Author: Richard J Tilley
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The First Steps to Reaching a SciFi-Like Utopia From Where the Western World is Right Now
First it is essential to understand and to be able to perceive that progressives are just as toxic, just as politically charged, as centrists as well as the far Right....
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Eddington is Right When He States that Utopia Requires Assimilation
Michael Eddington is either loved or hated. Many (perhaps most) feel his betrayal of Starfleet as an agent for the Maquis was an emotive betrayal corresponding to matters deeply entrenched...
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On Time Travel, the Subconscious Signature, and Market Capitalism
Time travel is a worthwhile diversion. I would argue it stimulates a specific part of the imagination that is tied into the subconscious signature of the human experience. The (re)memory...
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Avery Brooks and His Understanding of Sisko
In a 1986 Good Morning America interview promoting the prime time show, Spencer, Avery Brooks was asked about another role he was playing in Uncle Tom’s Cabin for Showtime. The...
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Tuvok’s Moral Middle Ground
Tuvok was not without his forays into romance outside of the strict, sacred bond he held with his wife, T’Pel, in the Alpha Quadrant. True, there were manufactured instances of...
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Sylvia Tilly’s Kindness and Weaponizing Friendship
Sylvia Tilly projects herself as a trusted ally early in the series when she immediately befriends Michael Burnham who at that point is still thought of through a negative light...
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The United Traits of Bajoran and Cardassian Resistance
The heart of the Bajoran resistance was to cripple, stun, defeat, and alienate any element present of the Cardassian occupation. When Captain Sisko orders Colonel Kira to assist Damar with...
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Narrative Obtrusion and Difference in the Deep Space Nine episode “In the Pale Moonlight” and Enterprise’s “Damage”
There is a highly reasonable, shared pattern of reluctant leadership for Captain Sisko and Captain Archer between the Deep Space Nine episode “In the Pale Moonlight” (1998) and Enterprise’s “Damage”...