JMS Pitches Next Star Trek Series

For good or ill, here’s the details from Sci-Fi Wire.

It also mentions that he passed on the job currently held by Manny Coto. I like his comment about “the powers-that-be”

No word on whether Paramount has any interest in his pitch or if he actually pitched anything at all (there’s still that old rumor-/hate-fest about DS9 vs B5).

Book Review: Foundation

I re-read this book at the behest of a fellow Bureau author, who told me that he’d been asked to review it but was swamped. I promised I’d review it m
yself as soon as I possibly could – and promptly blew it. That was several months ago. But I have read the material once more, and am ready to shove my
opinions down your throat in the fine tradition of literary reviews. The short review? Read this book.
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Weekly Comics Discussion

There’s a load of good stuff this
week.
Included on that list are Daredevil
#61
, Fantastic Four #514, Ultimate
Fantastic Four #7
(the first issue with Warren
Ellis as writer), Ultimate Spider-Man #61
(continuing the Carnage arc, which is rumoured to
include a certain Ben Reilly), The Ultimate
Spider-Man Script Book
, and Wolverine: The
End #4
.