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Feb 08 | While his "Lost" co-stars prepare to pack up and leave Hawaii, Daniel Dae Kim can plan to remain there for at least a few more months. Mr. Kim, who plays the time-traveling tough guy Jin on "Lost," has been the first actor cast in a coming remake of the crime drama "Hawaii Five-O," The Hollywood Reporter said. He has been cast as Chin Ho Kelly, a detective played by Kam Fong in the original series, which began in 1968. The "Hawaii Five-O" revival is being developed by the screenwriters Alex Kurtzman and Roberto Orci ("Star Trek," "Fringe") and Peter Lenkov, an executive producer of "CSI: NY."
Feb 03 | William Shatner has paid tribute to his former Boston Legal co-star Justin Mentell, who died in a freak car accident on Monday. The 27 year old was thrown from his Jeep after swerving off the road near Madison, Wisconsin and died at the scene of the tragic crash. The Star Trek legend was saddened to hear of Mentell's passing - as he's convinced the actor was destined for a glittering career. In a post on his Twitter.com page, Shatner writes, "I'm deeply saddened to hear about Justin Mentell. There's no telling how far up the ladder he may have climbed. My sympathies to his family."
Feb 01 | Journalist Edward Gross posted an article at SciFiTVZone.com called "The Making of the Star Trek Pilots, Part 3: "Assignment Earth"" which takes a retrospective look at the making of the Gene Roddenberry unsold TV pilot "Assignment Earth" filmed at Desilu Studios as a second season Star Trek episode. The article feature rare interviews - including authors involved with the character of Gary Seven in comics and in novels.
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By GustavoLeao / 04:00, 24 July 2008 / Trek Books
Star Trek Myriad Universes Infinity's Prism
Review by Jeff Ayers
Have you ever wondered what would have happened if you had made a different decision in your life? Would you be the same person? Modern science hypothesizes the probability of parallel universes and some of our favorite episodes of Star Trek examine these possibilities, creating another perspective into the characters we love. In Infinity's Prism, three authors let their imaginations run wild.
William Leisner takes Captain Pike and the crew of the Enterprise on a mission to Coalition Space in A Less Perfect Union. The passionate followers of Earth First destroyed the Golden Gate Bridge and with it, the dream of Captain Jonathan Archer to create a Federation of Planets. The new Starfleet leadership has a bold plan to join Earth with the Coalition and elects Christopher Pike and his crew to escort a very old Vulcan named T'Pol to a peace summit. Some of the crew don't want to ally with the Vulcans, including James Kirk. Having T'Pol on board brings back his painful memories of the death of his wife and son at the hands of the Vulcans. Leisner understands the entire world of the original series and utilizes it amazingly well to create a story that will make a fan boy need his inhaler.
Christopher L. Bennett explores an alternate outcome for Voyager in Places of Exile. Janeway contemplates allying with the Borg to defeat the threat of Species 8472 when the aliens from fluidic space savagely attack the ship and Voyager is crippled. The remaining survivors must put aside their dreams of reaching Earth and try to fit in among the Vostigye. Some of them remain destined to be outcasts while others will excel. Bennett creates another fascinating society making this a must for fans of Voyager.
Khan and his followers won the Eugenics Wars and almost four hundred years later, Princeps Julian Bashir makes a startling discovery in Seeds of Dissent. A sleeper ship from that era is found and several of the crew, including Captain Shaun Christopher, are curious about the Earth they left behind. Since they lived during Khan's reign, they know the truth but can Bashir accept everything he has grown up to believe is a lie? Clearly, the victors write history. James Swallow has written the best of the three stories in the collection and gets extra credit points for making Bashir and Ezri Dax actually interesting.
Overall collection 9.5 out of 10
Reviewer Jeff Ayers is the author of Voyages of Imagination: The Star Trek Fiction Companion trade paperback, and webmaster of VoyagesOfImagination.com
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