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Romulans: The
Hollow Crown.

In Alien Spotlight: Romulans, John Byrne explored the
aftermath of the events seen in the TOS episode "Balance of
Terror." It was an interesting take, but it left us wanting more.
Later that year (2008), Byrne expanded the tale with The Hollow
Crown. This two-parter continues the story of the Klingon-Romulan
alliance, which explains, among other things, why Klingon ship
designs are used by Romulans later in The Original Series. But this
isn't all that's covered and political intrigue runs rampant.

In this episode of Literary Treks, hosts Matthew
Rushing and Christopher Jones discuss The Hollow Crown, how the
Klingons take an uncharacteristic approach to achieve their goals,
why it may be an insult on Romulus to be called a son of a friend,
and why Byrne's story is amongst the best you'll find in Star Trek
comics.

In our news segment we judge Greg Cox's Foul Deeds
Will Rise by its cover, find out about a campaign to get the
British Star Trek newspaper strips restored, field a listener
question about the DS9 relaunch series and Unity, and help Chris
recover from Slings and Arrows Amnesia.

 

Hosts

Matthew Rushing and Christopher Jones

 

Editor and Producer

Christopher Jones

 

Chapters

 

News

Judge a Book By Its Cover: Foul Deeds Will Rise
(2:49)

Chris's Slings and Arrows Amnesia (10:02)

British Star Trek Comic Strips Campaign (11:19)

Listener Feedback: Unity (17:40)

Sponsor: Audible (20:39)

Support Trek.fm on Patreon (23:17)

 

Feature: Romulans:  The Hollow
Crown

Initial Thoughts (24:08)

That Crazy Praetor (28:51)

You Little Son of a Friend! (38:27)

Heading Home to Romulus (45:34)

Taking Down the Praetor, Or the Kiss of Death
(50:37)

Final Thoughts (1:05:05)

Closing (1:09:14)

 

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