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1.0 out of 5 stars
Even more "unprofessional" than the first one, Feb 15 2002
Here is information about each of the stories in the order they were on the anthology, since they don't really have anything to do with each other. I've added my own individual rating of 1 to 5 stars, and a comment on each of the stories.SURPRISE! Written by: Nichelle Nichols, with Sondra Marshak & Myrna Culbreath Rating: * */ * * * * * A fun little story about Kirk's birthday, that doesn't really offer anything interesting. SNAKE PIT Written by: Connie Faddis Rating: * / * * * * * A plotless character story with extremely bad characterization. Need I say more? THE PATIENT PARASITES Written by: Russel Bates Rating: * / * * * * * An original script for the animated star trek series, that was turned down with a good reason. The writer stated in his introduction that the reasons behind the rejections didn't concern the quality of the story, but, in my opinion, they should have. The plot is 100 per cent scince fiction cliché, and doesn't contain any original, thought provoking, or entertaining aspects. It was hard to believe the writer was part of the team behind "How Sharper Than A Serpent's Tooth", one of the very best episodes of the animated series that earned an Emmy for the show. IN THE MAZE Written by: Jennifer Guttridge Rating: * */ * * * * * Good characterization doesn't save this predictable and utterly unoriginal piece of writing CAVE-IN Written by: Jane Payton Rating: */ * * * * * A semi-artistic little "talking heads" dialoque that anyone could write. MARGINAL EXISTANCE Written by: Connie Faddis Rating: */ * * * * * Based on a very promising concept, but is executed poorly. THE PROCRUSTEAN PETARD Written by: Sondra Marshak & Myrna Culbreath Rating: */ * * * * * Imagine Spock with a YY-chromosome syndrome, and the rest of the crew of the Enterprise undergoing a sex-change operation. A bad fan fiction story attempting to be a parody? Unfortunately it's possibly the worst ever officially published star trek story. It's a story that has a strong message: Women are weak, men are intelligent and strong. I couldn't believe it was written in the 20th century by two women. All female-turned-male officers notice that they are many times better than they were before, and the male-turned-female officers notice that they can't do anything anymore, repeating again and again that women shouldn't have important positions in starfleet. The plot is simplistic, and the reader knows the solution to the problem long before the characters do. Definitely outdated by now, if it wasn't then. THE SLEEPING GOD Written by: Jesco Von Puttkamer Rating: * */ * * * * * An ambtious story stumbles miserably on horrible characterization, bad pacing and unintended comedy. ELEGY FOR CHARLIE Written by: Antonia Vallario Rating: */ * * * * * A bad poem. SOLILOGUY Written by: Marguerite B. Thompson Rating: */ * * * * * A bad poem. I'll have to mention that there was a truly good epiloque in the end by Nichelle Nichols, wich made the anthology look much more dignified than the stories permit.
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