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2024 written work by Greg Cox
- The Search for Gillian
- Star Trek: The Search for Gillian
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Lost to Eternity (English)
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Lost to Eternity | Memory Alpha | Fandom (English)
23 July 2024
Lost to Eternity | Memory Beta, non-canon Star Trek Wiki | Fandom (English)
23 July 2024
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And I also dove into Vonda McIntyre's novelization way back in 1986. Yeah, way back in 1986, Vonda McIntyre wrote the novelization.And it being a novelization and Vonda being Vonda, she fleshed things outenormously. And a lot of these bit characters in the books, in the movie, like the joggers, Vonda had already gone and fleshed out and given names and backstories and personalities. (English)
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“Time brings perspective, Captain. Don’t misunderstand me; I still prize life more than most, and regret its loss, but I’ve also increasingly come to understand that, in the long term, the importance of our work far outweighs any present sacrifices. A few ephemeral lives are a small price to pay to achieve our ultimate goal.” (English)
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Indeed, the TOS story is very much in my head, was conceded as being much more of the an action adventure storyline, like the original series, there's lots of fights, there's lots of action. (English)
23 July 2024
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Gillian's appearances in Star Trek. She also appeared in Debt of Honor, which was a graphic novel by Chris Claremont that came out back in the 90s and which I went back and reread for inspiration. (English)
Yeah. When we see Gillian in the 23rd century, it is in fact consistent with what we saw at the end of Debt of Honor.Yeah.So you'll notice, where did I get the idea for that? Again, I shamelessly standing on the shoulders of giants. Again, I reinvent the wheel. (English)
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He's, you know, one of my weird inspirations is not Star Trek. I was kind of thinking of Peter Cushing in the Hammer Films Frankenstein movies. (English)
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And yes, that I did actually draw inspiration from Lower Decks. I think Cetacean Ops had been established earlier on TNG in passing, but it's Lower Decks that really ran with it. So yeah, there's that, that there you see Lower Decks filling into it, you know. (English)
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Even the fight scenes were written in terms of, I will admit that I have Dayton Ward's Guide to Kirk Fu, sitting at my desk when I was writing the fight scenes. (English)
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Lost to Eternity | Memory Beta, non-canon Star Trek Wiki | Fandom (English)
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11 September 2024
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Lost to Eternity | Memory Beta, non-canon Star Trek Wiki | Fandom (English)
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11 September 2024
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Lost to Eternity | Memory Beta, non-canon Star Trek Wiki | Fandom (English)
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11 September 2024
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Lost to Eternity | Memory Beta, non-canon Star Trek Wiki | Fandom (English)
Characters
11 September 2024
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Lost to Eternity | Memory Beta, non-canon Star Trek Wiki | Fandom (English)
Characters
11 September 2024
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Lost to Eternity | Memory Beta, non-canon Star Trek Wiki | Fandom (English)
Characters
11 September 2024
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Lost to Eternity | Memory Beta, non-canon Star Trek Wiki | Fandom (English)
Characters
11 September 2024
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Lost to Eternity | Memory Beta, non-canon Star Trek Wiki | Fandom (English)
Characters
11 September 2024
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My editors, Margaret Clark and Ed Schlesinger, who waited patiently for this book and who were never less than encouraging and supportive; my agent, Russ Galen, and also Dayton Ward, who adjusted his own schedule to make mine easier and who gave me a much-needed pep talk at one point. (English)
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“To a degree.” Yamada recognized the name as belonging to an exotic new sentient life-form that had recently been discovered on a remote mining planet; after some initial misunderstandings and conflict, the Hortas had formed a working relationship with the humans prospecting beneath the planet’s surface for precious ores, to the benefit of both.e (English)
