Discovering 'Discovery' + Other Feedback

Summary: It's a feedback episode! Here's what we talk about:<br><br>*Convincing others to give 'Discovery' a whirl, fun with puns, and Diane Duane's 'Rihannsu: The Bloodwing Voyages' with Bill Reed! <br><br>Novels discussed: 'My Enemy, My Ally', 'The Romulan Way', 'Swordhunt', 'Honor Blade', 'The Empty' Chair' by Diane Duane (collected as 'Rihannsu: The Bloodwing Voyages'), 'Spock's World' and 'Dark Mirror' by Diane Duane, and 'Dwellers in the Crucible' by Margaret Wander Bonanno<br><br>* How to head-canon Zephram Cochrane's metamorphosis from the film 'First Contact' to the TOS episode "Metamorphosis" with Randy Christopher!<br><br>* A desire for more 'Star Trek: Enterprise' and a need to see a Romulan Wars mini-series with Dylan Diggs!<br><br>*Update on our opinions of the technology in Discovery!<br>--Star Trek Hologram History (Including Discovery): <a href="https://youtu.be/Ewjh0lPRQGI" rel="noopener">https://youtu.be/Ewjh0lPRQGI</a><br>--STAR TREK: DISCOVERY EXPLAINS THE LOW-TECH '60S VIBE OF THE ORIGINAL SHOW WITH A WEIRD CANON TWIST: <a href="http://bit.ly/2TJxUJX" rel="noopener">http://bit.ly/2TJxUJX</a><br><br>* Asthmatic turtles, mermaids, and sloths with Bethany Roberson<br><br>* The state of Jennifer Lien with Robert Butler<br><br>* Instagram questions: Which ship is your favorite? Kirk vs Picard<br><br>* Instagram listener @christinehoppe78 recommends "Space Team" by Barry J. Hutchison, "Paradox" and "Paradox 2" by Phillip P. Peterson | Dave recommends the "Q Continuum" trilogy by Greg Cox and "IQ" by Peter David and John de Lancie<br><br>* Twitter's @MattVader74 and @yusuku13 recommends and questions if we cover books and comics, and Dave talks entirely too long about books and comics (as if we haven't talked about those enough this episode)<br><br>* Twitter's @Nerdytastic and @ChuckCredoIV give us props<br><br>Star Trek Universe Podcast #033 - Discovering 'Discovery' + Other Feedback