Happy 2024 Birthday to Robert Greenberger!

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Happy birthday to Robert Greenberger!

A writer, editor, and project manager, Robert Greenberger has been working in publishing since 1980. A lifelong fan of comics and science fiction, he watched dreams become reality when he first joined Starlog Press in 1980. There, he created Comics Scene which he edited during its initial run. In 1984, he moved to DC Comics where he worked as an editor or administrator until 2000, earning plaudits for his work on the Star Trek comic book. After a brief sojourn to the Internet, he returned to comics in 2001, this time working as an executive at Marvel Comics. This turned out to be a stormy, frustrating year and in 2002 he returned to DC as a senior editor in their growing collected editions department. In 2006, he left DC and found himself having the time of his life as Managing Editor at Weekly World News unitl its clueless management shuttered the paper.

Since then he has been a freelance writer, working on media tie-in properties, original fiction, non-fiction for your young adults and adults, and whatever else has come his way. He has cofounded the digital Crazy 8 Press.

He currently teaches high school English and Creative Writing in Baltimore County.

He makes his home in Maryland. For more.

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Out Today: “Star Trek: Defiant #17”

Out today: “Star Trek: Defiant #17“, by Christopher Cantwell.

Enter a brand-new arc and the beginning of a new era for the disavowed, mercenary crew of the U.S.S. Defiant!

Political corruption ensues as Sela and her father, General Revo, leverage the imprisoned Defiant crewmates to kidnap the Romulan praetor and chairman of Tal Shiar Intelligence to advance their sinister plot to take over Romulus…

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Jim Johnson Interview With StarTrekBookClub.com

Jim Johnson has been working on Star Trek properties since at least 2004 with three stories in three different Strange New Worlds collections and more recently as a project manager for Mõdiphiüs, pronounced Moe-diphius, not Mod-iphius as I said for the first half of the video until I was correctly corrected.  I was able to speak to him due to some introductions by Derek Tyler Attico, and I think is going to open up another group of writers to talk to about their involvement in Trek and has even given me a few ideas for future content on Twitch.

We open the talk with me drooling over his Blue Bricks Defiant he has on a shelf behind him, then swap a couple “million dollar ideas” that are sure to have us in the two comma club soon enough.  We move on to have a great discussion on how exceptionally friendly everyone is on the creative side of Trek books and how willing they are to help people out with interviews and games and how lucky we are to be involved in the fandom.

What prompted me to post this interview before Shore Leave is Kelli Fitzpatrick is bringing the new second edition core books with her to the show.  Up to this point, I’ve been blissfully unfamiliar with IRL RPG games, as most of my RPG experiences are PC based with minimal human interactions.  The second edition is officially launching at GenCon, but those of us at Shore Leave are going to get to see it a week early.

As a newcomer to the RPG space, I had to ask, what exactly is a second edition and how does it effect the content that’s been previously released?  Jim gives a great breakdown of the hows and whys, and essentially the original game was good but they had a ton of content come out since the original core book came out, so some tinkering was in order to make it all align better.

There’s a conversation on how different reviews for literary books are from RPG books, the project management methodologies of Mõdiphiüs, the process of choosing authors for the books, and how content is approved by Paramount.

We wrap things up by mentioning that Mõdiphiüs is currently running a 50% off sale on both the US and UK sites, the second edition is up for preorder, and there’s going to be a starter kit that’s going to be a great entry point to the game system for people like me that are intimidated by those big gorgeous books.

Mõdiphiüs can be found on Facebook and Discord.

Jim Johnson can found on his personal website, Facebook, Twitter, and Youtube.

Out Today: “Star Trek: Picard’s Academy: Commit No Mistakes TPB”

Out today: “Star Trek: Picard’s Academy: Commit No Mistakes TPB“, by Sam Maggs.

Go back to academy days with one of Starfleet’s most celebrated officers: Jean-Luc Picard! A new collected series by New York Times best-selling author, Sam Maggs.

Before becoming the Federation’s finest, Jean-Luc was an ordinary student at Starfleet Academy with sights on the stars. His path forward was charted: blow his classmates out of the water on the infamous Evasive Maneuvers exam and graduate early. But there’s a detail Cadet Picard hadn’t factored into his plan: the exam was a group project and he’d need to make friends with, ugh, people if he stood a chance at passing.

Federation starships aren’t run by a party of one, after all. During the training exercise, Picard accidentally puts the lives of himself and two of his classmates—Doq and Marty—in danger!

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Out Today: “Star Trek: Lost to Eternity”

Out today: “Star Trek: Lost to Eternity“, by Greg Cox.

A thrilling new Star Trek “movie era” novel from New York Times bestselling author Greg Cox!

Three Eras. Three Mysteries. One Ancient Enemy?

2024: Almost forty years ago, marine biologist Gillian Armstrong stormed away from her dream job at San Francisco’s Cetacean Institute—and was never seen or heard from again. Now a new true crime podcast has reopened that cold case, but investigator Melinda Silver has no idea that her search for the truth about Gillian’s disappearance will ultimately stretch across time and space—and attract the attention of a ruthless obsessive with his own secret agenda.

2268: The USS Enterprise’s five-year mission is interrupted when Captain James T. Kirk and his crew set out to recover an abducted Federation scientist whose classified secrets are being sought by the Klingons as well. The trail leads to a barbaric world off limits to both Starfleet and the Klingon Empire—and an ageless mastermind on a quest for eternity.

2292: The Osori, an ancient alien species, has finally agreed to establish relations with its much younger neighbors: the Federation, the Klingons, and the Romulans. A joint mission involving ships from all three powers, including the Enterprise-A, turns explosive when one of the Osori envoys is apparently killed. Each side blames the others, but the truth lies buried deep, nearly three hundred years in the past…

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Preview of “Star Trek: Defiant #17”







Here’s a preview of Star Trek: Defiant #17 by Christopher Cantwell which is due to be released this Wednesday on July 24, 2024 at your local comic shop and digital retailers:

Enter a brand-new arc and the beginning of a new era for the disavowed, mercenary crew of the U.S.S. Defiant!