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Let’s just say that, nowadays, I could hardly fail to recognize the illustrious captain of the U.S.S. Enterprise, given you and your ship’s involvement in such newsworthy, even historic, events as the onset of the Organian Peace Treaty, the planetary disaster on Deneva, the assassination of a Tellarite ambassador, first contact with the Hortas and the Kelvans and other exotic new life-forms and civilizations, not to mention—” “We get it.” Kirk cut short the recitation. “You’re more than familiar with my résumé.” (English)
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Located at the leading edge of the saucer section, the spacious chamber boasted panoramic viewports, a polished hardwood floor, comfortably upholstered chairs, and generally sumptuous surroundings. A decorative ship’s wheel, from the golden age of sail, evoked a proud maritime tradition, as did the inlaid compass design in the center of the deck and the antique brass astrolabe facing the vast stellar distance before them. (English)
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Dennis was a bright guy, but he was a sucker for conspiracy theories, the more sinister the better. She’d had to pull him out of more than a few online rabbit holes, playing Scully to his Mulder, except that, in the real world, the level-headed skeptic wasn’t always wrong. (English)
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“Not saying fishy stuff doesn’t go on.” She carefully maintained a neutral expression, not wanting to rehash every conspiracy theory from the twentieth century up to the present. “Just saying we ought to consider less… exotic… possibilities before jumping to conclusions. Occam’s razor and all that.”He scowled.“Okay, razorgirl, what’s your explanation.” (English)
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Maybe something experimental? Like those ultra-top-secret projects at Area 51 you used to go on about?”“Reverse engineered from the ship that crashed at Roswell,” he reminded her, taking for granted this was established fact and not just the stuff of rumor and conspiracy theories. (English)
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Not kill me on the spot, Kirk noted. He recalled Khan Noonien Singh’s observation, at a notably tense formal dinner a couple years back, regarding the tactical advantages of letting one’s lieutenant confront a possible adversary while you sit back and observe, gauging their strengths and weaknesses. (English)
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Let’s just say that, nowadays, I could hardly fail to recognize the illustrious captain of the U.S.S. Enterprise, given you and your ship’s involvement in such newsworthy, even historic, events as the onset of the Organian Peace Treaty, the planetary disaster on Deneva, the assassination of a Tellarite ambassador, first contact with the Hortas and the Kelvans and other exotic new life-forms and civilizations, not to mention—” “We get it.” Kirk cut short the recitation. “You’re more than familiar with my résumé.” (English)
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“You’ll get no argument from me, Scotty.” Kirk had not forgotten what had become of the Antares after Charlie Evans had telekinetically deleted a baffle plate from the cargo ship’s engines; there had been nothing left of the Antares and its crew except a few scraps of debris. (English)
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Spock did not know if Plavius was personally acquainted with the incident decades ago when he and Kirk had committed espionage against another Romulan starship commander in order to steal an advanced cloaking device, but it would be foolish to pretend that Starfleet never engaged in such tactics. (English)
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“Can we please stick to reality?” She threw up her hands in exasperation. “This case is already tangled enough; I don’t need to hear any more crazy theories about how Amelia Earhart got abducted by aliens, or Mark Twain ran into time travelers right here in San Francisco. You don’t seriously expect me to believe that Gillian was abducted by aliens? And her whales, too, I suppose?” (English)
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“Can we please stick to reality?” She threw up her hands in exasperation. “This case is already tangled enough; I don’t need to hear any more crazy theories about how Amelia Earhart got abducted by aliens, or Mark Twain ran into time travelers right here in San Francisco. You don’t seriously expect me to believe that Gillian was abducted by aliens? And her whales, too, I suppose?” (English)
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Although he had ordered the bridge crew relieved at suitable intervals, he had not surrendered the conn. “They can be subtle when they need to be. Recall their covert machinations on Neural and Deep Space Station K-7, as well as during the matter of the Dohlman of Elas, when we previously encountered Captain Khod. (English)
