Journey to Wonder

A bit of a deviation from our TOS rewatch. This week we lost two members of the Star Trek family, Walter Koenig on October 25, 2026 and Patrick Stweart a few days later on October 28, 2026. Join us as we discuss our thoughts on their passing, the great careers of both of these actors and their influence on us, both in the past and today. Next time, we'll get back to our scedule with The Menagerie , The Conscience of the King and Balance of Terror. We do mention a different set of episodes on the recording, so please disregard that.  if you have any memories of these two Star Trek icons, drop us a note on our Facebook page or email us at [email protected]!  

For the round three of our Star Trek: The Original Series rewatch, Chris, Joe and Dave review Miri, Dagger of the Mind and The Corbomite Maneuver.   We go through the plot, provide our commentary as we go and finally rate each episode on 10 (as compared to the rest of TOS). Next time, we'll keep working through the airing order with The Menagerie (both parts!), The Conscience of the King and Bal;ance of Terror.  If you happen to have any thoughts on either the epsidoes we discussed in this episode, or those in the next, drop us a note on our Facebook page or email us at [email protected]! 

For the second installment of our Star Trek: The Original Series rewatch, Chris, Joe and Dave tackle our next 3 season 1 episodes, The Man Trap, Charlie X and The Naked Time.   We go through the plot, provide our commentary as we go and finally rate each episode on 10 (as compared to the rest of TOS). Next time, we'll keep working through the airing order with The Enemy Within, Mudd's Women and What Are Little Girls Made Of? If you happen to have any thoughts on either the epsidoes we discussed in this episode, or those in the next, drop us a note on our Facebook page or email us at [email protected]! 

After over a year we are back! Chris had a hankering to re-watch Star Trek: The Original Series, so we decided to make a podcast series out of it! Joining us on this adventure into the future is none other than our #1 fan, Dave.  For this first entry, we will be discussing Star Trek's two pilots: The Cage and Where No Man Has Gone Before. We review the plot, some trivia and of course pepper the whole thing with our unique brand of commentary.  Next time, we will continue into our go-forward format covring the next3 episodes in broadcast order, The Man Trap, Charlie X and The Naked Time. If you happen to have any thoughts on either the epsidoes we discussed in this episode, or those in the next, drop us a note on our Facebook page or email us at [email protected]! 

After an 18 month hiatus, we are back! In an effort to not go offline for over a year, we're changing up our format at bit. Instead of a book review and a movie compare an contrast, we're going to go a bit more casual and just shoot the breeze about things we like. We'll keep our focus on genre items but remove some of the toil because, as we say in the show, we just have fun talking to each other.  With that in mind, we're going to review some of our favourite recent Star Wars content, Andor.  We talk both seasons of the show along with Rogue One. The discussion is SPOILER-filled, so if that mattrers to you, definitiely hold off listening until you complete the 2 seasons of the show. Next time, we'll put out our LOST EPISODE that we recorded back in 2023 about A Stich in Time, ss Star Trek: Deep Space Nine novel writeen by Andrew Robinson.  Thanks for your patience with us, if you have any comments or feedback, drop us a note on our Facebook page or email us at [email protected]!

In this episode of Journey to Wonder, we harken back all the way to 1870 with the classic submarine adventure, Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea (or Seas depending on where you look) by Jules Verne. As always, we discuss our experience with the english translation of the novel and whether or not this 150 plus year old story holds up.  We then dig into the 1954 Disney movie of the same name, how it is simillar, how it is different and whether we like it! Next time, we're dipping back into the world of Star Trek with A Stitch in Time writeen and read by our faviourtie Cardassian tailor, Andrew J. Robinson. This book was originally released back in the year 2000, however the audiobook released recently, in August of 2023.  If you'd like to provide any feedback, positive or negative, drop us a note on our Facebook page or email us at [email protected]!

As a follow up to our interview of John Jackson Miller, we dive deep into his series tie in novel, The High Country. As lifelong Star Trek fans, Chris and Joe also dive into thier thoughts about the first season of Star Trek: Strange New Worlds on the eve of the premeire of the show's second season.Of course, we meander off path into some talk of both NuTrek and Classic Trek and how they influence both the book and the current show.  Next time, we will revert to the classics with Jules Verne's 1871 novel, 20,000 Leagues Under the Seas along with its various film adpataions.  If you'd like to provide any feedback, positive or negative, drop us a note on our Facebook page or email us at [email protected]!

A bit of a change of pace this time around! In preparation for our review of Star Trek: Strange New Worlds: The High Country, we are talking to that book's author, John Jackson Miller.  We have a great chat covering various topics such as the creative process, some of how the sauasge is made with these types of tie-in novels and of course we talk in general terms about The High Country and some of John's other works. Note this is a SPOILER-FREE interview so feel free to give it a listen even if you haven't read the book yet. Our next episode will be back to the usual with our review of The High Country and our thoughts about how it fits into the greater story of Strange New Worlds, season 1.  For more on John Jackson Miller visit his website at https://farawaypress.com/ and follow himon twitter at https://twitter.com/jjmfaraway If you have thoughts, drop us an email at [email protected] or comment on our facebook page at https://www.facebook.com/j2wshow   

A change of pace and experiement this year moving out of our usual genre comfort zone! We devle into the world of 1980's south-west Texas with Cormac McCarthy's 2005 novel, No Country for Old Men. As usual we also delve into the 2007 Cohen Brothers movie of the same name. We intertwine the discussion of both since the book was written with the intention of it beocming a screenplay for the movie. Next time, we retreat deep into our comfort zone with a genre AND franchise tie in novel with Star Trek: Strange New Worlds: The High Country by John Jackson Miller. We'll review the book and take the opportunity to discuss our favourite series of the NuTrek era. If you'd like to provide any feedback, positive or negative, drop us a note on our Facebook page or email us at [email protected]!

This time on Journey to Wonder, we travel to Saturn (or is it Jupiter?) with Aurthur C. Clarke's 1968 sci fi novel, 2001: A Space Odyssey. Of course, you can't talk about 2001 the book without talking about the seminal Stanley Kubrick film that was developed alongside the novel and released the same year. In addition, we dive into the sequel novel, 2010: Odyssey Two and it's 1984 film adaptation starring Roy Scheider (among many others!) Next time, we're stepping out of our usual genre comfort zone and touching on the 2005 Cormack McCarthy novel, No Country for Old Men. As always we will also dive into the 2007 Cohen Brothers film adaptation as well. Let's see how this experiment goes! If you'd like to provide any feedback, positive or negative, drop us a note on our Facebook page or email us at [email protected]!