If Gene Roddenberry is The Great Bird of the Galaxy and Majel Barrett the First Lady of Star Trek, then David Gerrold is  Star Trek’s Nanny.  He nurtured it, disciplined it, educated it—encouraged it to be the best it could be.  David Gerrold has done nearly as much for the franchise as Roddenberry—it could be argued that he has done more. He wrote for The Original Series, The Animated Series, and The Next Generation.  He was involved in Star Trek: Phase II, a proposed TV […]

by Jack C. Haldeman II “You lived, Kirk.  My brother died.  There is the difference.  You will pay for that difference, pay dearly.  Not now, maybe not tomorrow, but someday.  Someday, when you least expect it, I will kill you.  Slowly, painfully.  It will give me great pleasure.  I have sworn the oath of blood upon our father’s grave. ” Long ago, Captain Kirk killed the Klingon Khall, Commander Korol’s brother, in hand-to hand combat.  Probably on Kardashia. Korol swears revenge and follows the Enterprise […]

by Gordon Eklund “ ’Mr. Scott from the engine room has reported the possibility of engine malfunction. We appear to be losing velocity.’  ‘What does the computer say?’  ‘Negative, Captain.’  Then it’s not likely anything serious.’  ‘No, but I thought you should be informed.’  “You did the right thing, Mr. Spock.’ ” While on shore leave and attending a magic show, Kirk, Spock, and McCoy meet the greatest ‘senso-artist’ that ever lived: Gilla Dupree. She is strikingly beautiful while wearing a surgical mask that covers […]

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“Luck—that was what a man needed to thrive in this universe.  It changed the scale.  A star couldn’t have good luck—a planet couldn’t.  That took something alive and conscious, something like a man.” While exploring the galactic core, the Enterprise finds a lost Federation shuttle with a crazy person inside.  He seems to be a major plot point, but we will soon forget about him completely.  The Enterprise is then steered by an unknown force to a Dyson sphere and taken inside it.  There are […]

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