Captain’s log: stardate 3842.3 Journey to Babel, written by D.C. Fontana and airing on 17 November, 1967 is an incredibly important episode. It features some diplomacy in the 23rd century as well as introducing us to Sarek (Mark Lenard) and Amanda (Jane Wyatt) Spock’s (Leonard Nimoy) parents. His father serves as the Vulcan ambassador and…
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Star Trek: The Vulcan Academy Murders (1984) – Jean Lorrah
It’s been a while since I checked in with the non-canon universe of Star Trek, so I dived into the world of Kirk, Spock, and McCoy in this would-be murder mystery. Spock is preparing for some leave on his home planet of Vulcan. When an attack from a Klingon ship wounds one of the Enterprise’s…
Star Trek III: The Search for Spock (1984) – Vonda N. McIntyre
Vonda McIntyre adapts her second Star Trek film to novel form, as I continue to boldy go with the non-canon adventures of James T. Kirk and company. Featuring a passing tie-in to her own novel Entropy Effect with her character of Mandala Flynn hetting a mention, as well as her fixation on Sulu, this novel…
IDW Star Trek (Ongoing) – Issues 7 & 8 – Vulcan’s Vengeance
The IDW Star Trek series, which I am greatly enjoying, no matter how far I seem to be behind on them (sorry, I like to take my time with them and savor them), brings its first all new story to life in the reset universe. Previously we have visited past episodes of the classic series, updated,…
The Mind Reels 