Political corruption ensues as Sela and her father, General Revo, leverage the imprisoned Defiant crewmates to kidnap the Romulan praetor and chairman of Tal Shiar Intelligence to advance their sinister plot to take over Romulus…

 

Lorraine Anderson Interview With StarTrekBookClub.com

Lorraine Anderson’s been going to Shore Leave since 2005 and it was a pleasure to talk to her about her winning entry in Strange New Worlds 8 and her recent essay in Women Take The Conn, a book that I fully intend to get in my collection as soon as I can.  During our conversation she recounts how she had a concussion when she was included in Strange New Worlds and was happily surprised to be included and honored.

We talk about our love of cats and how frustrated they get when you’re in a room with a closed door, then we spoke about her involvement in The Infinite Bard a IAMTW project that has fizzled out recently.

She’s been on dozens of panels at Shore Leave and we touch on how incredibly smart many of the panelists are and how much they know about Star Trek.  This year she’s going to be on some pretty cool panels, like “Shifting, Swirling HERitage: Shiny New Anthology”, “When Does SF Become Fantasy?”, and “Cozy Fantasies”.

Lorraine can be found on her website, Blue Sky, Facebook, Twitter and if you want to check out her singing, she’s on Youtube as well!

David Mack Interview With StarTrekBookClub.com

I thought I was all wrapped up with interviews and conversations with Star Trek authors, but as the posts started going up I started getting responses back from authors that were busy with life when my original invites went out (the nerve!), so here’s a surprise one with David Mack, author of the recently released Star Trek: Picard: Firewall.  This will be his 21st year going to Shore Leave, so as a veteran of the convention circuit he shared great opinions on Shore Leave specifically and the larger convention system that wasn’t necessarily doing him many favors.

In 2022 he received the IAMTW Grand Master award and this year he had two stories nominated for the 2024 Scribe Awards.   There’s a number of great stories on that list and he’s happy to be included with them.  He’s also happy that the audience he was aiming for with Firewall found the book and that it struck a cord with them.

About half the conversation is discussing the confusion between David Mack (the artist) and David Alan Mack (the author) and how the disambiguous page for DavidMack.com came about.  It’s a great story that’s right up my alley as I was a big fan of the artist when he was doing Daredevil work, then came to know the author from his Trek work and had a moment of confusion when I figured out they were different people. Couple all that with my love for making websites and maintaining them, whew.

Mr. Mack has some good final advice for a first time convention going person like me:  check in early and attend the “Meet The Pros” event, which echoes the advice that I’ve received from others.

David Alan Mack (the author) can be found at his website, Facebook, Mastodon, and Twitter .

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Dayton Ward Interview With StarTrekBookClub.com

Dayton Ward is no stranger to Star Trek, getting his start in the Strange New Worlds contest and going on to write dozens of books in the franchise, including entries in SCE, Vanguard, Seekers, a couple Trek Travel Guides, and the wonderful Kirk-Fu Manual.  We open our conversation by being grumpy about AI writing, but quickly move on to talking about Shore Leave, a show he’s been going to since 2003.

He talks about his sweet personal library and predicts that he’s going to die happy down there, an enviable goal if there ever was one, and we both agree that unread books are still a valid part of a personal library.  Anyone disagreeing with that can go build their own library of books and leave us to our unread ones.

I ask him a line of questions about the Incredibuilds kits, I have them on STBC because there’s a book that comes with them and I’ve never managed to get my hands on it, at least not yet, and he lets me know what’s in those books.  Spoilers: it’s all Star Trek content to give background on the build that you’re incredibuilding.

He and his writing partner Kevin Dilmore recently had a comic book adjacent project released, “Captain America: Declassified“, which is a riff on “The Last Interview” series of books, featuring interviews with comic books characters to gain insight on how they viewed the big events that happened in the Marvel Comic Universe. This might sound familiar because I recently spoke with Kelli Fitzpatrick and she has a book in the same series coming out next year, hers will be Captain Marvel themed.

He gives some good advice to first time convention going folks like me at the end of the talk, I’m grateful for it and I’m already taking him up on some of it!

Dayton Ward can be found on his website, Facebook, Instagram, Mastodon, and Twitter

Derek Tyler Attico Interview With StarTrekBookClub.com

Derek Tyler Attico is the final interview for my series before I head off to Shore Leave, this one was recorded about a week before the show.  We start with a discussion about his recent nomination for a Scribe award by the IAMTW for the recently released Autobiography of Benjamin Sisko in the in universe series of autobiographies.  The other four books where from two authors who each wrote two books, so we talk about who he would write about if he were able to do another book in the series. He’s done a good bit of work with Modiphius on their Star Trek line of RPG books.

We then discuss Shore Leave and his history with the show, they recently released their program, and holy moly I was not prepared for how much they’re going to be doing in just three days.  Derek talked me through his schedule and I’m hoping to catch at least one of his panels. 

Our discussion about Galloping Around the Cosmos led to a fun conversation about what brought him to the franchise, specifically the episode “The Devil in the Dark”, a story of fear, hope, and trying to communicate.

He’s currently doing a master class series for Tallaght Academy of Sequential Art on story telling, which brought us to a conversation about his time in a class that was taught by comic industry legend Dennis O’Neil and how their relationship lead to Attico learning about the comic industry in general and how to deal with hitting writers blocks.

He currently has an exhibit at the American Writers Museum on Role Playing, a very cool accomplishment!

Also, I didn’t figure out his shirt until about half way through the video. It’s clever and now I want one.

Derek Tyler Attico can be found on his website, Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter.

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Robert Greenberger Interview With StarTrekBookClub.com

I’m going to Shore Leave 44, and while Robert Greenberger isn’t going to be able to attend, he’s been to so many of them that Howard Weinstein put me in touch to talk about the show and so much more. He’s done a ton of Trek work and has worked franchises like Predator, Planet of the Apes, Green Hornet, Zorro, After Earth and a soon to be released 400 page “Definitive History” of Superman, written with fellow former Trek author Edward Gross.

I ask him about “Q’s Guide To The Continuum” and why it hasn’t been released as a digital book yet.  While there’s no good answers, his are about the best we’re going to get on the topic.  That brought us to how ebook sales peaked a few years ago and audio books have eclipsed digital sales, something that surprised me.

