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Review: 6/10

Bloodthirst
Review by The Fabulous Kiwi Bird, submitted on 27-Jul-1992

_Bloodthirst_, 1987, Pocket Books, J. M. Dillard.

Well, SOME Star Trek novels are worth reading!! This Trek Classic book is not a "keeper" as was _Spock's Planet_ or _How Much For Just the Planet_, but it's worth reading for an interesting exploration of a vampire theme.

A Starfleet biological warfare unit invents a virus that turns folks into one of two kinds of vampire--"H" for human or "R" for Romulan/Vulcan. Characterization is not too strong, and the plot twist features a grand old chestnut of Trek literature, but the logic of the vampiric virus is sound, as is Dr. McCoy's cure for it.

Worth spending time over on a plane or in a waiting room.

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