Star Trek: Spock Messiah!

by Theodore R Cogswell and Charles A Spano Jr

1987

Status

Available

Publication

Bantam Books (1987)

Description

The victim of a cruel experiment, Commander Spock renounces the U.S.S. Enterprise, becomes the messiah of the planet Kyros, and launches a holy war on the rest of the world--Novelist.

User reviews

LibraryThing member 391
Spock, Messiah! is AWFUL. The premise is mildly intriguing, but quickly devolves into an outdated mix of racism and sexism that is at best, annoying, and at worse, offensive. I couldn't get through the really miserable treatment of all the female characters. And, to top it all off, this book is
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boring, which is quite a feat given how short it is. Terrible book.
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LibraryThing member LisaMaria_C
I don't quite have the heart to toss this from my library. It appeared at a time when Star Trek fiction was rare, and I'm afraid if I get rid of the book it will go out of print--so it stays on my bookshelf for nostalgic reasons more than not. But I think of all the pro Trek fiction on my shelves,
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its the one most wildly out of character. I suspect the author was no fan, and had no real idea who these characters are. I remember him even getting the eye color of Kirk wrong. I do remember it as engaging and imaginative in its premise however.
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LibraryThing member TheMadTurtle
A fun, quick Trek read. It's a bit campy, perhaps, compared to more recent TOS novels, but, let's face it, some of the original TV episodes were a little campy, too. The campiness isn't over the top, though, and all the things TOS fans love are still here. Even if you didn't know that it's one of
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the earliest Star Trek novels published, you might guess it from a couple of minor character mistakes - a red-haired Scotty comes to mind. These are minor, though, and won't prevent you from enjoying the book.
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LibraryThing member colinkh
Not too long ago I saw this in a used book store, and it looked interesting, so I bought it. After I started reading it, I realized that I had read it a long time ago when I was in high school. The first time I read it, I thought it was pretty good, mostly because there is more sex than is normal
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for Star Trek (remember, I was a teenage boy when I read it). But rereading it three decades later, I wasn't all that impressed. It wasn't bad, it just wasn't all that exciting.
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Original publication date

1976-09 (eng.)
1990 (deu.)

Physical description

8.43 inches

ISBN

0553246747 / 9780553246742

Barcode

1600909
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