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On the other hand, she couldn’t help recalling Valdez’s account of seeing something unearthly manifest in Golden Gate Park earlier that same day. Why did this investigation keep heading into the Twilight Zone? (English)
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Brutal memories of Triskelion, Magna Roma, and even life-or-death ritual combat on Vulcan stirred Kirk’s sympathy for the unwilling gladiators. He’d been in their sandals more than once. (English)
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Brutal memories of Triskelion, Magna Roma, and even life-or-death ritual combat on Vulcan stirred Kirk’s sympathy for the unwilling gladiators. He’d been in their sandals more than once. (English)
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“Request duly noted and appreciated, Yeoman.” Kirk knew Landon could handle herself in a tight spot and deal with harsh, even savage circumstances; she’d proven that on Gamma Trianguli VI and subsequently. “I’ll take it under consideration.” (English)
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Although he had ordered the bridge crew relieved at suitable intervals, he had not surrendered the conn. “They can be subtle when they need to be. Recall their covert machinations on Neural and Deep Space Station K-7, as well as during the matter of the Dohlman of Elas, when we previously encountered Captain Khod. (English)
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Although he had ordered the bridge crew relieved at suitable intervals, he had not surrendered the conn. “They can be subtle when they need to be. Recall their covert machinations on Neural and Deep Space Station K-7, as well as during the matter of the Dohlman of Elas, when we previously encountered Captain Khod. (English)
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Regrettably, this came as no surprise to Saavik; despite their common ancestry, Romulans and Vulcans had been at odds for much of their recorded history, and that ancient enmity persisted to the present, something she knew too well from her harsh childhood on Hellguard, a failed Romulan mining colony. (English)
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I thought Saavik was a fun character writing. Yes, I did go back and read The Pandora Principle by Carolyn Clovis, which was sort of the book that really, really fleshed out her backstory. I went back and read that for research purposes. (English)
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Let’s just say that, nowadays, I could hardly fail to recognize the illustrious captain of the U.S.S. Enterprise, given you and your ship’s involvement in such newsworthy, even historic, events as the onset of the Organian Peace Treaty, the planetary disaster on Deneva, the assassination of a Tellarite ambassador, first contact with the Hortas and the Kelvans and other exotic new life-forms and civilizations, not to mention—” “We get it.” Kirk cut short the recitation. “You’re more than familiar with my résumé.” (English)
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Let’s just say that, nowadays, I could hardly fail to recognize the illustrious captain of the U.S.S. Enterprise, given you and your ship’s involvement in such newsworthy, even historic, events as the onset of the Organian Peace Treaty, the planetary disaster on Deneva, the assassination of a Tellarite ambassador, first contact with the Hortas and the Kelvans and other exotic new life-forms and civilizations, not to mention—” “We get it.” Kirk cut short the recitation. “You’re more than familiar with my résumé.” (English)
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Let’s just say that, nowadays, I could hardly fail to recognize the illustrious captain of the U.S.S. Enterprise, given you and your ship’s involvement in such newsworthy, even historic, events as the onset of the Organian Peace Treaty, the planetary disaster on Deneva, the assassination of a Tellarite ambassador, first contact with the Hortas and the Kelvans and other exotic new life-forms and civilizations, not to mention—” “We get it.” Kirk cut short the recitation. “You’re more than familiar with my résumé.” (English)
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She had in fact noted that, in addition to a wide variety of nonfiction tomes on matters scientific, medical, historical, and philosophical, Kesh had an entire bookshelf devoted to Terran literature involving immortality: The Epic of Gilgamesh, “The Mortal Immortal,” Orlando, The Picture of Dorian Gray, She: A History of Adventure, “Rip Van Winkle,” Tuck Everlasting, Methuselah’s Children, The Endless Andorian, Bid Space-Time Return, and others. (English)
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She had in fact noted that, in addition to a wide variety of nonfiction tomes on matters scientific, medical, historical, and philosophical, Kesh had an entire bookshelf devoted to Terran literature involving immortality: The Epic of Gilgamesh, “The Mortal Immortal,” Orlando, The Picture of Dorian Gray, She: A History of Adventure, “Rip Van Winkle,” Tuck Everlasting, Methuselah’s Children, The Endless Andorian, Bid Space-Time Return, and others. (English)
