STAR TREK: THE NEW VOYAGES

Knowing this was basically a collection of fan fiction previously published in a fanzine, I didn’t really know what type of stories to expect from this. Luckily for me, none of the stories were godawful; there were a few which would’ve made pretty good episodes.

Here are the stories I found the best:

“The Face on the Barroom Floor” by Eleanor Arnason & Ruth Berman
“The Winged Dreamers” by Jennifer Guttridge (The implied homosexual attraction between Kirk & Spock was fan-ficky crap, though, and it took me right out of the story; good thing it was only brought up towards the end.)
“Mind-Sifter” by Shirley S. Maiewski

ALICE’S ADVENTURES IN WONDERLAND AND THROUGH THE LOOKING GLASS by LEWIS CARROLL

I first tried reading through these stories two years ago, but I found the writing style insufferable at the time and so I put them aside only three chapters into Wonderland. I decided to return to them this past week, and I was astonished at how easy it was to get through them this time 'round. Perhaps being able to read it at my leisure instead of intermittently on a noisy, crowded bus had something to do with it.

Anyway, I liked both tales, though I enjoyed Through the Looking Glass the most. It’s undertones were decidedly creepier than the ones in Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland; I just loved the air of burgeoning madness it lent to the narrative.