We also spoke about IDW’s current output and how happy we’ve been with it. I think I’m eventually going to want to track down authors / artists / editors for that series and see if I can get them to talk about those projects.

He ends the call by giving me fantastic advise on how to plan my trip to Shore Leave.  Now I think I have a complete list of things to do or look out for, the first of which is to check out the program guide for the show and make a wish list of what I want to do.

Robert Greenberger can be found on his website, Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter

Aaron Rosenberg Interview With StarTrekBookClub.com

Aaron Rosenberg has been going to Shore Leave for about 15 years. He’s based in NYC and is among a group of authors that would routinely get together for lunch and most of them were already going to the show and they convinced him to go to the show.  One of the cooler parts of our conversation was the bit were we talked about the science stuff that happens at the show, everything from bottle rockets to astronomy (and the Hubble team is going to be there this year!).  He’s written for many familiar properties including Warhammer, Starcraft, Stargate: Atlantis, Eureka, X-Files, Deadlands, and the one that owns my heart: Star Trek, specifically the SCE series.

He’s published over 54 novels, has 70 some odd RPG credits, 12 children’s books, 12 educational books, and over 65 short stories.  He’s not just a writer though, he’s also been doing book layout as a day job on an off again for about 20 years.  We spend an appropriately long time talking about the importance of fonts, layout choices, and layout designs.  He first started as an RPG writers, but doesn’t currently have any work with the ongoing Modiphius series, but did do work for Last Unicorn when they had the license.

His most recent book is Cases by Candlelight, a collection of Sherlock Holmes adventures by some pretty familiar names.  Coming soon will be his new series “BEO:  Bureau of Eldrich Oversight” in which an agent of the Bureau is stationed in a backwater station, is angry at being put on the back burner, but then as things tend to go in stories like these, not everything is what it appears.

We talk about his membership in the IAMTW and how the organization came to be, and that the association is now publishing their own series of anthologies, written by the talented members.

Aaron Rosenberg can be found on his Website, Facebook, and Twitter.

Keith R.A. DeCandido Interview With StarTrekBookClub.com

This is the longest of the interviews, we started talked and just straight up didn’t stop for another hour and a half later, there was just so much to talk about and Mr DeCandido is as affable of a person that I could ever want to talk to.  It helped that he’s been going to Shore Leave since 1992 when he went with the intent to interview authors and actors at the show, and ultimately did a ton of interviews.  He skipped a few years and returned in 2000 and was very much an official Star Trek author by that point.  He’s been to pretty much every show since then and at once point even stood in as a backup singer for George Takei during a musical number.  He’s even part of a band that plays at most of the shows, but due to the schedule change won’t be at the show this year (boooo).

Here’s Keith in the background during a previous performance:

We spoke about his next book, Feat of Clay, which is current in the Kickstarter phase. It’s already hit it’s goals, but it’s always nice to see more support come in for it.

During the wild west days of digital readers, before the Kindle came along, Star Trek had The Starfleet Corps of Engineers, a series of novella length stories that would come out on a regular basis.  It wasn’t necessarily a subscription service, but you could count on a new one being out frequently.  It was unfortunately canceled right before the Kindle took off and we have a great conversation about how cool it would be to have something like this again, especially with modern subscription services (Patreon, substack, Webtoons, etc) being generally accepted.

There’s a ton of other stuff discussed ranging from writer’s revenue streams, the publishers he’s worked for, the licensed properties he’s worked for (including but not limited to Resident Evil, Supernatural, Farscape), and the next collection of Star Trek short fiction that’s due out in October.

This was a fantastic conversation that’s worth your time!

Keith R.A. DeCandido can be found at his Website, on Facebook, Instagram, Patreon, and Twitter.

Scott Pearson Interview With StarTrekBookClub.com

Had a lovely talk with Scott Pearson a few weeks ago, and I mention this in the intro to the video, but we were having some pretty rough audio issues for a while here, but we eventually figured it out and go on with the conversation.  As with the other interviews, the entry to the talk is Shore Leave 44.  He’s been going to the show since 2006, right after his second Strange New Worlds story was published, and has been trying to make it to the show ever since.

He was able to offer some great insight into working with licensed properties (no making up new family members in books, only movies and tv!), and we briefly discuss the fact that he’s one of the few Trek authors that has books that were only digitally published and never made it to paper.

He’s currently doing a Hammer rewatch with a write up of each movie. He’s a fan of the classic monster films, Dracula, and Frankenstein.  I tried a few times to talk him into doing a mash up of classic horror icons and Trek, we’ll see how far that idea gets!

Scott can be found at his own site, Facebook, and Twitter.

Kelli Fitzpatrick Interview With StarTrekBookClub.com

As you may have heard, I’m headed to Shore Leave 44 and I’m interviewing authors that have been going to the show and have knowledge to impart.  I just got off a call with Kelli Fitzpatrick, who’s been going to shore leave since 2017, just a year after her debut as a Star Trek author in the 2016 edition of Strange New Worlds.  She’s attended many years of Shore Leave, including the virtual editions but was happy to get back to the in person events.

We spoke about her upcoming Captain Marvel: Declassified book, due out in March of 2025, and talked about how complex the character’s story has been in the comics, and how she’s taken that complicated set of stories and found the common throughline.

She was recently included in Women Take the Conn, a series of essays on Trek that had a novel take on academic essays: pick one female character from TOS and take a deep dive into what makes them tick.

Fun fact about Kelli is that she’s been working with Modiphius to create content for their series of Trek RPG books, both behind the scenes and on the printed page. I’ve still not been able to find a group to play this with, but the single player version of the game was recently released and it sounds like it might be my route into the game.

Her next couple books due to be out? A Space Western and an actual honest to goodness traditional western story that connects to her love of astronomy.

Kelli can be found on Facebook, Twitter, Blue Sky, or even on her own website.

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Users seek alternatives as Google is intent on app-centric focus.

I’ve already made the decision that my current fitbit will likely be my last fitbit, there’s just too many negatives for the device. My current frustration is that they took away the ability to customize what’s on your in-App dashboard, so you have to see the same stuff that everyone else sees. I have no need to see how much water I’ve consumed or calories burned, I just want the time, my steps, and my heart rate.

