"Snake Pit!" is the second short story in the TOS anthology The New Voyages 2 in 1978. It was written by Connie Faddis, who also wrote "Marginal Existence" for the collection.
Summary[]
The Enterprise intervenes in a conflict between the Hualans and a Federation outpost.
References[]
Characters[]
- Christine Chapel • Pavel Chekov • Irvin Domberwicky • Gehres • James T. Kirk • Leonard McCoy • Spock
- Referenced only
- Andrea • Devil • God • Roger Korby • Montgomery Scott
Starships and vehicles[]
Locations[]
Races and cultures[]
States and organizations[]
Science and classification[]
- air coolers • communicator • hypospray • infirmary • intercom • knife • laboratory • medikit • medscanner • phaser • probe • scalpel • sensor • sociology • socioanthropology • transporter • tricorder • turbolift
Occupations and titles[]
- administrator • anthropologist • captain • commander • demon • doctor • ensign • goddess • guard • high priest • lieutenant commander • nurse • sociologist
Other references[]
- animal • beam • blood • civilization • coatl • coatl venom • dart • day • demon • Derivative 249 • duck • egg • emblem • fire • 'gav tree • goat • gold • gravity • hour • island • kiva • mechto • metal • minute • music • ocean • phaser • pon farr • radio • religion • sand • shore-shrimp • sickle • snake • Starfleet uniform (2265-2270) • stone • stunner • tree • uniform • venom • yarrow stick • year
Appendices[]
Related media[]
- TOS episode & Star Trek 11 novelization: What Are Little Girls Made Of? – Discovery of Roger Korby and Andrea on Exo III.
- TOS episode & Star Trek 3 novelization: Amok Time – Chapel recalled seeing Kirk apparently dead after Spock's pon farr.
- Chapel is also featured in:
Background[]
- This story was originally printed with illustrations in the fanzines Universal Transmitter #1 in 1975 and Rigel #3 in 1977.
- A parenthetical comment noted that Chapel's history with Roger Korby as described in the story was based on information presented by Majel Barrett at the New York Star Trek Convention in 1975.
Errata[]
- Korby was spelled Corby.
Connections[]
Timeline[]
| published order | ||
|---|---|---|
| Previous story: Surprise! |
Star Trek: The New Voyages 2
|
Next story: The Patient Parasites |
| Previous story: first story |
Stories by: Connie Faddis |
Next story: Marginal Existence |
| chronological order | ||
| Previous Adventure: The Face on the Barroom Floor |
Memory Beta Chronology | Next Adventure: Book of Fulfillment |
| Previous Adventure: The Face on the Barroom Floor |
Next Adventure: Book of Fulfillment | |
Publication history[]
- January 1978
- First published by Bantam Books. (ISBN 0-553-11392-5)
- February 2000
- 13th printing by Bantam Spectra. (ISBN 0-553-27933-5)
Translations[]
- 1983
- Japanese language: 蛇の���, translated by Hiroshi Saito. (Hayakawa Bunko)
External link[]
- Snake Pit! article at Fanlore.