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The Autobiography of Mr. Spock by... Una McCormack?

It's like the joke I made when someone wondered how Spock could so successfully pose as "Cousin Selek" in Yesteryear. I imagine a conversation between child Spock and Sarek going something like this.
"Why have I never heard of Selek before?"
"You have many relatives you don't know about. I've actually lost count of how many siblings you have, which ones you've met, which you haven't, let alone keepiing track of all your cousins..."
 
I've read her TOS novels many times, and her TNG novels once each, and I don't remember any mention of a "Selek." Of course, she also wrote fanfic, and for all I know, she might have scripted comics as well.
 
I'm pretty sure in one of Jean Lorrah's books, Spock actually did have a cousin Selek who looked just like him.

If so, that reference is coming directly from the TAS episode "Yesteryear." That was the alias Spock used when he saw his parents and himself after going back in time via the Guardian.
 
I've read her TOS novels many times, and her TNG novels once each, and I don't remember any mention of a "Selek." Of course, she also wrote fanfic, and for all I know, she might have scripted comics as well.

There was also Cousin Stephen, the young, blond Vulcan who loved to smile - and ran away to join an intergalactic circus (in the novel, "Enterprise: The First Adventure"). Predating Sybok.

And Teska, a niece of Spock, although not specified that her father was Sybok (the novel, "Mind Meld").
 
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Would they still be using copyrights by then? ;)
I was wondering if Spock was compensated in some way for his writing:lol:

Having seen the open book and that they wrote pages for it, my imagination is just gonna go nuts for every single prop book in Trek from now on:lol:
 
There was also Cousin Stephen, the young, blond Vulcan who loved to smile - and ran away to join an intergalactic circus (in the novel, "Enterprise: The First Adventure"). Predating Sybok.

And Teska, a niece of Spock, although not specified that her father was Sybok (the novel, "Mind Meld").
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A blast from the past, 2011
 
The release date of the paperback edition has been moved to...August 2023! That's quite a delay. Is there any chance the paperback will be revised to incorporate aspects of Strange New Worlds?
 
The release date of the paperback edition has been moved to...August 2023! That's quite a delay. Is there any chance the paperback will be revised to incorporate aspects of Strange New Worlds?
I would doubt it.
But it would also be fun to get an edition retitled and updated to match the tome in Star Trek: Picard.
 
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