Feb 05 | Patrick Stewart, Jonathan Frakes, Marina Sirtis, Brent Spiner, Michael Dorn, LeVar Burton, Gates McFadden, Wil Wheaton and Denise Crosby will be part of Star Trek® TNG EXPOsed – a full-cast reunion of Star Trek: The Next Generation® to be held at the Calgary Expo April 27-29, 2012. The special reunion event will be held at Calgary Stampede Corral on the evening of Saturday, April 28, 2012. This auspicious occasion marks the 25th anniversary of Star Trek: The Next Generation® and will be the first time in over twenty years that the cast has participated in an event such as this. Included in the evening’s program is a 90 minute panel discussion, a Q&A session, and a video presentation in honour of the cast of Star Trek: The Next Generation®. A commemorative guide will produced solely for this event along with exclusive merchandise. This is a separate ticketed event with tickets going on sale through Ticketmaster on February 18, 2012 at 10 AM MST. Although the cast will be participating in various panels throughout the course of the weekend, Star Trek® TNG EXPOsed will be the only opportunity to see all nine of the cast members in one incredible panel. Tickets will be available at www.ticketmaster.com and range from $40-$125 CDN.
Jan 30 | A large, heavy pewter sculpture that Paramount
commissioned, commemorating the series finale of DS9 in 1999 is available on eBay.
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Comic-Con 2011. What do you think (or wish) J.J. Abrams will reveal at next year's Comic-Con?
By BWilliams / 12:35, 1 June 2004 / Reviews - Books
Synopsis: Captain Picard and the crew of the Enterprise-E discover the last of the Dokaalan, a race believed to have been annihilated over 200 years before, now only a colony fighting to stay alive in a decrepit asteroid mining complex. Although their home world was destroyed long ago, the survivors hope to someday transform a nearby planet into a new home for their people. But bitter divisions exist among the Dokaalan, sowing the seeds of sabotage and terrorism…
Review: Writers Dayton Ward and Kevin Dilmore have returned to the STAR TREK fold with their two-part saga, A TIME TO SOW and A TIME TO HARVEST, part of the nine-book NEXT GENERATION series that chronicles the events leading up to NEMESIS. With this two-part tale, they touch upon current social events within their framework and craft a well-written story in the process.
A TIME TO SOW begins in 2151, just after the events of the ENTERPRISE episode “Breaking the Ice”. Ripples in the strenuous relationship between Starfleet and the Vulcans continue to be felt on both sides. But a passing Vulcan science vessel picks up a signal from a passing Dokaalan spacecraft, interpreting their distress signal as a cry for help. Starfleet is chomping at the bit to render assistance, regardless of what the Vulcans think. Ward and Dilmore further explore the strained relationship between Admiral Forrest and Ambassador Sovak, which nicely dovetail into the events of the series.
Flash forward over 200 years later to the 24th century. Several weeks after the events of A TIME TO BE BORN and A TIME TO DIE, Captain Picard and the crew of the Enterprise-E are sent to investigate the mystery behind the destruction of the Dokaalan home world and the final fate of its people. What begins as a routine milk run soon turns into a mystery of its own: the Dokaalan race is not, in fact, obliterated, but struggling to survive in an asteroid colony near their home world.
Ward and Dilmore, who wrote the excellent FOUNDATIONS, have their fingers on the pulse of the NEXT GENERATION cast, addressing each of the main character’s dilemmas that lead them to their ultimate destinies. No detail is left out, and everyone has a turn in the spotlight. This also includes Lieutenant Kell Perim, the Trill helm officer from INSURRECTION; Lieutenant Taurik, from the episode “Lower Decks”, and Lieutenant Christine Vale, the ship’s new security chief. Each of these supporting characters is fleshed out in several well-written moments that help define their personalities beyond the written page. Even lesser crewmembers are given their turn in the spotlight and are fleshed out as relatable, sympathetic characters. The end result is right out of all of the well-written character moments from NEXT GENERATION.
There’s a lot of obvious recapping and introspection from A TIME TO BE BORN and A TIME TO DIE within the first 150-plus pages of A TIME TO SOW, and this tends to slow down the action in the first half of the novel. But Ward and Dilmore compensate for the recapping with not only the ease through the first ten chapters but also a balanced juxtaposition between present and past events. We read the words of Dokaal’s survivors, recounting their planet’s untimely disaster and their desire to survive, and see a glimpse of the sadness brought out in the words. It’s a slow build-up to be sure, but the story begins to pick up two-thirds of the way through, as Ward and Dilmore reveal the Dokaalans’ true motives.
A TIME TO HARVEST picks up hip-deep in the middle of the action, with the Enterprise-E navigating its way through a treacherous asteroid field, Geordi missing in action, Data out of commission, and the Dokaalan colony under attack from an unseen enemy. While the penchant for recapping continues in this volume, Ward and Dilmore also invest their time wisely in getting down to the action at hand. Add to this a heart-wrenching dilemma Picard must deal with, along with a dash of vengeance from an old enemy, and you’ve got the ingredients to an action-packed second half, all of which Ward and Dilmore build upon exponentially.
Dayton Ward and Kevin Dilmore continue to explore and move the NEXT GENERATION cast forward in a well-written tale that ends on a high note. It’s stories like these that make me long for NEXT GENERATION all over again.
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