Literary Treks
Literary Treks 131: Moron Saves the Day
Who Killed Captain Kirk? We discuss old comic series, walk though the story lines of the different issues, wrapping up with ratings and final thoughts.
Literary Treks 130: Mestiko’s Tomorrowland
Mere Anarchy: The Blood-Dimmed Tide. We discuss Mestiko becoming a focal point, the oversight issue, bureaucracy, setting up the milieu of The Undiscovered Country, the Klingon Empire as a metaphor, Kirk’s prejudice, frustration acting out and our ratings.
Literary Treks 129: SPECTRE Octopus
Seekers 4: All That’s Left. Ward and Dillmore. We discuss continuing Seekers, a new spin on an old idea, character work, the title, technology, progress and information, artwork, the future of Seekers and what’s next for these gentlemen.
Literary Treks 128: The Picard Finger Wave
Assimilation²: Volume 2. We discuss Dan’s progression through Doctor Who, a shift in the comic series, fun things, negotiating with the Borg, the ending and some things we liked and didn’t.
Literary Treks 127: Cardassian Out of the Bag
Fearful Symmetry. We discuss a couple quick notes, the gimmick, the “present day” story, the backstory, fanning the flames of fanaticism, the Sisko, our ratings and how the new series might affect the books.
Literary Treks 126: From a Certain Point of View
Mere Anarchy: The Darkness Drops Again. We discuss the interesting era and character growth, self-determination, the world not revolving around our world, honesty and government, the media and the truth, wrapping up with our ratings.
Literary Treks 125: The Prophet’s Dynamic Duo
Warpath. We discuss going from bad to worse, lack of direction, main characters that aren’t main, Prynn and Vaughn, setup syndrome, a trip to Bajoran Minis Tirith, personhood and our ratings.
Literary Treks 124: Insert a Shudder Here
The Dominion: Olympus Descending. We discuss Great Link confusion, Changeling culture, some long awaited resolution, a really hard time, what we place our faith in, massive disappointments and our ratings.
Literary Treks 123: The Line is a Dot to You
Sight Unseen: James Swallow. We discuss Titan’s new course, Riker and Vale, the new characters, juxtaposition, survival, horror Trek, bringing things back, personal moments, new elements, James’ other projects and our final thoughts.
Literary Treks 122: Foibles of Human Nature
The Autobiography of James T. Kirk: David A. Goodman. We discuss where the idea came from for the book, the small clues, merging canon, Star Trek V, the people Kirk bumps into, more books, the artwork, footnotes and final thoughts.
Literary Treks 121: Wall Street of the '80s
Ferenginar: Satisfaction is Not Guaranteed We discuss this being a “Ferengi Episode”, how it fits with the rest of the book series, an outsider’s look, rounding out Quark, cleaning up the Ferengi, ratings and our final thoughts.
Literary Treks 120: Kathy and Coco are a Beach Boys Song
Atonement: Kirsten Beyer. We discuss the puzzle pieces coming together, creation, neat cameos, character arcs, downtime, the truth, At-Onement, some of her favorite things and what’s coming next.