One of the most fascinating things about Star Trek is how prescient it can be when it comes to technology. One era’s science fiction becomes another’s science fact, often in surprising ways. The Star Trek: Voyager episode “Author, Author”,…
Is there any book less likely as a candidate for a Vulcan-run book club than A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens? I can just imagine T’Pol’s unimpressed poker face. She would find his work moralistic, emotionally overwrought, and problematic in…
First of all, I’d like to thank fellow contributor Kerry Purvis, author of the original two entries in the T’Pol’s Book Club series, who gave me permission to use her formatting. Since Star Trek and literature are both examinations of…
(This article contains spoilers for Star Trek: Picard Season 3.) We typically think of a hero in a sci-fi action series like Star Trek as someone who never surrenders. James T. Kirk famously cheated on his Kobayashi Maru test because…
(This article contains spoilers for Star Trek: Discovery up to Season 4.) Una McCormack’s novel Star Trek: Discovery: Wonderlands opens with protagonist Michael Burnham careening through time and space, having left everything behind—her crew, her family, her era—to keep valuable…
From the Publisher: An all-new novel based on the landmark TV series Star Trek: Deep Space Nine from the acclaimed author of A Big Ship at the Edge of the Universe! Jadzia Dax has been a friend to Etom Prit,…
From the Publisher: An original novel based on the acclaimed Star Trek TV series! The USS Enterprise has been granted the simple but unavoidable honor of ferrying key guests to Betazed for a cultural ceremony. En route, sudden tragedy strikes…
(This article contains spoilers for Star Trek: Discovery up to Season 4.) The first episode of Star Trek: Discovery opens with two Starfleet women, a captain and her first officer, talking about career options: specifically, whether the first officer is…