STAR TREK: The Prime Directive: Utopian Dream or Colonialist Propaganda?

Wed May 15 2024 at 08:00 pm to 09:00 pm

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Russ Colchamiro
Publisher/HostRuss Colchamiro
STAR TREK: The Prime Directive: Utopian Dream or Colonialist Propaganda?
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Host Russ Colchamiro leads a panel w Bob Greenberger, Ella Pearson + Christopher Abbott about Star Trek's struggle between utopia and war.
About this Event

Robert Greenberger is a writer and editor. A lifelong fan of comic books, comic strips, science fiction and Star Trek, he drifted towards writing and editing, encouraged by his father and inspired by Superman’s alter ego, Clark Kent. He has subsequently worked for Starlog Press, DC Comics, Gist Communications, Marvel Comics, and Weekly World News.

In 1984, he joined DC Comics as an Assistant Editor, and went on to be an Editor before moving to Administration as Manager-Editorial Operations. He joined Gist Communications as a Producer before moving to Marvel Comics as its Director-Publishing Operations. He has freelanced for an extensive client base including Platinum Studios, scifi.com, DC and Marvel. He helped revitalize Famous Monsters of Filmland and served as News Editor at ComicMix.com.

He is a member of the Science Fiction Writers of America and the International Association of Media Tie-In Writers. His novelization of Hellboy II: The Golden Army won the IAMTW’s Scribe Award in 2009.

With others, he cofounded Crazy 8 Press, a digital press hub where he continues to write. His dozens of books, short stories, and essays cover the gamut from young adult nonfiction to original fiction. He’s also one of the dozen author using the penname Rowan Casey to write the Veil Knights urban fantasy series. His most recent works include Chartwell Books’ 100 Greatest Moments series, The Dreadstar Handbook, and editing Thrilling Adventure Yarns.

Bob teaches High School English at St. Vincent Pallotti High School in Laurel, MD. He and his wife Deborah reside in Howard County, Maryland. Find him at www.bobgreenberger.com or @bobgreenberger.
Ella Pearson has been a Star Trek fan since before she can remember, starting with the Animated Series when she was a toddler. Since then, she’s gone on to participate in panels and give interviews at Star Trek conventions, and graduate college with a degree in Studies in Cinema and Media Culture. Currently, along with her podcast Generations Geek, Ella is the co-host of Discoverage, a Star Trek recap podcast.

Christopher D Abott is a writer of crime, fantasy, science-fiction, and horror. His Sherlock Holmes stories, published in the Watson Chronicles, have been recogised by readers and peers alike as faithfully authentic to the original Conan Doyle.

Described by New York Times Bestseller Michael Jan Friedman as "an up-and-coming fantasy voice", and compared to Roger Zelazny's best work, Abbott's Songs of the Osirian series of works brings a bold re-telling of Ancient Egyptian mythology. Abbott presents a fresh view of deities we know, such as Horus, Osiris, and Anubis. He weaves the godlike magic through musical poetry, giving these wonderfully tragic and deeply flawed "gods" different perspective, all the while increasing their mysteriousness.

Christopher has published with Crazy8Press, and has written for major media outlets, including ScreenRant.
Russ Colchamiro is author of the Sci-Fi mysteries Crackle and Fire, Fractured Lives, Hot Ash, and Blunt Force Rising, the ongoing series featuring hardboiled private eye Angela Hardwicke. Russ is also the author of the rollicking time travel/space adventure, Crossline, the SF/F backpacking comedy series Finders Keepers: The Definitive Edition, Genius de Milo, and Astropalooza, is the editor of the Sci-Fi mystery anthology Love, M**der & Mayhem, co-author and -editor of the noir anthology M**der in Montague Falls and has contributed to various other anthologies.

A member of The Mystery Writers Association, The Private Eye Writers of America, Horror Writers Association, and the author collective Crazy 8 Press, Russ also hosts and produces his Russ’s Rockin’ Rollercoaster podcast, where he interviews best-selling and up-and-coming Sci-Fi, fantasy, crime, mystery, thriller, and horror authors.

He lives in New Jersey with his wife, twin ninjas, black lab, Jinx, and precocious kitten, Callie.

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