Tag: Star Trek
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TV Series Review: Picard, Season One
I’ll admit I had some huge reservations about this new chapter in the Star Trek universe. Picard has always been my captain. The Next Generation was the Star Trek I grew up with. I had so many expectations that it would take nothing short of a minor miracle to fulfill them all. Good thing I…
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This Week’s Update
This week it finally got hot. Suddenly going outside in the middle of the day doesn’t feel so good anymore and my new found love of working in the yard turned into less of a love and more of a like. Thankfully, the evenings and mornings are still nice and I found a hammock to…
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Exploring the Five Orders: Travelers
Back in January, I shared a little about the magic system that exists in Stonebearer’s Betrayal. Today I’d like to dive deeper into the magic system and talk more about Travelers. Star Trek fans can appreciate the science and technology surrounding the idea of teleportation and how useful it can be. If you can move…
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Book of the Month: Redshirts by John Scalzi
This month I ventured into a new and unfamiliar land where reality collided with fiction in a fun and thoughtful way. In the Star Trek universe the sad fact exists that if you are wearing a red shirt and are sent on an away mission, chances are you are going to die. Scalzi’sRedshirts takes this…
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Favorite Fandom Memes
It’s Friday, and it’s a pretty great day to celebrate some of my favorite fandoms. I’ve always been more of a Trekkie than a Star Wars fan, although I appreciate the latter for the sheer scope of its franchise. I loved Lord of the Rings before it was cool. I read the books in college…