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Jan 30, 202329 min read

Alternate History in Star Trek Part 23: Voyager asks “You Want Borg With That?”

By Tom Anderson In this rundown of AH factors in Star Trek (and an overview of the franchise in general) we’ve seen that a pattern...

Jan 16, 202328 min read

Alternate History in Star Trek Part 22: The Glory Days of Deep Space Nine

By Tom Anderson Thus far, we’ve looked at the first three seasons of Star Trek: Deep Space Nine (DS9). The series had an exceptionally...

Dec 19, 202215 min read

Alternate History in Star Trek Part 21: Invasion!, Day of Honour and Other Big Thematic Crossovers

By Tom Anderson As I have now explored the beginnings and early run of both Deep Space Nine (DS9) and Voyager (VGR), now is a convenient...

Dec 5, 202221 min read

Alternate History in Star Trek Part 20: Voyager Fails to Land

By Tom Anderson (Majel Barrett voice) Last time on “Alternate History in Star Trek”, I rambled for 3000 plus words about Star Trek:...

Nov 21, 202215 min read

Alternate History in Star Trek Part 19: Charting the New* Frontier

By Tom Anderson “The thing about ‘Caretaker’ that must be remembered in all discussion,” said Michael Piller, who wrote the titular Star...

Nov 7, 202218 min read

Alternate History in Star Trek Part 18: The Next Generation on the Silver Screen

By Tom Anderson 1994 was a turning point for the Star Trek franchise. Three years earlier, the original series (TOS) crew had had their...

Oct 24, 202212 min read

Alternate History in Star Trek Part 17: Early Video Games (and non-video Games)

By Tom Anderson Up till now, my series looking at the history of Star Trek (with a particular focus on its AH and time-travel elements)...

Oct 10, 202216 min read

Alternate History in Star Trek, Part 16: Early Deep Space Nine Spinoffs

By Tom Anderson In the previous two articles in this series, I gave a rundown of the first three seasons of Star Trek: Deep Space Nine...

Aug 29, 202225 min read

Alternate History in Star Trek Part 15: Deep Space Nine Finds Its Feet

By Tom Anderson Last time on “Alternate History in Star Trek”, I looked at the concept and first season of Star Trek: Deep Space Nine....

Aug 15, 202218 min read

Alternate History in Star Trek Part 14: The Controversial Birth of Deep Space Nine

By Tom Anderson It is a measure of just how much spinoff material has been produced in the history of the Star Trek franchise that it has...

Aug 11, 202213 min read

Interview: Tom Anderson

Questions from Gary Oswald This Interview is with Tom Anderson who is one of the most prolific writers for Sea Lion Press, both on this...

Aug 1, 202222 min read

Alternate History in Star Trek Part 13: First Frontier, Dark Mirror, Imzadi, and Q-Squared

By Tom Anderson As discussed in the last few articles, I will be devoting this article to fuller treatments of four individual spinoff,...

Jul 18, 202217 min read

Alternate History in Star Trek part 12: TNG Spinoffs of the Later Run

By Tom Anderson In this article, I’ll be looking at the spinoff media – specifically comics and novels – which were produced with the...

Jul 4, 202218 min read

Alternate History in Star Trek part 11: TOS Spinoffs in the Early Nineties

By Tom Anderson Last time on my Star Trek articles, we concluded our look at The Next Generation (TNG) on TV as it reached its conclusion...

Jun 20, 202215 min read

Alternate History in Star Trek Part 10: The Final Adventures of TNG

By Tom Anderson In this article we will be looking at the use of AH and time travel tropes (and other contextually relevant information)...

Jun 6, 202217 min read

Alternate History in Star Trek Part 9: The Continuing Mission of TNG

By Tom Anderson When we last left off looking at Star Trek: The Next Generation in Part 6, it was with the iconic end-of-season-3...

May 30, 202218 min read

Fiction Friction: “Prince Caspian” and How to Write Time Travel Well

By Tom Anderson I wrote ‘time travel’ in the title of this article, but really it could apply to any sort of circumstance in which a...

May 23, 202211 min read

Alternate History in Star Trek Part 8: Early TNG Comics and Novels

By Tom Anderson In my last article, I noted that the period 1987-1991 saw a great deal of spinoff content produced starring the original...

May 9, 202218 min read

Alternate History in Star Trek part 7: The Final TOS Films, More Novels and Comics

By Tom Anderson In my last article, I discussed the early years of Star Trek: The Next Generation (TNG) up to its third season finale...

Apr 25, 202217 min read

Alternate History in Star Trek part 6: The Birth of The Next Generation

By Tom Anderson 1987 finally saw the return of Star Trek to the small screen with Star Trek: The Next Generation (TNG). I have already...

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