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Five Villains With Contrived Wins
When the villain wins, it builds tension - but only if it's a credible win.
Star Trek’s First Episodes Ranked, Part 2
Are the best four Star Trek premieres actually good?
Star Trek’s First Episodes Ranked, Part 1
There’s good Trek, there’s bad Trek, and there’s okay Trek.
Episode 336: Star Trek Optimism
No spec fic story is more iconic for optimism than Star Trek.
Star Trek Series Finales From Worst to Best
Long-running series must face the challenge of meeting expectations and providing closure.
Episode 215: Character Recreation
Sometimes a character is so nice you use them twice.
Episode 199: Political Theory in Star Trek
Sound, the final frontier.
Star Trek Adventures Is Clunky and Uninspired
This Star Trek RPG needs a lot of work for not much reward.
Five Unaddressed Injustices in Spec Fic
These harmful oversights left readers confused—and a little resentful.
Episode 93: Science Fiction Films With Something to Say
Just because scifi movies have something deeper to say, doesn’t mean that something is good.
Episode 86: Depicting Microaggressions
To depict microaggressions is to take on one of the most persistent problems of our society.
Episode 80: A Legal Review of Speculative Fiction
What’s that, two wild guest hosts appeared?
Episode 79: Scifi Roleplaying Systems
Do you like dice?
Episode 78: Does Authorial Intent Matter?
Is the author dead or have reports of their demise been greatly exaggerated?
Episode 77: Time Travel
Technically we’re all time travelers, moving forward at a rate of one second per second.
Episode 74: Religion in Spec Fic
Religion! That sounds like an easy topic.
Star of Hope