Author: Ruth Anne Amsden
Ruth Anne Amsden has been a Trekkie since she was a ten-year-old reader voraciously devouring Star Trek novels (her family did not allow television in the home). She is working toward her first BA and aspiring to professionally write Star Trek novels as love letters to the novels she loved growing up.
Picard Season 1: A Retrospective
“The past is written, but the future is left for us to write.” — Jean-Luc Picard, “Broken Pieces” I’ve watched Season 1 of Picard several times and reflected upon it.
Read MorePicard: “Remembrance” – A Retrospective
“When to the sessions of sweet silent thought I summon up remembrance of things past.” — William Shakespeare, Sonnet 30 My first impression of what we could expect to see
Read MoreThe Face of War: A Review of “Children of Mars”
“You’re a stranger to history, you’re a stranger to war. You just wave your hand and it all goes away. Well, it’s not so easy for those who died, and
Read More“A Little Adventure”: A Review of the Novelization of TNG: “Encounter at Farpoint”
“Oh no, Number One. I’m sure most of [our missions] will be much more interesting.” — Captain Jean-Luc Picard In my experience, novelizations of the Star Trek episodes and films
Read MoreLoving in View of Eternity: A Review of No Man’s Land
“Love isn’t something you find. It’s something you create.” — Professor Gillan At the very end of the Picard first season finale “Et in Arcadia, Ego, Part 2”, we get
Read MoreA Very Sixties Pulp Novel: A Review of Mission to Horatius
“Gentlemen, let us have comments on this fouled-up situation.” — Captain James Kirk Whoosh! This is a fine kettle of fish! The Enterprise crew is off their respective rockers with
Read MoreA Voice Crying in the Wilderness: Reflections on Wonderlands
“I know who I was when I got up this morning, but I think I must have been changed several times since then.” — Alice in Wonderland Set between the
Read MoreA Young Person’s Guide to the Orchestra: Leadership in Discovery
“You reminded us of what we are to each other… that’s leadership.” — Sylvia Tilly One of the most important things to have in a crisis is strong leadership. Whether
Read MoreOn the Strength of a Song: A Review of Uhura’s Song
“We’re looking for a planet on the strength of a song.” — Captain James T. Kirk There are a few early Star Trek numbered novels that have gained a cult
Read MoreThe Strong One: What Discovery’s “The Examples” Taught Me About Self-Care
“It is difficult to ride two valebeasts with only one set of buttocks.” — The wit and wisdom of Mister Saru Almost two years into this pandemic, I think it’s
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