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Star Trek Adventures - Spock Must Die!

Pages
118
Published
1970
Language
English

Synopsis

Captain Kirk and the Enterprise crew are caught in a brewing war with the Klingon Empire, complicated by the sudden disappearance of the Organian planet. A critical experiment to contact the Organians goes wrong, resulting in two Mr. Spocks. Now, the crew faces a desperate choice: one Spock must be destroyed, but which one is the real one?

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About the author

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James Blish

Blish trained as a biologist at Rutgers and Columbia University, and spent 1942–1944 as a medical technician in the U.S. Army. After the war he became the science editor for the Pfizer Pharmaceutical Company. His first published story appeared in 1940, and his writing career progressed until he gave up his job to become a professional writer. He married literary agent Virginia Kidd in 1947. He worked for the Tobacco Institute from 1962-1968. In 1968, he emigrated to England. Between 1967 and hi...

Characters

James T. KirkProtagonist
Mr. SpockProtagonist
Klingon EmpireAntagonist
All characters in Star Trek Adventures - Spock Must Die!

Frequently asked questions

  • Is this the first original Star Trek novel?

    It is widely recognized as the first original Star Trek novel written for an adult audience, following a previous young reader novel titled Mission to Horatius.

  • Does this book introduce any lasting lore to the series?

    The author incorporated background details about Dr. McCoy, such as his divorce and his daughter Joanna, which were drawn from the series production bible and subsequently adopted by other writers in the franchise.

  • How does the writing process for this book compare to the author's other Star Trek work?

    Unlike the author's earlier contributions which were adaptations of existing television scripts, this was an original narrative written specifically for the book format.