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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 GustavoLeao / 08:13, 18 September 2007 / Trek Books
Review by Jeff Ayers
On the heels of events chronicled in J.M. Dillard's Resistance (review)comes Keith R.A. DeCandido's Q&A. The daily life of the Federation's flagship continues as Picard waits to hear back from Starfleet about his defiance of orders and confrontation with the Borg. New characters are introduced and some struggle to fit in to the camaraderie of the command team. Meanwhile, the universe begins to unravel. Cameos from familiar people illustrate how dire the situation has become. While Picard and his crew try to solve the mystery of an enigmatic planet, Q pops in and the real havoc starts.
DeCandido successfully juggles all of Q's previous appearances and incorporates them into the novel, creating sort of a wonderful bookend to the character. John DeLancie playing the role rings throughout; the author truly nails the voice of Q. The new characters are intriguing and it will be interesting to see what transpires for them as the post-Nemesis novels continue.
Some nitpicks in an otherwise fun read: Q doesn't appear to Picard and the Enterprise crew until halfway through the novel. Everything that happens and its resolution creates more of a shrug than awe, and the cameos, while entertaining, have sort of a sameness to them. That aside, strictly on the Q-T, readers will thoroughly enjoy the book.
*** out of ****
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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