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Fresh Out of the Oven: “True Blood” 2×2

by on Jun.26, 2009, under Television, True Blood

Here’s my review of “Keep This Party Going,” the second episode of True Blood‘s sophomore season.  There are spoilers, so if you haven’t seen it yet, beware.

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Book Trek: “New Frontier” (Books 1-3) by Peter David

by on Jun.22, 2009, under Literary, Miscellaneous, Star Trek

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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Book Trek: “Ghost Ship” (Star Trek: The Next Generation #1) by Diane Carey

by on Jun.01, 2009, under Literary, Star Trek

This is the first review in what I hope will be a long-running series looking back at the many original Star Trek novels.  Up first: Diane Carey’s Ghost Ship, the 1988 novel that debuted the Pocket Books line of originals based on The Next Generation.

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Empire Online Makes Its Picks for Best and Worst Trek Episodes

by on May.23, 2009, under Star Trek, Television

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.

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Honk Mahfah Rants About Quinto’s Emotional Spock

by on May.04, 2009, under Movies, Star Trek

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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Fresh Out of the Oven: “Star Trek: Countdown”

by on Apr.06, 2009, under Comics, Star Trek

Honk Mahfah reviews the trade paperback Star Trek: Countdown, the comics prequel to the upcoming J.J. Abrams film.  The spoilers of the many outweigh the spoilers of the few.

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