already established in the Star Trek universe to weave new stories and thought that this my be the case here.

I can't wait to read Volume 2!

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Totally agree! Greg Cox cut his writing teeth with the Q trilogy and I thought those were 97% perfect but he has hit his stride with these books! He brings The Wars to life in ways I never would have dreamed (but should have!) were possible! I cant wait!

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ive read the first volume and, yes, it is an excellent read. i cannot wait until i read the second volume. it is in paperback now. and by the way, james bond rocks! lol.

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i read the first...loved it...started the second a few days ago, but have not been able to read much, but so far it is slow to start, but getting better!

I found the hard back on a discount shelf for 6$

i thought i did well!

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:) :) :)

that is the first time that i have seen the :) used and it was in place!

I was so shocked to see that book on for that price. I got the last one in hard back, but it was a X-mas gift, so i was glad to find this and keep the set going.

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I have devoured volumes 1 and 2 of the Eugenics Wars by Greg Cox.While

the story is engrossing and well-written I still have a pet-peeve.The

Eugenics Wars have always before(in the original series episode Space

Seed,Star Trek II :The Wrath of Khan,and other novelizations) been

presented as a world-wide conflict that caused major damage.Khan and

the eugenic supermen were well known figures and their reign was very

public.I realize Cox has tried to blend the OTL history of the 1990's

with Star Trek-but its pretty clear the world of Star Trek has some

major differences from where our world is today(non-withstanding a

future nuclear war in the 2050's).Does anyone have any ideas for a

timeline where the Eugenics Wars are a public event? Heres a brief one

I came up with.

 

The Eugenics Wars-A Brief History

 

April 30th 1991-A young charismatic man named Khan Noonien Singh is

elected to India's parliment.

 

September 7,1992-This is the date that has come to be accepted as the

day the Eugenics Wars began.China ,under the leadership of a eugenic

superman Chairman Hikaru Minsei,attacked Taiwan with the stated goal

of bringing order and evoultion to its most important "lost" province.

 

April 20,1993- On this day 41 African,Asian and Middle Eastern nations

lead by the young eugenic supermen formed the Great Khanate of Nations

with Khan Noonien Singh of India as the titular leader.The experience

of the people of these nations varied wildly from the essentially

peaceful rule of Khan in India to the food rationing and forced

selective breeding in Minsei's China to outright genocidal killings in

General Muhammad Hasan's Iran.

 

September 28,1993 The Great Khanate attacks Australia and New Zealand

with the stated goal of" bringing genetic order to the West".Great

Britian,South Africa and Japan declare war on the Great Khanate the

following day.

 

May 4 ,1994 Shocked by the surrender of Australia and New Zealand the

previous day France , Germany and Italy declare war on the Great

Khanate.

 

June 1 ,1994 President Bill Clinton reaffirms American neutrality in

the widening war but declares that the United States will help supply

the anti-Khanate alliance.

 

June 22,1994 San Diego, California-USA,Tel Aviv,Israel and Seoul,

South Korea are hit by nuclear weapons as the Great Khanate declares

war on those 3 nations.Those 3 nations and several others (including

Canada and Mexico) follow suit the next day.

 

May 14-15,1995 The Battle of the Sea of Japan is fought.This battle is

acknowledged as the turning point of the Eugenics Wars as the

resulting allied victory fractures the Great Khanate into waring blocs

of nations.The American aircraft carrrier U.S.S Enterprise-CVN 65 is

destroyed in this battle.

 

October 1 ,1996 The Eugenics Wars end as Khan and his cadre of eugenic

supermen are presumed killed in the battle to liberate

Sydney,Australia- where they had held out in a last stand.Chairman

Minsei signed an unconditional surrender document in Beijing, China.

 

September 27,1997 Chairman Minsei,General Hasan and 59 other surviving

eugenic supermen are put on trial at the International Military

Tribunal in Paris ,France.This is the 1st such trial since the

1945-1948 trials of German and Japansese WWII leaders.Minsei,Hasan and

the rest were convicted and executed for crimes against humanity and

peace the following year.

 

August 11,1999 Historian and author Travis Mitchell claims in his

seminal work- The Eugenics War that there is next to no evidence that

Khan Singh and his clique of eugenic supermen were killed in the

liberation of Sydney on October 1,1996.Mitchell puts forth the widely

unaccepted theory that Khan and his people escaped death and

punishment on a DY-100 vessel launched from a samll Indonesian island

that same day.

 

 

GK-slang for a memeber of the Great Khanate alliance or army.

