Why Charles Stross Hates Star Trek

daria42 writes "British sci-fi author Charles Stross has confessed that he has long hated the Star Trek franchise for its relegation of technology as irrelevant to plot and character development — and the same goes for similar shows such as Babylon Five. The problem, according to Stross, is that as Battlestar Galactica creator Ron Moore has described in a recent speech, the writers of Star Trek would simply 'insert' technology or science into the script whenever needed, without any real regard to its significance; 'then they'd have consultants fill in the appropriate words (aka technobabble) later.'"

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Re:Scalzi on Stross on ST

[skine]

To distill his point into two words "NERD RAGE!!!!"

He says that he doesn't like Star Trek, and gives reasons why.

Star Trek fans interpret his words as a hostile attack on their beloved icon, no matter what his intent.

Similarly:

Someone claims they don't like Christianity and gives examples of why.

Christians (especially fanatics) interpret his words as a hostile attack on their beloved icon, no matter what his intent.