Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home
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| NOVELIZATION | |
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| Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home | |
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| Attribution | |
| Series: | The Original Series |
| Author(s): | Vonda N. McIntyre |
| Young adult novel author(s): | Peter Lerangis |
| Narrator(s): | Leonard Nimoy & George Takei |
| Publication information | |
| Publisher: | Pocket Books |
| Published: | Paperback - December 1986 |
| Reprint(s): | UK paperback - 1987; Hardcover reprint - 1987; Paperback reprint - 1995 |
| Pages: | 274 (novel); 188 (hardcover reprint); 92 (YA novel) |
| ISBN: | ISBN 0671632663 (novel); ISBN 067164629X (audiobook); ISBN 0671632434 (YA novel); ISBN 0586073183 (UK reprint); ISBN 0671702831 (1994 reprint) |
| Omnibus: | Duty, Honor, Redemption |
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| Story by: | Harve Bennett & Leonard Nimoy |
| Screenplay by: | Steve Meerson, Peter Krikes, Harve Bennett & Nicholas Meyer |
| Directed by: | Leonard Nimoy |
| Producer: | Harve Bennett |
| Release date: | 26 November 1986 |
| COMIC ADAPTATION | |
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| Writer(s): | Mike W. Barr |
| Artist(s): | Tom Sutton & Ricardo Villagran |
| Colorist(s): | Michele Wolfman |
| Letterer(s): | Agustin Mas |
| Editor(s): | Robert Greenberger |
| Publisher: | DC Comics |
| Published: | 1987 |
| Pages: | 64 |
| Omnibus: | The Complete Comic Book Collection (2008); Movie Omnibus (2009) |
| Chronology | |
| Date: | 2286 & 1986 |
| Stardate: | 8390.0 |
Contents |
Blurb
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- From the back of the book
- At last, Admiral James T. Kirk and the crew of the late Starship USS Enterprise begin the long voyage home.
- But their trip is interrupted by the appearance of a mysterious all-powerful intruder. Suddenly, Kirk, Spock, McCoy and the rest of the crew must journey back through time to twentieth-century Earth. For only there can they save the future - by rescuing the past!
SummaryEdit
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ReferencesEdit
CharactersEdit
- Margaret Sinclair-Alexander • Bob Briggs • Cartwright • Pavel Chekov • Christine Chapel • George and Gracie • Amanda Grayson • Gregory • Kamarag • James T. Kirk • Madelaine • Leonard McCoy • Marcus Walter Nichols • Punk on The Bus • Janice Rand • Joel Randolph • Hiram Roth • Saavik • Montgomery Scott • Spock • Hikaru Sulu • Gillian Taylor • Trillya • Nyota Uhura
Starships and vehiclesEdit
- HMS Bounty (B'rel-class Bird-of-Prey) • Cetacean Probe • USS Copernicus (Oberth-class) • USS Enterprise • USS Enterprise-A (Constitution-class) • USS Excelsior (Excelsior-class) • USS Saratoga (Miranda-class) • USS Shepard • USS Yorktown (Constitution-class)
LocationsEdit
- Alameda • Cetacean Institute • Earth • Earth Spacedock • Mount Seleya • San Francisco • Sausalito • Starfleet Headquarters • Vulcan
Races and culturesEdit
- Arcadian • Arkenite • Ariolo • Bzzit Khaht • Caitian • Efrosian • Human • Humpback whale • Kasheeta • Klingon • Vulcan • Xelatian • Zaranite
States and organizationsEdit
OtherEdit
- "dumb ass" • pizza • ion • LSD • universal element compensator
AppendicesEdit
Related StoriesEdit
- The Search for Spock (TOS movie) - The Voyage Home was a sequel to The Search for Spock, continuing from where that film left off, with the former-Enterprise crew and their captured Bird-of-Prey on Vulcan.
- The Doomsday Bug (TOS comic miniseries) - Set just before the film the doomsday bug causes brain damage to Spock, effectively resetting him to his former state after The Search for Spock and necessitating Spock's return to Vulcan. Spock had fully recovered in preceding comics set between the two films.
- Probe (TOS novel) - Probe is a sequel to The Voyage Home featuring the Cetacean Probe's withdrawal from Federation space and establishing its origins.
- Whales Weep Not (TOS short story) - Features the investigative search made after Taylor vanished.
- Debt of Honor (TOS comic) - Set a short time after The Voyage Home, includes appearances by Gillian Taylor and George and Gracie, and the birth of their child.
TimelineEdit
| published order | ||
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| Previous story: Star Trek III: The Search for Spock | TOS novelizations | Next story: Star Trek V: The Final Frontier |
| chronological order | ||
| Previous Adventure: The Captain's Daughter Chapters 20-21 | Next Adventure: Scotty's Song | |
| The above chronology placements are based on the primary placement in 2286. The Pocket Books Timeline places events from this story in one other timeframe: | ||
| Previous Adventure: The Rise and Fall of Khan Noonien Singh, Volume 1 Chapters 26-30 | 1986 Chapters 5-12 | Next Adventure: Whales Weep Not |
Publication historyEdit
- 1986
- 26 November - movie released.
- December - Pocket Books paperback novelization, by Vonda N. McIntyre, published
- December - Wanderer Books young adult novelization, by Peter Lerangis, published
- Simon and Schuster Audioworks audiobook adaptation of the novelization, narrated by Leonard Nimoy and George Takei, released.
- 1987
- DC Comics comic book adaptation, by Mike W. Barr, with art by Tom Sutton and Ricardo Villagran, published.
- Grafton Books reprint paperback novelization for the UK market.
- Science Fiction Book Club reprints the novelization in a hardcover binding.
- 1994 - Pocket Books reprint paperback novelization.
- 2004, October - Pocket Books reprint in a Signature Edition omnibus; Duty, Honor, Redemption, along with The Wrath of Khan and The Search for Spock.
- 2008, September - Graphic Imaging Technologies re-release as part of The Complete Comic Book Collection DVD-rom.
- 2009, November - IDW Publishing reprint in the Movie Omnibus, along side the other TOS movie comic adaptations.
ImagesEdit
The Cetacean Probe
The Bird-of-Prey departing from Vulcan
The Bounty using the slingshot effect
The Bird-of-Prey intimidating a whaling vessel
Dr. Gillian Taylor
Trillya of the USS Shepard
A Xelatian
The USS Copernicus in Spacedock
The former crew of the Enterprise
External linksEdit
- Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home article at Memory Alpha, the wiki for canon Star Trek.
- Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home (novel) article at Memory Alpha, the wiki for canon Star Trek.
- Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home (comic) article at Memory Alpha, the wiki for canon Star Trek.
- Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home (young adult novelization) article at Memory Alpha, the wiki for canon Star Trek.
