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Hey people. Since apparently one site is not enough to satiate my desire for longform writing, I have also started Blocker Trap, which is essentially just me journaling the video games I play. If that sounds like your jam, I encourage you to give it a look, bookmark it, and check it frequently for updates just like you do here.

In the meantime, I am making my way through Ship of the Line as best I can, and, uh … hoo boy, do I have some things to say about that one.

I haven’t been on Twitter in a long time myself, but after observing the dumpster fire that’s been Elon Musk’s “leadership”, I’ve been curious to see where the exodus has taken other people.

For some time now, I’ve wanted to do some more general quick writing on things that cross my mind that aren’t Star Trek books. I had been toying with buying another domain and doing another independent site, but hadn’t pulled the trigger. The hassle of getting this site initially set up five years ago is still a fresh enough memory to make me hesitant to do it a second time. But the idea stayed with me.

Then, in watching where people were migrating to from Twitter, I realized: “Oh hey, Tumblr is already pretty good for that.”

So I dusted off a Tumblr I already had that I hadn’t used in 12 years, tidied it up, and it was off to the races. (roundthewheel is my favored username across most of the rest of the internet.) And so yeah, if you want some material to help fill the long gaps between reviews that sadly are more the rule than the exception these days, go bookmark that or follow me on it or whatever. I’m excited about it, as one tends to be about new things, but we’ll see how long it lasts.

I’ve finished reading the next several Star Trek books but have to find time to get the thoughts on them written down. Hopefully I can do that soon. In the meantime, enjoy the other site.

It’s been nearly a month since there was a new review, so I feel like I owe you an update. In addition to the usual grad school workload, my wife had foot surgery early last week, and I’ve been her primary caretaker since then. She’s doing well and things are starting to slow down into something that more resembles the amount of leisure time I’m used to, so I hope to have Vulcan’s Forge done soon. (I’ve also finished the one after that, the YA Voyager novel Lifeline, so there might be a few coming in comparatively rapid succession.)

Thanks as always for sticking around.

Sometimes I forget to write about these things when they happen, and a window slams shut before I know it. I forgot to do it when Rene Auberjonois died, and I forgot to do it when Aron Eisenberg died, and I still kick myself about both of them. But we’re not gonna let this one pass us by. This one hurts too much.

Nichelle Nichols, the absolute god-tier legend who played Lt. Nyota Uhura on the original series for its whole run, voiced her in the Animated Series, and played her in all six TOS movies, died of natural causes on July 31. She was 89.

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