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I managed to snap up some great bargains at the University of Queensland Alumni Book Sale yesterday. Since it was the last day, it was only $10 to fill a box with books, so I made my way to the Classics & Ancient History section and began to wreak havoc.

Some of my acquisitions included translations of Aristophanes' comedies (from 1938, so they're likely to be somewhat sanitised), as well as translations of Euripides, Livy, Aristotle and Plato. I also picked up a couple of books by big names such as Ehrenberg and Finley. One of my best finds was Pots and Pans of Classical Athens, which I took because the title amused me.

The downside to all this was that I spent much of yesterday walking around with a box full of books, which was certainly an excercise in pain tolerance.

Trek BBS Today

Below are some of the topics currently being discussed at the Trek BBS:

- Do you like the use of time travel in Star Trek?

- Would a real transporter destroy your soul?

- Read an advance review of tonight's "Cogenitor".

More topics can be found at the Trek BBS!

Trek Two Years Ago

These were some of the major news items at the end of April, 2001:

• Double Trouble In Voyager Finale?
  During an appearance on The Rosie O'Donnell Show, Kate Mulgrew revealed there would be more than enough Janeway to go around in "Endgame". She described the episode as "Janeway and Janeway... It's a double whammy in every sense of the word."

• First 'Voyager' Finale Footage
  UPN debuted scenes from the Star Trek: Voyager finale in its May sweeps promo. The trailer showed images of the dying Borg Queen, Admiral Janeway, and old Tuvok, as well as the scene from "Renaissance Man" in which the Doctor declares his love for Seven.

• 'Nemesis' - Star Trek X Title Revealed
  TrekToday revealed that the tenth Trek feature film would be called Nemesis. Longtime source 'Faith' also provided some plot details on the movie, including information about the wedding of Deanna Troi and William Riker.

More news items can be found in the TrekToday archives.

Poll Results

Below are the results of the most recent TrekToday poll:

Of big franchise movies, which are you most looking forward to? Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King 23% - (203 Votes) The Matrix Reloaded 19.5% - (172 Votes) Whatever the next 'Star Trek' movie might be 16.3% - (144 Votes) All of the above 14% - (124 Votes) Star Wars Episode III 11.1% - (98 Votes) X-Men 2 9.8% - (87 Votes) The Amazing Spider-Man 3.8% - (34 Votes) None of the above 2% - (18 Votes) Total Votes: 880

Thanks for voting! Please participate in our new poll, which asks you to rate "Cogenitor".

Happy Birthday!

Yesterday was the 48th birthday of Kate Mulgrew, who played Captain Kathryn Janeway on Star Trek: Voyager.

Today's Television Listings

• At 8:00pm (7:00pm Central), UPN will be showing Enterprise's "Cogenitor". Here's how the official site describes the episode:

  While studying a star in the early stages of going supernova, Enterprise encounters a race called the Vissians. The two crews get along famously, until Trip Tucker gets a little too curious about a member of the species' third gender - a nameless individual called a 'cogenitor.'

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