It is well known that one of the other occasional contributors to this blog, JEG, enjoys a bit of trashy television. I really sympathise with him as I have a real soft spot for cheesy fiction. This is probably the highlight of my cheese-collection and probably also the most contrived fan-fiction ever: "Star Trek the Next Generation / X-Men: Planet X"
Yes, you read that correctly, it's a book with both Star Trek and the X-Men in it. I found it on a market stall almost a decade ago (for the bargain price of 99p) and couldn't resist grabbing a copy for me and Gem to read, it is everything you would expect from a Star Trek/X-Men mashup. Here is my synopsis of the plot:
Via some sort of techno-voodoo the X-Men appear mysteriously on the Enterprise. Coincidentally this occurs just in time for the X-Men to help the Enterprise combat an alien threat. The good guys win, the evil aliens are vanquished, and there is much rejoicing. Then the X-Men go home and everybody acts like this adventure never happened.
The whole book reads like comic-book guy's wet dream, there are a series of encounters designed solely to make nerds go "Hell yeah! That's like the best thing I've seen since Trinity in the matrix jumped off her motorbike in that rubber catsuit". A few highlights include:
Can anybody find any books trashier than mine? I very much doubt it!
Yes, you read that correctly, it's a book with both Star Trek and the X-Men in it. I found it on a market stall almost a decade ago (for the bargain price of 99p) and couldn't resist grabbing a copy for me and Gem to read, it is everything you would expect from a Star Trek/X-Men mashup. Here is my synopsis of the plot:
Via some sort of techno-voodoo the X-Men appear mysteriously on the Enterprise. Coincidentally this occurs just in time for the X-Men to help the Enterprise combat an alien threat. The good guys win, the evil aliens are vanquished, and there is much rejoicing. Then the X-Men go home and everybody acts like this adventure never happened.
The whole book reads like comic-book guy's wet dream, there are a series of encounters designed solely to make nerds go "Hell yeah! That's like the best thing I've seen since Trinity in the matrix jumped off her motorbike in that rubber catsuit". A few highlights include:
- Worf and Wolverine having a fight, then coming to respect each other as warriors
- Prof. Xavier and Picard meeting up and noting that they look very similar
- Picard and Storm having a 'relationship'
Can anybody find any books trashier than mine? I very much doubt it!
