I’ve been seeing some people grousing about #StarTrekDiscovery being set pre-#TOS. While I can understand disappointment if one was hoping for a post-#Nemesis setting (though I’m fine with the announced setting), there seems to be this idea that there can’t be any real suspense because we know so much about #StarTrek universe in Discovery’s future. Well, I have shelves of Trek books that beg to differ: there are plenty of ways to tell interesting stories in eras where we know much of the relative future. Plus, most of these books are about a ship and crew that we know will survive intact; #DIS will be a different ship and different characters, so peril is still very much a possibility. There are so many ways to have good stories, drama, and suspense without having to put the fate of the entire Federation in jeopardy. (I’ve also seen people whining about the announced diversity; “we’ve already had women/black captains, why is this such a big deal”, and my favorite, “this left-wing liberal crap is going to ruin Star Trek”. All I can say there is that these poor people have a very odd idea of Trek’s messages, its past, and the politics of the show and its creators.) 🖖
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Trek has been part of my life since I was an infant. I have bookcases full of Trek books. One of my tattoos is the Vulcan calligraphy for “kol-ut-shan” (IDIC). This is my home fandom.
Totally geeking out over today’s #StarTrekDiscovery announcements. Is it January yet? 🖖 (And yes, that’s the Kelvin Timeline Enterprise, but I don’t have a Prime Timeline ship model, so I work with what I have.) (223/366) #StarTrek #STD #DIS #DSC #cantremembertherightabbreviation #youknowwhatimean
Book thirty-six of 2016: World Without End, by Joe Haldeman. ⭐️⭐️⭐️ (217/366) #startrek #tos
While I went in with low expectations, #StarTrekBeyond handily and quite enjoyably exceeded them. Far and away the best nuTrek film. (205/366)
Book thirty-two of 2016: Devil World, by Gordon Ecklund. ⭐️⭐️ (198/366) #startrek
Three shelves of Star Trek books, and that doesn’t include another full shelf of Trek books I haven’t read yet (let alone those that I haven’t bought yet). Mostly #TOS, though with at least a few from #TNG, #DS9, #VOY, and some “extended universe” entries, to borrow a term from the Star Wars side of geekdom—though most of those are from arcs that start a story in one era and carry it on through others—and a number of both non-fiction and in-universe reference works. Old school #startrek is definitely my home fandom. (187/366)
Book twenty-seven of 2016: Doctor’s Orders, by Diane Duane. ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ #startrek #startrektos
Book twenty-four of 2016: Demons, by J.M. Dillard. ⭐️⭐️⭐️ (159/366) #startrek #tos #startrektos
Waiting to see if the new #StarTrekBeyond trailer goes online after it debuts at the #StarTrekFan event in LA, while friends are at the @empmuseum #StarTrekEMP party in Seattle. And I’m here in Ellensburg. (141/366)
Took this #StarTrekEMP shot with an old friend at the @empmuseum table at #nwc39, and totally forgot to post it then, so this is today’s shot. 🖖 #llap (102/366)