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Star Trek explores the friendships between characters across 55 years in new book

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April 26, 2022

Review by C.J. Bunce

Which pair of characters exemplifies the best friendship in all of the Star Trek franchise? Who do you think made the best BFFs? How about Geordi and Data? Or better yet, who represents friendship–its ups and downs–the best? Like Tuvok and Neelix? Kirk and Bones? Or frenemies Bones and Spock? Maybe for you its Worf and Riker, or Kes and the EMH. Or Naomi Wildman and Seven of Nine, or Quark and Odo. Of course there’s no right answer, but writers Robb Pearlmann and Jordan Hoffman explore the subject in a very fanboy conversation in the new gift book The Star Trek Book of Friendship. The best part? It’s filled with new artwork by the best Star Trek artist in the franchise’s 55 years, celebrated poster and comic book painter J.K. Woodward. It’s available for pre-order now here at Amazon.

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Star Trek continues its ode to the cats in Discovery: The Book of Grudge

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January 14, 2022

“Quite a lovely animal, captain. I find myself strangely drawn to it.” — Mr. Spock

The android Data had a ginger tabby cat named Spot in Star Trek: The Next Generation. Mr. Barclay had a white Persian cat named Neelix on Voyager. Chief Miles O’Brien had a white and gray cat (with an abundance of hair) named Chester on Deep Space Nine. Scott Bakula was a cool cat who starred as Captain Archer on Enterprise (plus there was that Shore Leave Planet cat thing). The ever-present Mr. Spock dug cats, famously being drawn to the sleek black cat Sylvia on the original series. And the animated series even featured a cat as a bridge officer with its Lt. M’Ress.

A crew being upstaged by a fantastic cat is a rite of passage, a staple, a linchpin in the world of Star Trek.

Enter the latest: a Maine coon cat named Grudge. Star Wars has The Book of Boba Fett, and this week, Star Trek Discovery has The Book of Grudge, available now here at Amazon.

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