Marshak and Culbreath went on to write "The Price of the Phoenix" and "The Fate of the Phoenix" where there were two Kirks - one who becomes the bedmate of the Romulan Commander IIRC. These novels came out while there was no TV/movie Star Trek and stories like that were all we had. There are about a half dozen early ST novels that I have and adore; after awhile, once ST became a real moneymaker, the novels seemed to lose so much originality - the early ones were like professionally published fanfic as the powers that be didn't really care what went on in those books. My absolute favorite is Barbara Hambly's "Ishmael" where she crosses ST with "Here Come the Brides"! You have to read it to believe it.
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Marshak and Culbreath went on to write "The Price of the Phoenix" and "The Fate of the Phoenix" where there were two Kirks - one who becomes the bedmate of the Romulan Commander IIRC. These novels came out while there was no TV/movie Star Trek and stories like that were all we had. There are about a half dozen early ST novels that I have and adore; after awhile, once ST became a real moneymaker, the novels seemed to lose so much originality - the early ones were like professionally published fanfic as the powers that be didn't really care what went on in those books. My absolute favorite is Barbara Hambly's "Ishmael" where she crosses ST with "Here Come the Brides"! You have to read it to believe it.
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