tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5106243389695628804.post480219696470257589..comments2023-05-08T04:26:41.949-04:00Comments on My Little Po-Mo: The Genesis DeviceFroborrhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08782366056731381450noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5106243389695628804.post-64186898104340111212013-10-31T08:01:58.789-04:002013-10-31T08:01:58.789-04:00Interesting. There are some pretty good Trek novel...Interesting. There are some pretty good Trek novels out there. Also some amazingly awful ones. And some that manage to be both at once (e.g., Star Trek: Destiny).Froborrhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08782366056731381450noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5106243389695628804.post-13220610638198584762013-10-30T20:17:11.130-04:002013-10-30T20:17:11.130-04:00ISTR reading something about a multi-volume saga i...ISTR reading something about a multi-volume saga in the TNG novel series about Genesis proliferation, but the erratic availability of Trek novels up here means I don't know the details.Daibhid Chttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08810546795339373537noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5106243389695628804.post-5520986789288091322013-10-30T02:46:19.620-04:002013-10-30T02:46:19.620-04:00Nope, it's specifically stated in the third mo...Nope, it's specifically stated in the third movie by David Marcus that they had to use protomatter in the device to make it work, and that caused the instability.Froborrhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08782366056731381450noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5106243389695628804.post-59128540011155797382013-10-29T23:52:06.345-04:002013-10-29T23:52:06.345-04:00I always assumed that the Genesis Planet was unsta...I always assumed that the Genesis Planet was unstable because Khan detonated the Device in a nebula, rather than on a barren planet. Either way, I agree that it is weird that the Genesis Device is never mentioned again after Search for Spock.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01543133662906033247noreply@blogger.com