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| K/S Fanfiction | |
|---|---|
| Title: | Game of Chance |
| Author(s): | Frankie Jemison |
| Date(s): | 1978 |
| Length: | |
| Genre: | slash, though the sexual attraction between Kirk and Spock is imposed from within by aliens |
| Fandom: | Star Trek: The Original Series |
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Game of Chance is a K/S story by Frankie Jemison.
It was published in The Other Side of Paradise #3.
Comments from its Editor
From Amy Falkowitz in The Oracle Speaks #2:
My one major complaint, coming from the English Lit background I do, that whatever is written at least try to write it well. The K/S stuff has a bad tendency to get worse and worse on a strict literary basis. I bought COMPANION, and just recently gave a rebuttal review of it to SCUTTLEBUTT, who'd printed a good review of it. I happen to consider Gayle's and Leslie's stories the best written-literarily — of any of the genre, though Frankie has in some ways done them better in our zine, with her GAME OF CHANCE, which is a K/S, but done much differently, and about 1/10th as graphically. Any of the Treklit stuff within the 'adult' genre can so easily degrade into poorly written 'porn' -- with the sex scenes not even interesting because they are so badly written... I want a story that is in some way a real story, with some interesting ideas or characters, or storyline (plot) to it.
Reactions and Reviews
In various articles written about the beginnings of K/S, some Gen zines are mentioned as presenting early K/S stories. I've read most of these zines, and I've concluded that the only real K/S story is in The Other Side of Paradise #3, Part 2. This zine is a popular gen zine that, for its third issue in 1978, divided into two parts: The Other Side and Paradise. The first part features adult material, and the most significant story is "Game of Chance." In it, the sexual attraction between Kirk and Spock is imposed from without by aliens [1]
Overly intelligent beings run an experiment/wager on Kirk (seen as a non-intelligence and therefore fair game for their games), changing his nature so that Spock is now the sole object of his obsessive desire. This produces much breast-beating among Kirk, Spock, and McCoy. With consummation, Kirk and Spock are semi-bonded, but Spock eventually manages to undo most of the changes, returning Kirk to his former self, but with memories of their forbidden love intact. [2]
‘Game of Chance’ by Frankie Jemison is a psychological expose detailing what happens when an alien race changes Jim Kirk’s sexuality. Please note: NOT ORGANICALLY. The person he is drawn to is his first officer. McCoy must put everyone back together again. [3]
References
- ^ a reference to the trope, Aliens Made Them Do It, from A Short History of Early K/S or How the First Slash Fandom Came to Be
- ^ Halliday’s Star Trek Zinedex (TOS) - Title Index, Archived version
- ^ review from Right of Statement #3
- ^ from Scuttlebutt #10