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  The Caretaker smiled upon all these couples, even at the restive Spock. "We regret that you have been made uncomfortable, even puzzled."

  Kirk had relaxed enough to be curious. "You say your people built this? Who are you? What planet are you from?"

  The Caretaker shook his white head. "Your race is not yet ready to understand us, Captain Kirk."

  Spock, still trying to tactfully disentangle himself from the cabaret girl, replied, "I tend to agree."

  The communicator beeped. "This is the bridge, Cap-tain. Our power systems have come back in. Do you require any assistance?"

  "Everything is in order, Lieutenant Uhura. Stand by." It seemed now that everything was indeed in order. But...

  "With the proper caution, our amusement planet could be an ideal place for your people to enjoy themselves, if you wish," said the Caretaker.

  McCoy, now firmly attached to Yeoman Barrows, said, "It is what the doctor ordered, Jim.".

  "Very well... Bridge! I'll be sending up a short briefing. As soon as all personnel have heard it, you may commence transporting shore parties. And tell them to prepare for the best shore leave they've ever had!"

  As Kirk shut his communicator, Mr. Spock ap-proached him, still surrounded by pink feathers and bare legs. "I'll go back aboard, Captain. With all due respect to the young lady, I've had about all the shore leave I care for."

  The young lady, acknowledging defeat, joined her companion. Sulu did not seem to mind.

  "No, Mr. Spock, I'll go. You-"

  Ruth glided out from the forest canopy and held out her hands, smiling.

  "On the other hand, perhaps I'll stay for a day or two..." said the Captain, leaving Spock to his own devices.

  Later, Spock greeted them, impassive as ever. He shook his head as he looked at their suntanned faces.

  "Enjoy your shore leave, gentlemen?"

  Kirk met McCoy's amused eye. "That we did, Mr. Spock. That we did!"

  Spock stared at them, puzzled. They seemed full of satisfaction. He shrugged.

  "Most illogical," he said with finality.. The Enterprise departed at Warp Factor One amid the guffaws of the Captain and the ship's surgeon.

