Reviews For Agamemnon Voyages: The God Particle
Reviewer: Robert Bruce Scott Signed 
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Date: 28 Aug 2020 17:41 Title: 54 - Lexington, 2267
Author's Response: Very good point. Trek loves the notion of science gone awry and the mad scientist trope. It makes for fun storytelling I suppose even if it is at odds with is happiness-through-technology philosophy that underlines most of its society in the future. I admit that I'm a fan of that philosophy since it is fairly unique in science fiction where the future and technology are usually depicted as something dangerous and to be afraid of.
[Report This]Date: 28 Aug 2020 17:41 Title: 54 - Lexington, 2267
Always good to have a creepy unresolved ending. So he's not quite ready for that padded cell just yet...
The mad scientist in desperate search of perfection is a staple of science fiction. In a way, it plays an oddly anti-science note in Star Trek - which depicts a life made much better by advanced science.
But there is always the cautionary tale about those who attempt to break the first commandment:
THOU SHALT NOT PLAY GOD!!
Thanks!! rbs
Author's Response: Very good point. Trek loves the notion of science gone awry and the mad scientist trope. It makes for fun storytelling I suppose even if it is at odds with is happiness-through-technology philosophy that underlines most of its society in the future. I admit that I'm a fan of that philosophy since it is fairly unique in science fiction where the future and technology are usually depicted as something dangerous and to be afraid of.