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Tag Archives: Star Trek
STAR TREK and Me (a repost)
Today is the 58th anniversary of Star Trek‘s first appearance on teevee. On this date in 1966, an episode called “The Man Trap” of a new science-fiction show aired, and I guess that at the time this seemed like just another … Continue reading
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Tagged Geek Stuff, Skiffy, Star Trek
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Whoa….
I’ll have more to say later at some point, but I’ve just read one of the earliest Star Trek novels, a 1974 book called Spock, Messiah!. And it is both super weird and not weird enough. I need to think … Continue reading
STAR TREK and Me (a repost)
Today is the 57th anniversary of Star Trek‘s first appearance on teevee. On this date in 1966, an episode called “The Man Trap” of a new science-fiction show aired, and I guess that at the time this seemed like just another … Continue reading
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Tagged Geek Stuff, Skiffy, Star Trek
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Speaking of STAR TREK…
…check this out. If you remember the episode “Metamorphosis”, this looks a lot like the Companion! What is it, actually? NASA explains: Using data from NASA’s Imaging X-ray Polarimetry Explorer (IXPE), international researchers have uncovered new information about the Tycho … Continue reading
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Tagged Science, Star Trek
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STAR TREK and Me (a repost)
I first wrote this on the old blog six years ago, on the 50th anniversary of STAR TREK’s first airing. Today that anniversary rolls around again, now the 56th, and all these words still apply, so here they are! And … Continue reading
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Tagged Geek Stuff, Skiffy, Space Opera, Star Trek
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Farewell, Vonda N. McIntyre (From the Books)
Science fiction and fantasy author Vonda N. McIntyre has died. I feel that I’ve done McIntyre a disservice all these years. I’ve read a lot of her work, but none beyond her well-known tie-in books in the Star Trek and … Continue reading
At least THAT happened in 2017!
Mark Hamill, Luke Skywalker himself, tweeted my name. Here’s how it happened. It began with, surprisingly enough, William Shatner: I think @starwars has officially jumped the shark. 😳🙄 Wasn’t @HamillHimself supposed to be in this movie? 🤔 pic.twitter.com/HFiA56hlS3 — William … Continue reading
“Let me help” (Thoughts on “The City on the Edge of Forever”, on its 50th anniversary)
Edith Keeler: And you, um, don’t want to talk about it? Why? Oh. Did you… did you do something wrong? Are you afraid of something? Whatever it is, let me help. Capt. Kirk: “Let me help.” A hundred years or … Continue reading
STAR TREK and me
And you people, you’re all astronauts on…some kind of star trek? –Zefram Cochrane, Star Trek First Contact Wow. Star Trek made its official US debut fifty years ago today. That’s…amazing. (The show aired for the first time anywhere on September … Continue reading