Star Trek

[Unorthodox]

I must say The Orville season 3 has been shockingly good. 

The first two seasons were ok.  A little ham fisted humor and some uneven presentation, but season 3 has come out a bit more serious in tone, and it’s working well. 

[Buster's Uncle]

Thoughts on what I hear about the third season of Picard being still very dark-

...Just noting that I'm happy for the TNG-era fans that there's something now, and point out that this is how us fans of the real thing felt about TNG-DS9-Voyager all along. As Stephen R. Donaldson had Thomas Covenant note, "The way to hurt a man who's lost everything is to give him back something broken" - and we all, fans of old and new, got it in the neck from the 09 movie, Star Track for people who hate Star Trek...

I.e., an optimistic future with better people in it is at the thematic heart of Star Trek, and even the 80s-90s revival series up to the middle of DS9's run. This is why my interest in anything they're doing these days is sub-zero, even though Mylochka assures me that Strange New Worlds rocks. My heart couldn't bear being given back another thing broken.

[Buster's Uncle]

'The Autobiography of Benjamin Sisko' reveals untold history of Starfleet’s fearless war captain (exclusive)
Jeff Spry  Sun, March 12, 2023 at 8:00 AM EDT
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The Autobiography of Benjamin Sisko


It's high time that the stoic Capt. Benjamin Sisko was given his moment in the "Star Trek" limelight after the character's classic run on "Star Trek: Deep Space Nine."

Now the character brought to life by actor Avery Brooks can be seen in IDW Publishing's newly launched flagship "Star Trek" comic book series, where he returns from the Bajoran wormhole to save the galaxy from mysterious god killers.

To add to the Sisko-centric offerings and salute the 30th anniversary of "Deep Space Nine," London-based Titan Books is presenting a new, 304-page fictional prose novel titled "The Autobiography of Benjamin Sisko" this fall, written by veteran "Star Trek" journalist and author Derek Tyler Attico.

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Here’s the official synopsis:

Benjamin Sisko tells the story of his career in Starfleet, and his life as a father and Bajor’s Emmissary of the Prophets. Charting his rise through the ranks, his pioneering work designing the Defiant-class, his critical role as ambassador and leader during the Dominion War, and his sacred standing as a religious leader of his adopted home.

Discover the hidden history of his childhood and early career in Starfleet, and the innermost thoughts of the man who discovered the Gamma Quadrant, made first contact with the wormhole aliens, and united Starfleet, Klingon and Romulan forces to defeat the Dominion Empire. See Sisko’s personal take on his confidants Lieutenant Dax and Major Kira Nerys, the enigmatic Garak, and his adversaries, Gul Dukat and Kai Winn, as well as his fatherly advice for his son Jake.

From the pages of Anselm to the writings of Benny Russell, from father to son, Sisko’s story is a unique phenomenon in Starfleet and human history, told in the unique way only he can.




Star Trek: Deep Space Nine


For Attico, composing a gratifying autobiography for a legacy character like Benjamin Sisko was an honor that turned out to be both exhilarating and challenging.

"It has been 30 years since the premiere of 'Star Trek: Deep Space Nine,' and Captain Benjamin Sisko is still unlike any captain we've seen before," Attico told Space.com. "He has a healthy relationship with his father and is an older brother with three younger siblings. He's been a widow, has a son and is happily remarried. The Bajoran people say he's the Emissary of their Prophets, and his birth mother exists outside of linear time. With all this in his life, Ben Sisko still has a sense of balance rarely seen or shared among Starfleet captains.

"Ben is already a complex man with a rich history and a strong sense of character, duty and family when we meet him. So as I constructed his origins, I knew that his family and the experiences that molded Ben needed to represent the authenticity, strength and love we see in Sisko as an adult.

"And in creating Ben's past, questions needed to be answered. Why didn't we ever see his siblings? What is New Orleans like in the 24th century? What was it like building the USS Defiant? These are just a few of the questions I've asked and answered. 'The Autobiography of Benjamin Sisko' will have something in it not only for fans of Sisko and 'Deep Space Nine' but for everyone that enjoys 'Star Trek.'"

Titan Books' "The Autobiography of Benjamin Sisko" arrives on Oct. 10, 2023.


https://www.yahoo.com/news/autobiography-benjamin-sisko-reveals-untold-120018911.html

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I've upgraded the Enterprise theme again...