Podcasts TV Literary Treks: A Star Trek Books and Comics Podcast 4: Brinkmanship, Cardassia, and Beyond

4: Brinkmanship, Cardassia, and Beyond

Published: Jan. 6, 2013, 3 a.m.

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\\nUna McCormack.

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\\nThe complex storylines of\\xa0Deep\\nSpace Nine\\xa0are the perfect playground for Una McCormack,\\nan author who carries a PhD in sociology into her approach to Star\\nTrek. Beginning with the short story \\u201cFace Value\\u201d in the collection\\nProphecy and Change, Una has explored Cardassia, the repurcussions\\nof \\u201cIn the Pale Moonlight,\\u201d and even played with Ezri Dax in the\\ncontinuing Star Trek universe. In this episode of\\xa0Literary\\nTreks\\xa0we\\u2019re joined by Una to discuss why\\xa0Deep Space Nine\\xa0is her favourite\\nseries, how she got involved in writing Star Trek, bringing female\\ncharacters to the forefront, and the intricacies of freedom and how\\nwe are all interconnected.

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\\nIn our news segment we look at three new omnibuses coming from\\nPocket Books:\\xa0Typhon Pact: The\\nKhitomer Accords;\\xa0The Original Series: The Continuing\\nMissions; and\\xa0Destiny: The Complete Saga. We\\nalso cover IDW\\u2019s\\xa0Star Trek: The Next Generation\\nOmnibus\\xa0and\\xa0Star Trek: The Newspaper Strips,\\nVolume 1, the covers for\\xa0Countdown to Darkness,\\nthe\\xa0Star Trek 100-page Winter\\nSpectacular\\xa0comic, and we talk in-depth about the first\\nthree issues of Brannon Braga\\u2019s HIVE.

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