NOVEL
The Joy Machine
Attribution
Series:	The Original Series, No. 80
Author(s):	James Gunn & Theodore Sturgeon
Publication information
Published:	Paperback - 1 September 1996
Pages:	278
ISBN:	ISBN 0-671-00221-X
Chronology
Date:	2267

Contents 1 Introduction (blurb) 2 Summary 3 References 3.1 Characters 3.1.1 Main 3.1.2 Other 3.2 Starships and vehicles 3.3 Locations 3.4 Species 3.5 States and organizations 3.6 Other 4 Information 5 External Links

Introduction (blurb)Edit

Timshel was once the vacation spot of the galaxy, full of culture, natural beauty, and friendly, hospitable inhabitants. But now Timshel has cut itself off from the universe. No one is allowed to enter or leave. Concerned, the Federation has sent agents to investigate, but none have returned.

Captain Kirk and the crew of the Starship Enterprise are shocked to discover the truth: the people of Timshel have succumbed to an insidious new technology that guarantees every citizen total pleasure, a soul-destroying ecstasy that has enslaved their entire civilization. Kirk and Spock have faced many threats before, but now they face the most seductive menace of all: perfect happiness.

And the rest of the Federation may soon fall under the irresistible control of the Joy Machine.

SummaryEdit

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ReferencesEdit

CharactersEdit

MainEdit

James T. Kirk • Spock • Leonard McCoy • Montgomery Scott • Hikaru Sulu • Nyota Uhura

OtherEdit

Kemal Marouk • Mareen Marouk • Noelle Marouk • Tandy Marouk • Stallone Wolff • Danielle Du Molin • Emanuel De Kreef • Joy Machine • Linda Jimenez • Arne Johannsen • Jawaharlal Srinivasan • Miriam Achebe • Sam Chang • Gregor Zworykin • Frank • Paco • Lintzman

Referenced only 

Alexander the Great • Buddha • Charles Darwin • Jesus • Edna St. Vincent Millay • Odysseus • William Shakespeare • Praxiteles Timshel

Starships and vehiclesEdit

USS Enterprise • Nautilus

LocationsEdit

Athens • Jericho • Kartha IV • Rome • Starbase 12 • Timshel • Timshel City

SpeciesEdit

Human • Vulcan • wampus

States and organizationsEdit

Starfleet • United Federation of Planets

OtherEdit

Adam • apple pie • Apollo • Asimov compensator • atomic bomb • biscuit • boat • book • brain • briefing room • carrier wave • cereal • champagne • chronometer • coffee • computer • computer virus • Dark Galaxy • deuterium • electrode • endorphin • Eve • Federation Standard Time • fish • Garden of Eden • grape • holographic cube • horse • hot fudge sundae • ice cream • influenza • jeans • Judas goat • lobster • meditation • meteorite • milk • narcotic • neutronium • oak • orange juice • Peter Pan • philosophy • police • power grid • Prime Directive • rat • science fiction • steak • strawberry • submarine • subspace radio • tape • toast • transporter • transporter room • tritium • tunic • Turing test • viewscreen • Viking • water • wirehead • xenobiology

InformationEdit

External LinksEdit

The Joy Machine article at Memory Alpha, the wiki for canon Star Trek.

published order
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