The Siege. In 1993, a new Star Trek series hit the airwaves: Deep Space Nine, a darker, grittier Trek set aboard space station. Like every new Star Trek series, a line of original novels was produced by Pocket Books, and the first book in that series would be penned by none other than Trek literary legend, Peter David. In this episode of Literary Treks, Dan Gunther, Bruce Gibson, and special guest Brandon Shea-Mutala discuss the first original Deep Space Nine novel, The Siege. We talk about the links to season one of DS9, how well Peter David captures the voices of the characters, the violence of the story, a possible Babylon 5 connection, Bashir's actions, and the story's villain. In the news segment, we share our thoughts on the new comics Boldly Go issue 5, and Stranger Worlds issue 3. News Boldly Go #5 (00:04:33) Stranger Worlds #3 (00:07:37) Feature: The Siege Classic Deep Space Nine (00:18:00) References to Season One (00:19:38) Character Match (00:23:08) A Violent Station (00:31:06) Babylon 5 - "Believers" (00:35:22) It's a Good Law (00:43:56) The Villain (00:48:13) Ratings (00:54:49) Final Thoughts (00:58:11) Hosts Dan Gunther and Bruce Gibson Guest Brandon-Shea Mutala Production Matthew Rushing (Editor and Producer) C Bryan Jones (Executive Producer) Ken Tripp (Executive Producer) Matthew Rushing (Executive Producer) Richard Marquez (Production Manager) Brandon-Shea Mutala (Patreon Manager) Norman C. Lao (Associate Producer) Ken Tripp (Associate Producer) Brandon-Shea Mutala (Associate Producer) Bruce Gibson (Associate Producer)

Star Trek Archives Vol 1: The Best of Peter David. Peter David’s prolific writing career in Star Trek began in DC Comics in 1988 and would continue in comics though 2008. With such a plethora of material, IDW has begun curating collections for fans so they can experience them all over again or for the first time. In this episode of Literary Treks hosts Matthew Rushing, Dan Gunther and Bruce Gibson talk about Star Trek Archives Vol 1: The Best of Peter David. We discuss the issues Retrospect, A Rude Awakening, Great Expectations, Tomorrow Never Knows and Once a Hero, then give our ratings. In the new we talk about the upcoming Hidden Travel Guide for Qo’noS and The Klingon Empire. News Hidden Travel Guide: Qo’noS And The Klingon Empire (00:02:35) Feature: The Best of Peter David A Little Trepidatious (00:12:44) Retrospect (00:14:45) A Rude Awakening (00:32:14) Great Expectations (00:39:25) Tomorrow Never Knows (00:44:01) Once a Hero (00:48:47) Ratings (00:52:50) Final Thoughts (00:56:18) Hosts Matthew Rushing, Dan Gunther and Bruce Gibson Production Matthew Rushing (Editor and Producer) C Bryan Jones (Executive Producer) Charlynn Schmiedt (Executive Producer) Matthew Rushing (Executive Producer) Richard Marquez (Production Manager) Norman C. Lao (Associate Producer) Ken Tripp (Associate Producer) Brandon-Shea Mutala (Associate Producer) Bruce Gibson (Associate Producer)

