Set during the events of season two of The Next Generation, John Vornholt’s novel, Masks, is a bit of a basic tale, but does give Captain Picard a bit of a romance. The Enterprise arrives at the planet Lorca, transporting ambassador-at-large Fenton Lewis to open diplomatic relations with the inhabitants. This seems kind of odd,…
Tag: boldly go
Star Trek: Assignment: Eternity (1998) – Greg Cox
Greg Cox delivers a fun and exciting novel that really ties itself into the continuity not only of The Original Series but its films, while also acknowledging the events that would later occur in The Next Generation. It also brings back Gary Seven and Roberta Lincoln from the episode Assignment: Earth. In 1969, Gary and…
Star Trek: The Next Generation – Power Hungry (1989) – Howard Weinstein
Howard Weinstein delivers his first Next Gen novel with Power Hungry. Set squarely in the second season of the series, Weinstein shows that he has a pretty solid handle on the characters, and explores an environmental theme that sounds very familiar to the way we are treating our own planet. The Enterprise is on a…
Star Trek: Heart of the Sun (1997) – Pamela Sargent, and George Zebrowski
Set during Kirk’s original five year mission as portrayed in The Original Series, Heart of the Sun is an interesting exploration of isolationism and its effect, combining two story threads that end up having more in common than you initially realize. The Enterprise has arrived in a remote system, helping restore a planetary database that…
Star Trek: Strange New Worlds (2023) – Subspace Rhapsody, and Hegemony
Subspace Rhapsody does something that Star Trek has never done before, gives us a musical. With songs by Letters to Cleo’s Kay Hanley and Tom Polce and a script by Dana Horgan and Bill Wolkoff this episode first debuted on 3 August, 2023. Sure, musicals aren’t everyone’s fare, but in a season that took some…
Star Trek: Strange New Worlds (2023) – Those Old Scientists, and Under the Cloak of War
Those Old Scientists is a massively entertaining episode that combines humour with some great character moments and gives us a crossover that fans had been hoping for. Not only does the episode incorporate characters from the animated series Lower Decks, it was also directed by Jonathan Frakes. The script was written by Kathryn Lyn and…
Star Trek: Strange New Worlds (2023) – Charades, and Lost in Translation
Spock (Ethan Peck) and Chapel (Jess Bush) are involved in an accident, and the aliens who caused it repair the shuttle, and the injured Spock, but his mixed DNA causes problems, so they use Chapel as the guideline, and make him human in Charades. Written by Kathryn Lyn and Henry Alonso Myers this episode debuted…
Star Trek: Strange New Worlds (2023) – Tomorrow and Tomorrow and Tomorrow, and Among the Lotus Eaters
Tomorrow and Tomorrow and Tomorrow gives us a time travel story in the vein of The City on the Edge of Forever, Tomorrow is Yesterday, and Assignment: Earth. Written by David Reed, the episode first aired on 29 June, 2023. La’an (Christina Chong) is still trying to find her way back to the crew after…
Star Trek: Strange New Worlds (2023) – The Broken Circle, and Ad Astra Per Aspera
Season two of Strange New Worlds got underway with The Broken Circle. Written by Henry Alonso Myers and Akiva Goldsman, the season got underway on 15 June, 2023. The Enterprise is docked at a starbase as Captain Pike (Anson Mount) goes off in search of someone who will be able to help Una (Rebecca Romijn)…
Star Trek: Strange New Worlds (2022) – All Those Who Wander, and A Quality of Mercy
All Those Who Wander is the penultimate episode of the first season of Star Trek: Strange New Worlds, and it is determined to make the Gorn the scariest aliens in the Trek universe. Written by Davy Perez, this episode first aired on 30 June, 2022. The Enterprise, which is on a priority mission, receives another…
The Mind Reels 