Something Lost
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| Title: | Something Lost |
| Publisher: | ScoTpress |
| Editor: | Sheila Clark, Valerie Piacentini |
| Author(s): | Sheila Clark |
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| Date(s): | July 1983 |
| Series?: | yes - Explorer series |
| Medium: | print zine |
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| Fandom: | Star Trek: TOS |
| Language: | English |
| External Links: | Something Lost online here |
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Something Lost is a 69-page gen Star Trek:TOS AU novel by Sheila Clark. In it, Spock became a scientist on Vulcan instead of joining Starfleet.
Summary
From Agent With Style: "What is lost is the Enterprise, which has been thrown into unexplored space by an unexpected ion storm. If it weren't bad enough that Kirk has to find a way home for himself and his crew, he also has to resolve the problems of an unidentified bigot and a practical joker on the ship."
"The Explorer Series"
- Something Hidden (1976)
- Something Lost (1983)
- Something Missing (1986)
Series Description: From the Author's Foreword in Something Missing
Something Hidden was based an the premise that Spock went to the Vulcan Science Academy instead of joining Starfleet, During the course of the story, Spock, promoted to Chief Scientist, was heading a survey which was investigating the imminent breakup of a moon. The scientific party was rescued From the moon by the Enterprise, and when the ship's Tellerite science officer was killed, Spock took aver the position. On the ship's eventual return to Vulcan with the rescued scientists, Spock managed to join the ship as science officer.In the second story in the series, Something Lost, a navigational malfunction sent the ship into unknown space. It had been established in Something Missing that Kirk did not wholly trust the judgement of his first officer, a man named Wood. When Wood was killed, Kirk appointed Spock to the position of first officer. This brought the series almost into line with series Trek; the only difference being in Spock's background. Usually an alternate universe story has obvious differences from series Trek; this one does not have obvious differences. I have in mind a fourth story for this series, but unless it produces these differences, it will be written as ordinary series Trek.
However, obvious alternate universe story or no, I hope you enjoy Something Missing.
Reactions and Reviews
69 pp. Routine adventure, as the Enterprise is lost through an ion storm. Aliens on board are being conveyed to Babel, but one of their Number is bent on power with murder as his weapon. Also here we learn just why Janice Lester hates Kirk so much. Not too bad, good for an introduction to Trek fan literature. [1]
External Links
References
- ^ from Beyond Antares #28