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Book Review: The Autobiography of Benjamin Sisko

Cover of The Autobiography of Benjamin Sisko by Derek Tyler Attico

“To everyone who is reclaiming their story and speaking their truth,” says the author’s dedication in The Autobiography of Benjamin Sisko, and it’s a strikingly apt one. Several other Star Trek autobiographies show the “author” entrusting their story to a…

T’Pol’s Book Club #4: A Christmas Carol

cover of A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens

Is there any book less likely as a candidate for a Vulcan-run book club than A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens? I can just imagine T’Pol’s unimpressed poker face. She would find his work moralistic, emotionally overwrought, and problematic in…

“The Outcast” is Happening Now

Soren testifies at the J'naii tribunal

Content warning: Transphobia and anti-trans violence “The Outcast” is one of the most debated The Next Generation episodes. An alien society where everyone has no gender takes the title character, Soren, who identifies as a woman, and using some form…