Forever (Star Trek: Voyager zine)

Zine
Title:	Forever
Publisher:	Unicorn Press
Editor:
Author(s):	Kathleen Speck
Cover Artist(s):	Madalena Mumford
Illustrator(s):
Date(s):	1996
Medium:	print
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Genre:
Fandom:	Star Trek: Voyager
Language:	English
External Links:	front cover by Madalena Mumford
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Forever is a het 91-page Star Trek: Voyager novel by Kathleen Speck.

Summary

From the publisher: "An older Tom Paris finds himself in love with the daughter of Harry Kim and B'Elanna Torres. Will he survive the wrath of B'Elanna? Cover artwork by Madalena Mumford... We are publishing this fanzine for Brenda Shaffer-Shiring."

Reactions and Reviews

In this alternate timeline Voyager novel, an older Tom Paris finds himself in love with the daughter of Harry Kim and B'Elanna Torres. More an interesting "what-if" speculation than a believable character scenario, there are nonetheless some amusing moments between Tom and Harry, a sort of reversal of their relationship in "Before and After" when Harry married Tom's daughter. This story is almost entirely domestic in nature, PG-rated, and rather sweet if you can stomach B'Elanna and Kathryn as matriarchs who talk about clothes with their teenagers--Janeway and Chakotay are married, too, and have a daughter. It's sort of the opposite extreme from what we get on the show: this is an entirely character-oriented Voyager, where 20th century family values appear to be alive and well. Girls dress in white and stay virgins till their wedding night, friends and family are the most important things in the universe. It's a sad commentary on the television series' lack of heart that I found this anachronistically appealing.