In today’s episode, when Jake and Nog go to Starfleet Academy Teaser Week, they both get struck by the same arrow of love. But when Nog’s spycam triggers an ancient bomb, they’ll have to put their enmity aside to keep the camp from becoming a crater. Is Jake cut out for Starfleet? Is it worse to be slightly capable than not at all? And does anyone read character names out loud before these things go to press? All this and more in Space Camp, the book that isn’t all that spacey or campy.
In today’s episode, yet another relative of Spock’s we’ve never met before has a date with a unique destiny. But a stop along the way and some freewheeling new friends have him worrying that she might abandon the track before she ever gets on it. How hard is it in-universe for civilians to keep up with Kirk’s rank? Is sex work illegal in the Federation? And will Spock get his king jumped? All this and more in Mind Meld, the book that believes in the heart of the ca—er, numbers.
In today’s episode, a plant-killing plague is spreading faster than a rumor, but only Kirk has the real tea. Meanwhile, when Picard puts on his Dixon Hill hat, he becomes the man who knew too much, and Spock makes a discovery so startling, it makes him cash out his logic chips. Can you just be whoever’s kid you want? Is the Kobayashi Maru really that big a deal? And what the heck is happening on Mercury? All this and more in Avenger, the book that disengages the racism protocols.
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.
CW: one mention of rape (but it’s buried in a footnote, so you don’t have to look at it)
In today’s episode, a well-timed pop-up ad makes Janeway think it might be time for shore leave. But their hosts’ culture and behavior raise a lot of questions with some shocking answers. What do Chakotay and Kes’s visions mean? What happens if you insult Janeway’s dog? And why are musicians still using wooden reeds in the 24th century? All this and more in The Black Shore, the book that features some hair-raising cuisine.