 

normal-a slur used by the eugenic supermen for non-enginerred humans.

 

 

Below are the 2 major alliances during the Eugenics Wars of 1992-1996

 

 

The Great Khanate of Nations 1993-1996

 

Afghanistan

Algeria

Armenia

Azerbaijan

Bahrain

Bangladesh

Bhutan

Burundi

Brunei

Cambodia

Chad

China

Cameroon

Congo

Egypt

Eritrea

Gabon

India

Indonesia

Iran

Iraq

Jordan

North Korea

Kuwait

Laos

Lebanon

Libya

Malaysia

Mali

Mongolia

Morocco

Myanmar

Nepal

Niger

Oman

Pakistan

Qatar

Rwanda

Saudi Arabia

Somalia

Sri Lanka

Syria

Tajkistan

Thailand

Tunisia

Turkmenistan

Uganda

United Arab Emirates

Uzbekistan

Vietnam

Yemen

 

The Democratic Alliance 1993-1996

 

Australia

Angola

Belgium

Brazil

Canada

Democratic Republic of Congo

Denmark

Djibouti

Ethiopia

France

Germany

Ireland

Israel

Italy

Jamaica

Japan

Kenya

South Korea

Liberia

Mauritana

Mexico

Netherlands

New Zealand

Nigeria

Philippines

Russia

Senegal

Singapore

South Africa

Taiwan

Tanzania

Turkey

United Kingdom

United States of America

Venezuela

Zambia

 

 

 

 

 

Li Quan (General) 1961-1995

 

When one thinks of the Eugenics War the name Khan Singh usually

springs to mind.Its becoming more evident that the "power behind the

throne" in the Great Khanate was General Li Quan.Li Quan was first

noticed as the brilliant eugenic Chinese general who lead the

campaign against Taiwan in September-October 1992 at Chairman Minseis

behest.Once the command structure of the Khanate was established in

1993 Li Quan quickly became the leading general.Quan argued

forcefully for an "East then West " military strategy for the

Khanate.The nations conquered first would be South Korea,Japan,the

Philippines,Singapore.Once the Khanate had firmly controlled East

Asia it could then move West striking out at

Australia,Turkey,Israel ,South Africa and eventually Russia, Europe

and the United States.Quan was overruled by Khan Singh who was eager

to bring the "order of the Khanate" to the West.Quan was against the

campaign but he lead the invasion of Australia with vigor.Despite the

huge loss of manpower and resources the Khanate captured the Pacific

superpower in only 7 months.After Australia and New Zealand's

surrender in May 1994 Quan clamored for a focus on South Korea and

Japan but was again overruled by Khan Singh and General Muhammad

Hasan of Iran who both wanted a worldwide front.Quan cringed at the

decision to attack the United States and Israel along with South

Korea in June 1994.He privately said "Khan Singh is determined that

we will win the world,even if were are defeated doing so".Quan threw

himself into the South Korea campaign and that nation was conquered

in less than 3 months.Quan's hoped for invasion of Japan was again

held up when General Hasan fumbled the invasion of Turkey in October

1994.The Great Khanate had to divert nearly half its army to Syria

and Iraq to prevent a total catastrophe.Li Quan always displayed a

balance of thoughtfulness and ruthlessness.He successfully argued

against General Hasans desire for an all out nuclear exchange with

Israel after it nuked Tehran in retaliation for Tel Aviv noting"Once

we conquer the world we will still have to live in it".However his

campaign in South Korea was brutal and civilian causalities were

high.Li Quan had always argued that the Khanate was overextending

itself but the arrogance of Khan Singh,Hasan and others on the

command staff didnt allow them to believe that their superior lot

could ever be defeated by a pack of weakling normals.It's ironic that

Quan ultimately lost his life in the fight he had longed for the

whole time he lead the Khanate forces-the Battle of the Sea of

Japan.That defeat did more that save Japan from invasion but

fractured the Khanate into several warring camps who either wanted to

stop the expansion and consolidate their current holdings or continue

to expand.This infighting created a valuable opening for the

Democratic Alliance and the Khanate was destroyed a year and a half

after that pivotal battle.What if Khan Singh had swallowed his

enormous pride and listened to the sound military advice of General

Li Quan?Scary thought but it would make a good book.

 

Travis Mitchell

The History Journal

April 10,2000

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Here's a question for those of you who have read both volumes that are out now: which one is better?

 

Volume 1 or 2?

 

I'm asking because I have read volume 1, but not volume 2 and I would like to know if I should buy volume 2 now or wait 'til later.

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