This, Our Infinity

Fanfiction
Title:	This, Our Infinity
Author(s):	Judi L. Hendricks
Date(s):	1976
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Genre(s):	gen
Fandom(s):	Star Trek: TOS
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This, Our Infinity is a Star Trek: TOS story by Judi L. Hendricks.

"There is a Mary Sue story by Judi Hendricks, "This, Our Infinity." (I realize now that one can spot a MS story by seeing if there's a starry eyed illo of a female head-and- shoulders shot anywhere in the first third of the story.)" --

It was published in the print zine Pegasus #1.

Reactions and Reviews

Spock is "off his feed" again but this time he's made plans and has a half-Vulcan bride conveniently waiting on a nearby planet. While they are off honeymooning, Kirk & McCoy's party are caught in a recoite mine cave-in and rescued when highly-telepathic Meriel picks up a mental distress call from McCoy. During the rescue, Meriel is injured in turn, and saved by McCoy's potions in concert with Spock's melding. Nothing sterling, but good solid characterization, a nice read.

'This, Our Infinity, is a Spock-Gets-Married story that avoids most of the pitfalls of the genre. Mariel, his bride, is not a surrogate for the author but a young woman who can meet Spock's rather unspecialized needs. The sex is subtle and understated, and not the whole purpose of the story but one element of a plot that very nearly turns into a McCoy vehicle. Complaint might be that we aren't told much about the couple's meeting and wooing, and that perhaps more ESp is involved than Vulcans usually exhibit, but it meshes well and is a satisfactory romance.

"This, Our Infinity" while reading well, is technically the weakest, since the plot seems to exist primarily to serve Spock and Mariel, allowing her to satisfy him in pon farr. Even if she is half-Vulcan herself she comes awfully close to being another Mary Sue.