At 23:16 1-3-2003 +, Jose Ortiz wrote:
Now, why is it that the writers of these novels always come up with better
plots than the average television episodes of Trek? The television writers
could learn a thing or two from the pros.
My guess is that it has something to do with deadlines. The
Jose wrote:
Now, why is it that the writers of these novels always come up with better
plots than the average television episodes of Trek? The television writers
could learn a thing or two from the pros.
Jeroen replied:
My guess is that it has something to do with deadlines. The average novel
At 05:41 PM 2/25/03 +0900, G. D. Akin wrote:
Reggie wrote:
And some ST fan(atic)s say that Trelane in The Squire of Gothos, was
probably a young Q.
--
There is novel titled Q-Squared by Peter David (I think) where Q and
Trelane battle it out. Not bad as far
Reggie wrote:
And some ST fan(atic)s say that Trelane in The Squire of Gothos, was
probably a young Q.
--
There is novel titled Q-Squared by Peter David (I think) where Q and
Trelane battle it out. Not bad as far as Trek novels.
George A
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Reggie wrote:
And some ST fan(atic)s say that Trelane
G. D. Akin wrote:
There is novel titled Q-Squared by Peter David (I think) where Q and
Trelane battle it out. Not bad as far as Trek novels.
Jon replied:
I like his work. When it comes to Trek authors David is a rare gem, IMO,
because each character speaks in their own established, realistic
Jose J. Ortiz-Carlo wrote:
Hey, hey!! Don't mess with Q!!! :)
The idea of an omnipotent character is something that continually surfaces
in Rodenberry's work. In TOS, it was Trelane, then Q. I found Trelane
really annoying. But Q is a piece of work. I think John DeLancie plays it to
Marvin Long, Jr.wrote:
See, TNG falls into unintentional camp a lot of the time,
too, I think...it's just more contemporary camp. Kirk
may get more than his fair share of voluptuous
green-skinned women, but at least he doesn't leer and
wag his tongue like Riker whenever the words
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I think the problem with both TOS and TNG - and this
is attenuated in DS9, Voyager and Enterprise - is
the number of God-like creatures they meet. I guess
1/4 of the TOS episodes have Kirk against God, and
Alberto wrote:
TNG is infected by that ridiculous Q.
JJ replied:
Hey, hey!! Don't mess with Q!!! :)
The idea of an omnipotent character is something that continually surfaces
in Rodenberry's work. In TOS, it was Trelane, then Q. I found Trelane
really annoying. But Q is a piece of work. I
--- Reggie Bautista [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Alberto wrote:
TNG is infected by that ridiculous Q.
JJ replied:
Hey, hey!! Don't mess with Q!!! :)
The idea of an omnipotent character is something
that continually surfaces
in Rodenberry's work. In TOS, it was Trelane, then
Q. I found
Deborah Harrell wrote:
And some ST fan(atic)s say that Trelane in The
Squire of Gothos, was probably a young Q.
I don't recall the title, but one of the ST paperbacks
definitely uses that idea.
IIRC, that was Q-Squared by Peter David. And I think John DeLancie had a hand in that
one too.
Jim
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