Tripper John's guest appearances

Tripper John

Literary Treks: A Star Trek Books and Comics Podcast

Tom Clancy

John Hughes

John Tesh

Janice Rand

Archduke Ferdinand

Kirsten Beyer

James Kirk

Borg Kryptonite

Cougar Q

James T. Jerk

Walter Bishop

OwlTail

Rise of the Federation: A Choice of Futures. The premature cancellation of Enterprise left fans in the darkabout two key events in Star Trek history. The first was theRomulan War, which has since had light shone upon it by Michael A.Martin. The second is the founding of the Federation, a pivotaltime that we still know almost nothing about. Until now that is. Inthis episode of Literary Treks, hosts Matthew Rushing andChristopher Jones dive into the first book in Christopher L.Bennett's Rise of the Federation series, A Choice of Futures. Weexplore the early struggles faced by the Humans, Vulcans,Andorians, and Tellarites as they work to establish the UnitedFederation of Planets, the combined Starfleet, and the veryidentity of what these organizations will be. The challenges aremany as external threats work to undermine the fledgling union,incompatible technologies are pushed together, internal politicaldebates rage, and old rivalries linger. Even Section 31 gets in onthe act as our old friend Trip Tucker continues down a path farfrom the one he once shared with Archer. In our news segment we take a first look at Kirsten Beyer's Voyagernovel Protectors, Greg Cox's TOS-Voyager crossover tale No TimeLike The Past, and get a quick peek at the next installment of Riseof the Federation, Tower of Babel. 

Rise of the Federation: A Choice of Futures. The premature cancellation of Enterprise left fans in the dark about two key events in Star Trek history. The first was the Romulan War, which has since had light shone upon it by Michael A. Martin. The second is the founding of the Federation, a pivotal time that we still know almost nothing about. Until now that is. In this episode of Literary Treks, hosts Matthew Rushing and Christopher Jones dive into the first book in Christopher L. Bennett's Rise of the Federation series, A Choice of Futures. We explore the early struggles faced by the Humans, Vulcans, Andorians, and Tellarites as they work to establish the United Federation of Planets, the combined Starfleet, and the very identity of what these organizations will be. The challenges are many as external threats work to undermine the fledgling union, incompatible technologies are pushed together, internal political debates rage, and old rivalries linger. Even Section 31 gets in on the act as our old friend Trip Tucker continues down a path far from the one he once shared with Archer. In our news segment we take a first look at Kirsten Beyer's Voyager novel Protectors, Greg Cox's TOS-Voyager crossover tale No Time Like The Past, and get a quick peek at the next installment of Rise of the Federation, Tower of Babel.

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