Goldman Sachs: AI Is Overhyped, Wildly Expensive, and Unreliable

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Out Today: “Star Trek #22”

Out today: “Star Trek #22“, by Collin Kelly and Jackson Lanzing.

The meeting of the gods at the Pleroma continues as Captain Sisko confronts his celestial mother in the very fabric of space and time! Why was he called home to help in the fight against Kahless, only to be forbidden from attempting to protect the universe from the brutal aftermath?

Meanwhile, Beverly Crusher boldly outmaneuvers the gods for an emotional reunion, and Ensign Lily Sato, torn between her best friend and feelings of disillusionment with Starfleet, contemplates a decision that could change everything with the push of a button…

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Out Today: “Star Trek Annual 2024 #1”

Out today: “Star Trek Annual 2024 #1“, by Collin Kelly and Jackson Lanzing.

With no one but himself to blame for his brother’s sudden escape during the Klingon Day of Blood, Lieutenant Commander Data sheds his Starfleet uniform for an ensemble inspired by none other than Sherlock Holmes to track down Lore’s whereabouts… and figure out what sinister plans he’s been scheming. With the one and only Miles O’Brien as his Watson at his side, there is no mystery that Detective Data can’t solve!

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“Leonard: My Fifty-Year Friendship with a Remarkable Man” Review by Warpfactortrek.com

Warpfactortrek.com has added a new review for David Fisher and William Shatner‘s “Leonard: My Fifty-Year Friendship with a Remarkable Man”:

In this book by William Shatner and David Fisher, Shatner chronicles the relationship between himself and Leonard Nimoy that lasted for fifty years. When I happened upon the book recently, initially I decided not to read it because I thought I already knew most of what it would contain. However, I was mistaken and pleasantly surprised by how much I learned.

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Greg Cox Interview With StarTrekBookClub.com

I’m going to Shore Leave!
I’m interviewing authors before I go
Greg Cox Is The Second Guest
I had no technical issues and everything went fantastic!

 

Mr Greg Cox has been writing Star Trek books for over 30 years with over 19 novels published with Trek and has been writing in many other franchise playgrounds including CSI, Buffy, Green Hornet, Warehouse 13, The Librarians, Batman, Planet of the Apes, and Godzilla were among the ones mentioned in this interview, but there’s surely more!

He has a book coming out later this month, Star Trek: Lost to Eternity, a 130,000 word story involving three different time periods all working over connecting mysteries. He helped give Una Chin Riley her name, which one of the few bits of canon that originated in the books and made it to the screen, as verified by Anson Mount himself.

The tail end of this interview has a fair bit of interesting setup for the forthcoming book, I’ve already preordered it myself, so why haven’t you?

“Star Trek: The Next Generation: 47 The Q Continuum 1: Q-Space” Review by Deepspacespines.com

Deepspacespines.com has added a new review for Greg Cox‘s “Star Trek: The Next Generation: 47 The Q Continuum 1: Q-Space”:

In today’s episode, Picard won’t call off an experiment at the galactic barrier just because Q says he should. But when Q yoinks Picard off the Enterprise to show him some home movies, the rest of the crew has to figure out how to make the clouds stop raining on their parade. Why are most tactical officers so trigger-happy? What guises has Q hung out on Earth in? And what did Guinan do to make Q’s wife big-mad? All this and more in Q-Space, the book that’s made possible in part by Viewers Like You. Thank you.

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Dayton Ward on Startrekking.substack.com discussing “Pliable Truths”

()Dayton Ward was recently featured on Startrekking.substack.com to discuss Pliable Truths:

I asked Dayton to tell us about the genesis Star Trek of his new novel.

Check out the Dayton Ward author page to view other sightings and a full list of books!

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mid-Month Star Trek Book Deals For July 2024























As this is the second month that I’m doing a mid-month sales update, I’ve decided to that I’m not going to include the books that are in the month long sale, nor am I going to include the books that are still on sale from last month.  Here’s the 23 books that are new to the $0.99 – $1.99 price point:

Star Trek: 77 Twilight’s End
Star Trek: Deep Space Nine: The Long Mirage
Star Trek: Department of Temporal Investigations: Time Lock
Star Trek: Enterprise: Rise of the Federation: Live by the Code
Star Trek: New Frontier: The Returned Part 1
Star Trek: New Frontier: The Returned Part 2
Star Trek: New Frontier: The Returned Part 3
Star Trek: Spectre
Star Trek: Stargazer: Book 1: Gauntlet
Star Trek: The Face of the Unknown
Star Trek: The Next Generation: Cold Equations: Book 1 The Persistence of Memory
Star Trek: The Next Generation: Cold Equations: Book 2 Silent Weapons
Star Trek: The Next Generation: Death in Winter
Star Trek: The Next Generation: Genesis Wave: Book 1
Star Trek: The Next Generation: Genesis Wave: Book 2
Star Trek: The Next Generation: Genesis Wave: Book 3
Star Trek: The Next Generation: Hearts and Minds
Star Trek: The Next Generation: Kahless
Star Trek: The Next Generation: The Light Fantastic
Star Trek: The Original Series: Elusive Salvation
Star Trek: The Original Series: From History’s Shadow
Star Trek: Voyager: 10 Bless The Beasts
Star Trek: Voyager: 5 Incident At Arbuk

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Howard Weinstein Interview With StarTrekBookClub.com

I’m going to Shore Leave!
I’m interviewing authors before I go
Howard Weinstein Is The First Victim
I had some technical issues, but Mr Weinstein was very understanding about it and we had a great chat

 

As I may have mentioned, I’m on my way to my first experience at a Star Trek convention, Shore Leave.  I was lucky enough to speak to Mr Weinstein about the show, and had a great conversation with him about the nearly decades of experience he as as both an attendee and as a guest.  That’s the basis for the chat, but we definitely don’t stay on just that one topic.

