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Slings and Arrows: The\\nInsolence of Office.

In 2007 Pocket Books decided to honor the 20th anniversary of\\nStar Trek: The Next Generation with a six-part eBook series that\\nbridged the gap between the destruction of the Enterprise-D in\\nGenerations and the next time we saw the crew on the big screen in\\nFirst Contact. Penned by J. Steven York, Christina F. York, Phaedra\\nM. Weldon, William Leisner, Terri Osborne, Robert Greenberger, and\\nKeith R.A. DeCandido, these novellas tell the story of the\\nEnterprise-E\\u2019s shakedown cruise.

In this episode of Literary Treks hosts Matthew Rushing and\\nChristopher Jones discuss the third book in the Slings and Arrows\\nseries, The Insolence of Office, which reveals the events that led\\nto Geordi\'s replacement of his VISOR with the ocular implants that\\nwe see him sporting in First Contact. The novella also continues\\nthe story that began in the DS9 episode "The Muse" as Lwaxana Troi\\nreturns to Betazed for the birth of her half-Tavnian child. We\\ndiscuss how DS9 serves as the bridge for movie-era TNG, how leaders\\nin wartime struggle to balance utopian ideals with security, and\\nwhether or not Starfleet is within its rights to ask Geordi to\\nundergo what amounts to medically unnecessary surgery.

In our news segment we take a look at the cover art for David R.\\nGeorge III\'s One Constant Star and review Star Trek Ongoing #30\\n(Parallel Lives, Part 2) and Khan #5.