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Nov. 14th, 2010
Shanghaied by a shipful of Hokas
Nov. 14th, 2010 04:11 pmBarbara Hambly's Ishmael is one of my favorites among the early Star Trek Pockets (#23). It's a bit obvious, and it makes the rather glaring error of calling Vulcan "Vulcanis", but it's delicately, beautifully written, a must for Spock fans. Good, old-fashioned time travel, better handled than such things often are (Terminator II, I'm looking at you); a strong understanding of the characters and relationships on board Enterprise; and some stellar OCs. It could be argued that it is fanfic, but if so, it's fanfic of the highest quality; and anyway, most of those early Trek novels are. The pre-Pocket ones, for instance, are an amusingly horrifying collection...
Part of the delight for me, in this one, is the inside jokes. Much like Diane Duane, Ms. Hambly tips her hat to several other space-going stories--I can count at least three and there may be one or two I'm missing--but she does so in a way that doesn't interrupt the plot at all. Watch for them, and admire.
Part of the delight for me, in this one, is the inside jokes. Much like Diane Duane, Ms. Hambly tips her hat to several other space-going stories--I can count at least three and there may be one or two I'm missing--but she does so in a way that doesn't interrupt the plot at all. Watch for them, and admire.
Shanghaied by a shipful of Hokas
Nov. 14th, 2010 04:11 pmBarbara Hambly's Ishmael is one of my favorites among the early Star Trek Pockets (#23). It's a bit obvious, and it makes the rather glaring error of calling Vulcan "Vulcanis", but it's delicately, beautifully written, a must for Spock fans. Good, old-fashioned time travel, better handled than such things often are (Terminator II, I'm looking at you); a strong understanding of the characters and relationships on board Enterprise; and some stellar OCs. It could be argued that it is fanfic, but if so, it's fanfic of the highest quality; and anyway, most of those early Trek novels are. The pre-Pocket ones, for instance, are an amusingly horrifying collection...
Part of the delight for me, in this one, is the inside jokes. Much like Diane Duane, Ms. Hambly tips her hat to several other space-going stories--I can count at least three and there may be one or two I'm missing--but she does so in a way that doesn't interrupt the plot at all. Watch for them, and admire.
Part of the delight for me, in this one, is the inside jokes. Much like Diane Duane, Ms. Hambly tips her hat to several other space-going stories--I can count at least three and there may be one or two I'm missing--but she does so in a way that doesn't interrupt the plot at all. Watch for them, and admire.
For some reason, I am suddenly very tempted to throw in the Doctor as a deus ex machina. Or would that be a Timelord ex machina? I refuse to try to figure out the Latin for that, because I would certainly get the grammar wrong.
Don't worry, I'm not about to actually do it, fun though it might be.
20016 / 50000 words. 40% done!
Don't worry, I'm not about to actually do it, fun though it might be.
For some reason, I am suddenly very tempted to throw in the Doctor as a deus ex machina. Or would that be a Timelord ex machina? I refuse to try to figure out the Latin for that, because I would certainly get the grammar wrong.
Don't worry, I'm not about to actually do it, fun though it might be.
20016 / 50000 words. 40% done!
Don't worry, I'm not about to actually do it, fun though it might be.