No Deposit, No Return
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| Star Trek TOS Fanfiction | |
|---|---|
| Title: | No Deposit, No Return |
| Author(s): | Jan Lindner |
| Date(s): | June 1978 |
| Length: | |
| Genre: | gen |
| Fandom: | Star Trek: The Original Series |
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No Deposit, No Return is a gen Star Trek: TOS story by Jan Lindner.
It was published in Warped Space #37 where it had art by Cheryl Frashure.
Inspired Fanworks
This story is a sequel to For Sale, Must Sacrifice by Paula Smith.
Fan Comments
...some nice insight into McCoy as one damn good doctor. I like. More from Lindner soon? Hope? [1]
To continue in this foul vein [of complaining about the rest of the zine], I have to say that I could also have done without "No Deposit, No Return". I am sick to death of stories where Spock lies fatally wounded while Kirk sleeps in exhaustion and McCoy feeds him (Spock) milk or whatever. [2]
I don't know why Jan wrote a sequel to "For Sale, Must Sacrifice". The original piece was worthless enough. "No Deposit", at least, is merely pointless. [3]
I liked "No Deposit, No Return" (having read "For Sale Must Sacrifice") but it's really too short to stand on its own, and given the length of time that's passed since the first story was published, I'm not sure it's fair to your newer readers to publish such a short sequel ... [4]
Fanworks in Response
- Don't! Tell It to the Captain (1983) -- From that zine's editorial: Paula Smith wrote a story called "For Sale, Must Sacrifice" in Warped Space #15. Then Jan Lindner wrote a story called "No Deposit, No Return" in Warped Space #37. The stories stirred up sentiments... [The editor and company] always wanted to see the theme handled differently... What would happen if McCoy hit a surgical problem he couldn't handle?... Weeks later, we had a mixed bag of unrelated scenes. By BlooMN' Con, I began to think it might be nice to have a plot... We added an outline. More scenes. Then a revised outline. Then still more scenes. So, as you read this, if you like our version of Security, most of the praise goes to Mandy. If you like our young engineers and the old laundry officer, blame Collette's imagination. If you like our visitors, some of that can be attributed to me. And if you don't like any of it, blame Paula Smith!
References
- ^ comments from Warped Space #38
- ^ from "Warped Space" #40
- ^ Paula Smith's acerbic comments (meant to be humorous...maybe) in Warped Space #37: Smith was author of "For Sale, Must Sacrifice."
- ^ from "Warped Space" #40