Star Trek: The Next Generation
Literary Treks 376: I Didn’t Know I Needed That
Dayton Ward: Pliable Truths. We discuss the genesis of the book, Picard’s struggle, similar themes and true evil, an inconvenient truth, the O’Briens, cameos, the Oceanside, capital Qs, the end, where to find and what’s next plus our final thoughts.
Literary Treks 368: Set the Stage
Making it So. We discuss his early life, theater life, leading to Picard, left out, Star Trek work, other movies, Star Trek Picard, further stories our ratings and final thoughts.
Literary Treks 366: Helicopter Parents of the Galaxy
The Buried Age. We discuss Picard's buried age, failure, the Manroloth, the science, setting up TNG, our ratings and final thoughts.
Literary Treks 355: A Pain in the Command Seat
Ship of the Line. We discuss back story, another gap, Madred, the Klingon villain, Picard's journey, Bateson's journey, Riker, diversity, it just ends, jargon, our ratings and final thoughts.
Literary Treks 354: Give Us More
Star Trek: First Contact: The Making of the Classic Film. We discuss the presentation, after Generations, story points, new Enterprise, new Borg, finding a director, or ratings and final thoughts.
Literary Treks 350: Handshake Across Time
Federation. We discuss it being a monumental book, Cochrane, war, Thorsen, connecting the universe, bringing the generations together, our ratings and final thoughts.
Literary Treks 336: The Suicide Squad
Star Trek: Coda. We discuss coming to the end, Moments Asunder, the threat, other things in the first book, The Ashes of Tomorrow, Deep Space Nine threads, other things in the second book, Oblivion's Gate, hope, the final product and our final thoughts.
Literary Treks 335: The Long Defeat
David Mack: Oblivion's Gate. We discuss the finale of the litverse with him and bringing it all to a close in this final chapter!
Literary Treks 331: MLK Would Be Proud
The Struggle Within. We discuss it being an ebook only, picking up the pieces, just listen, looking for balance, nonviolence, just another group, our ratings and final thoughts.
Literary Treks 299: We Need a Kick in Our Complacency
Losing the Peace. We talk about Crusher's role in the story including flashbacks to her past, the refugee situation on Pacifica, Chen and Taurik's grief, Choudhury's journey, the grim reminder to listen to our better angels, and wrap up with our final thoughts and ratings.
Literary Treks 296: Attack of the 50 ft. Betazoid!
The Battle of Betazed. We talk about the criminal Hent Tevren, killing with telepathy, Dr. Crell Moset, DS9's contributions to the mission, Troi's command abilities, the fateful choice facing the people of Betazed, and wrap up with our final thoughts and ratings.
Literary Treks 286: The Wrong Thing for the Right Reason
David Mack: Collateral Damage. We discuss the loose ends, the inspiration for the Nausicaans' plight, unique literary devices, a Starfleet Intelligence spin-off, Worf's development , Lieutenant Aneta Šmrhová, Picard's hearing and eventual fate, where to find David online and what he’s working on.