Star Trek TNG Spartacus
Star Trek The Next Generation; Spartacus (1992) Was this a great book? No, not so much. Did it make me think a lot about current events? Yes, very much so. The Original Series is chock-full of androids. They're all over the place. But by the time of The Next Generation, it's clear that there's only one human-made Android; Commander Data. Data is a unique being, and the show makes sure to keep this up throughout its run. There's Lore, his "evil twin brother", who is fundamentally evil, and can't be allowed to exist. There's Lal, his daughter, who also has to be deleted for narrative reasons. If it were easy to create androids, then they would be everywhere, and it would change the nature of Federation society. The Nu-Trek show Star Trek; Picard tries to show what might happen in this case, but doesn't really follow through with it. The Picard-type androids are bespoke, artisanal robots, produced as one-off hand crafted beings. This is a necessity, a...
