Reflections on Damocles
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| Star Trek TOS Fanfiction | |
|---|---|
| Title: | Reflections on Damocles |
| Author(s): | Valerie Mackney |
| Date(s): | 1980 |
| Length: | |
| Genre: | gen |
| Fandom: | Star Trek: The Original Series |
| External Links: | |
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Reflections on Damocles is a gen Star Trek: TOS story by Valerie Mackney.
It was published in Alnitah #11.
Summary
Kirk is transported to alternate Mirror Universe where Spock is female and a revolution to overthrow the Empire is in progress.
Reactions and Reviews
While inspecting a planet devoted to Federation military and espionage technology, Kirk lands in a Mirror universe in which Spock is female, devoted to him, and gruesomely sadistic. Interesting take on the premise, and Kirk's reactions of mixed love and horror are well-drawn.[1]
"Reflections on Damocles," by Valerie Mackney, is the longest story in this issue. Kirk is transported to an alternate "Mirror, Mirror" universe, where Spock is female and a revolution to overthrow the Empire is in progress. It's mainly a character story, and the characters are believable, but I found it ponderous. A little more emphasis on the events and action rather than on the thoughts of the characters might have made this flow better. [2]
References
- ^ from Karen Halliday's Zinedex
- ^ from Universal Translator #9