From: Dimensional Traveler <dtravel@sonic.net>
Newsgroups: rec.arts.tv,rec.arts.startrek.current,rec.arts.startrek.fandom,rec.arts.startrek.misc,rec.arts.sf.tv,can.arts.sf
Subject: Re: AI/LLM reviews of STNG - Darmok
Date: Wed, 10 Sep 2025 21:10:53 -0700
Organization: A noiseless patient Spider
On 9/10/2025 9:23 AM, anim8rfsk wrote:
> Ubiquitous <weberm@polaris.net> wrote:
>> anim8rfsk@cox.net wrote:
>>> Marc Haber <mh+usenetspam1118@zugschl.us> wrote:
>>>> Ubiquitous <weberm@polaris.net> wrote:
>>
>>>>> Clearly, the AI is hallucinating about that stupid ep having any
>>>>> strengths.
>>>>
>>>> It surely is a memorable, uncommon episode.
>>>>
>>>> And it's one of the two episodes featuring Ensign Robin Lefler
>>>> (*shwing*).
>>>>
>>> Too bad we didn't get more of Ashley Judd. Apparently there's a novel that
>>> says she's the daughter of number one from the cage who I guess is immortal
>>> and keeps changing identities or something.
>>
>> Star Trek fan fiction is the WORST!
>
> Itâs mostly pretty dire, but I havenât read a lot of fanfiction for other
> shows so I donât know whatâs worse.
>
> I once mentioned that a Star Trek book was the worst Star Trek book Iâd
> ever read, and it turned out I was talking to the author who wrote it under
> a pseudonym. Oops.
>
>
Wasn't it Star Trek fan-fic that lead to the coining of "Mary Sue fiction"?
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