Deep Space Spines is in the process of migrating to BearBlog. You can read this review over there. For the time being, please bookmark deepspacespines.bearblog.dev to check up on reviews as they are posted.
I started writing this post before I even fully committed to the idea in my head, but we’re going to do it.
Long story short: I’ve been fiddling with BearBlog for personal writing, and I like its simplicity so much that I think I’m going to migrate Deep Space Spines over to it. The writing has always been the main attraction, and BearBlog makes it easy to foreground that. I’m a little sad that I spent some of my summer revamping the archive into a lean mean image-based machine only to decide a month later to move to something more stripped-down, but I’m not exactly devastated.
It’s going to take a long time to do it. Every review has to be moved over manually, and with school in full swing, spare time is once again at a premium. But I think it’s a lot more worthwhile to pay $6 a month (or even the yearly rate) than the absolute gobs I’m currently paying to host it on a bespoke WordPress site. Also, I’ve been having some issues with site security over here that wouldn’t be a problem over there, and it’s made it hard to attract new readers.
New posts will still go up over here until I have it done. (EDIT: Changed my mind about this. New reviews will go up over there, and I’ll link them over here until everything in the archive is migrated.)
If you want to see it as it gets built, here’s a link. Heck, you might even enjoy revisiting some of those old reviews. No time like the present for an archive binge.
Let’s get the hell out of here.
In today’s episode, Janeway once again violates the Prime Directive to help out a pair of car thieves she just met, only to learn they’re just a few hours away from the fireworks factory. But the once-in-a-lifetime celestial event takes a dark turn when she learns an evil empire plans to call their shot with it: 8-ball, corner galaxy. Is it possible to out-suck the Kazon? What’s wrong with just being nice to each other? And can anyone actually make this thing move how they want? All this and more in Death of a Neutron Star, the book that can’t say no to a good countdown.
In today’s episode, Sisko’s done all the training he can do, and Kai Winn’s done all the talking she plans to do. With permanent brain damage and another occupation in the cards, it’s time for both to make their last stand against their respective oppressors. Is being an asshole a right that can be earned? Has the admiral from hell actually been to hell? And can a throwaway line skunk an entire premise? All this and more in The Liberated, the book that just might like video games a little bit, maybe.
In today’s episode, we get to see a little more of Bajor’s most important religious leader doing some Kai Winning in the past, but it’s clear everyone else woke up on the wrong side of the runabout. What is the motivation behind the invaders calling themselves “the liberated”? Is Worf forgetting his roots? And what is up with these super-generic covers? All this and more in The Courageous, the book that has too much head.