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… [The] majority (even those that might be set around Christmas) are really about solstice, that moment when the sun stops on its journey across Earth’s skies to change course. As many traditions of modern Christmas celebration are really appropriation and secularization of more ancient pagan festivities, several stories could be seen from either or combined perspectives.
Godzilla Minus One is exceptional, a movie worth seeing even if you haven’t seen Godzilla or aren’t a general fan of the countless sequels. Writer and director Takashi Yamazaki does the best job imaginable in balancing art and entertainment in his movie, infusing it with both thematic depth and relatable emotion.
Though relatively slim compared to most space operas at only 240 small-sized pages, Inversion packs a narrative punch along with rich world building and engaging thematic threads of ecology, collectivism, and resistant to militaristic colonization.
I’m now very glad that I did decide to read this; I’d encourage any other Star Trek fan who has read the licensed fiction to also check it out, even if one hasn’t seen all of DS9. Ardent fans of DS9 should particularly appreciate it. On the other hand, I wouldn’t recommend it to readers who have no familiarity with the series and its characters.
“It’s quite a saga, let me tell you! While I began THESE BURNING STARS just for fun, it slowly evolved into something complex and dense, like a house of cards.” — Bethany Jacobs
