Will What Was Ever Be?
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| Title: | Will What Was Ever Be? |
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| Author(s): | Carolyn Huston |
| Cover Artist(s): | Rosemary Comings Tole |
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| Date(s): | 1987 |
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| Genre: | gen |
| Fandom: | Star Trek: TOS fusion with Jane Eyre |
| Language: | English |
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Will What Was Ever Be? is a gen 38-page (30,000 words) Star Trek: TOS novel by Carolyn Huston. In it, the heroine meets Jane Eyre.
The sequel to this zine is When What is Comes to Pass.
Summary
Summary from Trek Fan's Handbook: "A 1986 Star Trek fan gets caught in a Romulan time-tampering, history-changing scheme and finds herself in 1846 England, and when the crew of the Enterprise shows up to foil the Romulan plot, she meets our heroes."
Summary from Media Monitor #2: "What happens when a 1986 Trek fan gets caught in a Romulan time-tampering, history- changing scheme? Sarah finds herself in 1846 England, where she is befriended by Jane Eyre. Later, the crew of the Enterprise shows up to foil the Romulan plot. Between all the action, adventure, emotion and often-hilarious by-play,one wonders if Sarah will ever get home."
Summary from The DeForest Dispatch #37: "Sarah finds a message on her computer — from Spock! Why has the ENTERPRISE come to 1987? What desperate situation has sent them back in time? What does Kirk find when he peruses Sarah's collection of Star Trek tapes? A fast-paced, high-spirited romp, written with tongue planted firmly in cheek. "
Author's Note
From the zine:
The idea for this story first began to germinate about 11 years ago, after I read a gothic novel about a modern woman who got stuck in seventeenth century England. It wasn't a very good book, but the concept stayed in my head, and I often wondered what it would be like to be trapped in an earlier time without such necessities as blow-driers, blue jeans and pizza.
Up until about a year and a half ago, I had very little interest in STAR TREK; but then the bug bit me, and almost overnight I became a rabid Trekkie, much to the dismay of my family and friends. I read everything I could get my hands on that pertained to STAR TREK, became actively involved in fandom and began dealing at conventions.
Meanwhile, I hadn't forgotten the time travel idea, and I realized I could tie it in with STAR TREK by having the ENTERPRISE crew show up to rescue the stranded heroine. Last September I sat down and started to write. I originally planned a short story, but the thing seemed to grow of its own volition; and by the time I was finished I had a short novel.