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"Sunshine for Sale" (p.4-10) / Pamela S. Rose

Recalled from shore leave, Kevin Riley buys a bottle of "sunshine from home" and lets it out on the Enterprise, where it proves to be just what a tired crew needed - instantaneous visits home. Good fun.

"A Test of Pride" (p.14-29) / Joyce Tullock

Shortly after McCoy's reactivation and the V'Ger affair, the doctor is sent on loan to an archaeological team - which then abandons him for dead in a flooded city. Kirk agonizes over having dragged McCoy away from home and to his death. It is Spock who urges optimism, and Chekov who finally finds the doctor, who has survived by using himself as bait to kill and eat the local blood-sucking fauna. Excellent characterization all around and a good combination of adventure story and relationship dilemma.

"Destiny's Dreamers" (p.33-35) / Pat Mitchell

Vignettes of Spock and Kirk, each in his Academy days, longing for a true friend.

"Life After Life" (p.37-51) / Teresa Marie Annette

Spock uses a mind meld to retrieve brain-dead Kirk from heaven. The writing is fine, but too much sugar and mysticism for my taste.

"A Place in the Stars" (p.81-101) / Mary Aldridge

A female relation of Kang confronts the Klingon council to assert the rights of women to be warriors and space-farers.

* "Koloth Hatches His Revenge" (p.68-80) / Linda Maclaren, Gina Martin, & Carol Yocum,

Striving to improve his capacity for imaginative thinking, Koloth comes up with the perfect revenge for the tribbles Kirk sent to his ship. He sends 50 Gorn eggs to Kirk, so that the baby Gornlings all imprint on him at hatching. A charmer. The story takes place in the Dreadnought Explorations storyline, but that is not particularly important to enjoyment of the tale.

"The Reason Why" (p.81-85) / Darien Duck

Events of "Amok Time" from McCoy's pov, told through his impressions and thoughts at the time. The "why" is - why did McCoy have that hypo of neurotoxin ready? And the solution is sensible - he'd been keeping it handy at all times as a tranquilizer for Spock in case it was needed.

"A Toast to Innocence" (p.89-105) / Kate Bennett

Kirk grapples with fellow admirals opposing his recommendations on a nasty situation with the Orions, as well as with his marriage to Lori and his rocky friendship with McCoy -- who dresses him down for his inability to commit and for pushing Spock away, before he bids farewell to take a research position himself. Well written, convincing introspections for Kirk.

"Forbidden Fruit" (p.117-120) / Elizabeth Holden

Pleasant little short of young computer-whiz Spock being drawn to the study of the stars, while Sarek is on Earth to oppose the expansion of Starfleet into space exploration.

"Truths" (p.122-163) / Ginna LaCroix

Post-V'Ger. Kirk and Spock attempt a first contact while Enterprise is called away. They are treated well enough, then suddenly arrested by the military leader who takes Spock for a Romulan and plans to execute him. Kirk escapes, rescues Spock and the two are pointed on an arduous journey toward safety high in the mountains, with Kirk desperately ill from altitude sickness and the military in pursuit. Throughout, both Kirk and Spock question Kirk's ability to resume command with his new disillusionment from serving in the Admiralty. A somewhat rambling tale with a lot of oft-used elements, including powerful telepaths testing and learning from the Kirk & Spock friendship. Pretty high smarm content.

"Touching and Touched" (p.164) / Anne Rowland

Vignette of Spock with daughter.