You got it, chief. If Voyager ever gets covered I'll be there for that too, though that ditzy office secretary wrote most of those, I think.

Right back at you, kid.

I'd say they're all equally real, though I should admit in the interest of full disclosure that the next few episodes were written during the early stages of a nervous breakdown. Actually, I might tell that story next week. You never know with me!

Just FYI: I reshuffled the order of these a bit. Benny's encounters with Gene Roddenberry will occur next week. I skipped one because I thought this was better.

Benny's Blog: Benny Meets Avery

Next week: Benny meets a pre-Trek Gene Roddenberry, traces how his '50s stories became the basis for DS9 and explains why he's no metafictional creation. He will also discuss his one meeting with the real Avery Brooks, if time permits.

Oh, you caught that, did you?

Days pass slowly here at Mountain Grove, which is fine by me. Generally, I've lived life quickly enough. Just the other day I was talking to my next-door neighbor, former baseball player Willie Hawkins. Willie and I go way back, we pursued the same woman for a while, though neither of us wound up getting her (the gist…

Hey! I'm not nearly that old!

I actually didn't vote in '52 or '56. At the time, I figured there was no point—on the one hand, you had someone who was willing to tolerate segregation, and on the other hand you had someone who made a segregationist their running mate. Speaking now, while Eisenhower certainly didn't feel civil rights in his gut, he…

Nope, it's me, retired science-fiction writer Benny Russell. I'm a fan of Avery Brooks as well, so I only wish!

Benny's Blog: Reflections On Deep Space Nine

Thank you all so much! Can't wait to get started.

Indeed I shall, sir! Quick question, though: if I created Deep Space Nine in my mind back in the 1950s, does that mean I created The Next Generation as well? Stands to reason, doesn't it? It's hard to remember these things locked in a cell, you know. But I remember DS9 quite well, as the entire saga is written up on…

Admittedly I could have done a better job with these, but I was just learning my moves, okay?