WOO! New episode!
Regarding Star Trek Into Darkness, my wife and I watched it and enjoyed it, but I found it to be laugh-out-loud funny as it was playing with our expectations towards the end.
Even though I enjoyed watching it, I do have to describe it as "Check your brain at the door" Star Trek
A good article I read about it is here, where a professional astronomer talks about it.
http://www.aintitcool.com/node/62867 Automatically Appended Next Post: Nice interview with Craig. I left a comment on his author page on Winged Hussar Publishing's website after finding it on the McNerdigan's Pub blog.
WWX hasn't interested me thus far, but I do plan on checking out the first novel, mainly due to Craig's involvement.