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    Cover of Star Trek - Doctor's Orders

    Star Trek - Doctor's Orders

    Diane Duane · 1990

    In response to good-natured complaints about his command style, Captain Kirk leaves Doctor McCoy in command of the Enterprise. Kirk beams down to the planet 'Flyspeck' in order to facilitate its acceptance into the Federation. Kirk soon vanishes, leaving McCoy stuck with the ship against his will; regulations forbid him from passing on command to Commander Spock. Kirk is nowhere to be found and to complicate matters, the Klingons show up, claiming to have a stake in 'Flyspeck' as well. It is later found that Kirk had been lost in the time stream, as one of Flyspeck's races do not fully live in linear time.

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    What Hacker News says

    1. themodelplumberFeb 2022
      - The Count of Monte Cristo by Alexandre Dumas

      - The Aubrey-Maturin Series by Patrick O'Brian

      - The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time by Mark Haddon

      - Watchmen by various

      - Star Trek: Doctor's Orders by Diane Duane

      - The Andromeda Strain by Michael Crichton

      - Scaramouche by Rafael Sabatini

      - Ice Station Zebra by Alistair MacLean

      - The Cthulhu Casebooks - Sherlock Holmes and the Sussex Sea-Devils by James Lovegrove

      - Contact by Carl Sagan

      - 2001: A Space Odyssey by Arthur C. Clarke

      Top 11? :-)

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    2. protomythDec 2016
      If you consider modern fantasy in the YA category then Diane Duane's Young Wizards series has been a favorite of mine http://ebooksdirect.co

      Her Star Trek books are quite good, and the audible books of the Young Wizards series are narrated by Christina Moore who does a very good job on all her audiobooks.

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