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CetiAlphaNeil @cetialphaneil.bsky.social · 4h

First half is legit good, second half is off the rails in the funniest, most entertaining way possible. I stand on the hill called Spock’s Brain and I defend it. #TrekBookClub

CetiAlphaNeil @cetialphaneil.bsky.social · 7h

There’s nothing wrong with “Spock’s Brain,” 🤣 but otherwise, good stuff! #TrekBookClub

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CetiAlphaNeil @cetialphaneil.bsky.social · 8h

A postal envelope. Wow! Twenty five years ago Star Trek, and postal envelopes, were much more popular than they are today. #TrekBookClub

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CetiAlphaNeil @cetialphaneil.bsky.social · 8h

I’m a big fan. The novella is almost a more natural length for stories that feel like tv episodes than the full-length novels. I’m about twenty novellas in so far. Eventually I might work through the whole series. #TrekBookClub

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CetiAlphaNeil @cetialphaneil.bsky.social · 8h

Ahh, he did the New Frontier cover art. I’m reading that book now!

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CetiAlphaNeil @cetialphaneil.bsky.social · 10h

Whoever sold Landru to Phug was the true Ferengi. #TrekBookClu

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CetiAlphaNeil @cetialphaneil.bsky.social · 10h

I was thinking the same thing. The Jews at Masada beamed what, where now? #TrekBookClub

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CetiAlphaNeil @cetialphaneil.bsky.social · 13h

I bet you have a good looking Trek bookshelf by now.

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CetiAlphaNeil @cetialphaneil.bsky.social · 13h

I think part of it had to do with Shatner. He was so good at emoting, at giving impassioned speeches, that it made some kind of weird sense that he could weaponize that. #TtekBookClub

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CetiAlphaNeil @cetialphaneil.bsky.social · 13h

There are questions that arise: didn’t Kirk destroy that computer? Who repaired it? Then who lost or stole it? It makes me laugh to think, “Don’t buy computers on the black market. You might be buying Landru!” #TrekBookClub

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CetiAlphaNeil @cetialphaneil.bsky.social · 14h

I was thinking airport snacks. 🤣 #TrekBookClub

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CetiAlphaNeil @cetialphaneil.bsky.social · 14h

Yes, Boris did a whole bunch. He even did a choose your own adventure book called Phaser Fight! #TrekBookClub

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CetiAlphaNeil @cetialphaneil.bsky.social · 15h

Incredible they got an artist of Vallejo’s caliber. That’s probably not a repeatable accomplishment. #TrekBookClub

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CetiAlphaNeil @cetialphaneil.bsky.social · 15h

The Ferengi version of Surak was rejected and remains reviled to this day. 🤣 #TrekBookClub

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CetiAlphaNeil @cetialphaneil.bsky.social · 15h

It was in keeping with the humor of the story. And as the Ferengi are basically a comedic set of characters, I like the idea that their evolutionary environment was soggy. #TrekBookClub

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CetiAlphaNeil @cetialphaneil.bsky.social · 15h

I like Rom as a character but didn’t love him becoming Grand Nagus. It makes the galaxy feel a little small if every minor character has a grand destiny. #TrekBookClub

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CetiAlphaNeil @cetialphaneil.bsky.social · 15h

He’s more fatherly than other captains we’ve seen, which is a fresh dynamic I like. #TrekBookClub

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CetiAlphaNeil @cetialphaneil.bsky.social · 15h

It’s funny how Trek makes alien races by taking one human quality and maxing it out. Vulcans are total logic, Klingons are total war, Ferengi are total greed. It sort of fits with Trek’s allegorical nature. Trek is always trying to say something about humanity. #TrekBookClub

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CetiAlphaNeil @cetialphaneil.bsky.social · 15h

They’re a little hamstrung by not wanting to reveal the fact that we’re dealing with Landru and his lawgivers. The story works hard to keep that reveal under wraps. #TrekBookClub

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CetiAlphaNeil @cetialphaneil.bsky.social · 1d

This is a fun one.

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CetiAlphaNeil @cetialphaneil.bsky.social · 1d

Makes sense!

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CetiAlphaNeil @cetialphaneil.bsky.social · 1d

Captain Gold. He’s a supporting character in the series, but a cool cucumber and a classic Captain. #TrekBookClub

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CetiAlphaNeil @cetialphaneil.bsky.social · 1d

Their problem was that they didn’t start any fights with Klingons, which would have gotten them confined to quarters, giving them a chance to catch up on their technical journals. #TrekBookClub

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CetiAlphaNeil @cetialphaneil.bsky.social · 1d

I love the puzzlement of Biron regarding the Federation’s continued existence. People with a Zero-sum mentality can never comprehend that they might be living in a nonzero-sum world, or galaxy. #TrekBookClub

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CetiAlphaNeil @cetialphaneil.bsky.social · 1d

I’m wondering who’s the better engineer, Geordi LaForge or Miles O’Brien… #TrekBookClub

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