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Demons (Dillard novel)

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Demons
AuthorJ.M. Dillard
LanguageEnglish
SeriesStar Trek: The Original Series
GenreScience fiction novel
PublisherPocket Books
Publication date
July 1986
Publication placeUnited States
Media typePrint (paperback)
Pages256 pp
ISBN1-85286-351-X (first edition, paperback)
OCLC24719711
Preceded byDreadnought! 
Followed byBattlestations! 

Demons is a Star Trek: The Original Series novel written by J.M. Dillard.

Plot

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A strange device found by a scientific expedition is taken to the planet Vulcan. It begins taking people over one by one, replacing them with malevolent power-hungry entities. The crew of the Enterprise, those not yet replaced, must contain this threat to Vulcan and defeat it.

Background

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This story is continued in the Star Trek: The Next Generation novel Possession, also by J.M. Dillard, where it is revealed the device is one of many.

Reception

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The book made the New York Times bestseller list in July 1986.[1]

Robert Greenberger praised the novel for "some nice bits about Vulcan ritual and mind-control".[2]

The character Anitra Lantry was described as a "Mary Sue" by Camille Bacon-Smith.[3]

References

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  1. ^ "PAPERBACK BEST SELLERS: JULY 13, 1986". New York Times. Jul 13, 1986. Retrieved 15 September 2014.
  2. ^ Greenberger, Robert (November 1986). "Demons". Starlog (112): 67.
  3. ^ Bacon-Smith, Camille (December 1, 1991). Enterprising Women: Television Fandom and the Creation of Popular Myth. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania: University of Pennsylvania Press. pp. 99–100. ISBN 978-0-8122-1379-9.
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