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#266: Q-Zone (TNG #48)

On 5 August 2024

In today’s episode, Riker realizes the only way to get the Calamarain off his back might be a little cloud-on-cloud action. Meanwhile, Picard continues to squirm in his front-row seat to Q’s early struggles with peer pressure. Is Q wearing a Starfleet uniform stolen valor? What does civilian parlance reveal about their attitudes about various races? And what are the contents of a soiled Q diaper? All this and more in Q-Zone, the book that doesn’t know “The Laughing Vulcan and His Dog”, but if you hum a few bars…

#265: Q-Space (TNG #47)

By jess

On 15 July 2024

In TNG

In today’s episode, Picard won’t call off an experiment at the galactic barrier just because Q says he should. But when Q yoinks Picard off the Enterprise to show him some home movies, the rest of the crew has to figure out how to make the clouds stop raining on their parade. Why are most tactical officers so trigger-happy? What guises has Q hung out on Earth in? And what did Guinan do to make Q’s wife big-mad? All this and more in Q-Space, the book that’s made possible in part by Viewers Like You. Thank you.

#264: Strange New Worlds (anthology)

By jess

On 5 July 2024

In DS9, TNG, TOS, VOY

In today’s episode, it’s a bunch of episodes! Fans submit their own original stories, in which Cyrano Jones finally finishes cleaning up Space Station K-7, a diplomat made good yearns to show Kirk how far she’s come along, and Sisko does an ailing race a favor by dropping off their time capsule. Does Mr. Mot dye hair in his shop? Why does nobody care that the Doctor literally got a crew member killed? And can Chakotay beat his own breakup any% PB? All this and more in Strange New Worlds, the book that knows when to activate Paranoid Mode.

#263: Fire Ship (Captain’s Table #4)

By jess

On 22 June 2024

In VOY

In today’s episode, when Janeway watches Voyager go up in flames, she lets the pod she was on when it happened carry her where it will. But when she ends up on a privateering vessel swabbing the deck, she has to face the fact that it might be the pirate’s life for her whether she likes it or not. At what age does every young adult start to seem like a baby? What does the order you list your children in say about you? And what’s the biggest ace Diane Carey has up her sleeve? All this and more in Fire Ship, the book that can admit when it’s time to fold ’em.

#262: The Mist (Captain’s Table #3)

By jess

On 1 June 2024

In DS9

In today’s episode, the DS9 crew discovers a group of people who can add and remove sprite layers to space on demand. But Sisko might have a tough time taking the man who brought the Defiant over seriously, considering the wildfire blazing in his pants region. What kind of basic is Sisko? Has stress made him forget his quadrants? And what if someone has to go to the bathroom during your story? All this and more in The Mist, the book that knows it’s always time for nachos.

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#266: Q-Zone (TNG #48)

#265: Q-Space (TNG #47)

#264: Strange New Worlds (anthology)

#263: Fire Ship (Captain’s Table #4)

#262: The Mist (Captain’s Table #3)