This is a tragic love story, Shakespearean in scope, about two men---one an immortal who has lived thousands of years and been thousands of people, the other a very human 23rd-century starship captain, both in love with a beautiful woman whose one flaw is that she was not human. As the story unfolded I could see the conflicting emotions of both and the tragic denouement as the android Rayna, who had learned not only human emotions but also human desires such as the right to choose, self-destructed because she could not cope with this new knowledge. Question: who is better off---Flint, now no longer immortal but who can continue to do good works as he lives out his normal lifespan, or Kirk, at first thoroughly disconsolate over the loss of still another woman in his life but then recovering his emotional equilibrium thanks to a powerful psychological save by his second in command who demonstrates just how much he cares for his commanding officer? Think about it.
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Review of Requiem for Methuselah
