Name: The Tears of the Singers Author: Melinda Snodgrass Publication Date: 9/1984 Publisher: Pocket Books (Star Trek #19) Page Numb
"This is a great classic Star Trek story, it uses a science fiction setting to tell a morality tale about our own society. The lesson is what happens when commercially driven activities have a large negative effect on our environment. In this case the actions of the hunters cause the space phenomenon to get out of control and start consuming ships. In modern times many industries in pursuit of profits have caused massive environmental damage. Of course, the Taygetians songs were also going to lead to the destruction of their own sun if they were not told to stop. Which arguably wouldnât have happened without the space phenomenon eating ships and that was the fault of the hunters. Maybe I shouldnât overthink this."

















