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Apr. 6th, 2014 03:12 amMy wife Sandy, through incredibly well read, doesn't have much exposure to classic science fiction. Partially in light of recent controversies, I'm exposing Sandy to classic SF, including Star Trek.
I started off with one of my favorite episodes, "The Trouble With Tribbles". In addition to being funny, it put the"rabbits in Australia"problem in a SF context. I followed it up with "Journey to Babble" and "Amock Time".
This week was "The Devil in the Dark", a brilliant look at the whole "murderous alien" cliche. Someone looked at the whole idea of why an alien with a radically different physiology would attack humans, and came up with a logical reason. In found so, the reversed the whole concept- who are the monsters here?
Honestly, this is one of the best purely Science Fictional Star Trek episodes; it takes a concept and sites logical extrapolation from the premise. And in so doing, it turns a critical eye on things we take for granted.
I started off with one of my favorite episodes, "The Trouble With Tribbles". In addition to being funny, it put the"rabbits in Australia"problem in a SF context. I followed it up with "Journey to Babble" and "Amock Time".
This week was "The Devil in the Dark", a brilliant look at the whole "murderous alien" cliche. Someone looked at the whole idea of why an alien with a radically different physiology would attack humans, and came up with a logical reason. In found so, the reversed the whole concept- who are the monsters here?
Honestly, this is one of the best purely Science Fictional Star Trek episodes; it takes a concept and sites logical extrapolation from the premise. And in so doing, it turns a critical eye on things we take for granted.
