An Economy of Memories
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| Star Trek TOS Fanfiction | |
|---|---|
| Title: | An Economy of Memories |
| Author(s): | Connie Faddis |
| Date(s): | 1984 |
| Length: | |
| Genre: | gen |
| Fandom: | Star Trek: The Original Series |
| External Links: | available at AO3 as illoed in Nome #7 and in The Sensuous Vulcan, artist is Gayle F |
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An Economy of Memories is a Star Trek: TOS story by Connie Faddis.
The art is by Gayle F.
an illo from this story in The Sensuous Vulcan, artist is Gayle F
It was published in Nome #7, reprinted from The Sensuous Vulcan.
Summary
"Kirk, Spock and McCoy are tricked into mating with a hideous creature by its keepers who get away with it by blackmailing Spock, the only one of the three who remembers the attack."
Reactions and Reviews
Kirk, Spock & McCoy are tricked into sating a creature - The Maenad - in rut. It is the only one of its kind on the planet of the Wyrrdens. The Wyrrdens reproduce asexually by budding & cannot help, but the chemical in the Maenad's secretions increases the intelligence of their own buddlings so they wish to keep it alive. The 3 men are deceived into obliging & a nasty experience it is too. Only Spock retains the memory. At first it seemed a strange subject to write about, but on further reflection it does extend the theory & practice of IDIC to its limits. There is, after all, no reason why a Maenad in rut should be considered any more revolting than a Vulcan in Pon Farr, except of course if it is judged from a human point of view. Connie Faddis, typically, does not pull any punches in her description of Spock's mating with (rape by?) the creature. [1]
I’m driven to say something about "An Economy of Memories" by Connie Faddis... but I’m not sure what. You’ll notice I list it on the upswing end of my personal scale, and I’ll say that I was very positively impressed by Faddls’ incredible skill with words, plot, and character. It will rip your heart out and if the ending does put it (your heart) back in, you may find it numb for several days. I only read one Harlan Ellison story per year... C.R. Faddis has just been added to that prohibition... voluntarily. [2]
References
- ^ from Not Tonight, Spock! #7
- ^ comments in Right of Statement #1 (1978)