April 2023

The Grandfather Infestation by John Peel

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The novel “The Grandfather Infestation” by John Peel was published for the first time in 2016.

Mary Wilde is the DJ of a pirate radio that broadcasts from a ship. When something hits the ship, she and the ship’s chief technician Alan try to save themselves but end up in an unknown place where robotic creatures order all the survivors of the shipwreck to work and kill anyone who disobeys.

Alistair Lethbridge-Stewart has recently taken command of the Fifth Operational Corps when he’s faced with a complex situation where he must figure out if his intervention is needed while handling the relations with the British Royal Navy. When a submarine searching for traces of the missing ship meets the same fate, he must investigate openly.

The Kaiju Preservation Society by John Scalzi

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The novel “The Kaiju Preservation Society” by John Scalzi was published for the first time in 2022.

Jamie Gray works for a startup that delivers food through an app but when the pandemic begins, he finds himself substantially demoted, as he’s given the choice between being fired and continuing to work for the company but only as a rider.

A delivery to Tom Stevens, an old acquaintance of Jamie’s, turns into a job offer, as Tom works for an animal rights organization that is looking for someone to hire for a job. The terms of the job are vague but Jamie accepts the offer and discovers that the animals to protect are gigantic creatures that live on a parallel Earth.

Jean-Luc Picard (Patrick Stewart) in The Last Generation (Image courtesy Paramount+ / Amazon Prime Video)

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“The Last Generation” is the tenth episode of the third season of the TV show “Star Trek: Picard”, it follows “Vox”, and it’s the third season finale. It’s available in various countries on the Paramount+ streaming platform and in many other countries on Amazon Prime Video.

The young people have been assimilated and are attacking Earth. The Enterprise-D and its crew must attempt to save the Federation, starting with Jack Crusher (Ed Speleers), at the center of the invasion. The USS Titan finds itself in the midst of battle, also in a seemingly impossible situation.

The Gold Coast by Kim Stanley Robinson

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The novel “The Gold Coast” by Kim Stanley Robinson was published for the first time in 1988. It’s the second book in the trilogy of the Three Californias.

Jim McPherson has a part-time job as a teacher with ambitions as a poet but his life is mostly about sex, drugs, and rock ‘n’ roll. It’s an unstable situation that among other things generates constant conflicts with his father Dennis, an engineer at Laguna Space Research (LSR), an aerospace company struggling with problems connected to a major US Air Force contract.

Jim McPherson criticizes the many US military engagements around the world and for that reason, he becomes a pacifist activist but he feels he’s getting nowhere. Disenchanted, he ends up joining a group that carries out attacks on industries that work with the military.

Beverly Crusher (Gates McFadden) and Jean-Luc Picard (Patrick Stewart) in Vox (Image courtesy Paramount+ / Amazon Prime Video)

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“Vox” is the ninth episode of the third season of the TV show “Star Trek: Picard” and follows “Surrender”. It’s available in various countries on the Paramount+ streaming platform and in many other countries on Amazon Prime Video.

Note. This article contains some spoilers about “Vox”.

Deanna Troi (Marina Sirtis) helps Jack Crusher (Ed Speleers) find the strength to open the red door in his mind to see what is hiding and who owns the voice that whispered to him. The answer poses a danger to him and beyond, also because Frontier Day has arrived.