#trek novels

[trillscienceofficer]

I got a copy of “The Ferengi Rules of Acquisition” and the whiplash I got going from rule #112 to #113...

'by Quark as told to Ira Steven Behr' indeed lol

[iamenits]

Spock recalled an earlier, similar death, heat and radiation blasting around him as he struggled to save the Enterprise. That time he had succeeded. This time he feared he must have failed. He glanced for an instant at each of the people in the control room, at each of his friends. Only Leonard McCoy returned his gaze. The doctor looked at him for a long moment. Sweat glistened on his face. The ship plunged obliquely and McCoy had to snatch at the railing to keep his feet. He straightened again. He was frightened, but he showed no evidence of terror or panic. To Spock’s astonishment, he smiled. Spock had no idea how to respond.

-- Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home - Vonda N. McIntyre (1986)

[trek-tracks]

"If They really were a God, They would respond to our pain as to Their own. I wanted to see if They really had that much divinity--or what the humanities take for divinity--in Them."

-Bones vs. God, The Wounded Sky by Diane Duane (1983)

"You doubt me?"

"I doubt any god who inflicts pain for his own pleasure."

-Bones vs. God, The Final Frontier (1989)

Bones' enduring perception of god as a being of complete compassion dedicated to the removal of pain and suffering--and his ability to confront said "god" if it doesn't live up to those ideals--is a perfect encapsulation of his character, and why he holds his oath as a healer above all else.

[sharpestasp]

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[codexohexoh]

LIVE NOW:

Episode 2 of #CodexTubus, the weird books BookTube! It’s PRIDE month and that means we’re talking extremely gay space “friends” in Star Trek’s infamous recalled novel Killing Time!

[thyla]

yeah, we know 😏

[themirrortribble]

That book quote you reblogged by James Blish, he was living in my town at the time he wrote it. SMall world.

I loved the books and still have them after so many years. He definitely was right in his assumption that the fandom would become a phenomenon in itself.

[hakka84]

The place where I bought the so famed Killing Time novel fucked up with the ISBN code in the description, and I received a revised edition. ç_ç So now I have the 5th reprint/run. ç_ç

The ISBN code listed was the right one ( 0-671-52488-7 ) but the one on the book is ( 0-671-65921-9 ). I should’ve asked them to confirm me it was the first edition, but I needed to catch another Trek (AOS) novel that was surprisingly discounted (9$ instead of 23+). ç_ç

[spocks-husband]

Can't believe Diane Duane invented love with this passage that's so crazy

[laney-rockin]

It's canon that Spock likes to fuck with people and pretend he doesn't know human sayings just so he can make people explain it to him.

And then Kirk just knows when Spock is serious or is just being difficult and obtuse on purpose. They're married your honour.

[trillscienceofficer]

Interesting ideas about Klingon poetry here

WHAT POEM MARC. WHAT POEM IS IT. you can't just say this and remain so vague!!

[iamenits]

Spock, Messiah! - Theodore R. Cogswell & Charles A. Spano, Jr. (1976)

[trek-tracks]

Sarek: you put Kirk to bed a lot, huh

Bones: haha yeah at least we're not drunk this time

Sarek: ...would you like to be

(The Vulcan Academy Murders by Jean Lorrah)

[stra-tek]

Via Holodeck Four on Twitter

[thyla]

[datakisser]

They love each other so much I think I might just die