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Old 09-29-2006, 06:10 PM
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September 29

Link day. As you may have heard, John M. Ford recently died. He was one of the first people to make a real hit in non-canon Trek materials -- first RPGs, then novels. Before Next Gen came along, he fleshed out the Klingons into a complicated society, as Diane Duane would later do with the Romulans. (In both cases, canon Trek went in a different direction, but the novels still have a cult following -- Duane even got to revisit her "Rihannsu" culture recently with some outright contrary-to-canon books.)

Anyway, I didn't know a lot about Ford myself, nor had I read his books... but Eric Burns at Websnark was a big fan, and he's written a fascinating, poignant memorial post which has convinced me I should track them down. Give it a read.

Tomorrow: Derek's Smallville premiere fiver!

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