The Hero of My Own Life

"The Hero of My Own Life" by Peg Robinson is the fourth of five TOS short stories in the May 1999 Strange New Worlds II anthology.

Summary[]

Captain Uhura, Gillian Taylor, and Carol Marcus work together on a new Genesis Project.

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References[]

Characters[]

Harpo • Carol Marcus • Gillian Taylor • Nyota Uhura
Referenced only: Johann Sebastian Bach • The Beatles • Fronch • Gabriel • George • Gracie • Amanda Grayson • George Frideric Handel • Baabaatarma Ka • James T. Kirk • D.H. Lawrence • David Marcus • Ogden Nash • Sarek • Spock • T'Tron • Frank Zappa

Starships and vehicles[]

USS Hermes (Antares-class) • Nautilus (amphishuttle)

Locations[]

Madrigal (drift-station) • Pacifica
Referenced only: Earth (San Francisco Bay • Starfleet Academy) • Eden (myth) • Vulcan

Lifeforms[]

barnacle • elephant • finch • macaw • otter • pig • raccoon • spider • vine • virus • whale

Materials and substances[]

amino acid • bone • gas • ion • oxygen • stone • styrofoam • transparent aluminum • water

Occupations and titles[]

bridge crew • captain • commanding officer • doctor • oceanographer • officer • science officer • scientist • slaver • soprano • telepath

Other references[]

24th century • alien • atmosphere • ballet • Bible • briefing room • cavern • choir • civilization • cliff • colony • communication • continent • cooking • day • diving • energy • fan dance • feather • first contact • galaxy • gazebo • heart • heaven • hell • history • hour • humanoid • island • language • legend • light • lightning • logic • map • medical • mile • mind meld • minute • movie • music • ocean • orbit • pea soup • planet • races and cultures • second • shuttlebay • singing • space • species • spine • technology • typhoon • universe • water world • whalesong • year

Appendices[]

Related media[]

TOS movie & novelization: Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan
TOS movie & novelization: Star Trek III: The Search for Spock
TOS movie & novelization: Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home
TOS novel: Sarek

Background[]

The universal translator broadcast into whalesong Frank Zappa's “St. Alfonzo’s Pancake Breakfast” and “Penguin in Bondage”, as well as The Beatles's “Octopus’s Garden” and “Please Release Me”.
Carol Marcus and Gillian Taylor quoted passages from Genesis in the Bible.

Connections[]

Star Trek: The Original Series collected short stories, novellas and short novels
The New Voyages	The New Voyages ("Ni Var" • "Intersection Point" • "The Enchanted Pool" • "Visit to a Weird Planet Revisited" • "The Face on the Barroom Floor" • "The Hunting" • "The Winged Dreamers" • "Mind-Sifter" • "Sonnet from the Vulcan: Omicron Ceti Three") • The New Voyages 2 ("Surprise!" • "Snake Pit!" • "The Patient Parasites" • "In the Maze" • "Cave-In" • "Marginal Existence" • "The Procrustean Petard" • "The Sleeping God" • "Elegy for Charlie" • "Soliloquy")
Star Trek II & III Short Stories	Star Trek II Short Stories ("The Blaze of Glory" • "Under Twin Moons" • "Wild Card" • "The Secret Empire" • "Intelligence Test" • "To Wherever") • Star Trek III Short Stories ("The Azphari Enigma" • "The Jungles of Memory" • "A Vulcan, A Klingon, and an Angel" • "World's End" • "As Old as Forever")
Strange New Worlds	I ("A Private Anecdote" • "The Last Tribble" • "The Lights in the Sky" • "Reflections") • II ("Triptych" • "The Quick and the Dead" • "The First Law of Metaphysics" • "The Hero of My Own Life" • "Doctors Three") • III ("If I Lose Thee..." • "The Aliens Are Coming!" • "Family Matters") • IV ("A Little More Action" • "Prodigal Father" • "Missed" • "Tears for Eternity" • "Countdown" • "First Star I See Tonight" • "Scotty's Song" • "The Name of the Cat") • V ("Disappearance on 21st Street" • "The Trouble with Borg Tribbles" • "Legal Action" • "Yeoman Figgs" • "The Shoulders of Giants") • VI ("Whales Weep Not" • "One Last Adventure" • "Marking Time" • "Ancient History" • "Bum Radish: Five Spins on a Turquoise Reindeer" • "A Piece of the Pie") • VII ("A Test of Character" • "Indomitable" • "Project Blue Book" • "The Trouble With Tribals" • "All Fall Down" • "A Sucker Born" • "Obligations Discharged") • 8 ("Shanghaied" • "Assignment: One" • "Demon" • "Don't Call Me Tiny") • 9 ("Gone Native" • "A Bad Day for Koloth" • "Book of Fulfillment" • "The Smallest Choices") • 10 ("The Smell of Dead Roses" • "The Doomsday Gambit" • "Empty") • 2016 ("Dilithium Is a Girl's Best Friend")
Constellations	"First, Do No Harm" • "The Landing Party" • "Official Record" • "Fracture" • "Chaotic Response" • "As Others See Us" • "See No Evil" • "The Leader" • "Ambition" • "Devices and Desires" • "Where Everybody Knows Your Name" • "Make-Believe"
Star Trek: Explorer	"All That Most Maddens and Torments" • "The Way to Exile" • "Cumulative Damage" • "Explorers of the Storm" • "The Guardian" • "The Trouble with Jones" • "Sundering" • "A Dish Served Cold" • "Forewarned and Three-Armed" • "Working Miracles" • "Cat and Mouse" • "Housewarming" • "Memoriam"• "Chekov's Challenge" • "My Name is Mudd" • "The Lost Noel"
Misc. short stories	"Though Hell Should Bar the Way" • "Conflicting Natures" • "The Avenger" • "Night Whispers" • "Just Another Little Training Cruise" • "Safe Harbors" • "Ill Winds" • "The Greater Good"
Misc. novellas & short novels	"The Business, As Usual, During Altercations" • "The Badlands, Part I" • "One Giant Leap" • "The First Artifact" • "The Sorrows of Empire" • "A Less Perfect Union" • "The Chimes at Midnight"

Timeline[]

published order
Previous story: The First Law of Metaphysics	Strange New Worlds II	Next story: Doctors Three
Previous story: The First Law of Metaphysics Strange New Worlds II	TOS short stories	Next story: Doctors Three Strange New Worlds II
Previous story: The First Strange New Worlds I	Stories by: Peg Robinson	Next story: A Lady of Xenex No Limits
chronological order
Previous adventure: Iron and Sacrifice sections 8, 12 - 13 & 16 - 18 Tales from the Captain's Table	Pocket Books Timeline	Next adventure: Serpents Among the Ruins The Lost Era
Previous adventure: Four Thousand Throats... pages 8 - 14 Alien Spotlight	Memory Beta Chronology	Next adventure: The Fire and the Rose chapters 23 & 24, section 1 Crucible