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Sorcerer
| Fanfiction | |
|---|---|
| Title: | Sorcerer |
| Author(s): | Gayle F |
| Date(s): | 1980 |
| Length: | |
| Genre(s): | slash |
| Fandom(s): | Star Trek: TOS |
| Relationship(s): | Kirk/Spock |
| External Links: | Sorcerer at AO3; Sorcerer at the KS Archive (offline) |
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Sorcerer is a Kirk/Spock story by Gayle F.
It was published in Galactic Discourse #3, reprinted in Impact.
Summary
"An A/U in which Spock raises Kirk from the dead."
Reactions and Reviews
1989
This vignette is rightly reputed a classic. In it, Spock is a sorcerer who engages in an act of necromancy—summoning Kirk from the dead. Gayle obviously understands something of magic. She knows that a circle is drawn to contain the energies of a magical working and to protect it from outside interference. She correctly states that a pentacle is a symbol of the Earth element. She also knows that a magical tool such as a pentacle becomes impotent through meditation which concentrates the magical intentions of the one who wields it. It's rare that I see a K/S writer deal with magic so convincingly. [1]
2006
Mystic hoo-hah. Magician Spock using his one-time powers to call his Kirk back to life. Bleah.[2]
2021
4/5: This is very slow, and depending on my mood that was either nice or incredibly boring. I'm not blind, so I can't speak as to the accuracy of this, but some of the feelings described are still ones I can relate to. The writing is poetic and full of imagery, bordering on purple prose. This is chock full of references to episodes, and I tried to tag them all but I might have missed some, so in general I recommend that you just watch them all before reading this. There was a bit of miscommunication as a source of conflict, which annoyed me, but it was solved fairly quickly. This took me ages to get through, and frankly I don't really think it's worth it.[3]