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{4.5/5} “Most galling of all had been the addendum that directed Kirk to take full personal responsibility for the mission — so that if it backfired, it could be dismissed as a rogue operation, the brainchild of a maverick starship captain acting without authority.” Star Trek: Legacies Book 2 — Best Defense by David Mack, […]
{4.5/5} “Be the you you were meant to be.” Advantageous, released in 2015 Gwen has lost her job as spokesperson for a company that has developed a procedure to make people younger — they want a younger spokesperson. The job market is tough, particularly for women, and Gwen is having trouble finding something — in […]
{4/5} “There’s a world built on top of ours. People live there… I think they’re like me.” Midnight Special, released in 2016 Alton is an 8-year-old boy with special powers. His father and a friend have taken him away from his home — they believe that he needs to be at a certain place on […]
{3/5} “I’m a good judge of man. You have what the Greeks call ‘thrausos’ — guts.” For Your Eyes Only, released in 1981 A British nuclear submarine is destroyed off the coast of Albania. When they ask a marine archaeologist to find the wreck, he and his wife are killed by a Cuban hit man. […]
{4.5/5} “The familiar whine of the transporter, accompanied by a distinctive tingling sensation, sent a thrill of anticipation through Una, who, as always, relished the prospect of exploring a new and alien world. As far as she knew, the landing party would be the first visitors from the Federation to ever set foot on Libros […]
{4.5/5} “And stop betting on whether I will actually go on vacation, because I am on vacation.” Oscar is now staff sergeant and in charge of the team. He and Betty are a couple now. Mitch Kenneck joins the team but he’s the son of a policeman and he’s a bit cocky. When Betty discovers […]
{4.5/5} “‘I know what I will probably say any other time anyone ever asks me this question for the rest of my life, but I also know that, in some small way, I’ll be lying a little bit if I don’t admit that the best day I ever had’ — O’Brien raised his glass — […]
{4.5/5} “I’ve never seen sugar do that.” Men in Black, released in 1997 James is a NYPD officer who chases down a crook who turns out to be an alien from another planet. He’s then recruited by K into a secret organization that monitors and polices aliens on Earth. From now on he will be […]
{5/5} “Sometimes it’s the very people who no one imagines anything of who do the things no one can imagine.” The Imitation Game, released in 2014 Alan Turing is a mathematical genius who’s trying to crack Enigma, the German decryption machine. If he can, the Allies might just have a better chance at winning World […]
{5/5} “I don’t let anyone look at my trash without an appointment.” The Terminal, released in 2004 Victor Novarski arrives in New York to discover that there’s been a military coup in his home country of Krakozhia. His passport is no longer valid. As a man without a country he has to stay at the […]