Diane Carey
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Diane Carey is an author of science fiction novels, most notably those of the Star Trek franchise. She is the co-creator, with John J. Ordover, of the spinoff series, Star Trek: New Earth, and its continuation series, Star Trek: Challenger.
Among her other Star Trek novels are the original series books Star Trek: First Frontier, Star Trek: Dreadnought!, Starfleet Academy, the Starfleet Academy novel Cadet Kirk, the Star Trek: The Next Generation novel Ghost Ship, and the Star Trek: Deep Space Nine novelization of the two-part episode "The Way of the Warrior."
[edit] Critisisms Of Carey's Early Work
Carey's first two novels, Battlestations and Dreadnought!, received significant criticism over what was perceived as Carey's telling of a Mary Sue story. The criticisms resulted from Carey's admission in an interview shortly after the second novel was released that the character of "Piper" was specifically based on herself, and that the supporting cast of Academy graduates were based on her closest friends as well. As "Piper" goes beyond the means of the character's skills and saves the Enterprise where the regular crew could not, many readers and critics viewed the novels as being Trek-versions of Mary Sue stories. Such stories were usually relegated to the more secluded corners of Trek fandom, normally shared only between fans on a one-to-one basis, or in limited publication via fanzines. In these "Lt. Mary Sue" stories, a young, usually female, lieutenant would save the ship from certain danger using skills or knowledge outside of her training and discipline, and in almost all cases would wind up winning the heart of at least one of the bridge crew members - usually one James Tiberius Kirk or Mr. Spock.
Despite critical denoument, Carey's third novel, Final Frontier - a pre-Original Series novel dealing with the launching of the Enterprise - received far more positive acclaim than her first two novels. The title is not to be confused with the fifth Star Trek film, The Final Frontier, or Carey's later TOS novel First Frontier, which featured the crew traveling back to the age of the dinosaurs.
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