Who Killed Captain Kirk? Comics have been an integral part of Star Trek, from the first Gold Key Comics in 1967 to Marvel Comics which picked up the license in 1979 and ran until 1982, after which DC Comics continued the adventures of the Enterprise with writers like Diane Duane and Peter David. In this episode of Literary Treks hosts Matthew Rushing and Dan Gunther talk about Peter David’s Who Killed Captain Kirk?. We discuss old comic series, Aspiring to Angels, taking a turn, confusion, a Kirk question, what does Bearclaw do?, an interesting conversation, a wedding, Dante’s Inferno, You’re Dead, Jim, another shift, it’s Finnegan, ratings and final thoughts. Hosts Matthew Rushing and Dan Gunther Production Matthew Rushing (Editor and Producer) Norman C. Lao (Executive Producer) C Bryan Jones (Executive Producer) Charlynn Schmiedt (Executive Producer) Matthew Rushing (Executive Producer) Richard Marquez (Production Manager) Will Nguyen (Content Manager) Ken Tripp (Associate Producer) Will Nguyen (Associate Producer) Brandon-Shea Mutala (Associate Producer) Bruce Gibson (Associate Producer) News The Weather Report (00:01:35) Feature: Who Killed Captain Kirk? Old Comic Series (00:05:09) Aspiring to Angels (00:07:12) Takes a Turn (00:16:16) Confusion (00:20:54) Kirk Question (00:26:12) What Does Bearclaw Do? (00:29:16) Interesting Conversation (00:31:00) A Wedding (00:35:26) Dante’s Inferno (00:36:42) You’re Dead, Jim (00:43:43) Another Shift (00:48:12) It’s Finnegan (00:51:59) Ratings (00:58:04) Final Thoughts (01:00:21) Send us your feedback! Twitter: @trekfm Facebook: http://facebook.com/trekfm Voicemail: http://www.speakpipe.com/trekfm Contact Form: http://www.trek.fm/contact Visit the Trek.fm website at http://trek.fm Subscribe in iTunes: http://itunes.com/trekfm Support the Network! Become a Trek.fm Patron on Patreon and help us keep Star Trek talk coming every week. We have great perks for you at http://patreon.com/trekfm

Peter David: The Returned  There are very few authors out there that can say they have worked for Dc Comics, Marvel and Dark Horse Comics and have written almost every major comic book character at some point in their career and to top it all off have gotten to play in the Star Trek universe, creating completely new characters and working with the established to build his own Trek playground. In this episode of Literary Treks hosts Matthew Rushing and Dan Gunther welcome Peter David to talk about The Returned series. We discuss his favorite working experiences and characters, the genesis of New Frontier, creating original characters, the tone of New Frontier, The Returned, writing Calhoun, The return of Q, The Dayan, what’s next for New Frontier, where to find Peter online and our final thoughts.     In the news segment we talk about New Visions #8 as well are the release of the new James T. Kirk book.    Hosts Matthew Rushing and Dan Gunther   Guest Peter David   Editor and Producer Matthew Rushing   Executive Producers C Bryan Jones and Norman C. Lao   Associate Producers Ken Tripp Will Nguyen  Brandon-Shea Mutala   Production Manager Richard Marquez   Content Manager Will Nguyen   News New Visions #8 (00:02:49) James T. Kirk Book is Out (00:08:06)   Feature: Peter David Introduction (00:12:11) Favorite Working Experience (00:13:02) Favorite Character to Write (00:14:25) New Frontier’s Genesis (00:16:13) Creating Original Characters (00:19:29) The Tone of New Frontier (00:22:37) The Returned (00:24:37) Writing Calhoun (00:27:49) The Return of Q (00:29:28) The Dayan (00:30:17) Next for New Frontier (00:33:02) Peter Online (00:35:03) Final Thoughts (00:37:04)   Send us your feedback! Twitter: @trekfm Facebook: http://facebook.com/trekfm Voicemail: http://www.speakpipe.com/trekfm Contact Form: http://www.trek.fm/contact Visit the Trek.fm website at http://trek.fm Subscribe in iTunes: http://itunes.com/trekfm   Support the Network! Become a Trek.fm Patron on Patreon and help us keep Star Trek talk coming every week. We have great perks for you at http://patreon.com/trekfm  

The Captain's Daughter. Star Trek Generations brought us a number of shocking moments—the death of Captain Kirk, the destruction of the Enterprise-D—but one with less severe consequences was the revelation that Hikaru Sulu had a daughter. It was just a nod to the passage of time and a nice tidbit for fans that created a connection between the Enterprise-A and Enterprise-B. But did it really make sense? Kirk certainly seemed surprised by it. In this episode of Literary Treks hosts Matthew Rushing and Christopher Jones discuss Peter David's solution to the Demora Conundrum, which came in the form of the 1995 novel The Captain's Daughter. We discuss each of the story's five main points—Death, First Date, Memorial, Parenthood, and Life After Death—and whether or not the solution adequately and believably fills in the backstory of that moment in Generations. In our news segment we take a first look at the upcoming Ships of the Line art book, an attempt to reach younger fans with pop-ups, IDW's plans to bring Q to the Abramsverse, and the Starfleet Medical Officers special comics collaboration between IDW and the Tricorder X-Prize called Flesh and Stone.