Oswiecim

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Title:	Oswiecim
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Author(s):	Gabrielle Lawson
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Date(s):	1998
Medium:	print
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Fandom:	Star Trek: Deep Space Nine
Language:	English
External Links:	posted online at author's page
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Oswiecim is a 185-page gen Star Trek: Deep Space Nine novel by Gabrielle Lawson with cover art.

It had a 1999 FanQ Honorable Mention.

The zine was also posted in parts in August 1998 at alt.startrek.creative.

Format

In 1998 the author wrote:

"Some people still prefer a print zine in some cases. My solution with my latest story (Oswiecim, the huge one) was to offer it both ways. And I have gotten orders. More than 20 in the last month. I only print what is ordered so I don't lose money or make it. And I get feedback on the net and in writing. Sometimes from the same people.....My story costs $15.75. I thought, why would someone want to pay that (plus postage)/ I debated it with my mailing list, people who do buy fanzines. Some said they liked a longer story in print form and have paid upward of $20 for them. They convinced me to offer it in print. But I didn't give up on the Internet. I get readers via e-mail, via WWW, and via print.... To date, I've recieved feedback via e-mail or web page from 43 people since I posted Oswiecim in September (or was it August.) I have gotten feedback from three people in the mail, and three people in person (my siblings). More on the net."

Author's Notes

Shall I whet your appetite? A Klingon ship with Cardassian registry runs at the station and then veers off toward Earth. The Defiant must follow, unknowingly carrying a changeling infiltrator. Just as the ship nears Earth, it changes course and heads right for the sun: a trip that takes it four centuries into the past. The Defiant, again, must follow, to insure the timeline is secure. Don't let that fool you. It's not what the story is about. Two hints: the title--Oświęcim, and the year they go back to--1943. (And it was annouced as the winner for alt.startrek.creative's Best DS9 Story for 1998 and an Honorable Mention from Fan Q 1999.)

Reactions and Reviews

I'm still reeling from Oswiecim. It must be the most audacious story of the year. It's certainly one of the most intense Bashir stories,ever (and Garak is nowhere in sight). It helps that Gabrielle used her overseas experience to make you feel as if you were really there. And putting a DS9 regular smack in the middle of Auschwitz (with a vengeful changeling, no less) was a stroke of genius.

Wow! What more is there to say really that hasn't already been said by so many? This is the most engrossing, emotionally charged fan fiction I've ever read. The detail and historical accuracy is simply amazing and a credit to the author's love of history. It's my firm belief that this story is better than every novel in the DS9 line of Star Trek Books put together. If I had to choose between having the pro novels on my bookshelf or Oswiecim, there would be no choice--Oswiecim succeeds where the pro novels have all failed miserably, and that is in telling the best damn DS9 story possible. This story is nothing short of brilliant. If you only read one DS9 story in your lifetime, this is the one you should seek out. Be warned though, clear your schedule before undertaking this reading experience. It's a heck of a long story and you will not be able to stop reading once you've begun.

For superb "DS9" reading, I recommend anything by Gabrielle Lawson. Her stories center around Dr. Bashir, and if there was any justice in the world, her novels "Oswiecim" and "Pain of Memory" would have been published professionally by Pocket Books

Subject matter aside, this is a very well-thought out story with detailed characterizations and riverting dialogue.

Amazing novel-length story. This is one you won't be able to put down.