I just checked that Wiki; while I never read the original Niven story or saw the episode (I was really little when it was on TV and I *gasp* didn't like Star Trek) I do remember stasis boxes. Maybe from one of the novels?
I need to check, but I think Robert April was the captain in "Best Destiny" by Diane Carey. That's the book where a young Jimmy Kirk was bratty, arrogant, and constantly getting in trouble (okay, that sounds like the adult Kirk too,) so his dad - who was with Starfleet Security - took him along to "the office" (on that trip it was the brand new Enterprise on her maiden voyage.) Jimmy Boy sabotaged the Bad Guys, became a hero and, of course, straightened up and went on to the Academy.
Niven used Slaver stasis boxes in several stories; one entire novel, World of Ptaavs, revolves around the concept. Other authors have mentioned similar technologies... Vernor Vinge, for instance, wrote two novels (The Peace War and Marooned in Realtime) in which Bobbles, a similar doohickey, figure prominently.
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Date: 2008-06-06 08:32 pm (UTC)I need to check, but I think Robert April was the captain in "Best Destiny" by Diane Carey. That's the book where a young Jimmy Kirk was bratty, arrogant, and constantly getting in trouble (okay, that sounds like the adult Kirk too,) so his dad - who was with Starfleet Security - took him along to "the office" (on that trip it was the brand new Enterprise on her maiden voyage.) Jimmy Boy sabotaged the Bad Guys, became a hero and, of course, straightened up and went on to the Academy.
Time to find that book.
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Date: 2008-06-06 09:28 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2008-06-08 01:32 am (UTC)