Star Trek: The Next Generation — Forgiveness
{5/5} “And yet, almost a century has passed since the Palami plagues. Their present generation had no part in the disaster. I cannot help wondering if we are compounding their crime by insisting on this harsh curtain of permanent separation.” Star Trek: The Next Generation — Forgiveness by David Brin, published in 2001 Decades ago […]
Star Trek: SNW — The Scorpius Run
{4.5/5} “If our new crewman has taught us anything today… it is that logic without empathy is illogical.” Star Trek: Strange New Worlds — The Scorpius Run by Ryan Parrott & Mike Johnson, published in 2024 While in the region known as the Scorpion, Captain Pike and the Enterprise respond to a distress call. They […]
Comic books & graphic novels
Here’s an update to this list. Best of the best El Deafo by Cece Bell The Best of Star Trek by Mike W. Barr, Diane Duane & Peter David Hyperbole and a Half by Allie Brosh Star Trek: Debt of Honor by Chris Claremont Star Trek: Who Killed Captain Kirk? by Peter David Batman: The […]
Dollhouse: Epitaphs
{4.5/5} “I’m used to being scared. I’ve been scared ever since my uncle got printed. But I killed people today. And now I feel like a bad guy. Just like the people who killed Uncle Wendall.” Dollhouse: Epitaphs by Andrew Chambliss, Jed Whedon & Maurissa Tancharoen, published in 2012 When the apocalypse happens most people […]
Star Trek: SNW — The Illyrian Enigma
{4.5/5} “So why does it feel like I’m betraying April’s trust? I’m upset about Una, it’s true. Am I letting that cloud my judgment? Putting my devotion to my crew above my duty as captain? I tell myself no. And try to believe it.” Star Trek: Strange New Worlds — The Illyrian Enigma by Kirsten […]
Comic books & graphic novels
Here’s an update to this list. Best of the best El Deafo – Cece Bell The Best of Star Trek – Mike W. Barr, Diane Duane & Peter David Hyperbole and a Half – Allie Brosh Star Trek: Debt of Honor – Chris Claremont Star Trek: Who Killed Captain Kirk? – Peter David Batman: The […]
El Deafo
{5/5} “Just like Bruce Wayne uses all that crazy technology to turn himself into Batman on TV… I can use my own crazy technology — the phonic ear — to turn myself into a superhero, too! My power? Super hearing!” El Deafo by Cece Bell, published in 2014 Cece becomes deaf as a young child […]
Comic books & graphic novels
Here’s an update to this list. Best of the best Hyperbole and a Half – Allie Brosh Batman: The Dark Knight Returns – Frank Miller Battlestar Galactica: Complete Omnibus V.1 – Greg Pak Serenity: No Power in the ‘Verse – Chris Roberson Wonder Woman by Greg Rucka Volume 3 – Greg Rucka The Amazing Spider-man […]
Star Trek: Year Five — Odyssey’s End
{4.5/5} “But as long as I’m breathing, I swear I’ll never lose the hope that lies just beyond the horizon, the unknown that calls us to empathy, not hate.” Star Trek: Year Five — Odyssey’s End by Jackson Landing & Collin Kelly, Brandon Easton, and Jody Holiser, published in 2020 Captain James T. Kirk and […]
Hyperbole and a Half
{5/5} “As soon as you became aware that eating huge amounts of salt is really, really, uncomfortably salty, you should have stopped eating salt. That’s the solution. The solution is not to begin eating pepper to cancel out the salt.” — from a letter to her 4-year-old self Hyperbole and a Half: Unfortunate situations, flawed […]