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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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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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Empire Online has posted a story choosing the best and worst episodes of the various Star Trek series.  For each series, the three best episodes are chosen, as well as the one episode the editors deem to be the worst of each series.

Their picks for the original series’ best: (1) “The City on the Edge of Forever,” (2) “Mirror, Mirror,” and (3) “Space Seed,” with “Spock’s Brain” clocking in as the worst.

To find out which episodes of the spinoffs Empire chose, check out the full story.

Honk Mahfah is back with the second part of his Star Trek review.  Spoil long and prosper.  For part one, click here.

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Over on the message board for the Tuscaloosa Science Fiction society, I recently responded to a post about the more emotional Spock hinted at in bits of Zachary Quinto’s performance from trailers for the new Star Trek.

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