Thank you! I'm glad you enjoyed the book!
The Autobiography of Mr. Spock by... Una McCormack?
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I am glad to have picked it up!
Would love to know more about your decisions and reasoning!
Would love to know more about your decisions and reasoning!
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Interestingly there was a WildStorm comic (Enter the Wolves by A.C. Crispin!), set between the movies and TNG, where the second rift between Spock and Sarek is caused by Spock openly opposing Sarek's trust of the Cardassian union. From what I gather from the Memory Beta article, this was during the first decade of the Occupation.
I wouldn't be surprised if that's a reference to it. There's some excellent deep cuts throughout the book.
I'm looking forward to reading it!
So I guess that answers my main question as to whether or not this book is tying into the continuity that David Goodman established in his Kirk and Picard autobiographies. I can't help but be a bit disappointed by that, as I liked what he was doing.
I'll still get the book, but I'm looking forward to it a bit less now.
I'm also disappointed that it doesn't fit into the other two books, but I get it. After all, there's been more Spock in Disco etc... and whether the Picard bio now fits with PIC.
I'm reading it. I'm enjoying it so far. Already 100 + pages in.
The Picard bio had Picard marry Beverly so I think it's pretty fair to say it's non-canon/alternate continuity to ST:P.
Mind you, whenever there's a hiccup, I just blame time travel. I really thought ENT was setting that up with the Temporal Cold War to explain away any changes but it turns out that was imposed by executives and was something the writers never cared about.
Nah, in season 3 it'll be reveaed his wife Beverly was in the study all this time.
Beverly Picard is just off on a deep-space medical assignment. Either that or all the time shenanigans in season two will mean Picard is now married to Pulaski!
It is my (undoubtedly false) headcanon that Picard is in a Romulan polyamorous relationship with Laris and Zhaban.
Laris is just his type of gal after all.
Yes. Though Picard prevented that reality as Troi is very much alive and Data is not.
I wonder if that could've been part of why Goodman didn't end up doing the book. Having to watch at least the first two seasons of DSC and conform with everything in them would mean much more time & research on his part. Might've been tough to do while still working on his day job at (IIRC) American Dad.
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I have just started. The made-up Vulcan words puts me off.
I enjoy the additions to the Vulcan language, and how there are different dialects and different forms of writing, much like other languages around the world. It adds much needed flavor and depth to a species that can often be mono-ethnic in filmed Trek.
As opposed to...?
My only complaint and it is a tiny one is I don't think Saavik would join the Romulan warrior nuns. There's plenty of cool stuff for Vulcans after all too.
Just finished the book. A excellent examination of the character that defines Star Trek. While I was disappointed at first on how little the book examined the relationship of Kirk and Spock, I understand why someone like Spock would say very little about their most profound, intimate relationship.
After all, he would want to keep something solely for himself and not share it with others. It is only logical, Vulcan... and human to hold onto that love and reserve it for only him and him alone.
After all, he would want to keep something solely for himself and not share it with others. It is only logical, Vulcan... and human to hold onto that love and reserve it for only him and him alone.