We discuss a ton of other items of interest including his recently released “Galloway’s Gamble 2: Lucifer & The Great Baltimore Brawl“, the second entry into his historical fiction series involving two brothers, horse racing, and plenty of action, his support for the upcoming “Silverado Press Presents“, an anthology of stories by some very familiar names for Trek fans, and spoke of his first corgi named “Mail Order Annie” and how she inspired him to start a career training dogs.  She gave him enough life experiences and lessons to fill a 224 page book:

A Welsh Corgi pup named Mail Order Annie honked car horns, vanquished baby gates, schemed after cookies, donuts and room-service sandwiches, starred at STAR TREK conventions…and charmed everyone she met. But charm doesn’t mean a puppy won’t eat the kitchen walls! Best-selling author-turned-trainer Howard Weinstein tells Annie’s story in a truly universal dog book, and shares his hard-won expertise — Giving new pup-owners training tips and a clear idea of what to expect from life with a wonderful dog, including “Puppy Prep 101” and “Puppy School 202” — Helping current dog-owners get the most from the human-canine relationship — Sharing stories to touch the hearts of all dog-lovers. Written with a journalist’s eye for truth and detail, a novelist’s story-telling skills, and a professional trainer’s practical observations and experience… Straight from Annie’s heart to yours!

Check out his author page here on StarTrekBookClub for more Trek related content or check out his site to learn more about him!

Preview of “Star Trek #22”







Here’s a preview of Star Trek #22 by Collin Kelly and Jackson Lanzing which is due to be released this Wednesday on July 17, 2024 at your local comic shop and digital retailers:

The meeting of the gods at the Pleroma continues as Captain Sisko confronts his celestial mother in the very fabric of space and time! Why was he called home to help in the fight against Kahless, only to be forbidden from attempting to protect the universe from the brutal aftermath?

Meanwhile, Beverly Crusher boldly outmaneuvers the gods for an emotional reunion, and Ensign Lily Sato, torn between her best friend and feelings of disillusionment with Starfleet, contemplates a decision that could change everything with the push of a button…

 

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Trump safe after being rushed off rally stage when shots fired; gunman and audience member dead

Secret Service rushed the stage and took former President Donald Trump away in a motorcade after shots were fired during a Pennsylvania rally today.

It’s clear that this is a false flag operation designed to fundraise for him, and his team of crisis actors are earning their pay tonight.

Trump safe after being rushed off rally stage when shots fired; gunman and audience member dead

Secret Service rushed the stage and took former President Donald Trump away in a motorcade after shots were fired during a Pennsylvania rally today.

It’s clear that this is a false flag operation designed to fundraise for him, and his team of crisis actors are earning their pay tonight.

Ruth Westheimer, Expert on Everything About Sex, Dies at 96

Dr. Ruth’s frank approach to the facts of life, dispensed on radio and television and in books, revolutionized the way Americans viewed their mating habits.

Hawk Tuah Girl’s New Manager Reveals What’s Next for Her: “There Are Endless Opportunities”

Haliey Welch’s rep Jonnie Forster tells The Hollywood Reporter about turning down gigs (sorry, ‘American Idol’ and OnlyFans!), those lucrative merch sales and why a reality TV series might show her doing one thing she had never tried pre-fame.

“Star Trek: The Lost Era: Well Of Souls” Review by Trek.fm

Trek.fm has added a new review for Ilsa J. Bick‘s “Star Trek: The Lost Era: Well Of Souls”:

In this episode of Literary Treks hosts Casey Pettitt and Jonathan Koan talk about the Well of Souls. They discuss their expectations, kind of being in it, other characters, the structure, doing too much, ending with their ratings and final thoughts.

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“Star Trek: Prodigy: Supernova” Review by Shastrix.com

Shastrix.com has added a new review for Robb Pearlman‘s “Star Trek: Prodigy: Supernova”:

The second Star Trek Prodigy novel is a novelisation of a video game based on the TV series. It seems to be set immediately after the first novel, somewhere in the early second half of season one.

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“Star Trek: Strange New Worlds 1” Review by Deepspacespines.com

Deepspacespines.com has added a new review for Alara Rogers and Bobbie Benton Hull and Christina F. York and Craig D.B. Patton and Dayton Ward and Dean Wesley Smith and Dylan Otto Krider and Franklin Thatcher and J.A. Rosales and Jackee C. and jaQ Andrews and Jerry M. Wolfe and John J. Ordover and Kathy Oltion and Keith L. Davis and Landon Cary Dalton and Patrick Cumby and Paula M. Block and Peg Robinson and Phaedra M. Weldon and Vince Bonasso‘s “Star Trek: Strange New Worlds 1”:

In today’s episode, it’s a bunch of episodes! Fans submit their own original stories, in which Cyrano Jones finally finishes cleaning up Space Station K-7, a diplomat made good yearns to show Kirk how far she’s come along, and Sisko does an ailing race a favor by dropping off their time capsule. Does Mr. Mot dye hair in his shop? Why does nobody care that the Doctor literally got a crew member killed? And can Chakotay beat his own breakup any% PB? All this and more in Strange New Worlds, the book that knows when to activate Paranoid Mode.

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“Star Trek: Celebrations #1” Review by Positivelytrek.com

Positivelytrek.com has added a new review for Hannah Rose May and Magdalene Visaggio and Steve Orlando and Vita Ayala‘s “Star Trek: Celebrations #1”:

In celebration of Pride Month, IDW has released Star Trek: Celebrations, a one-shot comic issue featuring a few of Star Trek’s greatest LGBTQ+ characters, and in this episode of the Positively Trek Book Club, hosts Dan and Brandi are taking a look at the stories that comprise this comic! We discuss five short comic stories featuring Hikaru Sulu, Raffi Musiker, Seven of Nine, Christine Chapel, Paul Stamets, Jett Reno, and Beckett Mariner. We hope you enjoy the discussion, and we also hope you had a great Pride Month!

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“Star Trek: New Earth: Book 1: Wagon Train To The Stars” Review by Treknews.net

Treknews.net has added a new review for Diane Carey‘s “Star Trek: New Earth: Book 1: Wagon Train To The Stars”:

If your ears perk up at the pairing of Star Trek and the phrase “wagon train to the stars,” there’s a good reason: Gene Roddenberry once described his idea for Star Trek in those exact words. Surprisingly, it took until the turn of the millennium for a Star Trek narrative to use this exact adventurous ethos. As we can assume after reading this 24-year-old book, readers in 2000 would have quite enjoyed the adventurous situation Captain James Kirk and his veteran crew find themselves in.

