Voting for the 2006 Psi Phi Awards has begun and will run through the end of March. The Psi Phi Awards honor excellence in Star Trek fiction–best novel, best short story, best series, etc.–and they are voted on by fans with a presentation to follow in April. My story, “Make-Believe,” is up for Best ShortContinue reading “On the 2006 Psi Phi Awards”
Category Archives: Star Trek
On a New Book
I stopped at Barnes & Noble this evening on the way home from work in the hope that they had a book I wanted. They did! Crucible: Kirk: The Star to Every Wandering, the final book in David R. George’s anniversary Star Trek trilogy, was on the shelf. Oh, happy day! It was an instantContinue reading “On a New Book”
On Nerdish Insights
From an IM conversation today: mknzyCalhn: I’m racking my brain here — I’m trying to think if Doctor Who has ever done a story about cloning Scavgraphics: new earth mknzyCalhn: you’re right Scavgraphics: also, daleks Scavgraphics: aren’t the mutants clones? mknzyCalhn: well, the mutants are grown in vats, but we don’t know if they’re clonedContinue reading “On Nerdish Insights”
On Grand Designs
Grand Designs, the Star Trek: Corps of Engineers compilation containing my novella Ring Around the Sky, will be published by Pocket Books in July of 2007. The cover for it was unveiled today: The cover image is of the world Kharzh’ulla IV, seen in my story, as rendered by artist Chris Moore. Kharzh’ulla boasts ofContinue reading “On Grand Designs”
On All Those Years Ago
It was forty years ago today Sgt. Pepper taught the band to play…. Well, not quite. But it was forty years ago today, on September 8th, 1966, that Star Trek debuted on NBC. Celebrate in style! Put in a DVD, watch a movie or your favorite episode. Read a book–might I recommend Constellations, a bookContinue reading “On All Those Years Ago”
On Having the Book in Hand
Yesterday I received from Amazon copies of both Constellations, the 40th-anniversary Star Trek anthology, and McCoy: Provenance of Shadows, the first book in David R. George III’s Star Trek trilogy Crucible. I held Constellations in my hands, ran my fingers across my name on the front and back covers, flipped it open delicately and foundContinue reading “On Having the Book in Hand”
On Annotations
In the spirit of annotations for Star Trek novels such as David Mack’s Harbinger, Keith DeCandido’s Articles of the Federation, and Steve Mollmann & Michael Schuster’s The Future Begins, I have compiled and posted annotations for Star Trek: Constellations, the anniversary Star Trek anthology of which I am a part. Not all of the anthology’sContinue reading “On Annotations”
On "Make-Believe"
Constellations, Pocket Books’ anthology celebrating Star Trek‘s 40th-anniversary, has begun appearing in bookstores and shipping from online vendors. My contribution to the volume, “Make-Believe,” closes out the book. When an Enterprise shuttle crashlands on an alien planet, to what ends will Captain Kirk go to find his men? Why is the welfare of his crewContinue reading “On "Make-Believe"”
On Star Trek: Legacy
The new issue of Game Informer came in the mail yesterday, and inside was a one-page preview on this fall’s new Star Trek game, Legacy, for the PC and the XBox 360 coming from Bethesda Softworks. This isn’t the first preview Game Informer has done–several months ago they published a cover article on the game.Continue reading “On Star Trek: Legacy”
On Shore Leave, A Quick Afterthought
Back from Shore Leave. I decided against staying until the bitter end. Frankly, I was tired, and I thought I needed sleep more than I needed to stay through to Mystery Trekkie Theatre. But we’ll cover that later, perhaps tomorrow. For the time being, I want to talk about the Dealer’s Room. Specifically, bootleg DVDContinue reading “On Shore Leave, A Quick Afterthought”