Ouch, I know. The graphic novels aren't the best... I have one of them that I wasn't too impressed with. But it's ok
Otie, the names are confusing and the ship names are basically just names that fans come up with and the one that sounds the coolest sticks, there is nothing cool about mixing Grissom and Sara's names together, so GSR it was.
And the written novels are fabulous! I love them. Although I was super annoyed when Max Allan Collins stopped writing them and there is one with A LOT of GSR in it that is really badly written. And I would tell you which one it is but my books are on the other side of the country right now, boarding school, he he. But any of the books by Max Allan Collins are really worth a read and very true to the show and the characters. There is one novel where Grissom and Sara are at a conference where they get snowed in and have to solve a case which has some cute, innocent GSR references and has to be one of the most like the TV show references I have seen so far and it's a good book.
But, yes, they are totally worth a read! (But I'm an absolute CSI nut...
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And as far as Hodges goes, it is so true about the whole, most people would have left much earlier but not Hodges, he just keeps on going. Haha. But we must remember that Grissom actually got slightly close to Grissom towards the end and consoled him a bit about the fact that Sara had left... So, Hodges isn't all bad... Although messing things up with Wendy was just stoooooopid.
Yes, that is my rant for the day, thanks all you GSR lovers.
Kate.