Posts tagged with ‘myth’

  • Subcultures
    16 min

    Klingon Like Me

    Travels into the Dark Side of Trekkerdom

    Travels into the Dark Side of Trekkerdom

    The dealer floor of the latest Star Trek Creation Convention is closed, the day's security work is done, and in a darkened Ramada Inn conference room, the Klingons prepare for their ritual, Tera'daq Tlhinganghom'mey. The hulking beings, all members or allies of the Karizan Empire, file past a table in silence, depositing their energy weapons in a pile. Incense chokes the room as twelve aliens, both male and female, take their seats around an altar. Candlelight reflects off the latex...
  • Technoculture
    12 min

    Space 1994: Looking Out, and Back

    One Small Step for a Man, One Giant Explosion for Comet Shoemaker-Levy 9

    One Small Step for a Man, One Giant Explosion for Comet Shoemaker-Levy 9

    The dealer floor of the latest Star Trek Creation Convention is closed, the day's security work is done, and in a darkened Ramada Inn conference room, the Klingons prepare for their ritual, Tera'daq Tlhinganghom'mey. The hulking beings, all members or allies of the Karizan Empire, file past a table in silence, depositing their energy weapons in a pile. Incense chokes the room as twelve aliens, both male and female, take their seats around an altar. Candlelight reflects off the latex...