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I used to have a number of the Gold Key series but I sold them a couple of years ago. I still have a number of the DC series and a couple of DS9 books by Malibu. They are, at the moment, all up for sale. Interested?

Well, deep down, we all knew this day would eventually come. Why should it suprise anyone? It shouldn't. I also seem to recall way back in those heady days of 1987, it was said that any attempt to re-do Star Trek without the original cast was doomed to failure. Many trekkers back then even said they would boycott the series. How dare they, many cried. Well, that just didn't happen, did it? It grew and became stronger. TNG with no Picard not TNG? Well there is no TNG anymore in series format anyway. And many said the same about not having Kirk in the new series. Change is always hard to accept as it something coming to an end. We all wish it could have gone on forever and it will, just not in the TNG form. I agree that it has run it's course. There will be new and better things yet to come so don't mourn for what can't really be changed. We will remember Patrick Stewart for his portrayal of Picard and he is now an icon, but I also prefer to see what else this man can do in the acting world. If anything, he knows he has one hell of a fan base.

I've completed the test question. May I go outside now?

On another thread here, it's been speculated that Trelane may have been Q, but was he really? What about the Organians? They seemed to be just as powerful as any Q but didn't have that meddling trait that the Federation found so annoying. In fact, it seemed that they just wanted to be left alone. Having an interstellar war between the Federation and the Klingons starting on their home planet just didn't suit them so what did they do? They force fed a peace treaty to both parties under threat of having all their ships just sit in space with the controls and weapons too hot to touch. The Organians may be related to the Q perhaps and decided that it was best if they just stay out of everybody's way, hence their peaceful, non-beligerant demeanor. Seeing the two so-called parent figures floating as blobs of light seem to be more like the Organians then the Q's. I think that Trelane was more like, if not completely, Organian in nature. In other series episodes we've seen a number of god-like creatures all possessing some sort of Q type power but this does not mean that they are Q. The aliens in Charlie X also fall under this catagory. Considering that Trelane never traveled to Earth suggests that he himself was not Q and did have some limitations or didn't know how to use his power properly and was limited to the area of space where Kirk and crew found him. Was Trelane Q? I don't think so based on the evidence presented in the episode. Was he possibly an immature Organian? Possibly but more info is needed first before assigning him to be any particular species.

I also believe that part of the Vulcan problem is that they don't really understand the human equation. Our curiosity and willingness to take chances. Deep down they may have already foreseen the role that humanity is going to play in the coming centuries. Vulcans were already exploring the spaceways as early as our mid to late 20th century, as seen on Carbon Creek. And here come the humans willing to make the jump into that great unknown simply because it is there and we've got a full tank of gas. Hasn't anyone noticed the Enterprise crews face's scream "ROAD TRIP!", whenever they jump to warp? From these humble beginnings on Earth, the vulcans have tried to act as mentor to humanity but, of course, have found us completely illogical. Perhaps the idea of humanity one day becoming the driving force and major player in the upcoming Federation is what really bothers them. Afterall, they were there first.

Of course, anytime you got off the ship and away from the captain, it turned into a party anyway. The captain along would just put a damper on things. And I'm all for landing and having a party, preferably on Risa.

Enough of this debate. I say we make two out of three falls out in the parking lot. Winner take all.

Lots of raw anything, preferably freshly killed. From everything I've seen Klingons don't really take the time to cook much of anything. And I've always wondered whose blood was in the bloodwine? The blood of their enemies? One recipe, kind of anyway, is one I posted at the Klingon Embassy. If you take a can of bamboo shoots, dye them red with some food coloring and place it all on a plate with some mexican jumping beans underneath, it looks like a plate of real Gagh. I placed some on a buffet table once during a party and to see the looks on some people when I told them what it was suppossed to be and them ate some, was absolutely priceless.

Actually, I'm not losing any sleep being here. I access this site more when I'm at work then anywhere else. My control room is in an isolated part of the facility so I can pretty much do what I want. If anything, it's keeping me from finishing my mixes in a reasonable amout of time. I wonder if I can bill my clients for time spent here?

I guess the sales numbers just weren't where they should be for the publisher to make a profit. Us trekkers didn't do our part by buying more. Or it could also be that the core Trek fans are just getting older and have to put that money into IRA's.

Watch out everyone, the day of the neural interface and computer chips implants are closer then we think. You know, at this rate Earthers may actually evolve into the Borg. Wouldn't that be ironic?

Althought I think movies like "The Last Starfighter" and "V" the TV movie gets unfairly put in this category because I thought those were good movies.

The Last Starfighter does belong in this catagory. It had so much promise and then just deteriorated into this Disney-like flick. It was only memorable because it used up to date computer graphics for the space scenes. Up to date for that time I mean. V was just a typical mini-series that although contained a familiar premise (aliens come to earth and promise all sorts of things), it was just another lame tv show. Every now and then I'll catch some re-runs but the end was never in doubt and like Independance day, borrowed heavily on old tried and true sci-fi formulas. The ending was just a twist on H.G. Wells War of The Worlds ending. No, they both deserve where they belong. As for the wave of sci-fi films of the late seventies and early eighties, it was exactly as stated. A blatent attempt by everyone to cash in on the Star Wars phenomenon that was sweeping the country. Sci-Fi was cool again and I agree that had it not been for Star Wars, TMP would probably never had been made. It gave Paramount a jump start to actualy consider making the movie in order to cash in on the franchise rights it already owned. Yes, it awoke the genre from years of slumber and wasn't it a strange coincidence that the age of the computer took off at just about the same time. If it wasn't for the ground-breaking methods developed for special fx, we might never had seen half of this stuff see the light of day.