  APPENDIX I

  STAR TREK TITLES AUTHORS

  Star Trek 1

  Balance of Terror Paul Schneider

  Charlie's Law (Charlie X) Teleplay by D. C. Fontana Story by Gene Roddenberry

  Conscience of the King, The Barry Trivers

  Dagger of the Mind S. Bar-David

  Man Trap (The Unreal McCoy) George Clayton Johnson

  Miri Adrian Spies

  Naked Time, The John D. F. Black

  Star Trek 2

  Arena Gene L. Coon

  City on the Edge of Forever, The Harlan Ellison

  Court Martial Don M. Mankiewicz and Steven W. Carabatsos

  Errand of Mercy Gene L. Coon

  Operation-Annihilate! Steven W. Carabatsos

  Space Seed Carey Wilber and Gene L. Coon

  Taste of Armageddon,A Robert Hammer and Gene L. Coon

  Tomorrow Is Yesterday D. C. Fontana

  Star Trek 3

  Amok Time Theodore Sturgeon

  Assignment: Earth Gene Roddenberry and Art Wallace

  Doomsday Machine, The Norman Spinrad

  Friday's Child D. C. Fontana

  Last Gunfight, The

  (The OK Corral, Spectre of the Gun) Lee Cronin

  Mirror, Mirror Jerome Bixby

  Trouble with Tribbles, The David Gerrold

  Star Trek 4

  All Our Yesterdays Jean Lisette Aroeste

  Devil in the Dark, The Gene L. Coon

  Enterprise Incident, The D. C. Fontana

  Journey to Babel D. C. Fontana

  Menagerie, The Gene Roddenberry

  Piece of the Action, A David P. Harmon and Gene L. Coon

  Star Trek 5

  Let That Be Your Last Battlefield Oliver Crawford and Lee Cronin

  Requiem for Methuselah Jerome Bixby

  This Side of Paradise Nathan Butler and D. C. Fontana

  Tholian Web, The Judy Burns and Chet Richards

  Turnabout Intruder Gene Roddenberry and Arthur H. Singer

  Way to Eden, The Arthur Heinemann and Michael Richards

  Whom Gods Destroy Lee Erwin and Jerry Sohl

  Star Trek 6

  Apple, The Max Ehrlich and Gene L. Coon

  By Any Other Name D. C. Fontana and Jerome Bixby

  Cloud Minders, The Margaret Armen, David Gerrold and Oliver Crawford

  Lights of Zetar, The Jeremy Tarcher and Shari Lewis

  Mark of Gideon, The George F. Slavin and Stanley Adams

  Savage Curtain, The Gene Roddenberry and Arthur Heinemann

  Star Trek 7

  Changeling, The John Meredyth Lucas

  Deadly Years, The David P. Harmon

  Elaan of Troyius John Meredyth Lucas

  Metamorphosis Gene L. Coon

  Paradise Syndrome, The Margaret Armen

  Who Mourns for Adonais Gilbert A. Ralston and Gene L. Coon

  Star Trek 8

  Catspaw Robert Bloch

  Enemy Within, The Richard Matheson

  For the World Is Hollow and

  I Have Touched the Sky Rik Vollaerts

  Spock's Brain Lee Cronin

  Where No Man Has Gone Before Samuel A. Peoples

  Wolf in the Fold. Robert Bloch

  Star Trek 9

  Immunity Syndrome, The Robert Sabaroff

  Obsession Art Wallace

  Return of the Archons, The Boris Sobelman

  Return to Tomorrow Gene Roddenberry and John T. Dugan

  That Which Survives John Meredyth Lucas and D. C. Fontana

  Ultimate Computer, The D. C. Fontana and Laurence N. Wolfe

  Star Trek 10

  Alternative Factor, The Don Ingalls

  Empath, The Joyce Muskat

  Galileo Seven, The Simon Wincelberg and Oliver Crawford

  Is There in Truth No Beauty? Jean Lisette Aroeste

  Omega Glory, The Gene Roddenberry

  Private Little War, A Don Ingalls and Gene Roddenberry

  Star Trek 11

  Bread and Circuses Gene Roddenberry and Gene L. Coon

  Day of the Dove Jerome Bixby

  Plato's Stepchildren Meyer Dolinsky

  Squire of Gothos, The Paul Schneider

  What Are Little Girls Made Of? Robert Bloch

  Wink of an Eye Arthur Heinemann and Lee Cronin

  Star Trek 12

  And the Children Shall Lead* Edward J. Lakso

  Corbomite Maneuver, The Jerry Sohl

  Gamesters of Triskelion, The Margaret Armen

  Patterns of Force John Meredyth Lucas

  Shore Leave* Theodore Sturgeon

  *Adapted by J. A. Lawrence.

  APPENDIX II

  NOTES

  Seasons: First: September 1966-April 1967

  Second: September 1967-April 1968

  Third: September 1968-April 1969

  "I, Mudd" and "Mudd's Women" will appear soon in an expanded version.

  STAR TREK TITLES

  (Alphabetical)

  Title Collection Season

  Number

  All Our Yesterdays 4 3

  Alternative Factor, The 10 1

  Amok Time 3 2

  And the Children Shall Lead 12 3

  Apple, The 6 2

  Arena 2 1

  Assignment: Earth 3 2

  Balance of Terror 1 1

  Bread and Circuses 11 2

  By Any Other Name 6 2

  Catspaw 8 2

  Changeling, The 7 2

  Charlie's Law (Charlie X) 1 1

  City on the Edge of Forever, The 2 1

  Cloud Minders, The 6 3

  Conscience of the King, The 1 1

  Corbomite Maneuver, The 12 1

  Court Martial 2 1

  Dagger of the Mind 1 1

  Day of the Dove 11 3

  Deadly Years, The 7 2

&
nbsp; Devil in the Dark, The 4 1

  Doomsday Machine, The 3 2

  Elaan of Troyius 7 3

  Empath, The 10 3

  Enemy Within, The 8 1

  Enterprise Incident, The 4 3

  Errand of Mercy 2 1

  For the World Is Hollow and

  I Have Touched the Sky 8 3

  Friday's Child 3 2

  Galileo Seven, The 10 1

  Gamesters of Triskelion, The 12 2

  Immunity Syndrome, The 9 2

  I, Mudd see notes

  Is There in Truth No Beauty? 10 3

  Journey to Babel 4 2

  Last Gunflight, The 3 3

  (The OK Corral)

  (Spectre of the Gun)

  Let That Be Your Last Battlefield 5 3

  Lights of Zetar, The 6 3

  Man Trap (The Unreal McCoy) 1 1

  Mark of Gideon, The 6 2

  Menagerie, The 4 1

  Metamorphosis 7 2

  Miri 1 1

  Mirror, Mirror 3 2

  Mudd's Women see notes

  Naked Time, The 1 1

  Obsession 9 2

  Omega Glory, The 10 2

  Operation-Annihilate! 2 1

  Paradise Syndrome, The 7 3

  Patterns of Force 12 2

  Piece of the Action, A 4 2

  Plato's Stepchildren 11 3

  Private Little War, A 10 2

  Requiem for Methuselah 5 3

  Return of the Archons, The 9 1

  Return to Tomorrow 9 2

  Savage Curtain The 6 3

  Shore Leave 12 1

  Space Seed 2 1

  Spock Must Die! original novel not broadcast

  Spock's Brain 8 3

  Squire of Gothos, The 11 1

  Taste of Armageddon, A 2 1

  That Which Survives 9 3

  This Side of Paradise 5 1

  Tholian Web, The 5 3

  Tomorrow Is Yesterday 2 1

  Trouble with Tribbles, The 3 2

  Turnabout Intruder 5 3

  Ultimate Computer, The 9 2

  Unreal McCoy, The

  (see Man Trap)

  Way to Eden, The 5 3

  What Are Little Girls Made Of? 11 1

  Where No Man Has Gone Before 8 1

  Who Mourns for Adonais? 7 2

  Whom Gods Destroy 5 3

  Wink of an Eye 11 3

  Wolf in the Fold 8 2

  ABOUT THE AUTHORS

  JAMES BLISH, one of the top science fiction writers and author of Bantam's popular Star Trek series, died in London on July 30, 1975, of lung cancer. He was fifty-four. Mr. Blish was born in New Jersey and received a Bachelor of Science degree in zoology from Rutgers University in 1942. He spent two years in the army as a medical technician and returned to do graduate work at Columbia University after World War II, switching from zoology to literature. Mr. Blish discovered science fiction as a youngster and, at the age of fourteen, issued his first "fanzine," "The Planeteers." He went on to write many science fiction novels and short stories, the most famous being his trilogy, Cities in Flight. In 1959, he won the coveted Hugo Award for his novel, A Case of Conscience. Besides being a writer, Mr. Blish was an im-portant critic in the science fiction field. His two books of science fiction criticism, The Issue at Hand (1964) and More Issues at Hand (1970), were published under his pseudonym William Atheling, Jr., and are still important milestones in the field.

  J. A. lawrence has been a science fiction fan for many years. She was the wife of James Blish and now lives in Athens, Greece,

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