The Dawn of a New Beginning

Fanfiction
Title:	The Dawn of a New Beginning
Author(s):	Louise Pacheco
Date(s):	1985
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Genre(s):	slash
Fandom(s):	Star Trek: TOS
Relationship(s):	Kirk/Spock
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The Dawn of a New Beginning is a K/S story by Louise Pacheco.

It was published in the print zine Daring Attempt #3.

Reactions and Reviews

THE DAWN OF A NEW BEGINNING by Joann Marek covers Spock's confusion and lack of memory after the end of ST:TSFS. This is a droning story which goes on at length about what Spock does and does not remember. His encounters with a grieving Kirk and those with a supportive McCoy are overly dramatic. The key that brings him back to full memory is predicatable. I also found the first person a bit annoying as the author tends to recount events shown by having think about them. This is one story the zine could have lived without. All the poetry in the zine is well done with a few exceptional efforts along the way.

"The Dawn of a New Beginning," by Joann Merak, was my absolute favorite in the zine. It was long enough to be really meaty, and was so well-written, with so many really memorable lines, that I read parts of it over and over just to savor the wonderful images once again. Joann is an extremely good writer and I always enjoy her work, but this is especially nice. After fal-tor-pan, Spock is back home and does not remember much of anything: who he is, who he was, who all these people are. This story is written from Spock's point of view, and we experience his thoughts and feelings as he desperately tries to recall something of his former self. This Spock is poignant, not pitiful, and more than a couple of times I found my eyes blurring too much to read on. There is great tenderness, love, and gentleness in this story, and I feel as if I have grown in some way to have read it. My many thanks to Joann for once again giving us a truly touching story. Some very good poetry is balanced throughout the zine.