Calvinist: I’m saved! I’m one of the Elect! Spock: How many elect are there? Calvinist: One-hundred forty-four thousand. Spock: An intriguing number. A question. How many of these Elect come from this time? Calvinist: What? I don’t understand. Spock: Christianity as a faith is two thousand years old. A rough calculation would show that someContinue reading “Spock and the Calvinists”
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Sulu novels
John Ordover wrote: The letter writing campaign failed, if you recall. Yes “a portion” of fandom is interested in the continuing adventures of Captain Sulu – but not a big enough portion.:) True, the letter writing campaign for a Captain Sulu novel generated approximately 750 letters. You’d said one thousand letters in one month wasContinue reading “Sulu novels”
The Psi Phi Project: Re(7080): The BBS
From Bob: If George W. Bush was a Star Trek character, who would he be? 0, from the Q-Continuum trilogy. Wants to take over the world and bring his psychotic friends to the party. Al Gore? Q, from the same trilogy. He means well, tries hard, but comes up short. Ralph Nader? Quinn, from Voyager‘sContinue reading “The Psi Phi Project: Re(7080): The BBS”