Warped, One More Time

A series of brutal, motiveless murders aboard station Deep Space Nine leads to Odo’s investigation of a new batch of holosuite technology that appears to have the ability to reshape the user’s perception of reality.

I won’t really defend Warped, because oftentimes when I do I feel like I spend my time trying to explain what the reader was supposed to find in the book. It’s a phildickian mindfuck. Familiarity with The Three Stigmata of Palmer Eldritch and VALIS and even Martian Time-Slip helps with the understanding of the mindset Jeter tried to evoke. I think I got the book, but I understand why many didn’t. It’s an interesting book, but for a good number of people the story it tells just isn’t good Star Trek.

‘Course, I watched the Hellboy director’s cut yesterday afternoon, and what I wouldn’t give for Kirk or Picard to confront Lovecraft’s Elder Gods. That wouldn’t be good Star Trek, either, for a lot of fans, but then, I’m weird like that. 🙂

Published by Allyn

A writer, editor, journalist, sometimes coder, occasional historian, and all-around scholar, Allyn Gibson is the writer for Diamond Comic Distributors' monthly PREVIEWS catalog, used by comic book shops and throughout the comics industry, and the editor for its monthly order forms. In his over ten years in the industry, Allyn has interviewed comics creators and pop culture celebrities, covered conventions, analyzed industry revenue trends, and written copy for comics, toys, and other pop culture merchandise. Allyn is also known for his short fiction (including the Star Trek story "Make-Believe,"the Doctor Who short story "The Spindle of Necessity," and the ReDeus story "The Ginger Kid"). Allyn has been blogging regularly with WordPress since 2004.

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