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Star Trek Explorer Presents: “The Mission” and Other Stories - Part 1 of 2

We here at the Positively Trek Book Club pride ourselves on covering every new Star Trek novel that is released. However, the releases are fewer and farther between these days. Thankfully, there are many places for us to go to get our Star Trek fiction fix!

The Star Trek Explorer magazine has been publishing original Star Trek short stories since it started in 2021, showcasing unique corners of the Trek universe and written by some of the biggest names in Star Trek writing. In February of 2024, the most recent hardcover collection of these stories was released: Star Trek Explorer Presents: “The Mission” and Other Stories, featuring 14 of the short stories from recent issues.

In this episode of the Positively Trek Book Club, host Dan Gunther welcomes Bruce Gibson back to the show to discuss the first 7 of the stories featured in this collection. We discuss:

“Control” by John Peel

“The Guardian” by Gary Russell

“The Disavowed” by Christopher Cooper

“Paghabi” by Chris Dows

“Pulaski 2.0” by Greg Cox

“The Expert” by Gary Russell

“Scramble” by Greg Cox

The remaining 7 stories in the collection will be featured in a future episode.

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Sunshine (version 2) by Kevin MacLeod

Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/4438-sunshine-version-2-

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Take a Chance by Kevin MacLeod

Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/4457-take-a-chance

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Chapters

Opening (00:00:00)

“Control” by John Peel (00:05:55)

“The Guardian” by Gary Russell (00:14:46)

“The Disavowed” by Christopher Cooper (00:21:45)

Patreon Shout Out (00:34:27)

“Paghabi” by Chris Dows (00:34:56)

“Pulaski 2.0” by Greg Cox (00:41:37)

“The Expert” by Gary Russell (00:49:47)

“Scramble” by Greg Cox (00:59:02)

Final Thoughts (01:04:12)

Closing (01:07:17)

  

Hosts

Dan Gunther

Bruce Gibson

Production

Dan Gunther (Editor and Producer)

Barry DeFord (Producer)

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