Star Trek: The Original Series
Literary Treks 58: You're a Baby Daddy, Sulu!
The Captain's Daughter. Star Trek Generations brought us a number of shocking moments, one of which was the reveal of Demora Sulu. We discuss Peter David's backstory to this moment and each of the story's five main points—Death, First Date, Memorial, Parenthood, and Life After Death.
Literary Treks 56: An Orion West Side Story
Alien Spotlight, Part II. We conclude our look at the first Alien Spotlight series with four more stories about Orions, Vulcans, Romulans, and Gorn. Where do you hide something when you have no pockets? How do you react when a Gorn wants to help you, not eat you? We find out.
Literary Treks 55: We Are Bleeding Blue Tonight
Alien Spotlight, Part I. We all have our favorite alien races, and in 2007 IDW turned the spotlight on some of Star Trek's most famous aliens with a series of comics that told stories unique to each. We take you through the Borg, Cardassian, and Andorian installments.
Literary Treks 54: We Never Use the B Word
No Time Like the Past: Greg Cox. We're joined by Greg to find out what it was like writing Seven for the first time and to blend TOS and Voyager.
Literary Treks 53: More Like an Episode of Flying Circus
The Return of the Serpent. During TOS, Kirk made many life-shattering decisions for civilizations he'd just met. In "The Apple," he destroyed the machine-god Vaal and left the locals to cope with the aftermath. We discuss the 1987 DC comic follow-up with Kirk's return to that world 20 years later.
Literary Treks 41: How Kirk Kept Screwing Up Our Family
The Best of Klingons. We jump into the fray with everyone’s favorite warriors to find out why the galaxy is yet again on the verge of war, debate the merits of the Gorkon Initiative, and find out why Kirk keeps screwing up one specific Klingon family.
Literary Treks 34: Your Father Is a Very Lucky Man
Assignment Earth Comics. We examine John Byrne's take on Gene Roddenberry's attempted backdoor pilot featuring Gary Seven, Roberta Lincoln, and Isis the cat.
Literary Treks 33: The Hurt Ball
Mission's End. We explore the IDW comic series that tells the story of the very first and very last events of the Enterprise's original five-year mission.
Literary Treks 32: From Velcro's Shadow
From History's Shadow: Dayton Ward. We're joined by Dayton to discuss his new book From History's Shadow and how even recent revelations about the Roswell incident may not be the true story after all.
Literary Treks 30: A Centerfold Pullout
Star Trek Reference Books. We're joined by Phillip Gilfus to explore some of our favourite reference books and to dream about those we hope to one day find on our shelves.
Literary Treks 26: Cardassia Is In the Caribbean
Stellar Cartography: Larry Nemecek. We're joined by Larry to learn about the genesis of his new book Star Trek: Stellar Cartography, the process of creating it, and how Larry's career in mapping stars dates back to the 1980s.
Literary Treks 25: Shatnercado
Before and After Darkness. We dig into the first two issues of After Darkness as well as look back at the prequel series, how well it set up the film, and how the various pieces of the Abramsverse are working together to create a bigger story.