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Plague!
| Fanfiction | |
|---|---|
| Title: | Plague! |
| Author(s): | Randall Landers |
| Date(s): | 1979 |
| Length: | |
| Genre(s): | gen |
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| External Links: | Plague! |
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Plague! is a gen Star Trek: TOS story by Randall Landers.
It was printed in Stardate #1.
Author's summary: "The Enterprise crew is dying of a strange disease after shore-leave on a peaceful planet. And even though McCoy knows the cause, he's helpless to stop it. But why?"
Reactions and Reviews
The first story, "Plague", was an interesting story, but it was way too long. [1]
Concerning your fanzine, STARDATE #1, I must say that the stories were okay. The first story, though, was rather long for a fanzine of that size. But, all in all, it was better than a lot of first fanzines issues I've seen. The artwork was nice (heh, heh). [2]
"Plague!" was an average ST fanfic story; the mystery was handled well. But there was little else in the story. Perhaps this was intended. [3]
Randy Landers' "Plague!" has a bit of excitement, but less than I expected. The pressure chamber was nice. This, as well as many other stories, has too many adjectives--not enough to make the story bad, but enough over the expected amount to be noticeable. Women, for instance, rarely have "faces"; instead, they nearly always have "pretty faces." [4]
....Randy Landers' "Plague!" tended to drift a little, but I really like the plot solution of the decompression factor....[4]
Randy Landers' "Plague!" I liked. It had a good idea, and followed progression. I liked the bit about the bends and McCoy's medical log made for a different approach and angle. I liked the line "Bones, are you forgetting we're in the biggest pressure chamber devised by man?" Pretty good, but it could've been better with another rewrite and a little more characterization. Usually, Kirk saves the ship, and having McCoy do it is a good switch. A bit abrupt. [4]
Randy Landers' story, "Plague!" was good, but I don't understand how the captain could recover so quickly when you had him dying in the beginning of the story. [Oxypyrilene works wonders. - ED.][4]
Randy Landers' "Plague!" and Thomas Harden's "The Salos Sell-out" weren't bad, but ended a bit abruptly.[4]
References
- ^ from a letter of comment in "Stardate" #2
- ^ from a letter of comment in "Stardate" #2
- ^ from a letter of comment in "Stardate" #6
- ^ Jump up to: a b c d e from Orion Press Feedback