March 13

[Zeke]

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Today I'm going to try something Derek suggested. 5MV has a pretty long history now -- nearly four years, which is about twelve in Internet years. TrekToday, which is only a little older, has for some time run a feature in their Site Columns articles called Trek Two Years Ago. This is a summary of the biggest TrekToday news items from two years ago (natch). Doing something similar here would let us spotlight the best fivers of yesteryear -- narrowing things down a bit for newcomers who see our massive archives and wonder where to start.


So, about two years ago today (March 8, 2002), 5MV wrapped up the original Next Generation Week with [iost_uid0]Star Trek: Generations[/iost_uid0], the very first fiver by Derek Dean. (It's pure coincidence that this two-years-ago thing was Derek's idea, honest.) When I first got his submission, I was actually a little miffed because I liked ST:G and had even taken some fiver notes for it already. But Derek's fiver was just too good to pass up. The rest, of course, is site history: Derek went on to become our most prolific guest writer, and joined the staff as Five-Minute Deep Space Nine section head last year.


Also published that day: two TJI articles (#17 by me and #18 by Thinkey) and one of the ENT fivers I'm proudest of, Five-Minute "Fusion."


Should 5MV X Years Ago become a continuing feature? Let me know what you think in the comment thread below.[/colorost_uid0]