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The Course to Destiny
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Title: | The Course to Destiny |
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Author(s): | Raelene Wenzel |
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Date(s): | 1984 |
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Genre: | gen |
Fandom: | Star Trek: TOS |
Language: | English |
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The Course to Destiny is a gen Star Trek: TOS novel by Raelene Wenzel. The zine is 70 pages, one sided, three hole punched and brad bound.
It was written in the form of a script in 1984, preceding the yet-to-be-filmed fourth Star Trek movie.
Summary
"What mission is so vital to the Federation that Starfleet Command is willing to forgive Kirk's crimes and put him in command? What are the unforeseen effects of the Excelsior's transwarp drive?"
Similar Endeavors
Some other examples of fans submitting scripts to TPTB, and after rejection or other brush-offs, turning them into zines:
- Remote Control by Jacqueline Lichtenberg (Star Trek: TNG) (1968, 1975)
- Man of Iron by Paul Darrow (1981)
- Letters, printed in Double Natural by Howie Weinstein (M*A*S*H) (1981)
- The Course to Destiny by Raelene Wenzel (Star Trek: TOS) (1984)
- Steele in My Heart, printed in Tuesday Night by Kathy Dunn, Elizabeth Ford, and Debbi De Angelis (Remington Steele) (1986)
- Blood and Fire by David Gerrold (Star Trek: TNG) (1987)
- Works of Steele by Elaine Gustainis and Jill Hargen (Remington Steele) (1987)
- The Bane by A.C. Langlinais (The X-Files) (1997)