Trektember: The Dominion Invasion
The breadcrumb trail begun in the second season ends here: the Dominion Invasion. Its events span the fifth and sixth seasons, from Sisko’s loss of Deep Space Nine during the season 5 finale to his recapture of the station seven…
Trektember: Empok Nor
There isn’t any objective “up” or “down” in space. Which is why, objectively, it makes no sense that O’Brien and his salvage crew’s approach to Empok Nor feels so disquieting. The abandoned Cardassian station looks almost exactly like the familiar…
Trektember: Little Green Men
I’m a little tired of seeing first contact stories told from the humans’ perspective. Don’t get me wrong; I don’t hold it against anyone. Every author I’ve ever heard a story by has been from Earth, after all (at least…
Trektember: Explorers
In the Trektember Season 4 preview, I mentioned that “Explorers” is the first episode of any Star Trek that I remember watching live as it aired; and I also said that I felt like the climax of the episode’s character…
Trektember: Civil Defense
Our situation is already pretty bad, but it gets even worse. Therefore we try harder, but it only ever increases our need for help. But in our lowest moment, instead of comfort, our greatest enemy shows up to taunt us.…
Trektember: Profit and Loss
It doesn’t take much imagination to find the trappings of the 1942 classic Casablanca in the story of “Profit and Loss.” Oh, sure, some of the roles are switched, and instead of transit papers it’s a cloaking device that everyone’s…
Trektember: Cardassians
Really good and lasting sci-fi is, at its core, about people. Now, those people might have green skin, ears the size of dinner plates, or spoon-shaped indentations on their foreheads, but good sci-fi puts people into big and important situations…
Trektember: Season 4 Episode List
Want to know what Trektember is? Click here for an explanation. Here are the episodes that we’ll be reviewing for Trektember 2019, as well as the authors! If you want to see the reviews from a different season of Trektember,…
Trektember: Season 4 Preview
If you just want to see the episode list, click here. The fourth season of Trektember is upon us! If this were Star Trek: Deep Space Nine, this would be the year that Worf joined the cast, the year that…
Review| 13 Minutes to the Moon and an Echo of a Greater Mission
Most episodes of 13 Minutes to the Moon begin with the tell-tale staticky buzz-whine of Apollo’s radio background noise and the iconic high-pitched beep of a Quindar tone. Like the Apollo 11 mission itself, the podcast is deliberate, well-planned, and…
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