The Fiend of the Week was telophase! She sent me these two rather bad novels of human-Klingon interaction. In both, there is at least a potentially interesting story concerning original characters intercut with a story about the Enterprise crew in which the author clearly has no interest whatsoever.

In Pawns and Symbols, the marginally better of the two, ( Read more... )

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Many of these actually exist! Here's proof! Note: I am letting YOU guess which, if any, of the Harlequin titles actually exist, so have not linked to all of them.

Spock Must Die! (Star Trek)
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I did not receive any of the Harlequin titles, which I note all actually exist. Nor did I receive The Very Virile Viking or The Vampire Queen’s Servant, which also exist. I already own Clan of Death: Ninja, and have it reviewed somewhere under the tag genre: ninja ( Read more... )

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I notice that many people have gotten curious about the original series after seeing the movie. There are also some quite good novels, many by writers known for original sf/fantasy. Here's a brief, non-comprehensive guide:

The Spirit of WonderDiane Duane did the best job of capturing the joy I felt when watching the series. You want to serve on ( Read more... )

I'm an Old-Skool Trek fan, one of the ones for whom shirtless, sweaty Sulu with a fencing foil was a pivotal moment in my sexual development ( Read more... )