Living a creative life
Welcome back to the Creative Life Adventure. My second novel, Paradise West, is now available in paperback and digital formats. Running 309 pages long in the trade paperback edition, Paradise West is a post-apocalyptic thriller set in the near future. A brief teaser for the story and characters can be found at the Paradise West…
The Zarabeth storyline explores loneliness in its various forms, giving us more insight into both Spock and the human (humanoid) condition.
Why involve a multi-species cast of characters but go no further than a cops-and-robbers scenario to explore good vs. evil?
Sadly, "equality, kindness, justice" are largely forgotten by the episode's end.
Eden must exist somewhere between the Federation’s artifice and the Edenites’ self-indulgence.
For all the love our brave trio may have lost over the years, it is, as always, their friendship that makes them strong.
The sexism is so rampant as to be a distraction throughout the episode.
(Note: This post appears as a page elsewhere on this site. If you haven’t read it yet, my introductory post on this Star Trek: The Original Series rewatch is a good place to start. Previous essays on specific episodes can be found here.) Original Air Date: January 24, 1969 Crew Death Count: 3 (Ensign Wyatt,…
Continue reading ➞ Boldly Rewatching the Voyages: That Which Survives
(Note: This post appears as a page elsewhere on this site. If you haven’t read it yet, my introductory post on this Star Trek: The Original Series rewatch is a good place to start. Previous essays on specific episodes can be found here.) Original Air Date: January 17, 1969 Crew Death Count: 0 Bellybuttons: 0…
Continue reading ➞ Boldly Rewatching the Voyages: The Mark of Gideon
"Battlefield" remains one of Star Trek's finest episodes and a brilliant commentary on the futility of discrimination.
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