Friendship and Duty

Zine
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

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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.