Geoffrey Chaucer (c. 1343 – 25 October 1400) was a Human author, poet, philosopher, bureaucrat, courtier and diplomat. Although he wrote many works, he was best remembered for his unfinished frame narrative The Canterbury Tales.

Legacy

James T. Kirk once referenced a line from "The Merchant's Tale," one of The Canterbury Tales, when he made a comment about a situation not being "Child's Play." A plague had wiped out all the adults on the planet Argylus, leaving the surviving children unable to live past the age of 13. (TOS comic: "Child's Play")

Tom Paris once had to recite Chaucer's The Canterbury Tales while a teenager. He recalled a line while examining ancient Klingon texts on Boreth and comparing B'Elanna Torres reading them to him reading Middle English. (VOY - Spirit Walk novel: Old Wounds)

Chaucer's The Knight's Tale was quoted in the Star Trek Cookbook.

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Appearances and references

References

• TNG - Warped short story: "Deadly Cadence"

External link

• Geoffrey Chaucer article at Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.