so my grandma died recently, and my parents have been dealing with the quantities of Stuff accumulated over the course of her and my grandpa’s lives, which could be interesting on its own as a family matter, but, well, grandpa was a science fiction writer, and they knew a lot of science fiction writers, which means a lot of the stuff is classic sci-fi and fantasy. books, artwork, that kind of thing. what i had not realized, but perhaps should have predicted, was that knowing a lot of science fiction writers in the ‘60s meant that they knew people who had written for this one TV show in the ‘60s that some science fiction writers worked on, and these people liked to share stuff.
what i’m saying is that i have now held in my hands one of the original, physical scripts for the star trek episode “amok time”.
it was like holding a piece of history. my own hands, carefully cradling the origin of sex pollen and fuck or die. a work whose influence went far behind what the writer could have expected–sacred, almost, in its way. who knows how much spawned from this episode? how much fanfiction would never have existed were it not for this holy text? indeed, the very concept of slash itself? an artifact, a priceless relic, sitting on my parents’ couch.
i haven’t seen the entirety of the episode itself, so i don’t know if there are any real differences between the script and what was aired, but i had to skim it anyway–and i did find something that is perhaps worth mentioning, whether or not this actually counts as canon. but hey, hard to get more canon than an Actual Official Script, right?
VULCANS BLUSH YELLOW, BITCHES, IT’S CANON
also, this:
thanks for specifying “karate-type”, theodore sturgeon. coulda gotten confusing, that.
anyway, it was a deeply surreal experience and i’m pretty sure the script is getting donated someplace with a lot of the other stuff, but man, my grandparents were cool
Chapters: 1/1 Fandom: Star Trek: The Original Series Rating: Teen And Up Audiences Warnings: Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings Relationships: Leonard “Bones” McCoy & Spock Characters: Leonard “Bones” McCoy, Spock (Star Trek), James T. Kirk Additional Tags: Background Stephen Garrovick II, Background Nyota Uhura, Mystery, Temporary Character Death, Mild Gore, Grief/Mourning, Alcohol, Vulcan Mind Melds, Emotional Spock (Star Trek), Zinedom Archive Project, fanzine fic Summary:
A mysterious force teleports Kirk and a number of other key personnel straight from the Enterprise to places unknown. Spock, McCoy, and the rest of the Enterprise crew are left reeling in the aftermath. It seems hopeless when the bodies and a terminally wounded Kirk and Sulu are recovered a day later. Who engineered this cruel tragedy, and for what purpose? Spock won’t let this chapter close without looking into all avenues, and he won’t let McCoy lose himself in his grief.
This story was originally published in 1975 in the fanzine Rigel #2.
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Chapters: 1/1 Fandom: Star Trek: The Original Series Rating: Not Rated Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply Characters: Spock (Star Trek), Original Characters Additional Tags: away mission, Visions, Hallucinations, Solitude, Interdimensional Travel, Time warp, Battle, Battle with No Winner, History, Anthropology, Zinedom Archive Project, fanzine fic, Fanzine: Interphase, Time Travel Summary:
Spock agrees to attend a survey team as a way of obtaining some rest or relaxation in a Vulcan-like world. Instead, he experiences a vision of the planet’s past.
This story was originally published in August 1976 in the fanzine Interphase 3 and was reprinted in 1978 in Computer Playback 2.
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