Una McCormack
Author of Worlds of Star Trek: Deep Space Nine: Volume One
About the Author
Works by Una McCormack
Impossible Worlds, Impossible Things: Cultural Perspectives on Doctor Who, Torchwood, and the Sarah Jane Adventures (2010) — Editor — 9 copies
Blake's 7: The Liberator Chronicles, Volume 10: Velandra, Retribution and Ministry of Peace (2014) — Author — 7 copies
Biology and Manners: Essays on the Worlds and Works of Lois McMaster Bujold (Liverpool Science Fiction Texts and… (2020) — Editor — 6 copies
Blake's 7: The Liberator Chronicles, Volume 5: Logic, Risk Management and Three (2013) — Author — 6 copies
Star Trek: Discovery: Wonderlands 5 copies
Sea Change {short story} 3 copies
Gallifrey: Evolution 2 copies
Taking Flight 1 copy
In Tauris 1 copy
Associated Works
The Year's Best Science Fiction: Twenty-Fifth Annual Collection (2008) — Contributor — 486 copies, 3 reviews
Chicks Unravel Time: Women Journey Through Every Season of Doctor Who (2012) — Contributor — 99 copies, 3 reviews
Glorifying Terrorism, Manufacturing Contempt: An Anthology (2006) — Contributor — 69 copies, 3 reviews
Perilous and Fair: Women in the Works and Life of J. R. R. Tolkien (2015) — Contributor — 43 copies, 2 reviews
Companion Piece: Women Celebrate the Humans, Aliens and Tin Dogs of Doctor Who (2015) — Contributor — 32 copies, 2 reviews
The Unsilent Library: Essays on the Russell T. Davies Era of the New Doctor Who (Foundation Studies in Science Fiction) (2011) — Contributor — 13 copies, 1 review
Crises and Conflicts: Celebrating the First 10 Years of Newcon Press (2016) — Contributor — 5 copies
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- Birthdate
- 1972-01-13
- Gender
- female
- Nationality
- UK
- Birthplace
- St. Helens, Merseyside, England, UK
- Places of residence
- Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England, UK
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The Never Ending Sacrifice in Star Trek Books (March 2011)
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Star Trek: Discovery: The Way to the Stars by Una McCormack
I must admit after season 2, I simply couldn't abide this particular incarnation of Star Trek. So I purchased a couple of Discovery books with trepidation. The first, as of yet unread, I chose because it featured the actress M. Yeoh on the cover. This book, by McCormack, proved lighthearted and fun. I particularly enjoyed how it fleshed out and developed Tully's character. I recommend it. Happy reading.
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Even the most dedicated Star Trek fan will find it difficult to get excited about this book. “Editor” Una McCormack has set herself a prodigious task to begin with – shoehorning all the multiple timelines and backstories for the character of Spock into one coherent whole. This is done via a conveniently-invented end-of-life custom for Vulcans, the t’san a’lat, or “wisdom book”, intended as "the summation of an individual’s life and experiences”.
And while this is a handy framework upon which to build a life story, the finished piece commits the one cardinal sin of Trek spinoff work – it is dull.
The most interesting sections work out a believable motivation for the character’s late-in-life attempts to bring the Romulan and Vulcan cultures together (or back together, as he firmly believes they share a common heritage). The most convoluted ones deal with the alternate-backstory developed in the series “Star Trek: Discovery”, featuring a human child adopted by Spock’s parents when he was quite young.
All the “usual gang of suspects” from classic Trek is present in one way or another, and each gets at least a brief mention as Spock (through McCormack’s manipulations) tries to make a coherent whole out of a fictional life that has been cobbled together by hundreds, if not thousands, of writers and a handful of actors.
Nice try, but there’s really no emotional payoff here (you should pardon the expression). Not even the spirit of IDIC can make this infinite diversity into an interesting combination.… (more)
And while this is a handy framework upon which to build a life story, the finished piece commits the one cardinal sin of Trek spinoff work – it is dull.
The most interesting sections work out a believable motivation for the character’s late-in-life attempts to bring the Romulan and Vulcan cultures together (or back together, as he firmly believes they share a common heritage). The most convoluted ones deal with the alternate-backstory developed in the series “Star Trek: Discovery”, featuring a human child adopted by Spock’s parents when he was quite young.
All the “usual gang of suspects” from classic Trek is present in one way or another, and each gets at least a brief mention as Spock (through McCormack’s manipulations) tries to make a coherent whole out of a fictional life that has been cobbled together by hundreds, if not thousands, of writers and a handful of actors.
Nice try, but there’s really no emotional payoff here (you should pardon the expression). Not even the spirit of IDIC can make this infinite diversity into an interesting combination.… (more)
I always love companion books for beloved science fiction and this is a good one. We get a look into Janeway’s childhood, family, and life in the “lower decks” when she joins Starfleet. When she gets Voyager, the book summarizes the major episodes from Star Trek: Voyager. My only wish is that we got more stories about Admiral Janeway from her triumphant return to Earth to Star Trek: Nemesis, but c’est la vie.
The Audiobook is also read by Kate Mulgrew and she does not disappoint!
The Audiobook is also read by Kate Mulgrew and she does not disappoint!
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A rather lovely Fifteenth Doctor novel, with two different sets of cute aliens in potential conflict with each other, and the Doctor and Ruby sorting out the conflict. You won’t get the same level of characterisation here is in Ruby Red, but it’s a good sfnal concept, executed in a very Whovian way.… (more)
A rather lovely Fifteenth Doctor novel, with two different sets of cute aliens in potential conflict with each other, and the Doctor and Ruby sorting out the conflict. You won’t get the same level of characterisation here is in Ruby Red, but it’s a good sfnal concept, executed in a very Whovian way.… (more)
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