... Simple Song
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| Star Trek TOS Fanfiction | |
|---|---|
| Title: | ... Simple Song |
| Author(s): | Sharon Emily and Jean Lorrah |
| Date(s): | 1976 |
| Length: | |
| Genre: | gen |
| Fandom: | Star Trek: The Original Series |
| External Links: | online here |
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... Simple Song is a gen Star Trek: TOS story by Sharon Emily and Jean Lorrah.
It was published in Showcase #3 and is online.
inside page from issue #3, Barbara Miner, "Sarek has been busily pon-farring and playing Ravel's 'Bolero' on his harp."—from the review below
inside page from issue #3, Claire Mason portrays the face Jesus
inside page from issue #3, Barbara Miner, Lorna tells Jesus her troubles
Reactions and Reviews
The longest story, in the zine, "A Simple Song" has already attracted a certain notoriety in fandom. It's easy to see why. Several years ago, Miss Emily wrote "Proof Positive," a story in which Spock, using the Guardian of Forever, seeks amid finds the "real" historical Jesus Christ. It's probably one of the most famous pieces in ST fan fiction (as is Paula Smith's devastating parody, '100 Proof Positive.) ... But, this latest story is destined for even more reknown. Basically the plot is that Lorna, Sarek, Spock and a scientific party are on the Shoreleave planet to discover how to stop a war by traveling to a different time line (the plot makes up in complexity for what it lacks, in clarity). Along with this, Sarek has been busily pon-farring and playing Ravel's 'Bolero' on his harp. So when a very tired-out Lorna realizes it's Easter on Earth she decides to take a walk, pondering on the religious significance of the day and guess who she meets? Right! The original Superstar-stigmata, seamless robe and all. Nary a cliche is forgotten, though somehow he doesn't walk on water even though there is a handy pond nearby. Lorna is understandably shaken by this apparition whom she rather coyly addresses as "Rabbi" but finally decides the situation is OK and tells him her troubles in a scene which some have called in bad taste but which struck me as full of inadvertent humor. The Man of Sorrows comes off remarkably like a current day pop psychologist but Lorna leaves him refreshed in spirit, if not in body, to return to Sarek, the rest of an incredibly complicated story-line, and presumably her husband's harp... Twice now, Miss Emily has created a Jesus--perhaps next time she will make a tree.[1]