{"id":25462,"date":"2020-12-19T01:02:19","date_gmt":"2020-12-19T06:02:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/geekstronomy.com\/?p=25462"},"modified":"2020-12-19T01:02:19","modified_gmt":"2020-12-19T06:02:19","slug":"hard-copy-the-wisdom-of-picard","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/geekstronomy.com\/?p=25462","title":{"rendered":"Hard Copy: The Wisdom of Picard"},"content":{"rendered":"

Officer\u2026Diplomat\u2026Vintner\u2026Total Badass\u2026\"\"<\/a>it isn\u2019t easy to sum up Jean-Luc Picard in one word. He was one of the best captains in Starfleet and he usually chose diplomacy over a charged phaser. Now Simon and Schuster have published a book taking a look at Picard\u2019s insightfulness, titled appropriately, The Wisdom of Picard<\/u>.<\/p>\n

Before we go any further, this is not the time to get into a discussion of who the best captain was, so please don\u2019t flood my inbox. Now where were we? Oh yes, the wisdom of Picard. Jean Luc Picard had a penchant for quoting Shakespeare and discussion before calling for all hands to battle stations. This is one of the things that set him apart from other high-ranking starship commanders. Even when dealing with infuriating species such as The Q, Picard never seemed to let his emotions get in the way.<\/p>\n

The book, The Wisdom of Picard<\/u> is filled with quotes from several sources: 178 episodes of Star Trek: The Next Generation, 10 episodes of the CBS All Access show, Picard and 4 theatrical releases. This 208 glossy paged book measures 6 x 0.8 x 6 inches and it gives credence to the phrase that, \u201cGood things come in small packages.\u201d The Wisdom of Picard<\/u> is divided into 5 chapters with subjects that include diplomacy, humanity and exploration.  This book has many profound statements, really a testament to the writers on the shows and movies. Star Trek: The Next Generation was, most of the time, a very well written show.<\/p>\n

One of the great things about this book is if you ever need a quotation for a speech or the like you can use the quotes from this book as you would use quotes from a book of literature. I quote sci-fi show and movies all of time in the real world and usually these quotes go right over people\u2019s heads. I find it kind of amusing.<\/p>\n

The Wisdom of Picard is published by Adams Media and is edited by Chip Carter. The SRP of $15.99 USD and is available wherever you purchase your books. The gift giving season is here and this book would make an excellent gift. \u201cMake it so\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Officer\u2026Diplomat\u2026Vintner\u2026Total Badass\u2026it isn\u2019t easy to sum up Jean-Luc Picard in one word. He was one of the best captains in Starfleet and he usually chose diplomacy over a charged phaser. Now Simon and Schuster have published a book taking a … Continue reading →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[7573,7699,5183,7574,7698,653,5063,816,4745,7697,4955,652,7696,1196],"class_list":["post-25462","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-hard-copy","tag-adams-media","tag-blue-skies","tag-cbs-all-access","tag-chip-carter","tag-data","tag-jean-luc-picard","tag-ncc-1701-d","tag-patrick-stewart","tag-romulan","tag-simon-and-schuster","tag-star-trek-discovery","tag-star-trek-the-next-generation","tag-super-nova","tag-u-s-s-enterprise"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/geekstronomy.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25462","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/geekstronomy.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/geekstronomy.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/geekstronomy.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/geekstronomy.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=25462"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/geekstronomy.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25462\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":25464,"href":"https:\/\/geekstronomy.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25462\/revisions\/25464"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/geekstronomy.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=25462"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/geekstronomy.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=25462"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/geekstronomy.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=25462"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}