benjamin sisko
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Deep Space Nine Was Getting Good Long Before the Dominion War
A lot of Star Trek opinion is based on the paradoxical idea that the series within the franchise simply “get good” at some point. TNG’s not TNG until Riker has a beard, we say, ignoring all the fantastic ideas the series got into before that. The idea of Trek shows usually having a dodgy first…
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The Worst Times Starfleet Got Its Ass Handed to It
Star Trek doesn’t shy away from showing conflict – and that includes times when the idealised world of Starfleet and the Federation get their worlds rocked.
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Happy Trek-iversary to Deep Space Nine
A lot of people complain about how dark and gritty the Star Trek franchise has become nowadays, having moved away from the idealistic future presented by the original series and The Next Generation. But the first time Star Trek revealed the shadows hiding in the cracks of that future, the result was one of its…
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48 New Sci-Fi and Fantasy Books to Keep You Cosy This November
This month is huge for fans of sci-fi and fantasy books. We’ve got James S.A. Corey’s final Expanse book, Leviathan Falls; a new collection of stories by Gizmodo co-founder Charlie Jane Anders called Even Greater Mistakes; and the latest Brandon Sanderson Skyward Series novel, Cytonic. Plus, new books from Marissa Meyer, Tad Williams, Neal Stephenson, Nnedi…