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Friendship and Duty
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Title: | Friendship and Duty |
Publisher: | ScoTpress |
Editor: | Sheila Clark, Valerie Piacentini |
Author(s): | Doris Schulze |
Cover Artist(s): | |
Illustrator(s): | Ann Humphrey |
Date(s): | August 1985 |
Medium: | print zine, fanfic |
Size: | |
Genre: | |
Fandom: | Star Trek: TOS |
Language: | English |
External Links: | online |
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Friendship and Duty is a gen Star Trek: TOS 59-page novel by Doris Schulze and illustrated by Ann Humphrey.
It is now online here.
Summaries
Publisher summary: "Kirk falls in love with a scientist temporarily assigned to the ship... but her routine physical shows up a serious and terminal medical condition."
Another summary from an eBay seller, "Kirk meets a young woman on shore leave, & when she comes on board the Enterprise as a passenger, the relationship deepens. Then tragedy strikes & Kirk develops selective amnesia. Can Spock manage a meld deep enough to bring his friend back to himself? Where do the lines of duty and friendship blur beyond recognition?"
Sample Interior
Reactions and Reviews
This is a friendship story where a personal tragedy in Kirk's life requires Spock & McCoy to close ranks and help him through. Though competently written and beautifully illustrated and presented (there's a lot to be said for computer lay-out), this issue is a disappointment for ScoTpress readers. Used to truly quality fiction with strong action and characterisation, this hurt/comfort syndrome story just didn't seem 'up to scratch' so to speak.[1]
References
- ^ from Beyond Antares #29