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[–] ValueSubtracted@startrek.website 8 points 5 months ago (2 children)

I'm not familiar with Venus Prime - it's apparently based on the short story Breaking Strain, which has been spun into a novel series by Paul Preuss.

[–] Corgana@startrek.website 3 points 5 months ago

Thank you for posting this. I am a big Arthur C Clarke fan and had never heard of it, and my google-fu turned up nothing.

[–] StillPaisleyCat@startrek.website 2 points 5 months ago (1 children)

‘Venus Prime’ is the way the novelizations were branded and marketed starting with the first book ‘Breaking Strain’ in 1987.

As you can see from the cover image, it was an early example of the ‘hot babe with powers’ marketing approach.

[–] ValueSubtracted@startrek.website 2 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Brannon Braga, eat your heart out!

[–] StillPaisleyCat@startrek.website 2 points 5 months ago

Her hair even goes white-blond as of book 2. LOL

I have observed elsewhere that no women are announced in the creative team. I hope they get a strong female-presenting A-list lead who insists on EP status.