Dark Matter Vibes

18+ Cringe-Fail Wankers Appreciator (Cardassians and other other silly aliens, metal music, The Vampire Chronicals, Twin Peaks 'n' stuff. Did have a side blog for non-Trek but can't be bothered now)

[darkmattervibes]

Star Trek Novels Reading List

This is a visual reminder of how many Star Trek books I have to read before I buy more...

I'll put a couple of words as a review/prompt/reminder about the book. I'll try to steer clear of spoilers

I’ll probably add fic recommendations on here too at some point!

Deep Space Nine

(Pre-canon)

Terok Nor: Day of the Vipers (Book 1) by James Swallow [Read] (Cardassians, Cardassian history and culture, Cardassians are sneaky and bad, Bajor before the occupation, Bajorian history and culture)

Terok Nor: Night of the Wolves (Book 2) by S.D. Perry & Britta Dennison [Read] (Damar on DS9 and other early career stuff, beginnings of Cardassian dissident movement)

Terok Nor: Dawn of the Eagles (Book 3) by S.D. Perry & Britta Dennison [Read]

(Canon)

#5 Fallen Heroes by Dafydd ab Hugh [Read] (Quark cringing a lot, 😱😭💀😮‍💨, Quodo, Hot Odo Bucket)

#6 Betrayal by  Lois Tilton [Read] (Cardassian big political upheaval, early Kira, published 1994 so all the characters don't really seem like themselves, super cute Cardassian engineer <3, everyone on DS9 misses Dukat apparently)

#9 Proud Helios by Melissa Scott [Read] (mystery pirate ship, Dukat hates it, Cardassian playing chess)

#10 Valhalla by Nathan Archer [Read] (Cardassian political intrigue, nonhumanoid aliens, little glimpses of the lives of different DS9 inhabitants, aliens from Gamma Quad fucking shit up as per, flaying 101 instructional video from Cardassian Central Command, DS9 guys think Dukat isn’t that bad actually)

#13 Station Rage by Diane Carey [Read]

#15 Objective: Bajor by John Peel [Unread]

The Way of the Warrior by Diane Carey [Read]

Hollow Men by Una McCormac [Read] (Garak, Sisko, trouble on Earth, lots of spy stuff)

What You Leave Behind by Diane Carey [Read] (The script of the episode made into a book... plus some extra weird scenes, Kira BFF 🐿️)

(Post canon)

Worlds of Star Trek: Deep Space Nine, Volume One by Una McCormack & Heather Jarman [Read] (only read the Cardassia one, Keiko trying to help the Cardassians, terrorism and extremism on Cardassia)

New Worlds, New Civilizations by Michael Jan Friedman [Read]

Section 31: Abyss by Jeffrey Lang & David Weddle [Unread]

Enigma Tales by Una McCormac [Read] (wasn't as bothered about this one)

(Spans pre/canon to post)

A Stitch in Time by Andrew Robinson [Read] (Garak, Cardassia Prime, the Obsidian Order, Cardassian culture and history)

The Never Ending Sacrifice by Una McCormac [Read] (Cardassian culture, Cardassia Prime, being an outsider, looking to the future, missed opportunities)

Prophecy and Change (Anthology) edited by Marco Palmieri [Read]

Mirror Universe/AU

(Star Trek Mirror Universe Continuity)

Glass Empires by Mike Sussman with Dayton Ward & Kevin Dilmore, David Mackand Greg Co [Read]

Shards and Shadows (Anthology) edited by Marco Palmieri & Margaret Clark [Unread]

Warpath by David Mac [Unread]

DS9 Fearful Symmetry by Olivia Woods [Unread]

The Soul Key by Olivia Woods [Unread]

Obsidian Alliances by Peter David, Keith R.A. DeCandido & David Mack (as Sarah Shaw) [Unread]

Sorrows of Empire by David Mack [Unread]

Rise Like Lions by David Mac [Unread]

Dark Passions Book 1 by Susan Wright [Read]

Dark Passions Book 2 by Susan Wright [Read]

Millennium: Fall of Terok Nor (Book 1) by Judith and Garfield Reeves-Stevens [Read] (Engineering, murder mystery, Quodo, Bajorian religion )

Millennium: The War of the Prophets (Book 2) by Judith and Garfield Reeves-Stevens [Read] (lots of science, gore, terror, a very different version of Garak, religious fanatics, timey wimey, dark days)

Millennium: Inferno (Book 3) by Judith and Garfield Reeves-Stevens [Read] (Quantium mechanics, your own personal hell, so many Prophets, question the nature of my reality)

