#199: Time’s Enemy (DS9 #16, Invasion! #3)

In today’s episode, when a 5000-year-old Defiant pops up on Antiques Roadshow, Sisko takes no joy in verifying the certificate of authenticity. But if he can’t stop a nasty case of space termites from gobbling up everything in the Alpha Quadrant, he’ll find out exactly how he ended up on the rocks. Has spinal meningitis got Morn down? Is the Hainish Cycle canon? And is the Bronto Burger back on the menu? All this and more in Time’s Enemy, the book that asks: what if we take the wormhole and push it somewhere else?

Slow to Quarter Impulse

I’m going to keep this post stickied for a while. New reviews will appear below it. Also, in case you’ve already read it, I’ve decided on another change to the publishing schedule since originally posting it. Now, going forward, since reviews are unlikely to come out on a weekly basis anyway, I’ll simply post them whenever I happen to finish them. Until I get a notification system set up, just check back frequently. I’ll try to set up a mailing list you can join relatively pain-free, though “R” in the comments suggests a neat way for setting that up yourself if you’re so inclined.

Attention, Bajoran readers:
I don’t talk about my own life much on here because it isn’t relevant to the proceedings. Except when it is. Like now.

One thing I said I would never do was go to grad school. It took my undisciplined ass long enough to get the bachelor’s to begin with, so I dismissed the idea of ever going back for any reason out of hand. Well, of course, in so doing, I teased fate, and it made an object lesson in “never say never” out of me.

Which is to say, I’m back in school getting my master’s in secondary education to become a high school English teacher.

So far, I find that the work is not itself any harder than any I’ve done in college before. What seems to make grad school work tougher is the demands it makes on my time, my focus, and my energy.

You can probably tell where this is going.

But in case you can’t, it means I’m pumping the brakes on Deep Space Spines a little. I’m still going to do it. But reviews might come out at a slower pace for the foreseeable future. School comes first.

Here’s how it’s going to go for now: I’m going to keep reading and writing where my spare time allows me to. I will still aim for a weekly post. But going forward, since reviews are unlikely to come out on a weekly basis anyway, I will just post them whenever I happen to finish them. 

We’ll see what that does to the production rate around here. It’s what’s most manageable for me right now, though.

Thanks so much for your continued support.

Jess

#198: Crisis on Vulcan (TOS YA #1)

This week, when Sarek and Spock catch a celebrity Uber back to Vulcan, the latter leaves a glowing five-star review, and the feeling’s mutual. But when some customers who aren’t so satisfied with Sarek’s services begin targeting his family, it’s up to Spock to figure out how to make it right for the client. Can Spock win the approval of his peers? Does he want to? Should he want to? And will bigotry actually save his life? All this and more in Crisis on Vulcan, the book with perhaps an even harder sell than Sarek’s.

#197: Kahless (TNG event)

This week, a cleric’s discovery casts doubt on the veracity of the legend of Kahless. But when the figurehead emperor smells a conspiracy to overthrow Gowron, the sons of Mogh channel the boys of Hardy in their search for proof. Will the Klingon Empire spiral into a crisis of faith? Are Riker and Troi too worried about Alexander’s browser history? And what do aliens count to help fall asleep? All this and more in Kahless, the book whose mother taught it to never kiss a fool.

#196: The Soldiers of Fear (TNG #41, Invasion! #2)

This week, the Furies are back, and they’ve traded scaring the hell out of people for scaring it into them. But the Enterprise crew has to find a way in through the out door if they ever want to see snowy Idaho again. Can the Furies really be negotiated with? Are they truly as afraid of the Alpha Quadrant as the A.Q. is of them? And why aren’t they more baffled by Data? All this and more in The Soldiers of Fear, the book that reminds us why we don’t get attached to redshirts.

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