#235: Ancient Blood (TNG, Day of Honor #1)

In today’s episode, when Worf signs up for a little light election interference, he realizes too late he double-booked. But when he asks Picard for a favor, some outdated drivers might make Alexander’s history lesson more intense than the captain expects. Can Worf cosplay as a coward? Should you launch a miniseries by immediately subverting the concept? And is it really Alexander who wants to check out his unusual lineage? All this and more in Ancient Blood, the book that has more Common Sense than common sense.

#234: Legends of the Ferengi (DS9, misc.)

In today’s episode, Quark is back to shill some more useless bathroom-library fodder, and this time he’s decided two showrunners are better than one. But this may be a case where less turns out to be more. What are the best word game rules? Which parts of the 90s are better off left behind? And why did I have to pay so much money for this? All this and more in Legends of the Ferengi, the book that’s actually an Excellent on the Quark scale.

#233: End Game (NF #4)

In today’s episode, while Captain Calhoun fears he might be getting soft, Zak Kebron remains solid as a rock. But a new challenger might hatch a plan of its own before the captain can dispense old-school justice. Who’s the least developed Excalibur crew member so far? Can New Frontier fix the Prime Directive? And when does Star Trek get human nature wrong? All this and more in End Game, the book blessed by the Great Bird of the Galaxy him itself.

#232: The Two-Front War (NF #3)

In today’s episode, Calhoun smells a rat in the Thallonian refugees’ new digs, but without a reg to stand on, he goes against his better judgment. Meanwhile, Zak Kebron has to babysit a panicky doofus and Dr. Selar needs help getting mentally unconstipated. Can a bad lounge nickname hurt crew morale? Would anyone know if a Vulcan just made a ritual up? And is there such a thing as a conern lay? All this and more in The Two-Front War, the New Frontier book with the highest Peter David Quotient yet.

Some other writing

I haven’t been on Twitter in a long time myself, but after observing the dumpster fire that’s been Elon Musk’s “leadership”, I’ve been curious to see where the exodus has taken other people.

For some time now, I’ve wanted to do some more general quick writing on things that cross my mind that aren’t Star Trek books. I had been toying with buying another domain and doing another independent site, but hadn’t pulled the trigger. The hassle of getting this site initially set up five years ago is still a fresh enough memory to make me hesitant to do it a second time. But the idea stayed with me.

Then, in watching where people were migrating to from Twitter, I realized: “Oh hey, Tumblr is already pretty good for that.”

So I dusted off a Tumblr I already had that I hadn’t used in 12 years, tidied it up, and it was off to the races. (roundthewheel is my favored username across most of the rest of the internet.) And so yeah, if you want some material to help fill the long gaps between reviews that sadly are more the rule than the exception these days, go bookmark that or follow me on it or whatever. I’m excited about it, as one tends to be about new things, but we’ll see how long it lasts.

I’ve finished reading the next several Star Trek books but have to find time to get the thoughts on them written down. Hopefully I can do that soon. In the meantime, enjoy the other site.

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