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[caitri]

Investigating a tidbit from morfin I went down into the stacks and discovered this book of fan-written Trek stories published in 1978.

One story, "The Procrustean Petard" is a genderswap with heavy K/Mc subtext. It made me shriek in the stacks.

Head's up. Looks like there's used copies out there, too.

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[morfin.livejournal.com]

I used to have both volumes, but after 3 moves, not sure where they are or if I still have them. I remember Nasa scientist Jesco Van Putheimer (please excuse the spelling) who was science adviser on ST:TMP wrote one story that I thought was much better than what was used for the movie plot.

My favorite story was The Mind Sifter, where Kirk is driven insane by the Klingons with their mind sifter, then sent back through the gateway of time to languish back in the early 20th century earth in an insane asylum.

Visit to a Small World Revisited was a followup to a story that was originally published in a fanzine, where Kirk and company through a transporter accident are sent to our Earth onto the set of the TV series. In Revisited, the actors wind up on the real Enterprise. Good story :)

[gaudior.livejournal.com]

Those were great! I had them as a kid. Being a kid, I missed the subtext... now I need to figure out whether my mom kept them.

They were awesome, tho.

[caitri.livejournal.com]

Yeah the more I read the less subtext there was. It was awesome. Literally McCoy's first words to Jim when they wake up as women are "Dammit, Jim! You're beau--" and then he shuts up. Later s/he also explains that while he/she can remain a doctor as a woman, Jim can't be a Captain cos she's too damn hot, or some such. OMG.

And then KANG shows up and tries to blackmail girl!Kirk into sleeping with him (WOW) and later they have a truce and then he butts in when another guy is trying to hit on Kirk at a bar and just omg. The wow.

[caitri.livejournal.com]

Oh I think I've read about those! They were referenced in, I think, Bacon-Smith's Enterprising Women which was one of the earlier academic studies of fan culture.

I got my paws on a copy of Ishmael and started reading it this week (staying up too late reading, no less). I netflixed a disc of Here Come the Brides and reading this after watching that--yeah. Legit fanfic. AWESOME. :D