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Where's this fan-made 'Star Trek: 91210' trailer?
RIP: Pushing Daisies; Jericho on CW
An Open Letter to the Fanboys...
Even if this movie is a financial success STAR TREK has now lost its soul.
Nov 21 | Patrick Stewart, as Chancellor of the University of Huddersfield, conferred the title of Honorary Doctor of Letters on the world's most famous Barnsley sons - ex-cricket umpire Dickie Bird and TV chat show king Sir Michael Parkinson. Watch the interview
Nov 21 | Enterprise star Scott Bakula hosts the newly released documentary "Everyone's Space", which is a look at the history of the NASA space program and the latest developments from the private sector to develop new spacecraft. To learn more about the documentary, go to http://www.izzit.org/.
Nov 21 | Photos of TNG actors Jonathan Frakes, Marina Sirtis and Michael Dorn at the premiere of Frakes' new TV movie The Librarian Curse of Judas Chaliche, can be found at IF Magazine.
Nov 20 | According to TrekMovie.com, Star Trek movie villain Nero's Romulan ship is called "Narada". More info on her and the upcoming Playmates toys can be found here.
Nov 19 | A four-minute preview of the upcoming Star Trek Phase II episode "Blood and Fire", written by David Gerrold, can be found at YouTube.
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By GustavoLeao / 14:03, 11 August 2008 / Trek Books
Star Trek Myriad Universes Echoes and Refractions
Review by Jeff Ayers
Infinity's Prism rocked, so it's no wonder that Pocket Books decided to do another book of stories set in the parallel universes that are familiar and also have their unique attributes. Welcome to Echoes and Refractions.
The first story, by Timeliner Geoff Trowbridge, Chimes at Midnight, examines the life of Commander Thelin, the Andorian first officer of Captain Kirk in the alternate timeline established in the animated Trek episode, Yesteryear. Retired from Starfleet, Thelin realizes that the only true home he has is on board a starship, so he re-enlists. After the battle with Khan for the Genesis device, the story shifts and becomes the story of a young David Marcus, who realizes the man he hated being his father is not such a bad guy after all. Without Spock's presence, the events of the TOS films play out in unexpected and compelling ways. Trowbridge tells an amazing story that will resonate with fans of the films. I only wish there was more Thelin and less David.
Keith R.A. DeCandido's A Gutted explores a universe where Bajor wasn't liberated and the Cardassians discovered the wormhole in secret. The Dominion has infiltrated key positions in Starfleet and various alien governments, preparing for the invasion. So how do you fight an enemy you don't even know exists? DeCandido's knowledge of the Trek universe is expansive and he utilizes this landscape in a skillful and masterful tale of paranoia and impending doom.
Chris Roberson proves he should be writing more Trek stories with Brave New World. Doctor Soong was successful in his experiments and now cybernetics is common throughout the Federation. Several years before, Data mysteriously disappeared and the crew of the Enterprise has always wondered why he left. When Picard receives a mysterious message from him asking the Enterprise to come into the Neutral Zone, he must decide if he can trust his former officer. And, is it really Data? The epilogue is unnecessary, but the rest of the story provides excellent character arcs and surprises.
Overall 8.5 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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