Children of Ruin
{4.5/5} “He understands that perhaps the aliens are simply not good at communicating. Still, they show neither aggression nor fear, and Paul has a sudden leap of cognition — a moment when all his parts contribute to the whole — and sees that there is a germ of commonality there. They are trying, and why […]
Travelers (season 1)
{5/5} “Hey, as long as you’re not an assassin or a Hollywood actress researching a character. Those are the two worst case scenarios I came up with while I was laying awake all night.” Travelers season 1, aired in 2016-17 Agent Grant MacLaren of the FBI has been tracking some suspicious traffic in chat rooms […]
Star Trek: The More Things Change
{4.5/5} “I served as his nurse for years before I became a doctor, and those old habits are hard to break — for both of us. He’s still my superior officer, but there are times when it feels like nothing has changed, and insecurities I thought I’d left behind… Well, since he returned to active […]
Star Trek: Miasma
{4.5/5} “A Starfleet medkit rested at the doctor’s feet… Spock hoped the precaution would prove unnecessary but he was well aware that exploring an unknown planet often entails hazards to life and limb. He had taken part in more Starfleet funerals than he cared to remember, including his own.” Star Trek: Miasma by Greg Cox, […]
Star Trek: Seasons of Light and Darkness
{4.5/5} “By deciding to throw out the Prime Directive, and disobeying your oath as a Starfleet officer, you are deciding the fate of all those millions of topaline-dependent Federation colonists. Only you can decide whether or not to throw your career away. But take a moment and think: How do you suppose the people closest […]
Atmosphaera Incognita
{4.5/5} “I’d followed his career: the cover stories in the business magazines, the photos of him opening the New York Stock Exchange. I hadn’t realized that he was Carl, the kid from the playground, until he’d become a billionaire, lost most of it, and become a billionaire a second time: exhibiting a tolerance for risk […]
Star Trek: Excelsior — Forged in Fire
{4.5/5} “‘When nothing goes as planned, the world is in balance.’ It was an old Trill saying, and Curzon Dax found it circling through his mind every thirty seconds or so, like an annoying insect that couldn’t be chased away. Though the mantra didn’t accurately reflect his high hopes for the Korvat peace conference, by […]
Provenance
{4.5/5} “I do not want to be out of the world, it is terrible to be out of the world. But I look, I see, I hear, I listen. You are very strange, Ingray Human, but you do not seem to live in endless pain and sorrow. No, you swim here as though this were […]
Stranger Things (season 3)
{5/5} “You can’t spell America without Erica.” — Lucas’s sister Erica Stranger Things season 3, aired in 2019 Joyce and Hopper are on the trail of a theoretical building that caused magnets to demagnetize. Mike, Will, Lucas, Max, and El are on the trail of the mind flayer, which has taken over Max’s brother Billy. […]
Star Trek movies
Here’s an update to this list. The original series Star Trek: The Motion Picture 1979 -> 3.5/5 Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan 1982 -> 5/5 Star Trek III: The Search for Spock 1984 -> 5/5 Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home 1986 -> 5/5 Star Trek V: The Final Frontier 1989 -> 4/5 […]