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I’m headed to Shore Leave 44!

July 26 – 28, 2024
Wyndham Lancaster Resort and Convention Center in Lancaster, PA

After many years of saving, I’m heading off on a trip to visit the fine folks at Shore Leave, this being the 44th event they’ve hosted.  This is going to be their first year at a new location (the old one is no longer among the living), so it’s a great jumping on point and gives me the opportunity to meet a significant number of authors that I’ve written and told you all about.  The list includes: Aaron RosenbergAmy SissonChristopher L. BennettDavid GerroldDavid MackDayton WardDerek Tyler Atticodiana dru botsfordGreg CoxHoward WeinsteinKeith R.A. DeCandidoKelli FitzpatrickLaura WareLorraine AndersonMichael Jan FriedmanRigel Ailur, and Scott Pearson.  The authors in bold are ones that agreed to a pre-show interview, most of which are already done and just need some editing and framing from yours truly.  The interviews all have fun technical problems (guess I need to record their mics too?), fun nature problems (Florida thunderstorm in the middle of KRAD’s time), and possible interruptions by cats.  I’m enthusiastic about the content, but far from top level professional.  Yet.

The interviews will start dropping soon, and I plan on having an after action post about what went on up there along with pictures, if I can remember to take some while I’m all amped up to meet cool Trek people.  I’m told there’s also going to be a number of tv / movie personalities there as well, but they’re outside the scope of what I’m working on here.

Happy 2024 Birthday to Hans Beimler!

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Happy birthday to Hans Beimler!

Hans Anthony Beimler is a writer, producer, and script editor of many Star Trek: The Next Generation and Star Trek: Deep Space Nine episodes. He also appeared in Deep Space Nine’s final episode, “What You Leave Behind”, as a holographic guest at Vic’s Las Vegas Lounge.

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Happy 2024 Birthday to Steve Mollmann!

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Happy birthday to Steve Mollmann!

Steve Mollmann is a writer, author of a number of Star Trek stories.

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Star Trek Books Coming In The Next 30 Days, as of July 9th, 2024

Fiction

Star Trek: Lost to Eternity
By: Greg Cox
July 23, 2024

A thrilling new Star Trek “movie era” novel from New York Times bestselling author Greg Cox! Three Eras. Three Mysteries. One Ancient Enemy? 2024: Almost forty years ago, marine biologist Gillian Armstrong stormed away from her dream job at San Francisco’s Cetacean Institute—and was never seen or heard from again. Now a new true crime […]

Non-Fiction

Star Trek: The Illustrated Oral History: The Original Cast
By: Titan Books
July 31, 2024

The original cast and crew of Gene Roddenberrys’ Star Trek discuss the making of the iconic show and films in this fully illustrated collector’s edition. Featuring interviews with the U.S.S Enterprise crew members William Shatner, Leonard Nimoy, DeForest Kelley, Nichelle Nichols, George Takei, Walter Koenig, and James Doohan. This illustrated book compiles years of unmissible […]

Comics

Star Trek Annual 2024 #1
By: Collin KellyJackson Lanzing
July 17, 2024

With no one but himself to blame for his brother’s sudden escape during the Klingon Day of Blood, Lieutenant Commander Data sheds his Starfleet uniform for an ensemble inspired by none other than Sherlock Holmes to track down Lore’s whereabouts… and figure out what sinister plans he’s been scheming. With the one and only Miles […]

Star Trek #22
By: Collin KellyJackson Lanzing
July 17, 2024

The meeting of the gods at the Pleroma continues as Captain Sisko confronts his celestial mother in the very fabric of space and time! Why was he called home to help in the fight against Kahless, only to be forbidden from attempting to protect the universe from the brutal aftermath? Meanwhile, Beverly Crusher boldly outmaneuvers […]

Star Trek: Picard’s Academy: Commit No Mistakes TPB
By: Sam Maggs
July 23, 2024

Go back to academy days with one of Starfleet’s most celebrated officers: Jean-Luc Picard! A new collected series by New York Times best-selling author, Sam Maggs. Before becoming the Federation’s finest, Jean-Luc was an ordinary student at Starfleet Academy with sights on the stars. His path forward was charted: blow his classmates out of the […]

Star Trek: Defiant #17
By: Christopher Cantwell
July 24, 2024

Enter a brand-new arc and the beginning of a new era for the disavowed, mercenary crew of the U.S.S. Defiant! Political corruption ensues as Sela and her father, General Revo, leverage the imprisoned Defiant crewmates to kidnap the Romulan praetor and chairman of Tal Shiar Intelligence to advance their sinister plot to take over Romulus…

Star Trek: Holo-Ween TPB
By: Christopher Sequeira
August 6, 2024

Horrors from Starfleet’s past are back with a vengeance in this miniseries. To save the ship, Picard and crew will have to become monsters themselves! The evil Redjac presence—a.k.a. Jack the Ripper from the Star Trek episode “Wolf in the Fold”—has returned. And this time it has a new terrifying tool at its disposal: the […]

Southern Baptists Vote to Oppose IVF

The annual Southern Baptist Convention voted in support of a resolution opposing the use of IVF in fertility treatments.

RWA Files for Bankruptcy

Romance Writers of America filed for bankruptcy in May 2024 in the Southern District of Texas. The RWA was unable to pay the hotel contracts for their annual conferences after membership plummeted …

Happy 2024 Birthday to Rick Sternbach!

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Happy birthday to Rick Sternbach!

Richard “Rick” Michael Sternbach was the (senior) production illustrator/designer for Star Trek: The Motion Picture, Star Trek: The Next Generation, the first two seasons of Star Trek: Deep Space Nine, and Star Trek: Voyager. He was also the scenic artist for Star Trek Nemesis, providing designs for everything from the Argo shuttle to a Romulan Valdore-type sculpture. Sternbach’s most recognized work by far has been the designs of the PADD, Deep Space 9 and USS Voyager.

