Despite the fact that
Star Trek: Deep Space Nine
ended over twenty-five years ago, there has yet to be a stand-alone assessment of the series. This collection corrects that omission, examining what made
Deep Space Nine
so unique within the Star Trek universe, and how that uniqueness paved the way for an altogether new, entirely different vision for Star Trek. If the Star Trek slogan has always been "to boldly go where no one has gone before," then
helped to bring in a new renaissance of serialized television that has become normal practice.
Furthermore,
ushered in critical discussions on race, gender, and faith for the franchise, science fiction television and American lives. It relished in a vast cast of supporting characters that allowed for the investigation of psychosocial relationships—from familial issues to interpersonal and interspecies conflict to regional strife—that the previous
Star Trek
series largely overlooked. Essays explore how
became the most richly complicated "sci-fi" series in the entire
pantheon.