Myriad Universes: Echoes and Refractions - Keith R. A. DeCandido [Read] (A Gutted World: 😱😭💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀)

Mixed Shows

(Pre-canon)

The Lost Era: The Art of the Impossible by Keith R.A. DeCandido [Read] (Worf's daddy and granddaddy, great Federation, Cardassian and Klingon perspectives, Ian Troi, Corbin Entek, Tain, Klingon history/mythology, TOS references)

(Canon)

Pliable Truths by Dayton Ward [Read] (TNG & DS9 cross over, covers the period where Cardassians pull out of Bajor, Cardassian war crimes, Cardassians not going quietly, Gul Madred, Picard mediating between Cardassians and Bajorans)

Tales of the Dominion War (Anthology) edited by Keith R.A. DeCandido [Read] (Lots of different characters both fan favourites and OCs)

The Dominion War: Behind Enemy Lines (Book 1) by John Vornholt [Read] (The Dominion War gets even darker, reunited with some old characters, lots of science, peril)

The Dominion War: Call To Arms (Book 2) by Diane Carey [Read] (The script of the episode made into a book... fleshes out Dukat's plan a little more which is interesting, Peeping Tom Martok )

The Dominion War: Tunnel Through the Stars (Book 3) by John Vornholt [Read] (Exciting, interesting concepts, dark stuff, lots of peril, classic trek shoe-horned hetro romance)

The Dominion War: ...Sacrifice of Angels (Book 4) by Diane Carey [Read] (Therapist Martok, Quark’s your daddy bitch, convenient cowboys in space)

(Post canon)

The Fall: Crimson Shadow by Una McCormac (TNG crossover) [Read] (popularists on Cardassia, Garak being cute, interstellar politics)

Wishlist

Star Trek Section 31: Control by David Mack

Seven Deadly Sins by Margaret Clark

Picard: Second Self by Una McCormack

DS9 #11 Devil in the Sky by Greg Cox and John Gregory Betancourt

[vamplire]

crying

[time-incantation]

when I think about you…

(1998), directed by Mike Smith, based on the illustrations of Yoshitaka Amano, and inspired by the Tales of 1001 Nights.

[datomatrix]

shadows cast by a fire we didn't start

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[icantspellthings]

Every vampire is all "oh drinking blood is better than any food, drugs, even sex" but I don't even believe them because all of them were literally made before the invention of really good drugs and before we got all the nice foods from the new world, so I don't trust any of their opinions. Lestat has never ate a potato and Armand hasn't ever even tasted tomaotes. The only guy I trust is Daniel Molloy who has probably tried every drug on earth, has definitely ate nice food and would be a valid judge on how good drinking blood really is.

[boygirldogdyke]

Morn is such a crazy character. He’s in twice as many episodes as Nog, the most frequently recurring character. He never speaks and barely moves yet has an in-universe reputation as a balls-to-the-walls crazy chatterbox. He is heavily implied to be an alcoholic. The bartender is his best friend. He robbed a bank and then stole the money from the people who helped him, and then years later when the statute of limitations was up he faked his death to get them off his back. He canonically gets bitches. And he looks like a baked potato

[red-cosmicc]

claudia, oil on canvas 11"×14"

[ickybrunette]

hey i’m really glad u liked my post u sick disgusting perverted freak

[jz666]

Debby Harry + H.R. Giger

(1981)

[milksockets]

'species' in h.r. giger's film design - morpheus international (1996)

[389]

One of H. R. Giger’s first designs for the Xenomorph from ALIEN. The transparent skull was too tricky to create so they changed it.

[veggiemedleys]

see my problem is if i “listen to my body” it literally only wants to lie down and take naps, all the time

[vulcannot]

[marionfanarts-deactivated202605]

Gul Dukat Reading his PADD by MarionFanarts on DeviantArt

[vargdottern]

uhura in the mirrorverse episode oh my god

[stewdoesthings]

Fanfiction exists for TWO reasons:

Dealing with complex thoughts and emotions I can't work through in therapy, like grief, despair, a complicated relationship with pain and addiction

Seeing the same characters fuck over amd over again

[evilwriter37]

And they can be both at the same time if you want!

[radioactive-earthshine]

It's always funny to me when people give their blorbos all the same "correct" far left political views which while I understand the urge to make these blorbos as progressive as possible as political commentary, there are some characters that I feel in my bones are 100% centrist, pro-ai, pro-capitalism or absolutely refuse to vote and its supported by the source material. As a narrative tool these features are still great for being political commentary, even if the character never changes.

[lucyllawless]