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The novelization of Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home is an adaptation of Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home, written by Vonda N. McIntyre. Published by Pocket Books, the novel was first published in paperback in December 1986.
Summary
- From the book jacket
- Admiral James T. Kirk is charged by the Klingon Empire for the commandeering of a Klingon starship. The Federation honors the Klingon demands for extradition, and Kirk and the crew of the Starship Enterprise are drawn back to Earth.
- But their trip is interrupted by the appearance of a mysterious, all-powerful alien space probe. Suddenly, Kirk, Spock, McCoy and the rest of the crew must journey back through time to twentieth-century Earth to solve the mystery of the probe.
Background information
- This was the first Star Trek novelization not to form part of Pocket's numbered Original Series line. It was also the last novelization written by McIntyre.
- When considering a possible time travel, Kirk recounts the tragic events leading to Edith Keeler's death in TOS: "The City on the Edge of Forever" to McCoy. He laments that he could've saved Edith's life and brought her with him to the 23rd century, without hurting the timeline.
- Scotty knows that Marcus Nichols "invented" transparent aluminum, and concludes that his presence in the time and place of its "discovery" is a predestination paradox.
- Gillian Taylor comes to greatly like the transporter as a way of travel, and is surprised to find out Doctor McCoy's fear and distrust of it.
- The scene with Sulu and his great-grandfather (scripted, but not filmed) is present in the novel.
- The UK edition was from Grafton Books, and was released on 23 April 1987.
Characters
External link
- Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home at Memory Beta, the wiki for licensed Star Trek works
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