Christopher Rush's Reviews > Star Trek: The New Voyages 2
Star Trek: The New Voyages 2 (Star Trek Adventures, #6)
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Again, this was the "best" Trek the '70s had to offer. Again we are constantly reminded of Uhura's skin tone and since she's a woman she's constantly fawning over Kirk and other strong men. Again we are told the women are just as strong as the men but not really but sort of but maybe not really. Again we are told Spock and Kirk are more than friends, and even Kang wants in. Again we are reminded only by the grace of God did Star Trek survive the '70s.
Some are okay, most are blah. Perhaps this is wholly anachronistic commentary through the lens of TNG, DS9, VOY, etc., and I admit I never knew what it was like to be craving new Star Trek with no hope in sight, but really? these were the best fanfic stories out there? The Christine story is probably the best (not because of her outfit, which is embarrassing), though it suffers from the "women are just as good but not quite" syndrome. The rejected animated script leaves you thinking, "yeah, no kidding they rejected this." The main story by the editor ladies suffers from that same "yes but maybe not but definitely but we can't really admit it but yes women are equal but maybe not after all but they should be" (maybe that's the best they could do in the publishing world and culture of the time), with a dose of "Spock would definitely be attracted to female Kirk because he already ..." you know the drill.
The final story was by a NASA bigwig / ST fan who became consultant on The Motion Picture, and reading this story will explain practically everything. Elevator, turbolift, what's the diff? Spock yells, "Quick, man!" to Chekov all the time, surely. All fans know these things. He even makes asides on scientific space travel things, because narrators in ST like to explain those things, as all ST fans know, too.
Don't get me wrong, I'm grateful these ladies kept ST alive in the '70s, but reading their works, and their commentary on other stories, makes you wonder how anybody made it through the '70s, let alone Star Trek.
Some are okay, most are blah. Perhaps this is wholly anachronistic commentary through the lens of TNG, DS9, VOY, etc., and I admit I never knew what it was like to be craving new Star Trek with no hope in sight, but really? these were the best fanfic stories out there? The Christine story is probably the best (not because of her outfit, which is embarrassing), though it suffers from the "women are just as good but not quite" syndrome. The rejected animated script leaves you thinking, "yeah, no kidding they rejected this." The main story by the editor ladies suffers from that same "yes but maybe not but definitely but we can't really admit it but yes women are equal but maybe not after all but they should be" (maybe that's the best they could do in the publishing world and culture of the time), with a dose of "Spock would definitely be attracted to female Kirk because he already ..." you know the drill.
The final story was by a NASA bigwig / ST fan who became consultant on The Motion Picture, and reading this story will explain practically everything. Elevator, turbolift, what's the diff? Spock yells, "Quick, man!" to Chekov all the time, surely. All fans know these things. He even makes asides on scientific space travel things, because narrators in ST like to explain those things, as all ST fans know, too.
Don't get me wrong, I'm grateful these ladies kept ST alive in the '70s, but reading their works, and their commentary on other stories, makes you wonder how anybody made it through the '70s, let alone Star Trek.
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