Star Trek III: The Search for Spock (Star Trek #17)

by Vonda N. McIntyre

Book Overview

No One On The Enterprise Can Believe That Mr. Spock Is Gone! As the crew grieves for Mr. Spock, the awesome Genesis Device, now controlled by the Federation, has transformed an inert nebula into a new... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0671495003
• Release Date: June 1984
• Publisher: Pocket Books
• Length: 297 Pages
• Weight: 0.37 lbs.

Customer Reviews

ST-TOS: Star Trek III - The Search for Spock

Star Trek-The Original Series: Star Trek III: The Search for Spock by Vonda N. McIntyre based on a screenplay by Harve Bennett is just what is says... the search for Spock.This book is based on Paramount Pictures space adventure Star Trek III the movie... The Search for Spock... but is Spock really gone for good? The awesome powers of the Genesis Device were released in an inert nebula and now where there was nothing, there is a planet teeming with life. But, to the Federtion and its enemies there is more to the Genesis Device. Could the Genesis Device be used as an awesome weapon? The enemies of the Federation will not rest until they themselves have the power of the Genesis Device.What I liked about reading this book is that there are fewer leaps in logic and there are more scenes written in the book that aren't found in the movie version, making the book far superior to the movie. The author's writting style makes for easy reading and she has excellent character development as the story flows and makes sense.The story is well-written and when reading it the prose flow and makes for a quick read. If you liked the movie, you'll really like the book as the book is an expanded version of the movie.This is classic TREK as the Federation and its enemies battle for the most powerful weapon to control the galaxy... the Genesis Device.

Beginning scenes a great extra

Vonda McIntyre's added scenes in the beginning of this book were absolutely wonderful. The romance between Lieutenant Saavik and David Marcus, the wake for Spock, and the story about how Captain Sulu is originally supposed to command the Excelsior all bring together the story in a much better way than the movie did. Overall, an excellent book that all should read!

Nostalgia for Spock fans

OK, I read this book when I hadn't seen the movie. I still haven't. That's because I think its an amazing piece of fiction and the movie (even though it came first) wouldn't do justice to the book!For crazy Spock fans like me it's getting back to the pure Trekkie zone, a refreshing change from the "Next Gen" ! The small part of the novel based in Vulcan is an amazing work at giving natural touch. Vonda McIntyre's descriptions are world class!

Vonda N. McIntyre rocks!

She wrote the novilizations for Star Trek II and IV also, but I thought this was her best.

This book is a great novelization of the wonderful movie.

"Star Trek III: The Search for Spock" is a great story, in either movie or book form. The book continues right from the end of "Star Trek II: The Wrath of Kahn", while in the movie, there's a large gap between where Spock dies and the Enterprise goes back to Earth. In the book's version of the story, the Enterprise travels back Regula to identify the dead scientists at Regula I. I think this makes the story more complete. While orbiting Regula, the Enterprise also meets up with the U.S.S. Grissom to exchange personnel. After learing a breif history on the Klingon woman that gives Klingon Commander Kruge the Genesis tape, the "movie" part of the book finally gets started. Also, as a side story for the book, Dr. Carol Marcus goes to the familes of her dead comrades to give them presents to help them cope with the death of their children. A strange switch of names occurs in this book. Ceti Alpha V is called & quo! t;Alpha Ceti V". Regula is called "Regulus". And finally, the Genesis lab, Regula I, is called "spacelab". These discrepencies are minor distractions, and don't make the book less enjoyable to the reader. All in all, this book is a great stand-alone novel, and you'd enjoy it just as much even if you never saw the movie.