Forbidden Fruit (Star Trek: TOS story)
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| K/S Fanfiction | |
|---|---|
| Title: | Forbidden Fruit |
| Author(s): | C.C. Cain |
| Date(s): | 1978 |
| Length: | |
| Genre: | slash |
| Fandom: | Star Trek: The Original Series |
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Forbidden Fruit is a Kirk/Spock story by C.C. Cain, illustrated by Gordon Carleton
From the flyer: "Have you ever laughed and thrown up at the same time? It's certainly a new experience, and one you'll become familiar with while reading this humorous short story which subscribes to the theory that nothing is sacred."
It was published in Naked Times #1.
Reactions and Reviews
1978
There is only one jarring note in NAKED TIMES, the unfortunate inclusion of a story called "Forbidden Fruit" by C. C. Cain. This raunchy rendition of the murder of a well-known anti-gay activist crosses the border between an amusingly ribald story and an unfunny cheapening of the characters. Juxtaposed against an editorial in which Della Van Hise supports the dignity and rights at homosexuals, this story seams like a cheap shot. The attendant Gordon Carlton illo does nothing to upgrade the character or return the dignity they've lost in the story. [1]
1979
FORBIDDEN FRUIT was fantastic. I loved it! (We need more humor — all this physical/psychological pain stuff can get to you after awhile.) The limerick completed it beautifully. And the Carleton illo... [2]
Cain's FORBIDDEN FRUIT was terrible and I enjoyed every terrible moment of it! [3]
On FORBIDDEN FRUIT — Right on! Usually I'm a gentle soul, but when they attack fanzines... Grrr! Let her have it! [4]
I have an ambivalent reaction to NT#1; some good, some bad. I personally found FORBIDDEN FRUIT just plain vulgar. Maybe I have no sense of humor, but if physical expression of love is to be more than animal, i.e. have a caring and compassionate concern for the loved one, then this piece of writing is inappropriate. Clever December Fool! [5]
FORBIDDEN FRUIT — This was was my least favorite tale in the zine. While at first I did get a giggle out of the use of the Anita Bryant character, it later seemed dirty pool to me. I'm opposed to her efforts to maintain job and housing discrimination against homosexuals — and truly, I think she's taking the Lord's name in vain in doing it. But I think this story sank too low. It was just too coarse for my tastes. [6]
References
- ^ by April Valentine in Atavachron #3
- ^ from an LoC in Naked Times #2
- ^ from an LoC in Naked Times #2
- ^ from an LoC in Naked Times #2
- ^ from an LoC in Naked Times #2
- ^ from an LoC in Naked Times #2