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Transformers 2 vs. Terminator 4
Essential sci-fi reading list?
Brandon Routh no longer under contarct to play SUPERMAN
Megan Fox v. Michael Bay on the quality of Transformers
Jul 03 | Leading sci-fi website, Totalscifionline.com has teamed up with Star Trek Magazine to find out who is the best villain in Star Trek. Together, they want to know the diabolical masterminds who have sent a shiver down your spine and set your heart pounding and the evil geniuses who make it seem good to e bad. The top Star Trek villain will appear on a special commemorative Star Trek
Magazine cover, to be revealed later this year. Your vote could also win you year's subscription to Star Trek Magazine.For information on how to cast your vote, go here
Jul 02 | Doug Drexler's Drex Files blog psoted a couple of making-of for two images in Pocket Books 2010 Ships of the Line calendar. You can see Greg Stewart's "Operation Return", and "We Come In Peace For All Mankind" by Robert Wilde.
Jul 02 | Company of Angels (CoA), which was co-founded in 1959 by actor Leonard Nimoy, is celebrating its 50th Anniversary as Los Angeles' oldest non profit professional theater now headquartered at the historic Alexandria Hotel in downtown LA. CoA is readying to celebrate this milestone in the history of Los Angeles Theater - with a prestigious Charity Awards Gala slated for October 17, 2009 which will honor actor Leonard Nimoy for his role as a founding member as well as veteran actor Robert Ellenstein. "I'm looking forward to celebrating Company of Angels' 50th Anniversary Award Ceremony and Gala." Nimoy says of this special event in which he is proud to be a part of Check out the official website to learn more about The Company of Angels
Jul 01 | There may be no new Boston Legal episodes, but William Shatner is keeping very busy these days. In addition to his new talk show, Raw Nerve, he took time out to film a new TV spot for Priceline, titled Lighten Up. The clip is viewable on the Priceline Travel Blog
Jun 28 | Eight weeks in, Star Trek still drew audiences in eighth ($3.6 million this weekend, $246.2 million overall).
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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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