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Nov 17 | Originally hired as co-executive producer to help with the second half of the show's first season, Kevin Murphy has now taken the reins of Caprica, the Battlestar Galactica prequel on Syfy, according to The Hollywood Reporter. He now serves as an executive producer along with Ronald D. Moore, David Eick and Jane Espenson and oversees the day-to-day functions of the show.
Nov 12 | Star Trek star Zachary Quinto is loosely attached to star in the romantic dramedy Whirligig, reports Risky Business.Quinto would play the lead role in the independent Canadian film, which is aiming to shoot early next year. The movie centers on a man who, in a misguided attempt to woo an older woman, befriends the woman's adopted son.Chaz Thorne is directing the pic, based on a screenplay by Michael Amo, creator of the Canadian supernatural series "The Listener."
Nov 11 | The CNS Foundation, is hosting an on-line charity auction at www.charitybuzz.com. One of the items they are auctioning is a signed movie poster of the new Star Trek movie which has all the cast members and writers. The president of our organization is Carol Abrams, JJ's mother, and she arranged for the donation from Bad Robot Production Company. J.J. Abrams is also a major donor to their organization. The funds raised will go to help find a cure to neurological disorders in children. The auction link is here.
Nov 10 | Candice Bergen, Charles Lisanby, Don Pardo, Gene Roddenberry, Tom and Dick Smothers and Bob Stewart have been selected as the next inductees into the Television Academy's Hall of Fame. They will be honored at a Jan. 20 ceremony at the Beverly Hills Hotel. "This year's inductees have challenged and shaped popular culture, changed television for the better and entertained us royally while doing so," TV Academy Chairman-CEO John Shaffner said. More info at the Hollywood Reporter
Nov 08 | Unreality-SF.net has interviewed Star Trerk author James Swallow about some of his upcoming projects. He talks about Titan: Synthesis and Seven Deadly Sins: The Slow Knife, as well as some forthcoming Doctor Who and Stargate stories.
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By BWilliams / 12:35, 26 July 2004 / Reviews - Books
Synopsis: Caught in a world on the brink of self-destruction, Captain Picard - a man still waging his own personal battle for redemption in the eyes of his commanding officers - must somehow find a way to resolve this catastrophic event and save his crew, even as the implications of his actions may ultimately doom an entire race...
Review: With A TIME TO HATE, the sixth book in the nine-book NEXT GENERATION series leading up to NEMESIS, writer Robert Greenberger picks up the story threads and keeps running smoothly to the finish line with a tale that is both moving and life-changing for the main characters of the series.
Greenberger doesn’t waste any time in re-establishing the main thrust of the novel: the Bader and Dorset races, once mortal enemies, have settled upon the planet Delta Sigma IV and established a peaceful co-existence among each other, eventually becoming a member of the Federation. A series of murders, however, puts the two races at odds against each other, and it’s up to Starfleet to clean up the mess. And who better to clean up the mess than the Captain Jean-Luc Picard and the crew of the Enterprise? According to Starfleet Command, it’s not how well the job gets handled, it’s how badly the end results are going to look on paper. So much so, that in order to come up with solution to the planetary crisis, Beverly Crusher must suggest a cure that may prove as harmful as the violence they’re trying to stem.
Greenberger could not have had a novel with a more apt title. Both of the titles, A TIME TO LOVE and A TIME TO HATE, represent central themes that play out in the larger tapestry of the STAR TREK saga. In this latter volume, the feeling of hatred is on the forefront not only in the increasing violence between the Bader and Dorset races, but also in the growing hatred once again felt between Will Riker and his father Kyle. The lack of a strong father-son relationship between the Rikers sets them at odds once again, as Will Riker must do what he can to bring his father to justice for his crimes against the Bader and Dorset races. Throughout LOVE, Greenberger painted a beautiful, idyllic picture of the perfect family life with the protocol officer Seer and his family and children, placing Will Riker in the midst of such serenity. He juxtaposes the idealism of Seer’s family with Will’s own desire for such a family with Deanna and the repeated lack of such a family with his own absentee father Kyle. But Greenberger also throws an interesting twist in the latter quarter of HATE that not only resolves Will and Kyle’s relationship, but also spurs major progressions in Will’s growing relationship with Deanna and the events that will lead him to the captain’s chair in NEMESIS.
But A TIME TO HATE is not just about the Bader and Dorset races, and it’s not just about Riker’s relationships either. It’s also about family, community, and belonging. Greenberger also paints a series of wonderful portraits of the lower crewmen, all of whom are caught up in the main planetary conflict and all of whom come to the forefront as significant characters in their own right. We sympathize with engineering crewman Anh Hoang, who had lost her family in the Dominion War and, while working hard and proving herself on the Enterprise, wrestles with her own self-doubts and fears in coming out of her protective shell. We relate well with the “little” (or “Little”?) security officer Van Zandt, who would gladly lay down his life for his comrades. Christine Vale’s character continues to grow and flourish, as her character and background continues to be developed with wonderful strokes. Security crewman Studdard comes forth just like his AMERICAN IDOL namesake, big, protective, cheerful, and always smiling. Clearly, Greenberger has an excellent grasp of his characters and values them as important, whether telling larger scale action stories or smaller, intimate day-to-day tales.
Whereas LOVE tended to be a little shorter than it seemed, HATE comes off much stronger and doesn’t seem as rushed in the novel's 280-plus pages. Greenberger has his share of twists and turns to present in HATE, with one particularly dark twist at the very end of the novel that could indicate that this story may be in fact far from over. It’s these little twists that energize any STAR TREK story and get you thinking once again about the parallels to contemporary times.
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