Not another word!

[Greg Cox]

Sci-fi in general I find is at its best when it melds multiple genres together. Sometimes the meldings which seem really out of left field end up making for really memorable stories.

In general, I love stories that blur (or trash) genre boundaries. Weird westerns. Vampire pirates. Sci-fi murder mysteries. Time-travel romances.

Mixing and matching genres is one of my favorite things, actually.

And this is where I shamelessly mention co-editing two anthologies of science fiction vampire and werewolf stories for Baen Books back in the day, titled Tomorrow Sucks and Tomorrow Bites, respectively.

We flirted with doing a third volume of SF zombie stories, tentatively titled Tomorrow Stinks, but, alas, we never got around to it.

 

[CorporalCaptain]

Think I remember Moore saying it was all they could do not to title it “Murder, My Pet!”

Anyone who'd seen John Carpenter's The Thing knew the dog "done it" right away, or ought to have.

 

[XCV330]

Having sex with a candle seems pretty different to me.

 

[Ovation]

Every episode is someone's favorite

Even The Lights of Zetar? I dunno…

 

[fireproof78]

Even The Lights of Zetar? I dunno…

Why not?

Features Scotty a bit more.

 

[Nerys Myk]

Plus, the whole Gothic feel of the episode -- which apparently owes a lot to an Anne Rice novel I've never read.

Ghostly erotica is not exactly a trope Trek is well known for.

There’s one for the homage thread.

 

[Ovation]

Why not?

Features Scotty a bit more.

Not nearly at his best, though.

 

[The Salt Umpire]

Not nearly at his best, though.

Hey, if he can turn everyone into an unkillable puppet, we might need that someday. Keep Little Rick on the ship so it can prime the transporter!

And for Buddha's sake, voice commands for controls, please. We already do that with our phones...

 

[BillJ]

And for Buddha's sake, voice commands for controls, please. We already do that with our phones...

Our phones won't kill people if they misinterpret a voice command.

 

[Nerys Myk]

Our phones won't kill people if they misinterpret a voice command.

Scotty has "fun" with that in the next episode.

 

[The Wormhole]

Our phones won't kill people

Give them time.