Number Three:
Star Trek: The Next Generation:
Q-Squared
By Peter David


So I had a crappy saturday night, for reasons that are both uninteresting and unpublishable. Now most well-adjusted people have a little ritual they perform when they need to recover from a night like that. Some people go on their favorite hike, some people get a manicure, at least one late-ninteenth century President had people secretly shot.

I read this book.

Non-trekkers won't get it, of course: nearly five hundred pages of fast, funny prose that requires a thorough education in all things Trek to comprehend on even a basic level. But having read this book about a dozen times before, I can get through all of it in a mere few hours, and it never fails to make me feel better.

Peter David's blog is probably the only site that's been on my blogroll since day one here, and I check it out every time I'm blogging, as it (along with Dan Savage) provides a nice break from politics. That's what David does best: a break from reality. Not bad-action movie, wouldn't-it-be-cool-if-we-could-shoot-everyone? escapism, but the sort of step back and look at things in perspective escapism that is essiential for the best storytellers.

I am reading The Religions of Star Trek. Interesting but the writing is a bit too academic (ie dull). Thanks. Which president are you referring too? See you in DC in eight weeks GUY

Posted by  Anonymous @ 12:30 PM

 

I am reading The Religions of Star Trek. The writing is kind of dry and academic but it is interesting nonetheless. To which President do you refer? He sounds like a much better president than Bush! See you in eight weeks Guy

Posted by  Anonymous @ 3:27 AM

 

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