Spock's World

Diane Duane

Jun 2001 · Sold by Simon and Schuster

About this ebook

It is the twenty-third century. On the planet Vulcan, a crisis of unprecedented proportion has caused the convocation of the planet's ruling council -- and summoned the U.S.S. Enterprise™ from halfway across the galaxy, to bring Vulcan's most famous son home in its hour of need.
As Commander Spock, his father Sarek, and Captain James T. Kirk struggle to preserve Vulcan's future, the planet's innermost secrets are laid before us, from its beginnings millions of years ago to its savage prehistory, from merciless tribal warfare to medieval court intrigue, from the exploration of space to the the development of o'thia -- the ruling ethic of logic. And Spock -- torn between his duty to Starfleet and the unbreakable ties that bind him to Vulcan -- must find a way to reconcile both his own inner conflict and the external dilemma his planet faces...lest the Federation itself be ripped asunder.
Diane Duane, author of three previous bestselling STAR TREK novels and an episode of the new STAR TREK NEXT GENERATION® television series, as well as countless other bestselling science fiction and fantasy novels, has crafted a tale of unprecedented scope and imagination, at once a generations-spanning historical novel and a thrilling science fiction adventure.

Ratings and reviews

This is a really good book cover to cover. Its a little slow on phaser style action but i didn't miss it because i was so engrossed & entertained by the history of the planet Vulcan itself & by the history & social evolution of Vulcan people. The author does an excellent job of mixing the historical aspect with the current events within the federation & on Vulcan. The Kirk, Spock, McCoy commraderary is greatly played upon in this novel but with the addition of Sarek as well that was very well placed. 3.5

Sections concerning the backstories of Surak, Sarek, Amanda and Tpau were being interesting. But the chapters on the prehistoric Vulcans were rather long and tedious. Good read all in all.

One more sickening hateful woke author who pisses all over anyone who doesn't believe there are 150 genders. Avoid!

About the author

Diane Duane is the author of The Door Into Fire, which was nominated for the World Science Fiction Society’s John W. Campbell Award for best new science fiction/fantasy writer two years in a row. Duane has also published more than thirty novels, numerous short stories, and various comics and computer games, several of which appeared on the New York Times bestseller list. She is best known for her continuing Young Wizards series of young adult fantasy novels about the New York–based teenage wizards Nita Callahan and Kit Rodriguez. The 1983 novel So You Want to Be a Wizard and its six sequels have been published in seven other languages.