Happy birthday to the Horta ensign's mama
May. 18th, 2007 11:48 amFelicitations and hugs and all kindsa stuff like that there to ![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png)
dduane, a real nice lady and the best author of Star Trek novels (and comic book stories) ever, bar none. (Sorry, all you Peter David and Keith DeCandido fans.) She's created some of my favorite characters that have never been seen on a screen, large or small, and that damned well oughta be. My personal favorite is Naraht, the Horta officer aboard Jim Kirk's Enterprise in novels including The Wounded Sky and My Enemy, My Ally—although the arachnoid scientist/engineer K's't'lk and her (...um...mother? previous self? ancestor?) predecessor K't'lk come in a real close second. She's also one of the few Trek authors to really make an effort to bring in and develop non-humanoid characters...and do it well. Writers on the studio's shows and movies could learn from her...and one hopes at least a few have. ([sings] "There's more richness in a single planet's zoo / Than the sameness in a Federation crew..." —thanks, Kanef!)
She's also a top-notch author of non-Trek original novels and stories, as a quick search through Amazon.com will show you. (One of these days I really should bestir myself to read some of 'em. Real Soon Now, Diane, I promise.)
dduane, a real nice lady and the best author of Star Trek novels (and comic book stories) ever, bar none. (Sorry, all you Peter David and Keith DeCandido fans.) She's created some of my favorite characters that have never been seen on a screen, large or small, and that damned well oughta be. My personal favorite is Naraht, the Horta officer aboard Jim Kirk's Enterprise in novels including The Wounded Sky and My Enemy, My Ally—although the arachnoid scientist/engineer K's't'lk and her (...um...mother? previous self? ancestor?) predecessor K't'lk come in a real close second. She's also one of the few Trek authors to really make an effort to bring in and develop non-humanoid characters...and do it well. Writers on the studio's shows and movies could learn from her...and one hopes at least a few have. ([sings] "There's more richness in a single planet's zoo / Than the sameness in a Federation crew..." —thanks, Kanef!)She's also a top-notch author of non-Trek original novels and stories, as a quick search through Amazon.com will show you. (One of these days I really should bestir myself to read some of 'em. Real Soon Now, Diane, I promise.)
