The recent passing of Greg Bear motivated me to go over his bibliography and I was surprised when I found out that on his early stages of his career he gave a shot at Trek fanfic. I seek the novel on ebay and I must say that find it compelling and engaging.
To some the technobabble might not have aged well, but that could be an unfair characterization. We don't seek classics to find accurate predictions about our predicaments but to extrapolate acute insight into the constant of the human condition. The novel speaks LOUDLY about how powerful TOS was to attract fantastic writers and intellectuals.
"To Corona's way of thinking, the only significant intelligence would be one which at least hoped to rejuvenate its world." (p.168)
https://static.wikia.nocookie.net/startrek/images/6/6b/Corona.jpg
To some the technobabble might not have aged well, but that could be an unfair characterization. We don't seek classics to find accurate predictions about our predicaments but to extrapolate acute insight into the constant of the human condition. The novel speaks LOUDLY about how powerful TOS was to attract fantastic writers and intellectuals.
"To Corona's way of thinking, the only significant intelligence would be one which at least hoped to rejuvenate its world." (p.168)
https://static.wikia.nocookie.net/startrek/images/6/6b/Corona.jpg
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