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Happy 2024 Birthday to John Byrne!

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Happy birthday to John Byrne!

John Lindley Byrne is a British-born American comic book artist and writer. Since breaking into the industry in the early 1970s, he has worked on almost every major comic superhero. His most famous works were on Marvel Comics’ X-Men (with Chris Claremont) and Fantastic Four titles and on the DC Comics Superman relaunch in the mid-1980s. In 1992, he teamed up with Larry Niven to produce the graphic novel Green Lantern: Ganthet’s Tale.

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Happy 2024 Birthday to Susan Wright!

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Happy birthday to Susan Wright!

Susan Wright is an author who has written many Star Trek books, all published by Pocket Books.

Wright founded the National Coalition for Sexual Freedom in 1997, which promotes BDSM and sex positivism, and continues to serve as the organization’s spokesperson. She currently resides in New York.

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Happy 2024 Birthday to Ronald D. Moore!

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Happy birthday to Ronald D. Moore!

Ronald “Ron” Dowl Moore is a writer and producer of several Star Trek series and films, as well as several other science fiction and genre programs. Moore was recognized for his writing work on the Star Trek franchise with seven award nominations, winning two of them. In his post-Star Trek years, he greatly added to this list of laurels.

While residing in Los Angeles as a struggling and budding writer, Ron Moore started to date a woman who worked on the set of Star Trek: The Next Generation. In 1989, Moore, an avid fan of the original Star Trek, convinced her to take him on a tour of the lot. He had written a script for the show, which the producers liked enough to actually film. It became “The Bonding”, and Moore was soon hired as a staff writer.

He remained at that position until the end of the series. He co-wrote 27 episodes of Star Trek: The Next Generation including the series finale, “All Good Things…” for which he won the Hugo Award for excellence in science fiction writing along with Brannon Braga. Moore and Braga also co-wrote two films featuring the Next Generation cast, Star Trek Generations and Star Trek: First Contact. As producer of TNG in 1994, Moore shared an Emmy Award nomination when the series was nominated as Outstanding Drama Series that year.

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“Star Trek: The Next Generation: Pliable Truths” Review by Treknews.net

Treknews.net has added a new review for Dayton Ward‘s “Star Trek: The Next Generation: Pliable Truths”:

If you’re a fan of the powerful Star Trek: The Next Generation two-part episode “Chain of Command,” or the series premiere for the excellent TNG spin-off series Deep Space Nine, then author Dayton Ward has a treat for you in his newest book, Pliable Truths.

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“Star Trek: Deep Space Nine: Gamma: Original Sin” Review by Lessaccurategrandmother.blogspot.com

Lessaccurategrandmother.blogspot.com has added a new review for David R. George III‘s “Star Trek: Deep Space Nine: Gamma: Original Sin”:

Ah, we’ve finally tied off all the lingering threads of the Deep Space Nine time jump. Now the story can move forward at last! David R. George III set up some new concepts in his previous book, so surely we’ll be building on them.

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“Star Trek: Day of Blood” Review by Positivelytrek.com

Positivelytrek.com has added a new review for Christopher Cantwell‘s “Star Trek: Day of Blood”:

In this episode of The Positively Trek Book Club, hosts Dan and Brandi discuss Star Trek: Day of Blood. We talk about all seven issues that make up the hardcover collection: The Free Comic Book Day issue Prelude to Day of Blood, Day of Blood #1, Star Trek issues 11 & 12, Star Trek: Defiant issues 7 & 8, and a personal favorite of both of us: the Eisner-nominated Day of Blood: Shaxs’ Best Day!

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“Star Trek: Spectre” Review by Themindreels.com

Themindreels.com has added a new review for Garfield Reeves-Stevens and Judith Reeves-Stevens and William Shatner‘s “Star Trek: Spectre”:

William Shatner doles out another ‘Kirk is the best captain ever’ tale with the Reeves-Stevens helping him out. I make it sound like I didn’t like the book, I did, but I hate how even now, Shatner, goes out of the way to make sure that Kirk is portrayed as the smartest, strongest, most attractive character in the Trek universe. Sometimes it gets to be a little much.

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Happy 2024 Birthday to Marc Okrand!

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Happy birthday to Marc Okrand!

Marc Okrand is the inventor of the Klingon language. He initially created the Vulcan dialogue in Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan. He was hired by Paramount Pictures to invent the language and coach the actors on Star Trek III: The Search for Spock, Star Trek V: The Final Frontier and Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country. Okrand’s basis for the Klingon language came from the few samples spoken in Star Trek: The Motion Picture which were made up by James Doohan. He is also famous as the author of The Klingon Dictionary and all its addenda.

On Disc 2 of the Star Trek III: The Search for Spock DVD, Okrand said he was asked to create Klingonese for scenes that had already been shot in English. During post-production, he turned off the sound and observed the actors’ lip movements as they spoke their lines. From these movements, he developed new vocal “sounds” for the actors to dub over their original English. He was asked to do the same for Spock and Saavik in Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan, during their brief discussion about Kirk in the Torpedo Bay. Okrand was also interviewed on 21 August 1991 for the TNG Season 5 DVD special feature “Alien Speak” (“The Klingon Linguist”).

Okrand previously worked with Native American languages, from which he borrowed the unusual Klingon tlh [IPA: /t͡ɬ/] sound (common in North and Central American indigenous languages, in which it is usually transcribed as tl; this is the sound at the end of the word “Nahuatl” as the Aztecs pronounced it themselves).

Recent work includes the Atlantean language which he was hired to do for Disney’s film Atlantis: The Lost Empire, which featured the voice of Leonard Nimoy. He also contributed Klingon and Vulcan dialogue for several episodes of the fourth season of Star Trek: Enterprise. He was a consultant for the Klingon, Romulan and Vulcan languages on 2009’s Star Trek and served as an uncredited consultant on Star Trek Into Darkness.

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Happy 2024 Birthday to Mel Gilden!

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Happy birthday to Mel Gilden!

Mel Gilden has written over forty books for adult and children, and over a hundred original TV scripts. He earned his BA at the California State University and currently lives in California.

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Out Today: “Star Trek: Sons of Star Trek #4”

Out today: “Star Trek: Sons of Star Trek #4“, by Morgan Hampton.

