End of the Line
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| Star Trek TOS Fanfiction | |
|---|---|
| Title: | End of the Line |
| Author(s): | Rick Endres (aka Nomad) |
| Date(s): | 1980 |
| Length: | |
| Genre: | gen |
| Fandom: | Star Trek: The Original Series |
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End of the Line is a gen Star Trek: TOS story by Rick Endres.
It was printed in Stardate #4.
Summary:
Reactions and Reviews
"End of the Line" was a good story, but I don't like the idea of accepting and using the Kazarites and other aliens so energetically promoted by Paramount's Advertising Department as denizens of ST:TMP. After all, they were only background characters, and the names were invented by Robert Fletcher, the costume designer for the film, who was not only a newcomer to motion pictures, but also a newcomer to science fiction in general and Star Trek in particular. For all we know, the aliens said to be Kazarites could've been the Andorian ambassador's housepet!!! The illos for this story were OK, but kind of amateurish. They might have been better reduced. [1]
"End of the Line" was fairly good, it reminded me of "The Devil in the Dark," a bit. "A Question of Sanity" was also fairly good, through most of the story, it seemed like Spencer was insane as I'm sure was the idea. [2]
"End of the Line" was slightly uneven, but altogether a fine story. It showed a sensitivity and the general atmosphere indigenous to the ST episodes. [3]
"End of the Line" was good; I liked it, and its artwork was all right. [4]
"End of the Line" has good interplay between Spock and McCoy, and the story is enjoyable
enough, but I don't personally care for stories built on bad jokes. I can appreciate a pun as well as the next person, but there is a limit, especially in something that is to be a serious story. I also felt the antagonist needed a tad more motivation. The audience needed to be shown a bit more of the character. I didn't feel a thing one way or the other for the villain so I said "ho hum" when he got his just deserts. It's really quite good for a first story. If the author works on strengthening the characters and their actions, he'll get better audience reaction. A ho-hum story reaction can kill you.[5]