Name: Uhura's Song
ISBN: 9780743403733

Janet Kagan

The Enterprise orbits Eeiauo in a desperate race to save the inhabitants from a deadly plague. Uhura's secret songs may hold the key to a cure.

Uhura's Song

Janice Hopper

Human-sized talking cats with prehensile tales who can sing and who revere bards; a deadly disease that even McCoy can't cure; a hyper-capable outsider in the crew who may not be who she seems; and a pretty pitch-perfect rendering of the ST:TOS crew. These are the elements of this story. 

I picked this up because I'm still a ST:TOS fan, and I'd seen it recommended in a File770 comment. It's pretty good at depicting the original characters. As another reviewer say, it's got a pretty serious Mary Sue problem, but the character in question is charming enough that I can't really feel very bothered. And I've always enjoyed trickster stories. 

It's breezy and reasonably enjoyable to read. It has an exceptionally cheerful view of human society and the alien society we meet. 

And Uhura did get short shrift after the first bit.

Uhura's Song

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