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She had in fact noted that, in addition to a wide variety of nonfiction tomes on matters scientific, medical, historical, and philosophical, Kesh had an entire bookshelf devoted to Terran literature involving immortality: The Epic of Gilgamesh, “The Mortal Immortal,” Orlando, The Picture of Dorian Gray, She: A History of Adventure, “Rip Van Winkle,” Tuck Everlasting, Methuselah’s Children, The Endless Andorian, Bid Space-Time Return, and others. (English)
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She had in fact noted that, in addition to a wide variety of nonfiction tomes on matters scientific, medical, historical, and philosophical, Kesh had an entire bookshelf devoted to Terran literature involving immortality: The Epic of Gilgamesh, “The Mortal Immortal,” Orlando, The Picture of Dorian Gray, She: A History of Adventure, “Rip Van Winkle,” Tuck Everlasting, Methuselah’s Children, The Endless Andorian, Bid Space-Time Return, and others. (English)
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She had in fact noted that, in addition to a wide variety of nonfiction tomes on matters scientific, medical, historical, and philosophical, Kesh had an entire bookshelf devoted to Terran literature involving immortality: The Epic of Gilgamesh, “The Mortal Immortal,” Orlando, The Picture of Dorian Gray, She: A History of Adventure, “Rip Van Winkle,” Tuck Everlasting, Methuselah’s Children, The Endless Andorian, Bid Space-Time Return, and others. (English)
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She had in fact noted that, in addition to a wide variety of nonfiction tomes on matters scientific, medical, historical, and philosophical, Kesh had an entire bookshelf devoted to Terran literature involving immortality: The Epic of Gilgamesh, “The Mortal Immortal,” Orlando, The Picture of Dorian Gray, She: A History of Adventure, “Rip Van Winkle,” Tuck Everlasting, Methuselah’s Children, The Endless Andorian, Bid Space-Time Return, and others. (English)
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And as for the populace, the Atrazians are baseline humanoid enough to make them the perfect test subjects for future trials. Indeed, they are so genetically similar to Homo sapiens that there’s good reason to believe that they’re descended from ancient humans transplanted to this world by unknown aliens sometime in the distant past. A phenomenon that is rapidly gaining acceptance in xenoanthropological circles.”Like Miramanee’s people, Kirk thought. A familiar pang stabbed his heart. (English)
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Memories of Capella IV came back to him, giving him an idea. He threw the staff like a javelin at the closest bloodbeak and reached for the communicator. (English)
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Kirk pondered the possibilities. The Orions? The Gorn? Maybe even some unknown entity like that vampiric energy being on Beta XII-A? He was reluctant to point a finger at anyone in particular without more to go on. It was enough that someone might be trying to derail the diplomatic conclave on Nimbus III. (English)
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“I told you all about this,” he insisted, no doubt accurately. “Chrysalis was an early, top-secret attempt to create a new breed of superhumans back in the seventies. The Powers That Be suppressed the truth about whether they succeeded or not, but the untold story can’t stay buried forever… and it all began with Chrysalis.” (English)
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The recorder marker they had launched earlier, supposedly to convey their logs to the nearest subspace relay buoy, had also been programmed to transmit a recorded signal back to the Enterprise once the marker had traveled sufficiently far enough to mask its origins. The counterfeit signal had been carefully crafted by Uhura to resemble a genuine Starfleet communication in all particulars, employing a code known to have been cracked by the Klingons’ Romulan allies, with the full expectation that the BortaS would be monitoring all transmissions to and from the Enterprise. (English)
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“So,” Gillian said, breaking the silence, “I’ve listened to Cetacean.” “Seriously?” Melinda hadn’t seen that coming. “It’s still available?” “Survived World War III and everything. It took some digging, and calling in a few favors from some grateful historians for whom I’m a living, breathing Rosetta stone, but they found it buried in a bunkered digital archive from the early twenty-first century… which means I do have some notion of what you went through trying to figure out what became of me.” A stricken look came over her face. (English)
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