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A review by dee9401
Star Trek: The New Voyages by Sondra Marshak
3.0
Predominately, this is fan fiction at its worst, with the plots counting on fans to fill in the missing effort. Sexism is also pretty flagrant throughout many of the stories. However, there were a few high spots in this collection. Interestingly enough, the two stories I'd highlight are the ones I remember loving as a young reader of this book.
Ruth Berman's "Visit to a weird planet planet revisited" was cute, enjoyable and in the vein of the original series (with a nod to Mirror, Mirror). I wish it had been expanded more ... it needed some more pages to fill it out. The best piece, hands down, was the final story, "Mind-Sifter", written by Shirley S. Maiewski. A most excellent story that developed a great idea and explored some strong emotions and situations. I thought it could have ended about 15 pages earlier, but the last four or five pages made for a very nice ending. One other story that I enjoyed was "The Hunting" by Doris Beetem.
Ruth Berman's "Visit to a weird planet planet revisited" was cute, enjoyable and in the vein of the original series (with a nod to Mirror, Mirror). I wish it had been expanded more ... it needed some more pages to fill it out. The best piece, hands down, was the final story, "Mind-Sifter", written by Shirley S. Maiewski. A most excellent story that developed a great idea and explored some strong emotions and situations. I thought it could have ended about 15 pages earlier, but the last four or five pages made for a very nice ending. One other story that I enjoyed was "The Hunting" by Doris Beetem.