If you don't know what the hell's going on (which is likely) read this review first. Ready? Okay. So, once again, here are a couple of goddamned editors who think they can write. That's right, the two bims who rigged these "New Voyages" books so that (almost) all the stories are by their carpet-munching girlfriends went ahead and wrote two stories for this one, and they're both so fucking terrible it like defies belief. The first one (about Captain Kirk's birthday) is just embarrassing and pathetic, but the second one - where Captain Kirk gets turned into chick, and a chick gets turned into a man and likes it - really says it all. At this point, anyone who still thinks that the broads who put these books together aren't total lesbos just isn't paying attention.

As for the rest of the stories, some of them are actually okay. "The Patient Parasites" was supposed to be an episode of the old Star Trek cartoon, and "Marginal Existence" is just straight-up badass, so both of them get four tribbles. "The Maze" is okay but has a lazy ending; it gets two tribbles. On the opposite end of the speculum there's the one where the ship's nurse is the hero, like this was some goddamned Lifetime Original Movie or something. Seriously, who picks up a Star Trek book and says "I hope this one is about the nurse!"? Hell, I don't even know the name of the nurse from Star Trek. "Blondie McTits" maybe? Shit like this is lucky to get one tribble.

When you average all the stories out this book isn't very good, so even if you're really into Star Trek it's pretty much a huge waste of time. Although I suppose one could argue that being really into Star Trek is a huge waste of time anyway, so I guess it's your call.