I'm going to be a follower, and say Bob Jeschonek's "Our Million Year Mission." I loved that story. It got at the idea of Star Trek, and that's what made it so successful. 
Favorite SNW Stories?
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I agree, and another thing I love about it is that it gave me a sense of the sheer fun of Star Trek unlike any story I've read. I think that has a lot to do with all the great updates of Treknology (the blinkporters, the pervasive holoemitters, the many different Enterprises, etc.)
It took the big box of LEGO pieces that make up Star Trek and stuck them together in all sorts of new ways, which made something still reminiscent of all the shows (in spirit) while simultaneously crazy and weird. Not an easy task.
It took the big box of LEGO pieces that make up Star Trek and stuck them together in all sorts of new ways, which made something still reminiscent of all the shows (in spirit) while simultaneously crazy and weird. Not an easy task.
Hopefully a nice way to kick off the holiday season.
I am terrible with names. In the same vein, I'm terrible with titles. As for author/story associations-um, terrible. I read most of the SNW books starting with 4-I worked at Borders and that was the earliest we had. "Our Million Year Mission" was memorable. The one about the Hortas guarding the Guardian-haunting. Stays with me still...
Most of the Speculations were fun to read(heck, it was almost all fun too read). I'm just sorry my memory and Swiss cheese share common traits-I'd love to respond more informatively.
Most of the Speculations were fun to read(heck, it was almost all fun too read). I'm just sorry my memory and Swiss cheese share common traits-I'd love to respond more informatively.
It was called "Guardians"
. One of Brett Hudgins', in SNW VII; second prize winner that year, as I recall.Fictitiously yours, Trent Roman
It was called "Guardians"
Fictitiously yours, Trent Roman
And that's one of the reasons we keep Trent around!
Of course, the puppy-dog eyes help, too.
I'm quite fond of:
- "A Private Anecdote" by Landon Cary Dalton (volume I)
- "Reflections" by Dayton Ward (volume I)
- "Triptych" by Melissa Dickinson (volume II)
- "Full Circle" by Scott Pearson (volume VII)
- "The Last Tree on Ferenginar: A Ferengi Fable from the Future" by Mike McDevitt (volume 9)
Among others.
- "A Private Anecdote" by Landon Cary Dalton (volume I)
- "Reflections" by Dayton Ward (volume I)
- "Triptych" by Melissa Dickinson (volume II)
- "Full Circle" by Scott Pearson (volume VII)
- "The Last Tree on Ferenginar: A Ferengi Fable from the Future" by Mike McDevitt (volume 9)
Among others.
I love that bit where Riker is instructing the Enterprise to replicate itself and produce a "litter" of offspring. I half expected the ship to meow or bark.
I just caught your sig line. Nice! Just watched that ep on Saturday last.
No alienation here. It's a wonderful story, and as I said upstream, one of my favorite Trek stories, period. Right alongside Allyn's "Make-Believe" from Constellations.
Where is from as it's sounds like an English programme but not sure which it could be!
At the risk of alienating people who don't know me, I'll say I wasn't very impressed with "Isolation Ward 4." I certainly respect the sentiment and the work behind it, but the final execution of the story just goes far over the line into preachy for me. Again, I really wholeheartedly love the ideas behind it, I just didn't enjoy the way the story was carried out.
Primeval. The pilot.
It turns out, since I had mentioned a story written by someone else, I ended up alienating myself. 
Bill, I'm sorry. I though the tribble story was pretty good, too...
Bill, I'm sorry. I though the tribble story was pretty good, too...
That pic is priceless.
I've never watched it, but then again it's made by ITV and I don't tend to watch ITV.
Don't mean to go off topic, but I was actually able to get the pilot for that show for free on ITunes, and it was pretty cool. I'm considering picking up the DVD eventually. Ok now back to the topic, how many of the SNWs are still in print? I've never read them, but I was reading some of the stories you guys have mentioned in Voyages of the Imagination, and they sound really good.
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