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A review by taaya
Star Trek: The New Voyages, 2 by Sondra Marshak
2.0
The first few stories aren't that bad (at least if we ignore that women are either forced to be naked - by men - or forced to see naked men, both being sexual harassment and potentially traumatising). But the sexism gets even worse in later stories - and it's shocking that the most sexist story in this book (claiming that women are weak and cannot be in command) was written by two women. And not only that. On a Starfleet base there are bars where non-humans aren't allowed and Kirk usually doesn't frequent them? How can that be when Starfleet is part of the Federation, a multi species organisation, and Kirk's best friend is a Vulcan? Why do these fan fictions picture the Federation and Starfleet as both racist and sexist?!
Another main problem I had with this anthology could be caused by the German translation. In almost every story the actual words on paper seemed to be lacking something. As if there should be a meaning between the lines that was gone. The actions and dialogues didn't make any sense. Or was that intentional, to make the reader feel like a Vulcan?
Another main problem I had with this anthology could be caused by the German translation. In almost every story the actual words on paper seemed to be lacking something. As if there should be a meaning between the lines that was gone. The actions and dialogues didn't make any sense. Or was that intentional, to make the reader feel like a Vulcan?