It Never Happened
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| Title: | It Never Happened |
| Publisher: | GemPrint, in England |
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| Author(s): | Sue E. Embury |
| Cover Artist(s): | Sue E. Embury |
| Illustrator(s): | Sue E. Embury |
| Date(s): | November 1992 |
| Series?: | sort of |
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| Fandom: | Star Trek: TOS |
| Language: | English |
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It Never Happened is an explicit het 11-page Star Trek: TOS story by Sue E. Embury. It has the subtitle: "...or did it?"
This story contains the explicit sex scene that was never in an earlier novel by Embury, called The Better Man. This scene is one between Jan (the female Kirk) and Spock.
A 1993 ad calls it "a brief indulgence, lavishly illustrated, age statement please."
All of the art is by the author.
Author's Description
From the zine:
This little indulgence contains an explicit sex scene between Spock and Jan (Jim Kirk in female guise) which never happened in my novel-length story "The Better Man". When writing the "The Better Man", I decided that it would be in the best interests of the characters and of the story, if no sex occurred between the two principle characters. However, being a body-swap story, (the beautiful but unscrupulous Janice Lester exchanges her body for that of James T. Kirk) sexuality was always a strong theme, and the possibility of a liaison between Spock and Jan (female Kirk) was always tantalisingly close.Some readers have remarked that it would be interesting to see an "authorised version" of the sex scene which might have occurred but never actually did, - except, perhaps, in the imagination of the reader!
So here it is.
For those readers who prefer "The Better Man" story in it's [sic] original form, - the original still stands. Remember, - it never happened.
Author's Foreword
This scene occurs near the end of Chapter 24 of "The Better Man", and page 114 of same is reprinted here as a lead in. For anyone who has not read "The Better Man", here follows a resume of the story so far.
In order to achieve starship command. Doctor Janice Lester has exchanged bodies with James T. Kirk, using an alien machine which she discovered on the planet Camus I(as in the classic Trek episode "Turnabout Intruder"). Initially only Spock, who has made telepathic contact with James Kirk through a mind meld, is convinced that the exchange has taken place. Janice Lester in Kirk's body is accepted as captain of the Enterprise, and Jim (who adopts the name Jan while in female form) is committed to a psychiatric hospital on Benecia. Spock allows himself to be manipulated off the ship in order to be near her, and to help effect an escape.
In due course the Enterprise crew realise that their captain is an impostor and a mutiny is organised. After various adventures, Jan and Spock return to the Enterprise and "Captain Kirk" is overpowered and sedated, pending the return to Camus I where the exchange process can be reversed.
During her time as a woman Jan has adapted to her new female body and has found herself strongly attracted to Spock; this situation having been aggravated by a hormone implant administered by the Benecia doctors to "help her feel more feminine"; - in effect a powerful aphrodisiac. Spock, although he is also attracted to Jan, has so far resisted all her advances (just!) The Enterprise is en route at warp speed to Camus 1 where Jan can be restored to James T. Kirk's male body.
Now read on...
Sample Interior
Reactions and Reviews
THE BETTER MAN is an alternative Turnabout Intruder story; Kirk is trapped in Janice Lester's body and no-one except Spock believes him. He is sent, as Janice Lester, to a rehabilitation hospital to be 'cured.' Spock goes with him, determined to reveal the truth. In THE BETTER MAN, Spock and the female Kirk grow very close, but, keeping Spock in character (as is right), Sue does not let them indulge. When one is reading that zine, one feels very frustrated that the relationship is never consummated, even while recognising that it is right for it not to be. However, Sue must have felt that frustration too, because she has written that missing sex scene. She describes it as 'a brief indulgence.' and it is that, both for the author and the protagonists. I really enjoyed reading A BETTER MAN and inserting IT NEVER HAPPENED in the 'right' place. You really have to have read THE BETTER MAN to appreciated IT NEVER HAPPENED. [1]