I think my favorite moment of the whole book is McCoy essentially telling the Klingons, "I'm sorry, we've upgraded to Windows Vista now, and no files we send you will be compatible with your old Windows 98 systems. :P" That, and the little bit and pieces we see of the botany team and other crewmembers analyzing things from Flyspeck.
For some reason, though I love the Underdwellers from Spock's World, the 'At struck me as slightly twee and forced. On the other hand, it and Kirk's comment about angels are exactly the kind of slightly twee and forced that you occasionally get in TOS episodes where the writers had decided to deal with Deep Philosophical Issues like the nature of evil (by having Abraham Lincoln and Ghengis Khan fight. I love that episode). So it felt slightly clunky, but also in the spirit of the show.
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For some reason, though I love the Underdwellers from Spock's World, the 'At struck me as slightly twee and forced. On the other hand, it and Kirk's comment about angels are exactly the kind of slightly twee and forced that you occasionally get in TOS episodes where the writers had decided to deal with Deep Philosophical Issues like the nature of evil (by having Abraham Lincoln and Ghengis Khan fight. I love that episode). So it felt slightly clunky, but also in the spirit of the show.