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Kathleen Sky

Auteur van Vulcan!

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Werken van Kathleen Sky

Vulcan! (1978) — Auteur — 433 exemplaren
Death's Angel (1981) — Auteur — 313 exemplaren
Witchdame (1985) 142 exemplaren
Birthright (1975) 49 exemplaren
Ice Prison (1976) 40 exemplaren
Planet der blauen Blumen (1991) — Auteur — 4 exemplaren
Die Expertin (1992) — Auteur — 4 exemplaren
Mission auf Arachnae (1979) — Auteur — 2 exemplaren

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Officiële naam
Golden, Kathleen McKinney
Geboortedatum
1943-08-05
Geslacht
female
Nationaliteit
USA
Geboorteplaats
Alhambra, California, USA
Woonplaatsen
California, USA
Relaties
Goldin, Stephen (ex-husband)

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If I were the type of person to yell "Mary Sue," this book would have me yelling it. We learn of a wing of Starfleet that does investigations and is really rather gestapo-like; the lead character, Elizabeth, is investigating a series of deaths as the crew and a cargo of Federation ambassadors goes to try and, perhaps, negotiate a detente with the Romulans. Not great, but not great largely in that it reads very much like an actual original series episode that's been perspective-shifted onto the female love interest, so I can't hate it.… (meer)
 
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everystartrek | 1 andere bespreking | Jan 5, 2023 |
I do not believe the psychological underpinnings of this novel for an instant, nor its portrayal of Vulcans. Nevertheless, I enjoyed it in the way I'd enjoy an iffy lay-Spock fic.
 
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everystartrek | 8 andere besprekingen | Jan 5, 2023 |
I first read “Witchdame” by Kathleen Sky when it was new in 1985, and I was about 15 years old. I remembered I enjoyed it, so when I saw it available used now for cheap I picked up another copy to reread.

It’s still a pretty good fantasy novel. While taking place in a fantasy version of medieval England and Wales, Sky doesn’t give a huge amount of background about who the Witchlords and Woodwitches are, though eventually it comes out that the Witchlords and Witchdames are the nobility of this version of England, capable of magic, while the Woodwitches are more nature-oriented magic users who were mostly defeated by the Witchlords of prior generations. It’s not hard to pick up that the Witchlords aren’t, in general, friendly with the Woodwitches, however, the Witchlord king of England had married a Woodwitch woman, Dianne and their heir, the main character, Elizabeth, is both.

The novel begins shortly before Princess Elizabeth’s 18th birthday, with her mother dying and her father already having selected his new wife, who intends to give Richard a son to follow him on the throne. It’s clear that Dianne’s existence has been restricted for some time due to her being a Woodwitch in a Witchlord royal court, but she’s passed on a little bit of Woodwitch culture to Elizabeth.

Early in the book there’s tremendous amount of narration about the various women’s clothing. Considering how confusing it was to me now, I can’t remember what I thought of that when I read this the first time when I was only 15.

Sky isn’t very consistent on Richard supporting or hating Woodwitch culture, so that gets a bit confusing.

The main adventure involves the now 18 year old Elizabeth making a journey to the four compass directions of England, the land that she’ll eventually rule over as queen, and resolving a major issue at each of those points.

Sky was more clear on the timeframe of the travel at the beginning of the journey, but after they finished their “west” task, it was confusing how long it took the party to travel to their “north” task. The distance on the map was several times further, but there was nothing about it in the story.

The conclusion was a little disappointing, too much of a deus ex machina sort of thing, especially after Elizabeth went through a lot to become more powerful in her own right. I’d been hoping her victory would be much more her own.

Overall, I enjoyed the book, with the down points not detracting too much. If Kathleen Sky ever wrote a sequel to it, I’d read it.
… (meer)
 
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KevinRubin | 2 andere besprekingen | Sep 8, 2021 |
I wrote a (probably too) long review of this over this way, but I'll just put the conclusion here, to save you time. Read the whole thing if you care to see some of the annoying bits of the book.

In short, Vulcan! is several kinds of boring and disappointing. The idea of McCoy having the duty of ensuring crewmembers' personalities mesh well is an interesting one, though little explored here. His taking on the role of psychiatrist is not new to this novel (for example, Blish had McCoy as a specialist in psychology in Spock Must Die!), though he did claim to be "a surgeon, not a psychiatrist" in The City on the Edge of Forever. The few slightly interesting features of the novel don't redeem it, though. It's certainly one to skip.… (meer)
 
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Sopoforic | 8 andere besprekingen | Sep 29, 2020 |

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9
Ook door
4
Leden
989
Populariteit
#26,038
Waardering
3.2
Besprekingen
14
ISBNs
15
Talen
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