Infinite Diversity in Infinite Combinations

My earliest Trek memory is of getting a Star Trek Colorforms set for Christmas one year in the late 70’s. (Remember Colorforms? Those plastic things that look like stickers, but don’t actually stick, and the shiny cardboard playset that the pieces cling to? Hmmm, I wonder if they still make those.) I have no memory of watching the show when I was a kid, but I know that I must have, because I was excited to get it and I knew every character in the set. Every character that is, except that weird… Continue

This two-part book reacquaints us with Melora Pazlar, a character we met in the DS9 episode, Melora, who comes from a low gravity planet. In this story she is newly assigned to the Enterprise-E when she and Troi receive dream-visions about an imminent threat to her home planet, Gemworld, a planet composed of crystal formations, virtually no gravity and six radically different sentient species. The ship arrives to find that the malfunctioning shell that surrounds their planet and maintains their… Continue

Wow! What a great book! Peter David has such a great grasp of the characters and their dialogue. It is so vibrant, believable and funny. I’ve had this book for years and never bothered to read it before now. What was I thinking?!



This is essentially Worf’s story, inspired by the death of his Imzadi, Jadzia. In mourning her he remembers Deanna, the last woman he almost married, the story of their engagement and the complications that Will’s presence caused. His memories start just… Continue