Article-I.D.: aplvax.138
Posted: Tue Aug  6 17:15:24 1985
Date-Received: Thu, 8-Aug-85 01:06:42 EDT
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I got back from vacation (at the 10th anniversary August Party, an
excellent local Trek con) and found no more responses to my poll on
the Star Trek novels so here are the final standings.  17 people
responded, though some listed less than 5 and one person could only
narrow it down to 6.

35	The Entropy Effect	Vonda McIntyre
30	My Enemy, My Ally	Diane Duane
23	The Final Reflection	John M. Ford
21	The Wounded Sky		Diane Duane
18	Black Fire		Sonni Cooper
18	Vulcan Academy Murders	Jean Lorrah
14	Yesterday's Son		Ann Crispin
13	Price of the Phoenix	Sondra Marshak/Myrna Culbreath
11	Ishmael			Barbara Hambly
7	Fate of the Phoenix	Sondra Marshak/Myrna Culbreath
7	Spock Must Die!		James Blish
5	The Galactic Whirlpool	David Gerrold
4	Death's Angel		Kathleen Sky
4	Tears for the Singer
4	Uhura's Song		Janet Kagen
3	Spock, Messiah!		Theodore Cogswell & Charles Spano
3	Vulcan!			Kathleen Sky
2	Covenant of the Crown	Howard Weinstein
2	The Prometheius Design
1	Killing Time		Della Van Hise
1	Planet of Judgment	Joe Haldeman
1	Shadow Lord
1	Triangle

Though I had said original novels only, each of the movie novelizations
got a vote anyway-
4	Star Trek: The Motion Picture	Roddenberry
2	ST2: The Wrath of Kahn		Vonda McIntyre
1	ST3: The Search for Spock	Vonda McIntyre

There was even one negative vote and since the book got no positive
votes it must be pretty bad-
-1	Mutiny on the Enterprise

Thanks to all who responded with votes or comments.

To those with questions about my information that Killing Time had
been removed from distribution - I didn't learn anything more at the
con this past weekend except that none of the dealers had copies of
the book and could not get more.  I haven't had a chance to read
my copy yet but I'm sure that whatever Paramount found objectionable
would probably be unnoticeably mild to a sensible adult reader (and
totally innocuous to anyone who reads fanzines).

			Mary Anne Espenshade
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