TREK TALK

When Steven Lynn faults the makers of “Star Trek” for creating non-human civilizations that “are imbued with evil qualities right out of a textbook on racial stereotypes and prejudice” (Letters, Nov. 27), I can only conclude that he has been half-asleep when watching “Star Trek: The Next Generation” and its spinoff, “Deep Space Nine.”

Contrary to his observations, one of the most interesting developments of this long-running humanist morality play is the evolution of the aliens through the seven years of the series. Though each of the various antagonistic interstellar species begins as a race of undifferentiated comic-book villains, as the series progress, multidimensional individuals emerge, often as characters who garner our sympathy.

C. J. WRIGHT

Venice

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There are plenty of alien races on the show that aren’t depicted as (take your pick) warlike, inferior, impolite or indecent. If Lynn had the brains that God gave a Tribble, he would see the depth and humanity given to the Cardassians, the Klingons, the Romulans, etc. (and yes, even the Borg) by the producers and staff of all the shows, old and new.

P.S. It’s Trill , not Thrill.

ROD RUSSELL

Los Angeles

A Calendar gremlin was responsible for that typo, not reader Lynn.