I grabbed my paperback on the way out the door to take my daughter to the emergency room where we ended up staying all day, and I finished it while waiting in the surgical waiting room for her to come out of her appendectomy. Through the whole day, she and I were handing the book back and forth, and I have to say, it was great ER reading. (It actually occurred to me during our stay how many books I've read in Emergency Rooms...)
What we've got here is a fun Star Trek parody written by a serious science fiction writer who knows the genre and knows the conventions, and isn't afraid to poke fun at them. But at the same time, she creates thoughtful characters you can attach to and really enjoy riding along with. The characters are playing for humor but aren't themselves a mockery, if that makes sense. There's a Pratchett-esque bent to the storytelling, and there's plenty to enjoy and a lot of jokes you have to engage with to figure out what's going on. (About a third of the way through, my daughter looked up and said, "Did they just rickroll the aliens?")
Very recommended for people who are familiar with Star Trek and like to laugh. I sent my father a copy for his birthday and will be handing mine to my 11 year old Star Trek fan son next.
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Space Traipse: Hold My Beer
Upholding humanity's reputation as the most reckless species in the galaxy.
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| Size | Story Collection | Story Collection | Story Collection | Story Collection | Novelette |
| Main storyline stories | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | |
| Parody stories | ST: TOS Shore Leave | ST: TOS Amok Time, Ad Astra | Phantom of the Opera, TNG: The Perfect Mate | ST: TOS Arena, ST: TOS Naked Time, ST: TNG Naked Now | ST: Animated Yesteryear |
| Lt. Loreli | Unwitting object of a love triangle. Roots in soil, causing a diplomatic incident. | Teaches Gel the ways of Globbal love. | It’s so sad! :( | Sniffle | |
| Ensign/Lt. Ellie Doall | Shows her diplomatic genius. Is kind to a janbot. | Brief romance with a Logic; saves the ship. | Poor Ellie! The Guilt! Also, brain-napped by a janbot. | Falls in love. Gets Space Loonies. Saves the ship while naked. | Goes back in time to prevent her younger self from wrecking their life. |
| Lt. Enigo LaFuentes | Kicks alien butt. Stuns a crewman as an object lesson. Falls in love with Loreli. Gets fantasy revenge on an old rival. | Fights Gel in a mating ritual. Gets attacked by a turkracken. Gets in a fight with Chief Dour over a movie. | Enigo! I’m so sorry! Forgive me! Also, destroys sentient program with his awesome guitar skills. Fends off a hot empath. | Bonds with Chief Dour. Gets infected with alien virus and puts Gel in charge while he drinks himself stupid. | Warlord Enigo of the Hoodian Armada. Oh, yeah! |
| Minion/Ensign Gel O’Tin | Restrains a prince. Saves Loreli by enveloping her body, to the envy of most of the male crew | Promoted then forced to go home to mate with his childhood bully. | Unable to stop hot empath from getting all gloopy. Is a little freaked about it. | Sees his old buddies at a space station. Saves the ship when the whole crew is infected with Space Loonies. | |
| Chief Dolfrick Dour | Grumpy, gothy. | Saves the Captain’s cousin with arcane teleporter procedures. Gets in fight with Lt. LaFuentes about a movie. | Spengler’s Law violation! You did everything you could! Also, deals with depression by teleporting all over the ship. | Has to deal with his cheery, beauty queen sister. Bonds with Enigo. Back to being usual grumpy, gothy self. | |
| Captain Jebediah Tiberius | Becomes Keptarian. Goes fishing. Of course, saves the ship from the Cybers. | Stops his cousin from elvolving a species to its doom. Family, amIright? | I’m sorry, Jeb. I’m so, so sorry. | Has a second chance with a long-lost flame. Loses his shirt in a battle against a big ugly lizardman. | Gets stuck in Ellie’s alternate timeline until she can fix things. |
| Commander Phineas Smythe | Gets caught watching Dr. Who. In a fez. Fezzes are cool. | Important First Officer stuff. (Winning rock-paper-scissors-redshirt-alien means less mortal danger.) | Guess who’s the only one who can tame the hot empath! | What happens to a Whovian with Space Loonies? | Alternate Universe Phin and Alternate Universe Ellie? Ew! |
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