kirk@cholula.UUCP (08/06/85)
(Pardon me if this subject's been on net.startrek before ... I haven't subscribed in some time.) One of our local weekly newspapers has published an article describing a genre of women's erotica, referred to as "K/S" ( Kirk/Spock ). K/S, according to the article, is the result of a sub-rosa collaboration of amateur writers and artists who distribute Xerox copies of their work via newsletters and SF conventions. It's based on the premise that Kirk and Spock are lovers who are "mind-melded" until death. The literature uses many of the familiar Star Trek characters, and plot devices like "pon farr" (the Vulcan "time of mating"). Using the sci-fi scenario allows the writers to avoid the cultural gender-stereotyping found in most men's erotic literature. I'd be curious to know if anyone has seen examples of this, and whether they'd care to post excerpts to the net. --- K. Bellar WB0SJP Teltone Corp. uw-beaver!tikal!kirk Kirkland, Wa. USA (206) 827-9626 "They told me I was gullible...and I believed them!" -- --- K. Bellar WB0SJP Teltone Corp. uw-beaver!tikal!kirk Kirkland, Wa. USA (206) 827-9626 "They told me I was gullible...and I believed them!"