My screen name, xenexian, come from the New Frontier series of books by Peter David. Captain MacKenzie Calhoun is an xenexian by birth and was brought into starfleet by Captain Picard. I identify with him because we seem to share similiar traits, rebelious, stubborn, independant, willing to take chances and not willing to being pushed around or threatened, among other things. A worthy inheritor to the mantle of Kirk. Plus it's a great name for a planet.

Also, as I seem to recall, the Borg only access certain technology that they've assimilated when they need it. Considering who they are I agree that it may be a case of over confidence that they never use it. After all, they are still striving toward perfection which means that they are still flawed as well. The cloaking techinology would have come in real handy during their battles with species 8472 but then again, since they couldn't defeat them, they probably decided that it was irrelevant to access it. But against the Alpha Quadrant, it might have been a completely different story had they used it. I don't think the Federation would have stood a chance had they accessed cloaking.

All that can be said is, oops. Everynow and then something like this happens and I'm sure the producers were hoping that no one would notice. Hey, they're only human.

Actually, and this is the honest to god truth, the original series theme sone did have lyrics. Unfortunately, it was so bad the decision to use a sund version for the tv show was thankfully nixed. I once heard a bootleg copy of the song and I have to say that my dog howling sounded better. I could have sworn that it was sung by Mrs. Miller. I'm sure that it exists somewhere out there yet but trust me, you don't need to search this one out.

I never really paid that much attention to the clothing but I figured if mini skirts were still popular in the 23rd and 24th century, it couldn't be all bad.

Oh man, I'm so sorry to hear about what happened to you. In the broadcast business this happens all the time and it's never a good feeling. In 1990, I was let go from a production house that I had worked for for almost twelve years. I had just bought a house three years earlier and my son wasn't even a year old yet. If there is any advice I can give, it would be to never give up on what you want to do. I don't know if your job was something that you wanted to do as a career or just a paycheck, but the feeling of helplessness can be overwhelming. I stayed busy being a free lance engineer and even went into teaching audio production for a short time, all the while sending out demo tapes and resumes to houses all around the country. It took ten years before I latched onto a position at a large audio production facility and I had to move halfway across the country but it was well worth the effort to never give up on my chosen field. It may be tough at times and sacrifices may have to be made but never giving up is some of the best advice I can give.

I had just walked into the studio and was setting up for a session when one of my fellow producers came in and said that the WTC was just hit by a plane. I immediately thought of the B-25 bomber that had hit the empire state building back in the 30's and thought that this was another pilot error type of accident. When we went into the big studio to turn on the monitor and I saw how clear the day was in New York, my thoughts went into a worst case scenario. Was this an accident or deliberate? At that moment, we watched as the second plane hit the other tower. In a business full of crazy people, it was the first time that everyone became silent. I spent the rest of the morning trying to deal with clients and very shaken voice talents. Needless to say, the rest of the day was very surreal and we really didn't have much enthusiasm to continue production. At noon, we were all told to go ahead and leave if there was nothing pressing and go home.

I vote for the replicator. Any device that can give pizza at any time withour having to call out for it or having me fight the old ladies in my neighborhood grocery store, gets my vote. It might even save me on the power cost of having to operate a refridgerator 24/7, and it nevers gets empty.

I vote for the replicator. Any device that can give pizza at any time withour having to call out for it or having me fight the old ladies in my neighborhood grocery store, gets my vote. It might even save me on the power cost of having to operate a refridgerator 24/7, and it nevers gets empty.

I guess I'm in the minority here as well. I prefer the new Enterprise theme. Of course I'm listening to it from a production and quality standpoint and it doesn't have that overblown full orchestra sound of TNG, Voyager and DS9. Plus it was written by Diane Warren. How many other televisions shows can make that claim? Well wriiten, produced and recorded and mixed to sound great over the narrow dynamic range of tv broadcast. I also feel the lyrics give a good representation to what the show is suppossed to be about.

He also wrote "The Martian Chronicles", "Something Wicked This Way Comes", "R IS For Rocket", "Dandelion Wine", "The Illustrated Man", and other books along with a huge number of short stories. He is truly one of the great authors from the golden age of science fiction. One who, I'm sure, has inspired many of todays writers of science fiction and Trek.

All right! Klingons will one day rule the world. Or maybe not. This is great having a site for the lovers of all things Klingon. Did you know that a can of bamboos shoots dyed red on a plate with mexican jumping beans underneath, looks just like a plate of real live Gagh? A great way to break the ice at the buffet table and something to add when the wife isn't looking.

I would love a stand up of Jadzia Dax wearing the uniform of TOS. Unfortunately, my wife would get a little intimidated by tall brunettes with long legs. Oh well. I can still dream.