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Here’s a bit of analysis of the first original Star Trek: Deep Space Nine novel, 1993′s “The Siege” by Peter David.  This, of course, is not to be confused with the second-season episode of the same name.

The story deals with the station having to cease activity with the wormhole due to technobabble, and also having to deal with a serial killer who has set up shop on the station and is claiming victims with no apparent rhyme or reason.  All of this leads to Odo discovering a link — pun intended — to his mysterious past.

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Some good stuff in this issue, much of it involving the resolution of Roland being discovered as Gabrielle’s killer.  I like the fact that Peter David and Robin Furth didn’t decide to have Roland deny the deed; it would have sucked and been totally out of character for the gunslinger to lie about the incident just to cover his own ass.  Similarly, later on in the issue, when Roland is resigned to the idea of being hanged for his crime, his fatalism seems very much like what Stephen King’s young Roland would be like.  It’s this kind of thing that has helped make these comics such a pleasure for Dark Tower fans.

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Today, I’ve got a look back at the first three books in Peter David’s Star Trek: New Frontier series, which began in 1997 and launched a new Trek series that, thus far, has appeared in only novels and comics.  Which is, in my opinion, a good thing; that opinion might have something to do with the reason why I’m not reviewing the fourth novel in the series.

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Honk Mahfah reviews the first issue of Marvel’s new Dark Tower arc, “The Fall of Gilead.”  Have you forgotten the face of your spoiler?

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