"In the Maze" was the fourth short story collected in the TOS anthology The New Voyages 2 in 1978. It was written by Jennifer Guttridge, who also wrote "The Winged Dreamers".
Description
- The excellence of certain Star Trek fanzine publications can be seen in stories like "In the Maze" — published here essentially as it appeared in "T-Negative"...
Summary
Enterprise personnel become the guinea pigs of an extradimensional scientist.
References
Characters
- crablike monstrosity • James T. Kirk • Lopez • Leonard McCoy • Montgomery Scott • Sheckley • Spock • Nyota Uhura • Wardoff • unnamed USS Enterprise personnel (landing party members, security guard)
- Referenced only
- Devil • God
Starships and vehicles
Locations
- unnamed planet • laboratory
- Referenced only
- Hell
Races and cultures
- unnamed races and cultures (native species, scientist's species) • Human (Arab • Red-Indian) • Vulcan
States and organizations
Science and classification
- communicator • hypospray • intercom • knife • laboratory • medikit • medscanner • phaser • probe • scalpel • sensor • transporter • tricorder • turbolift
Ranks and titles
- captain • doctor • first officer • officer • physician • scientist • security guard • sheik
Other references
- agriculture • animal • blood • brain • communication • concrete • coordinates • dimension • emotion • feudalism • foam-bandage • grass • hour • landing party • language • lifeform • log entry • logic • minute • moss • orbit • plant • pneumonia • rat • silver • slime-devil • stone • telepathy • tentacle • time • transporter room • trouser • tunic • universe • war • warp factor (warp two) • water • year
Timeline
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)
Appendices
Background
- An earlier draft of the story appeared in the fanzine "T-Negative" #23 in 1974.
- Apparently the extra-dimensional scientist was not able to return the bodies of the crewmen killed by a tentacle monster. Twelve people beamed down, but James T. Kirk only beamed up ten.
Related stories
- TOS novella: Giant in the Universe – Kirk, Spock, McCoy and Montgomery Scott were trapped with giant rats in a laboratory in 2266.
- TOS - New Visions comic: "A Scent of Ghosts" – Other-dimensional beings in colonizer ships sought a new universe to call home.
- TOS - New Visions comic: "An Unexpected Yesterday" – Sub-dimensional beings created a portal on Earth in the early 21st century.
- TOS - Plot-Your-Own Adventure Stories novella: Distress Call! – Enterprise landing parties explored the mazelike Vardan buildings in 2277.
Connections
| published order | ||
|---|---|---|
| Previous story: The Patient Parasites |
Star Trek: The New Voyages 2
|
Next story: Cave-In |
| Previous story: The Winged Dreamers |
Stories by: Jennifer Guttridge |
Next story: last story |
| chronological order | ||
| Previous Adventure: Demand of Honor |
Memory Beta Chronology | Next Adventure: Turnabout Intruder |
| Previous Adventure: To Reign in Hell: The Exile of Khan Noonien Singh Chapters 16-18 |
Next Adventure: Faces of Fire | |
External link
- In the Maze article at Fanlore.
