The Kinship

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Title: The Kinship
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Author(s): Bonnie Guyan
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Date(s): 1978
Medium: print
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Fandom: Star Trek: TOS
Language: English
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The Kinship is a 118-page het and gen Star Trek: TOS novel by Bonnie Guyan.

It features Pamela-Jean Grayson, Spock's half-sister.

Cover of the Star Trek fan novel The Kinship.
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There were originally seven parts.

This story was printed in parts in Plak Two #2, #3, #6, and #7 between 1979-1982.

Chapter six was reprinted in Fantasy #4 (1984).

About

From The McCoy List:

The complete novel of The Kinship as it originally appeared in the Plak Tow and Fantasy series of fanzines. Savor all seven chapters as Spock finds a sister, and McCoy a love. Span a multitude of years, encounter life, death and the 'beyond' as never imagined before as aspects of Spock's and McCoy's life come into full view as never before known in fandom. This is a landmark revelation in the world of Star Trek.

{{Quotation|Savor all seven chapters as Spock finds a sister, and McCoy a love. Span a multitude of years, encounter life, death, and the 'beyond' as never imagined before as The Kinship brings into full view aspects of Spock's life and family, never before imagined in fandom! [1]

The Series

  • The Kinship (After the death of his parents, Spock learns that he has a half-sister. He is unsuccessful in trying to locate her and then is shocked to find that a new member of the medical staff, Pamela-Jean Grayson, is his missing sister. The situation is further complicated when Leonard McCoy falls in love with Pamela-Jean.)
  • A Second Chance (The continuing story of McCoy's involvement with Pamela-Jean Grayson, Spock's half-sister. When Spock is seriously injured during a landing party mission, his interment on a Starbase Facility brings Leonard McCoy and Pamela-Jean Grayson back together in a stormy conflict. Spock's death though, erases all past disagreements, bringing the couple back together once again.)
  • And I Shall Return
  • Carousel
  • ?
  • ? ("Less than a week after the final declaration of McCoy's death, a sub-space message arrives requesting that Kirk be present at the memorial service in the doctor's home town. The request came from none other than Joanna McCoy, Bone's daughter." -- "Spock and Kirk are requested by Joanna McCoy to attend the memorial service for her father. A difficult time for all until word comes that the doctor is alive. Their joyful reunion is interrupted by an adventure that threatens all of their lives.")
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References

  1. ^ from an ad in Datazine #47