I wouldn't say that. While the SNW Gorn have tails, they otherwise have a basically humanoid shape with upright bodies and broad shoulders, quite unlike the shape of a therapod dinosaur with a horizontal body and cantilevering tail. Also, though modern redesigns of the Gorn tend to base them on dinosaurs, Wah Chang's original Gorn costume is really more of a crocodile-man design (with insectile compound eyes).
Well, of course with the last volume of my SNW Season 2 DVD set (and therefore the last episode of the season) back home, some 400 miles away, my knowledge of SNW Gorn is limited. But I wasn't thinking so much about anatomy as behavior: DC's Clan Ru laying their eggs in the nests of "inferior" species, and the SNW Gorn laying their eggs (from what I've seen so far) in the bodies of "inferior" species.
Just whipped through Echoes. I thought it was going to be the Kelvin alternate reality. Now, I wonder what the other alternate counterparts to our crew in General Uhura's universe are like?
The comic book series I've barely heard of, or the quarter-century-old VOY novel I don't even remember? For my part, just finished the last of my disposable reading material for this vacation, and about to start on the March/April 2024 Fine Scale Modeler.
Nice book haul at the local thrift store today: a FLASHING SWORDS anthology edited by Lin Carter, two Tanith Lee omnibuses, and a book on the Marx Bros, published by Doubleday back in 1950, and copyrighted by all five of the Bros. -- including Gummo!
I just finished rereads of Orion's Hounds and Q&A in the Trek realm. Both still hold up after more than 15 years since their original release. A revisit of Before Dishonor is next. Also being read: Star Wars: Shadow of the Sith (very interesting material connected to The Rise of Skywalker and the other two sequels is included here) Scarlet (sequel to Cinder)
Am currently reading through Star Trek books: The Best and the Brightest, and Memory Alpha (a rather vintage one) Also, the somewhat heavy going The Fall of Hyperion, by Dan Simmons. Still yet to finish Halo: Outcasts, meantime.
I remember exactly where I bought that -- Waldenbooks, Christiana Mall in Christiana, Delaware -- but I'm struggling with the realization that was twenty-four years ago.
Reading the Kindle version of Star Trek: Before Dishonor, I was dismayed to see that the book is missing some of the ending. Chapter 46 is the last chapter included (page 394). I have reported the issue to Amazon, but I have my doubts how effective that will be. I can put up with a lot in conversions to ebooks, but this is egregiously bad.
That’s interesting… I just checked mine, and it goes to chapter 50. I know we’re in different countries, but I would have assumed they would use the same file for both.
Rereads: Here, There Be Dragons by James A. Owen Star Trek: Articles of the Federation by KRAD Articles is more aspirational than ever before. It's been a long time since I've seen anything in American politics as cool as Bacco giving an honest apology to the legislative branch or having none of the Klingon ambassador's nonsense during a meeting with him. First time read: Why We Love Middle-Earth by Alan Sisto and Shawn Marchese I love their podcast (Prancing Pony Podcast). While there is overlap between the book and the podcast, the book is shorter and more condensed by necessity. That said, I am still finding it a worthwhile experience to read, even if just to see the names instead of just hearing them said aloud.
Love Tanith Lee! I loved her fairy tale versions (Red as Blood, Gorgon). Favorite book, though, was Silver Metal Lover (big surprise, I'm sure), though I did like The Birthgrave, Death's Master, and Quest for the White Witch. You have reminded me I have to go back and catch up on all the ones I missed.
Just finished The Children of Kings by David Stern. I really enjoyed that one. I am also reading The Hacienda by Isabel de Canas. Enjoying it so far.
Red As Blood is my favorite of her books. Just picked up some omnibus volumes of The Books of Paradys, which I have not read before. I also published a YA fantasy trilogy by her at Tor decades ago.