Alien aliens: Two TOS recs
May. 27th, 2023 08:44 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
kathleen_daileyI've read a lot of TOS Trekfic over the decades, but not much that features the crew interacting with genuinely alien beings. Recently I reread two stories (the first was posted to AO3 in 2011, the second in 2017) that epitomized, for me, the essence of the Enterprise crew's encounters with strange new worlds and people.
Although the stories are very different in tone, structure, and subject matter, both are beautifully written, smart, funny, true to character(s), and IMO completely captivating:
Need to Know by Ellen Fremedon (TOS/Dr. Who crossover, Captain Jack Harkness/Naraht [Diane Duane's tie-in character]; rated E)
The Surface Is a Strange and Wonderful Place by sixbeforelunch (senior crew of the Enterprise, alien culture, alien biology, alien worldview; rated G)
To those who haven't read these stories before: check them out if you're in search of truly original, truly SFal Trekfic. Highly recommended.
Although the stories are very different in tone, structure, and subject matter, both are beautifully written, smart, funny, true to character(s), and IMO completely captivating:
Need to Know by Ellen Fremedon (TOS/Dr. Who crossover, Captain Jack Harkness/Naraht [Diane Duane's tie-in character]; rated E)
The Surface Is a Strange and Wonderful Place by sixbeforelunch (senior crew of the Enterprise, alien culture, alien biology, alien worldview; rated G)
To those who haven't read these stories before: check them out if you're in search of truly original, truly SFal Trekfic. Highly recommended.