The final chapter! What do you get when you cross three of the Federation’s most celebrated sons with a misguided god? An alternate reality full of lessons that may be just what the doctor ordered. But with Jake Sisko’s enrollment in the Pennington School, Alexander Rozhenko’s prison sentence, and Nog’s first Starfleet posting all fast approaching, they’ll have to move fast to defeat the Breen once and for all if they’re to convince Q Jr. to return them to their home reality.

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Wastewater surveillance reveals pathogens in Detroit’s population, helping monitor and predict disease outbreaks since 2017

Detecting infectious agents in sewage is only the first step. Researchers are working on developing reliable ways to translate surveillance measurements to case numbers and infection predictions.

Out Today: “The Art of George Wilson”

Out today: “The Art of George Wilson“, by Anthony Taylor.

What made many of the great adventure comics of the 1960s so attractive were their fantastic painted covers by artist George Wilson. Wilson’s covers harkened back to the era of pulp magazines and were spectacularly eye-catching. He turned in efforts for literally hundreds of comics titles including: Classics Illustrated, The Twilight Zone, Ripley’s Believe It or Not, Dr. Solar, Magnus Robot Fighter, Turok, Son of Stone and Star Trek, to name but a few. This new art book focuses on over 300 examples of his cover art and features numerous examples of Wilson’s artwork scanned from the originals together with many of the book covers he created including his extensive run on Avon’s The Phantom.

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Out Today: “Strange Novel Worlds”

Out today: “Strange Novel Worlds“.

Since the publication of the first James Blish novelizations of Star Trek episodes in 1967, close to 900 tie-in novels, anthologies, and omnibus editions have been published. Star Trek tie-in novels have had a significant influence on Western popular culture. The works of beloved science fiction authors have shaped the way fans understand Star Trek and its universe, and many stand as near equal builders of the Star Trek franchise, next to Gene Roddenberry, his producers, and the many creators of the later series. With such a vast and varied body of work, tie-in books form a rich and deep cultural phenomenon, the history and content of which are worthy of concerted study.

Despite the enduring popularity of the franchise they are based on, no previous essay collection has ever focused on the numerous and widely diverse books of Star Trek tie-in novels. This collection does just that by examining the tie-in works as relevant literature. The essays primarily focus on tie-in books published from 1990 to 2022, and each author discusses the plot and context of separate novels while simultaneously exploring major themes such as canon vs. fanfiction and merits of the genre. The collection ends with an exploration of the continuity of this period of Star Trek as it stands following a narrative conclusion announced in 2021.

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Julian Assange to plead guilty but is going home after long extradition fight

“Julian is free!” wife wrote after Assange struck deal with US government.

More than 1,300 people died during Hajj, many of them after walking in the scorching heat

CAIRO (AP) — More than 1,300 people died during this year’s Hajj pilgrimage in Saudi Arabia as the faithful faced extreme high temperatures at Islamic holy sites in the desert kingdom, Saudi authorities announced Sunday.

Happy 2024 Birthday to Jeri Taylor!

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Happy birthday to Jeri Taylor!

Jeri Cecile Taylor is a television writer and producer best known for her contributions to the Star Trek franchise. Born in Bloomington, Indiana, she received her Bachelor of Arts degree in English from Indiana University in 1959 , and her Master’s degree in English from California State University at Northridge. She is the mother of two time Star Trek: The Next Generation guest star and recurring Star Trek: Voyager actor Alexander Enberg.

Prior to joining Star Trek, Taylor was a producer, story editor, and occasional director on the hit medical series Quincy, M.E., on which Trek guest performers Robert Ito and Garry Walberg were regular cast members. She went on to serve as producer and writer for such series as Magnum, P.I., In the Heat of the Night, and Jake and the Fatman. She also directed episodes of the latter series. In addition, she co-wrote the 1987 CBS TV movie A Place to Call Home, for which she also served as supervising producer. She was also a producer of the short-lived TV adaptation of the film Blue Thunder, whose guest stars included Tracy Scoggins, Sam Anderson, Ray Wise, John Hancock, Robert DoQui and Kurtwood Smith.

She joined the staff of Star Trek: The Next Generation as supervising producer in 1990 and held that position through the show’s fifth season. She then served as co-executive producer for the show’s sixth season, and was then promoted to executive producer for its final season, and served as showrunner for the final year, as Michael Piller was primarily occupied with Star Trek: Deep Space Nine at the time. She also co-wrote three episodes of Deep Space Nine during the latter period. Additionally, she assisted in the production of the Trek films Star Trek Generations and Star Trek: First Contact, receiving special thanks notices in each of the film’s end credits for her contributions. Working in the business since 1976, Taylor was asked to join the staff after rewriting the episode “Suddenly Human”. (“Chronicles from the Final Frontier”, TNG Season 4 DVD special feature)

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Out Today: “Star Trek: Defiant #16”

Out today: “Star Trek: Defiant #16“, by Christopher Cantwell.

It’s now or never for the Defiant crew if they are to survive the parasitic infestation on the isolated Section 31 outpost Starbase 99. But with B’Elanna still connected to both Borg ally Hugh and the parasite hivemind, Nymira nowhere to be found, and a giant portal connecting their reality to a horde of hellish bugs just itching to burrow into each of their brain stems, things are looking dire at best. The third arc of the critically acclaimed series ends here!

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“Star Trek: Celebrations #1” Review by Womenatwarp.com

Womenatwarp.com has added a new review for Hannah Rose May and Magdalene Visaggio and Steve Orlando and Vita Ayala‘s “Star Trek: Celebrations #1”:

With Pride Month in full swing, you may have missed IDW’s gorgeous one-off anthology celebrating some of Star Trek’s most-loved characters. In Star Trek: Celebrations, IDW spotlights LGBTQIAP+ characters throughout the canon – Sulu, Raffi, Seven, Chapel, Stamets, Reno, and Mariner. (Interestingly, Culber, Adira, and Gray appear on the cover but not in the anthology. Culber and Stamets even have their own alternate cover but Stamets’s entry in the anthology is solely concerned with Reno. Fascinating.)

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