Since I couldn't remember that scene, I thumbed through the novel to find it. At one point, Starsky mentions that Kirk had said his daughter, T'Lis, was named after her great-aunt. Occasionally, the author hides pieces of information.
I could never arguemyself into believing the idea on my own, and I received no help from the author. (I never thought of Kirk as being Jewish, so the idea hit like ice cubes dropped down the back of my neck-I nearly jumped screaming from my chair. Also, he spends much of the time talking with Starsky about being Jewish in Iowa. His life centers around his children (those kids from the front cover, who turned out not to be as irritating as I'd expected). The author's Jim Kirk is too soft for the series character. (Starsky recruited by the Mossad or Military Intelligence? Be real! He's a sweet guy, but not their type.) Hutch simply faded into the woodwork for most of the story. He kept leaping unpredictably to conclusions that were not supported by any thing in the story, or by a general knowledge of the series. In contrast, I never fully understood the author's version of Hutch. That's a very Starsky line his accent and background resonate throughout his dialogue. S: "The only Americans who can't drive are from New York." At one point, he's talking with new neighbor Jim Kirk: He talks and thinks as I'd expect the series character to do. There are occasional problems with the basics-transition, pacing, and point of view-but her characterization of Starsky shines. The story's strongest asset is the author's solid writing style its weakest, the rubber science. I felt queasy seeing so many children portrayed-I wasn't sure if I'd be able to finish the novel or not (I'm infant-shy, especially when it comes to zines and sitcoms). No illustrations or intense descriptions of violence or sex. This isn't a graphic novel in any sense of the word. It was a nice change from the multiple-reduction, teeny-tiny type of the usual digest-size zine.
Standard layout and presentation typeface a bit large for the digest format, but laser-print clean. At five bucks, thezine'sacheap slash read. As it is, a couple of them are large enough to swallow the Enterprise. It needed another twenty to flesh out the story, and eliminate some major plot holes. As such, it tries for a lot in only ninety-five pages. Fireflight, written by Kathy Esselman, is a romantic, PG-rated, S/H-K/S crossover novella, presented here in an inexpensive digest format.
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