Second Officer Slog

Second Officer Slog is a monthly Star Trek book club celebrating the wild, sprawling, dubiously canon extended universe of our favorite TV sci-fi series so you don't have to! Life long Trek nerds M and Jackson dive into the minutia of treaties, techno-babble, and Bajoran independence starting from the DS9 novel relaunch and headed where no book club has gone before.

Intended for people who've never cracked a single Trek book, we're talking about the best and worst that universe has to offer through book summaries, episode revisits, and more!

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Second Officer Slog 036: Short Treks 1 and 2

We’re back at the end of the year with one short episode about two short episodes of Star Trek trying to sell you on keeping your CBS All Access account going during the lean months where there is no Star Trek. They did not succeed, but we’re going to talk about the shorts anyway, giving them the good old Star Trek critique like anything else. Please join us in this short, silly episode!

This Month's Episodes
DIS S00E01 - “Runaway”
DIS S00E02 - “Calypso”

Second Officer Slog 035: Unity
Second Officer Slog 035: Unity

It’s all been building to this! The final chapter of this first ten book arc of the DS9 relaunch crashes home as all the threads of story collide in this … ending? Will Bajor enter the Federation? Will the Parasite threat destroy all our heroes have built? Will Quark and Ro Laren ever actually communicate? And most importantly, will Ben Sisko return? All this and more as we close this chapter and open the door to many more ahead.

This Month's Book
Unity by SD Perry

This Month's Episodes
DS9 S5E10 - “Rapture”
DS9 S6E21 - “The Reckoning”

Second Officer Slog 034: The Left Hand of Destiny Book Two
Second Officer Slog 034: The Left Hand of Destiny Book Two

We’re back again for the second adventure into the world of Klingons as Martok rebuffs an attempted coup and we get deep into Worf’s efforts to properly educate the youths of space.

This Month's Book
The Left Hand of Destiny Book Two by J.G. Hertzler and Jeffrey Lang

This Month's Episodes
TNG S6E16 - “Birthright, part i”
TNG S6E17 - “Birthright, part ii”

Second Officer Slog 033: The Left Hand of Destiny, Book One
Second Officer Slog 033: The Left Hand of Destiny, Book One

The Dominion War is over, but the rhythms of war will never be purged from the Klingon heart! Join us as we return to the decade of Klingon politics as we watch the rise of Gowron, the challenge of the Duras, and the arrival of Martok onto the stage of history. Bat’leth will bleed as we toast to all those who cross Worf and find themselves in Sto-Vo-Kor for their troubles. Join us in a song for the ages, a song of the alien culture that refuses to ever play nice with the rest of Star Trek. It’s time … for Klingons!

This Month's Book
The Left Hand of Destiny Book One by J.G. Hertzler and Jeffrey Lang

This Month's Episodes
TNG S4E26 - "Redemption, part i"
TNG S5E01 - "Redemption, part ii"