109: Andorian High School Musical

Andor: Paradigm. The Andorians have always been one of Star Trek's best looking races, yet even by the time the DS9 relaunch started, they had been little more than window dressing. The relaunch team set out to change that by bringing on a new character to the station, allowing the authors to create a vivid culture for the Andorians. It is no surprise that when the Worlds of DS9 series started that Andor was one of the planets visited.  In this episode of Literary Treks hosts Matthew Rushing and Dan Gunther wrap up the first book in the Worlds of DS9 series with Andor: Paradigm. We discuss the differences Enterprise created, the Andorian culture, alien races being alien, science and biology, Prynn and Shar, the Prynn problem, where things end and our ratings. In the news segment we talk about Dayton Ward's newest book In History's Shadow II: Temporal Boogaloo and the possibilities for cover art as well as look at Christopher Jones' new monthly column on StarTrek.com    Hosts Matthew Rushing and Dan Gunther   Editor and Producer  Matthew Rushing  Richard Marquez   Executive Producers Norman C. Lao and C Bryan Jones   Associate Producers Will Nguyen Ken Tripp   Production Manager Richard Marquez   Content Manager Will Nguyen   News In History's Shadow II (00:01:58)   <a href= "http://www.startrek.com/article/trekspectives-a-journey-of-fandom"> New StarTrek.com Column<span class= "s4"> (00:05:20)   Feature: Andor Paradigm (00:07:52) Difference With Enterprise (00:08:40) The Andorians (00:11:53) Alien Races Being Alien (00:17:55) Science and Biology (00:24:20) Shar and Prynn (00:30:40) The Prynn Problem (00:32:35) Wrapping it Up (00:36:14) Ratings (00:40:47) Closing (00:44:50)   Send us your feedback! Twitter: <a href= "https://twitter.com/trekfm"><span class= "s5">@trekfm Facebook: <a href= "http://facebook.com/trekfm"><span class= "s6">http://facebook.com/trekfm Voicemail: <a href= "http://www.speakpipe.com/trekfm"><span class= "s6">http://www.speakpipe.com/trekfm Contact Form: <a href= "http://www.trek.fm/contact"><span class= "s6">http://www.trek.fm/contact Visit the Trek.fm website at <span class= "s5">http://trek.fm/ Subscribe in iTunes: <a href= "http://itunes.com/trekfm"><span class= "s6">http://itunes.com/trekfm Goodreads: <a href= "https://www.goodreads.com/group/show/150546-literary-treks-a-star-trek-books-and-comics-group">Goodreads Group    Support the Network!   Become a Trek.fm Patron on Patreon and help us keep our shows coming to you every week. We have great perks for you at <a href= "http://patreon.com/trekfm"><span class= "s5">http://patreon.com/trekfm