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My Life Closed Twice (Star Trek: TOS story)
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| Title: | My Life Closed Twice |
| Author(s): | April Valentine |
| Date(s): | 1978 |
| Length: | |
| Genre(s): | gen |
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My Life Closed Twice is a Star Trek: TOS story by April Valentine.
It was printed in Galactic Discourse #1.
This story was mentioned in The Development of the Kirk/Spock Relationship: Its Foundation in Fan-Fiction (1978).
Reactions and Reviews
Another fine zine which has presented some emotional grabbers is GALACTIC DISCOURSE published by Laurie Huff. Issue #1 of this zine features a beautifully written story entitled MY LIFE CLOSED TWICE, which traces Spock's life many years after Kirk's death. It is marvelously touching and should be read by any newcomer to fan fiction. [1]
'My Life Closed Twice' is quite the best of the batch. [2]
The best story is April Valentine's 'My Life Closed Twice.' It deals with an older Spock who has never completely accepted his grief at Kirk's death years before. It is a good study of Spock, and an interesting quiet tale, with some very good dream-imagery. [3]
In late middle age, Spock dreams of Jim and decides to come to terms with those memories. At a loss after Jim’s death, he had learned to rely on McCoy and stayed to finish his tour. The two “closings” (from the Dickinson poem) to his of life were those of Jim and McCoy. Now he becomes attached to a young assistant working with him on a renewed Daystrom M-5 project. Nice little touch is a Wizard of Oz dream. [4]
References
- ^ described as a get'em by Christopher Randolph in Enterprise Incidents #6 in the article The Many Faces of Fan Fiction
- ^ from Menagerie #12
- ^ from Scuttlebutt
- ^ from Karen Halliday's Zinedex