There are a few FoLCs who enjoyed the C. J. Cherryh novel. For myself though, I have to agree with Julie. I don't think I've ever been so disappointed in a book as that one. And I'd had high hopes because I'd previously enjoyed C.J's 'Gates' books very much.
For the novel though, it seemed to me that Cherryh hadn't so much as watched an LNC episode before writing it. I was irritated throughout by references which made it clear we were dealing with the comic characters here and not the ones we watched each week on TV. I felt conned by that and that it was sloppy work from both author and publisher.
Other than that, when I pick up a novel which says it's about LNC, the TV show, I expect it to mostly be about LNC in the same city at the same time. <g> Not being a huge fan of the Superman elements of the show (Superman rescues and suchlike) I found the huge portion of the novel which deal with Superman rescuing various people very boring. IIRC, Clark and Lois were in the same place interacting together during about 1% of the story. And even when they were it was something of a damp squib.
Really, my conclusion was that the novel had zero to do with the characters I love.
The Friedman books I found quite entertaining - although they were clearly marketed for a young market. They were quite fun though and at the time I read them - when LNC had just been cancelled and I was in the throes of heavy LCWS and desperate to find new adventures - they certainly hit the spot.
Once I found fanfic though...all bets were off. <g> Why waste cash on a novel when for the same cost I could read hundreds of stories that were miles above anything professionally published?
LabRat