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Harve Bennett is dead? Didn't know that. Loved the trilogy.

I'm more interested in seeing you defend your change of story that Dennis pointed out than changing the subject. Bold contradictions are so rare here.

What change of story. David Gerrold didn't think teleportation should work without a receiving booth. GR disagreed.
The part where you say Gerrold is "a burnt out 60's degenerate" in a complete sentence with his name in it and a period at the end. Then changed the story to Harve Bennett. Then provided a non-sequitur with concern about Bennett's death.
 
Gerrold was last relevant in 1975

Um, he won multiple awards, including the Hugo and Nebula, for his 1994 novelette "The Martian Child," which was made into a movie in 2007, starring John Cusack as a thinly-disguised version of Gerrold.

You can do worse than be played by John Cusack in a movie. :)
 
Gerrold was last relevant in 1975

Um, he won multiple awards, including the Hugo and Nebula, for his 1994 novelette "The Martian Child," which was made into a movie in 2007, starring John Cusack as a thinly-disguised version of Gerrold.

And don't we all want to be played by John Cusack in a movie? :)

Well, that's my goal, any way :techman:

Can't speak for anyone else.

Also, Gerrold continues to be active with the Hugos and on the convention scene. I think his "relevance" depend on which social circle you happen to be a part of or keep tabs on.
 
Gerrold was last relevant in 1975

Um, he won multiple awards, including the Hugo and Nebula, for his 1994 novelette "The Martian Child," which was made into a movie in 2007, starring John Cusack as a thinly-disguised version of Gerrold.

And don't we all want to be played by John Cusack in a movie? :)

Well, that's my goal, any way :techman:

Can't speak for anyone else.

Also, Gerrold continues to be active with the Hugos and on the convention scene. I think his "relevance" depend on which social circle you happen to be a part of or keep tabs on.

And he's still being published in Fantasy & Science Fiction and other magazines.

Yeah, if you're only talking Star Trek, he perhaps hasn't been all that involved with it for years, but science fiction in general--particularly the literary end of it? Well, that's another story.
 
I'm more interested in seeing you defend your change of story that Dennis pointed out than changing the subject. Bold contradictions are so rare here.

What change of story. David Gerrold didn't think teleportation should work without a receiving booth. GR disagreed.
The part where you say Gerrold is "a burnt out 60's degenerate" in a complete sentence with his name in it and a period at the end. Then changed the story to Harve Bennett. Then provided a non-sequitur with concern about Bennett's death.

Gerrold is openly gay. I have no doubt that was what the "degenerate" comment was about.
 
What change of story. David Gerrold didn't think teleportation should work without a receiving booth. GR disagreed.
The part where you say Gerrold is "a burnt out 60's degenerate" in a complete sentence with his name in it and a period at the end. Then changed the story to Harve Bennett. Then provided a non-sequitur with concern about Bennett's death.

Gerrold is openly gay. I have no doubt that was what the "degenerate" comment was about.

That was my guess as well . . . alas.
 
I got a signed copy of Gerrold's "Blood and Fire" TNG script, I think in 1989, when he offered copies to fans after it was turned down. I wrote a check for it and I would still have that too. I'll have to see if he signed it...
 
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David Gerrold is irrelevant? Man, I'd hate to be the sci-fi nerd who breaks that news to him on Facebook. His takedowns are epic and deserve awards for their thorough pwnage.
 
When do we get some new stuff to talk about?

We've stunned the CBS executives.

You must remember that there's a cadre, nay, a generation of sharp but unblooded young TV execs who've never faced down an angry trekkie on the Internet.

They started reading our responses to the 5.99 streaming thing and...well, spilled hot lattes, ruined 3000 dollar suits, dogs and cats living together.

So, they've gone off for a week-long retreat at some spa, steeling themselves to announce that they've cast Marina Orlova to sit in Chekov's chair.
 
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Repeat after me: the primary purpose any new series is NOT to wrap up loose ends from the previous incarnations, flesh out blank spots in the original timeline, bring us up to speed on the current state of Bajor and Cardassia, and to preserve the "canon" at all costs. It's to attract viewers new and old, and to create compelling television that (ideally) will appeal to the hardcore fans, casual fans, and people who have never a STAR TREK TV show before.

Agree.

.... and stay away from the dystopian stuff...

Trek has never been dystopian.

...and I have said differently?

Repeat after me: the primary purpose any new series is NOT to wrap up loose ends from the previous incarnations, flesh out blank spots in the original timeline, bring us up to speed on the current state of Bajor and Cardassia, and to preserve the "canon" at all costs. It's to attract viewers new and old, and to create compelling television that (ideally) will appeal to the hardcore fans, casual fans, and people who have never a STAR TREK TV show before.

Agree.

.... and stay away from the dystopian stuff...

But don't make it too squeaky-clean and "utopian" either.

Optimistic, but far from perfect, with flesh-and-blood characters who still have flaws and weaknesses and make mistakes sometimes.

Sure... but if they go into the future (after Voyager) it should probably be more like TNG was.
 
Just to clarify, when I say I want it set after the other shows that doesn't mean I want it to be a sequel to any of those shows. I just want it in the same universe. That's my only request. They can do whatever the hell else they want with it. I don't want it to be about the fallout from the Dominion War or the defeat of the Borg or anything of that sort. It should be able to stand on its own two feet without constantly running back to the old shows to prop it up. I'm not after Enterprise 2 or Voyager 2. Let it stand on its own like TNG and DS9 did.
 
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