Apr 12, 2020
The Higher Frontier.
Mysterious armored warriors have reduced the Aenar population to
nearly zero. Captain James T. Kirk and the crew of the Enterprise
must investigate this brutal and seemingly unprovoked attack with
the help of Miranda Jones and the Medusan ambassador, Kollos.
However, the situation escalates when the targets of the mysterious
attackers expands to include other telepaths, including members of
the Enterprise crew. Can the mystery surrounding these dangerous
warriors be solved before more lives are lost?
In this episode of Literary Treks, hosts Bruce Gibson and Dan Gunther discuss the new TOS novel The Higher Frontier by Christopher L. Bennett. We talk about Commander Thelin and the Aenar, the "New Humans," a sequel to "Is There in Truth No Beauty?," the war between the Spectres and the Lords, parallels to hate groups here on Earth, ending the novel on a hopeful note, some fun references from the author, and wrap up with our final thoughts and ratings.
In the news segment, we talk about the recently announced TOS
novel, A Contest of Principles by Greg Cox. We also respond to
listener feedback from The Babel Conference for Literary Treks 299:
We Need a Kick in Our Complacency.
News
TOS: A Contest of Principles Synopsis (00:05:45)
Listener Feedback (00:09:23)
Feature: The Higher Frontier
The Aenar and Thelin (00:16:19)
New Humans (00:24:16)
Is There in Truth No Beauty? (00:30:16)
The Spectres and Lords (00:34:53)
V'Ger (00:41:22)
Hate Groups (00:44:15)
T'Nalae and the V'tosh ka'tur (00:51:53)
Ending on a Hopeful Note (00:54:53)
Admiral Morrow (00:57:35)
Starfleet: The Enterprise Chronicles (00:59:37)
Ratings (01:05:37)
The Crew's New Positions (01:09:44)
Final Thoughts (01:13:08)
Hosts
Dan Gunther and Bruce Gibson
Production
Bruce Gibson (Editor and Producer) Dan Gunther (Producer) C Bryan
Jones (Executive Producer) Ken Tripp (Executive Producer) Matthew
Rushing (Executive Producer) Ken Tripp (Associate Producer)
Brandon-Shea Mutala (Associate Producer) Justin Oser (Associate
Producer) Norman C. Lao (Associate Producer) Greg Rozier (Associate
Producer) Jeffery Harlan (Associate Producer) Casey Pettitt
(Associate Producer)