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Margaret Wander Bonanno (1950–2021)

Author of Strangers from the Sky

23+ Works 3,118 Members 35 Reviews 2 Favorited

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Works by Margaret Wander Bonanno

Strangers from the Sky (1987) 948 copies
Probe (1992) 791 copies
Dwellers in the Crucible (1985) 575 copies
Burning Dreams (2006) 162 copies
Unspoken Truth (2010) 116 copies
Preternatural (1996) 99 copies
Saturn's Child (1995) 72 copies
The Others (1990) 34 copies
Preternatural Too: Gyre (2000) 23 copies
Star Trek - die Anfänge (2002) — Contributor — 16 copies
A Certain Slant of Light (1979) 15 copies
Otherwhere (1991) 14 copies
Preternatural 3 (2002) 11 copies
Otherwise (1993) 8 copies
Callbacks (1981) 5 copies
Risks (1989) 2 copies
Ember Days (1980) 2 copies
Star Trek [1989 box set] (1989) — Contributor — 1 copy

Associated Works

Mirror Universe: Shards and Shadows (2009) — Contributor — 137 copies
Star Trek: Mere Anarchy (2009) — Contributor — 82 copies

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Canonical name
Bonanno, Margaret Wander
Birthdate
1950
Date of death
2021-04-08
Gender
female
Nationality
USA

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SF.2 cultures & species clash on same planet. Fair read, but hard to follow language used.
 
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derailer | Jan 25, 2024 |
As a continuation of "WHAAAAALES IN SPAAAAACE" this was GREAT. It dealt with linguistics, with actual problems of first contact (do you even recognize the things you're trying to contact), with Federation diplomacy...everything I want from a Star Trek story. Highly recommended.
 
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everystartrek | 5 other reviews | Jan 7, 2023 |
I really like that this book tried to tackle the th'y'la relationship, but I don't think it totally succeeded. I respect the attempt, but there's just so much rape and attempted rape, so much struggling with sexuality, and so little recognition that WOMEN SOMETIMES BANG WOMEN, for lord's sake, that it was really undermined for me. I'm not saying that the th'y'la bond is sexual, but only that the possibility of sexuality today would need to be addressed at least from the human side, y'know?
 
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everystartrek | 3 other reviews | Jan 5, 2023 |
Really enjoyed this one! It totally contradicts tons of stuff in the TNG movies about first contact, but I don't care—it was a fun ride. I particularly liked how it tied in some specific TOS episodes with much later events of the films.
 
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everystartrek | 9 other reviews | Jan 5, 2023 |

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Rating
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Reviews
35
ISBNs
73
Languages
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