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Without the Gardener's Craft
| Fanfiction | |
|---|---|
| Title: | Without the Gardener's Craft |
| Author(s): | Kathy Penland |
| Date(s): | 1976 |
| Length: | |
| Genre(s): | gen |
| Fandom(s): | Star Trek: TOS |
| Relationship(s): | |
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Without the Gardener's Craft is a Star Trek: TOS story by Kathleen Penland, art by D. Lichtel.
It is a responsefic to Connie Faddis's story, Gardener's Craft from Energize!.
It was published in the print zine Contact #2.
This story was mentioned in The Development of the Kirk/Spock Relationship: Its Foundation in Fan-Fiction (1978).
Summary
'Without the Gardener's Craft,' describes Kirk's re-adjustment to life after the lost fo his legs and the fitting of artificial limbs.
Reactions and Reviews
"Without the Gardener's Craft" by Kathleen Penland revealed a lack of practical knowledge about the current state of prosthesis and the progress being made in that area. Again, this was a "torment" story, with Kirk losing his legs, acquiring and accustoming himself to prosthetics (ancient ones; practically wooden stumps) and his mental anguish, with Spock's difficulties thrown in. An exercise in catharsis and torture without the saving flow of compelling writing. [2]
References
- ^ by H.O. Petard from Spectrum #27
- ^ comments by Sharon Ferraro in Menagerie #10