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Book Review: “The Tyrant Strategy: Revenant Man” by Jonathan C. Gillespie
I’m not a huge fan of military SF. But I am a fan of post-apocalyptic SF. I’m not a huge fan of augmented-humanity SF. But I am a fan of humans-aren’t-the-most-powerful-people-in-the-universe SF. So when author Jonathan C. Gillespie put out … Continue reading →
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25 Days of TNG, Day 25: Where Do We Go From Here?
How do I conclude 25 articles about TNG? I’ve talked about pretty much everything, haven’t I? 25 Days of TNG concludes on Escape Pod with Day 25: Where Do We Go From Here?
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25 Days of TNG, Day 24: The Top 25 Episodes, Part 2
25 Days of TNG, Day 24: The Top 25 Episodes, Part 2
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25 Days of TNG, Day 23: The Top 25 Episodes, Part 1
25 Days of TNG, Day 23: The Top 25 Episodes, Part 1
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25 Days of TNG, Day 22: The Bottom 25 Episodes, Part 2
So, what episodes are left that could possibly be worse (or at the very least “less good”) than the 15 I listed yesterday? Let’s find out. 25 Days of TNG on Escape Pod continues with Day 22: The Bottom 25 … Continue reading →
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25 Days of TNG, Day 21: The Bottom 25 Episodes, Part 1
It’s pretty easy to just say “oh, yeah, that episode was terrible”… but why? Why was it a bad episode? How bad was it compared to others? Was it just that opportunities were missed, or was it truly a cluster … Continue reading →
25 Days of TNG, Day 20: 11 Lost “Best” Episodes
And now you get to read a little about eleven episodes I really liked but somehow didn’t make it onto the top 25 list. The 25 Days of TNG continues with Day 20: 11 Lost “Best” Episodes.
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25 Days of TNG, Day 19: The Relaunch
Even though Star Trek canon says that, after Nemesis, there was no more official Trek until Spock attempted to save Romulus, I think we all knew the intellectual property was too valuable to just be left lying there. The TNG … Continue reading →
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25 Days of TNG, Day 18: The Best and Worst of the TNG Films
Following the TNG season finale, I think it was already known that a film was in the offing. At least one. Turns out we got four, all of which you’ve probably seen, and most of which have both good and … Continue reading →
25 Days of TNG, Day 17: The Best and Worst of Season 7
I’m not sure when exactly we knew that the seventh season of TNG was going to be the final one, but as far as final seasons go, it didn’t really blow me away. Compared to other final seasons — House, … Continue reading →
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25 Days of TNG, Day 16: The 10 Best Tie-In Novels
As I was researching the tie-in novel articles, I realized just how many of the TNG tie-ins I didn’t read. Not that I’m going to go back and read them now; it’s just interesting to me. But even with missing … Continue reading →
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TV Review: “Dog with a Blog”
I think it’s safe to say that most kids — at least, most of us who had dogs — always wanted our dogs to be able to talk. Odds are good it never happened to you, but it did happen … Continue reading →
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25 Days of TNG, Day 15: The 10 Worst Tie-In Novels
I first started reading Star Trek tie-in novels when I was about eight. My dad hurt his foot and was in the hospital, and my mom brought me to a bookstore before we went to visit him. I found three … Continue reading →
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25 Days of TNG, Day 14: The Best and Worst of Season 6
The sixth season of TNG was sort of weird. There were a lot of iffy episodes, and several that I just didn’t like (and couldn’t tell you why). But it did have my favorite Riker episode of all time. The … Continue reading →
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25 Days of TNG, Day 13: 10 Things That Don’t Hold Up
Trek returned to TV twenty years after its original premiere, and though everything was highly upgraded, there were still technological advancements that were completely unexpected that have since made TNG into something of a dinosaur. Here are ten of them. … Continue reading →
25 Days of TNG, Day 12: The Best and Worst of Season 5
For my money, if you chop off the premiere and the finale, Season 5 was probably the best season of TNG. Though it had a few big-time stinkers, the great episodes were really great and even the middling ones weren’t … Continue reading →
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25 Days of TNG, Day 11: Anachronisms and the Stifling of Creativity
Because of the changing nature of pop culture and fashion, it’s very difficult to include contemporary references in fiction. Some people do it very well — Seth McFarlane, the writers of Psych and Warehouse 13, Joss Whedon — and some … Continue reading →
25 Days of TNG, Day 10: The Best and Worst of Season 4
Season Four had some pretty high-concept, hard-hitting episodes. It also introduced a war that apparently everyone in the Trek universe either missed, ignored, or forgot about. And it sent Wesley off to Starfleet Academy, so if you weren’t a fan, … Continue reading →
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25 Days of TNG, Day 9: In Their Own Words
25 Days of TNG continues with Day 9: In Their Own Words. 25 Days of TNG, Day 9: In Their Own Words
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25 Days of TNG, Day 8: The Best and Worst of Season 3
After the debacle that was Season Two (and the writer’s strike), it really amazed me just how strong TNG came back with the third season. Despite a somewhat-iffy premiere (the baseball references did nothing at all for me), the next … Continue reading →
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Josh Roseman: Writer, Voice Guy, Dad, Human 