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The Tears of the Singers is a science fiction novel by American writer Melinda M. Snodgrass, part of the Star Trek: The Original Series franchise. It was her first and only Star Trek novel, which led to Snodgrass writing for Star Trek: The Next Generation.
- 15 August 1984
- Pocket Books
Star Trek. The USS Enterprise must stop the slaughter of an alien race, or risk the fate of the universe! The Tears of the Singers is a Pocket TOS novel – #19 in the numbered series – written by Melinda M. Snodgrass. Published by Pocket Books, it was first released in September 1984.
Captain Kirk and the Enterprise join the Klingons to avert disaster in the Taygeta V system—where a time/space warp has swallowed a spaceship without a trace. Spock suspects a link between the anomaly and the inhabitants of Taygeta, semi-aquatic creatures killed for the jewel-like tears secreted...
Mar 21, 2022 · - March 21, 2022. “Grief and loss aren’t necessarily bad things. Oftentimes we grow as a result of such experiences.” —Lieutenant Nyota Uhura. There are, to my knowledge, only two 80’s and 90’s era Star Trek Pocket books that star Uhura as the main character. The first is “ Uhura’s Song ” by Janet Kagan, and is a great favourite of mine.
Aug 15, 1989 · 4.6 89 ratings. See all formats and editions. The Tears Of The Singers. Captain Kirk and the U.S.S Enterprise? join the Klingons to avert disaster in the Taygeta V system -- where a time/space warp has swallowed a spaceship without a trace.
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- Melinda Snodgrass
Sep 6, 2022 · The Tears of the Singers is, as its lyrical title suggests, an adventure in which music plays a central role. The planet Taygeta V is inhabited by singing seal-like creatures who are hunted for the crystalline “tears” they shed at the moment of their death.
Spock suspects a link between the anomaly and the inhabitants of Taygeta, semi-aquatic creatures killed for the jewel-like tears secreted at the moment of death. But a mutinous Klingon officer threatens the vital mission, as a desperate Kirk and Spock race to save the Taygetians, the Federation – and the entire universe!
