One is One

Zine
Title:	One is One
Publisher:	Shadowfax Publications/STCC
Editor:
Author(s):	Janet Kilborne
Cover Artist(s):	L. McGrath
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Date(s):	August 1981
Medium:	print
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Fandom:	Star Trek: TOS
Language:	English
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One is One is a gen Star Trek: TOS novel written by Janet Kilborne. It was published in 1981 and contains 48 pages.

Reactions and Reviews

Spock has been kidnapped by Dillon, a sadistic showman who makes his money by travelling to planets without interstellar spaceflight capability and showing off his 'collection* of aliens' his freaks of nature.

Back on the Enterprise, Kirk and McCoy are frantically searching for their friend, with help from Darvon, a Cylothian who has also lost a friend to Dillon. Before I say anything else, I'd better mention that unless you like hurt/comfort zines, you will not enjoy this one at all! Dillon is not a nice man and. what he does to his 'collection' to keep them under control is related in some detail.

This is actually my favourite zine. Not only is it basically a Spock story, but it is written with Medical Log excerpts with McCoy speaking about how he and Kirk feel about Spock. The characterisation of the 'regulars' is excellent, and the extra characters are very good too. The plot is obviously well thought out, and it's a very exciting story with a lot of action. It's quite unusual for a h/c zine: Kirk and McCoy don't do much comforting themselves. Instead, Gaidov, a fellow captive of Spock, helps him to keep going. It all adds up to make a great 'feelings' story.

I have two complaints about this zine; i) the print is too faint, because it's an old zine and done on stencils, and ii) it's too short!! It's the sort of zine that makes you cross when you've finished it because it was so good.

Basically, I recommend it wholeheartedly to any h/c fans, particularly if they're Spock fans too.

This is a get-Spock story of the first order. Kirk's harsh words to him to break the effect of the spores in This Side of Paradise are fulfilled when Spock is taken to be paraded in a sideshow as a freak. The agony is laid on thickly, but the zine is well written.