FIRST: After we recorded this episode, we learned that Peter David is recovering from a series of strokes, along with a mild heart attack. His wife is raising money for his medical bills, and if you enjoy our coverage of his work, please consider throwing a few bucks their way.
Anika and Liz hop some timelines and read pages 1-105 (paperback edition) of Q-Squared by Peter David, and along the way, discuss…
- Our first encounters with the novel
- A brief overview of Picard/Crusher shipping in the official tie-ins
- They don’t make tie-in novels like they used to
- We come to this with pre-existing opinions about Peter David
- Getting into the alternate universe set-up of Track A: Captain Jack Crusher, Commander Picard, Dr Howard, Nurse Geordi, POW!Riker and Vigilante!Worf
- This book gets deeper into Jack Crusher’s personality than any other TNG-related material, and, uh, yikes
- Peter David writes a GREAT Riker
- Listen to Where’s Beverly’s Hallowe’en episode for Liz’s “Beverly is a space witch” theory
- The perpetual widowhood of Beverly Crusher
- Canon timeline Deanna is a punchline and it’s not funny
- “This novel makes me feel things, and I appreciate that.”