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#231: Lifeline (VOY YA #1)

On 7 November 2022

In today’s episode, Janeway brought some baggage with her to the Academy, and I don’t just mean her duffel bag full of coffee. But unless she can pull her head out of her butt long enough to make a friend that isn’t a hologram, her Starfleet career might end before it even starts. Is Starfleet Academy a multiverse hub? Does the replicator know what’s good for you better than you do? And how many bonded-twin races can one galaxy hold? All this and more in Lifeline, the book that knows how to game the system but isn’t telling.

#230: Vulcan’s Forge (TOS event)

By jess

On 31 October 2022

In TOS

In today’s episode, Captain Spock looks forward to reuniting with an old friend who needs some help at a remote desert outpost. But when their journey into the sands leads them to the same madman they once defeated as teenagers, it’s no mirage. Will Spock ever run out of friends and family we’ve never met? Can Dr. McCoy catch loquacious lightning in a bottle twice? And is Uhura cut out for the hot seat? All this and more in Vulcan’s Forge, or, Yesteryear II: Volcanic Boogaloo.

Update

By jess

On 12 October 2022

In Meta

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.

#229: Into the Void (NF #2)

By jess

On 15 September 2022

In NF

In today’s episode, the Excalibur shoves off into Sector 221-G with some expected or unexpected live cargo, depending on who you ask. But as the captain looks around, he begins to wonder if maybe the toys on his island are a little too misfit. Do the kids know what selling out is anymore? Does the Excalibur have a quiet quitter? And who will budge first: the unstoppable horndog or the immovable Vulcan? All this and more in Into the Void, the book that can’t compete with that fancy store-bought dirt.