K.W. Jeter’s Star Trek: Deep Space Nine novel Warped goes in for a lot of abuse within fandom–the story was inaccessible, the writing was bizarre, the take on the Trek universe was unbelievable, the book sold so poorly that Pocket wouldn’t think of doing another DS9 hardcover. I’ve heard all of these arguments, I’ve thoughtContinue reading “In Defense of Warped”
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Alternity! Once again to Centauri dear friends.
On Friday, October 11, 2002 Michael Edward Johnson wrote: I have read Star Charts and it is great. However some included information has once again raised a question in my mind. There is a chart that lists the founding memebers of the Federation as Earth, Vulcan, Andoria, Tellar and Alpha Centauri. Okay what does theContinue reading “Alternity! Once again to Centauri dear friends.”
On K.W. Jeter's Warped
The impression I’ve gotten over the years is that most of the Star Trek novel readership hates K.W. Jeter’s Warped. I’ve always been more than a little mystified by that reaction; I found Warpedto be an engaging and unusual novel that had a good deal more depth than other Trek hardcovers of the period. WarpedContinue reading “On K.W. Jeter's Warped”
On Deep Space Nine's Tenth Anniversary
Marco gave us all a pleasant surprise with these announcements: 1. The mass-market edition of THE LIVES OF DAX (originally published as a trade paperback in 1999), which will be reprinted under the new DS9 logo, identifying it as part of the relaunch. To everyone who hasn’t read The Lives of Dax yet, buy itContinue reading “On Deep Space Nine's Tenth Anniversary”
On Star Trek: Phase II
Star Trek: Phase II. In the 1970s Paramount wanted to start a new television network, and they wanted to launch it with a new Star Trek series, bringing back together as many of the old crew as they could. Only, it didn’t happen. Instead, the pilot story, “In Thy Image,” became Star Trek: The MotionContinue reading “On Star Trek: Phase II”
Captain's Table II?
After a couple days’ thought…. It was suggested that a Rachel Garrett novel would work best within the framework of a Captain’s Table II series. I wonder if such a series would even be viable . The Captains’ names I’ve seen bandied about–April, Keller, Shelby, Kira, Gold, Garrett, Harriman, another dozen easily –strike me asContinue reading “Captain's Table II?”
Rachel Garrett
I wouldn’t mind seeing more stories of Rachel Garrett, the captain of the Enterprise-C established in the Star Trek: The Next Generation episode “Yesterday’s Enterprise.” I think there’s certainly potential to explore the change from the Starfleet of Kirk and Sulu’s era to the Starfleet of Picard and Sisko’s era. And Garrett, falling as sheContinue reading “Rachel Garrett”
My Top Star Trek Novels
My Top Ten, All-Time, Must-Read Star Trek novels. In reverse order: 10] Prime Directive (TOS), by Judith & Garfield Reeves-Stevens 9] The Ashes of Eden (TOS), by William Shatner and Judith & Garfield Reeves-Stevens 8] The 34th Rule (DS9), by Armin Shimermann & David R. George III 7] Uhura’s Song (TOS), by Janet Kagan 6]Continue reading “My Top Star Trek Novels”
On Peter David Novels
Since someone asked, my quick take on some Peter David Star Trek books… Q-Squared was a solid romp. Alternate timelines, the fate of the universe hanging in the balance, the tragedy of Jack Crusher. My favorite scene has to be the three Datas discussing their sexual habits while the Enterprise-D is about to crash. TheContinue reading “On Peter David Novels”
The Psi-Phi Project: Re(8629): Andorians seen in Trek
John wrote: You’d definitely be correct if Humans and Vulcans had evolvedseperately from different evolutionary ladders, etc. That’sprobably not the case, though. It’s been clearly established that an ancient race seeded the galaxy with their genetic code. Humans and Vulcans are most probably the same basic species — just widely variated and at the edgeContinue reading “The Psi-Phi Project: Re(8629): Andorians seen in Trek”