| NOVELIZATION | |
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| Star Trek III: The Search for Spock | |
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| Attribution | |
| Series: | The Original Series (Pocket TOS), No. 17 |
| Author(s): | Vonda N. McIntyre |
| Publication information | |
| Publisher: | Pocket Books |
| Published: | paperback - June 1984 |
| Pages: | 297 |
| ISBN: | ISBN 0671495003 |
| Omnibus: | Duty, Honor, Redemption |
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| Story by: | Harve Bennett & Leonard Nimoy |
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| Screenplay by: | Harve Bennett |
| Directed by: | Leonard Nimoy |
| Producer: | Harve Bennett |
| Release date: | 1 June 1984 |
| COMIC ADAPTATION | |
 Cover by Howard Chaykin |
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| Writer(s): | Mike W. Barr |
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| Penciller(s): | Tom Sutton |
| Inker(s): | Rik Estrada & Ricardo Villagran |
| Colorist(s): | Michele Wolfman |
| Letterer(s): | John Costanza |
| Editor(s): | Marv Wolfman |
| Publisher: | DC Comics |
| Published: | June 1984 |
| Pages: | 64 |
| Omnibus: | The Complete Comic Book Collection; Movie Omnibus |
| Chronology | |
| Date: | 2285 |
| Stardate: | 8210.3 |
Star Trek III: The Search for Spock was the third theatrical film release of the Star Trek franchise, premiering in 1984. The story was a direct sequel to TOS movie: The Wrath of Khan. The film was adapted as a novelization from Pocket Books and a comic book adaptation released by DC Comics.
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At Captain Spock's funeral, Rear Admiral James T. Kirk eulogizes his friend. Scotty's bagpipes play as Lieutenant Junior Grade Saavik codes the torpedo launcher to shoot Spock's coffin, a photon torpedo casing, into orbit of the Genesis Planet. Spock lands in a dense plant-filled jungle on the planet's first morning.
The Enterprise crew meets on the recreation deck for a wake for fallen colleagues organized by Doctor McCoy and Mr. Scott. With a large amount of alcohol available, the gathering is somber and depressed. Doctor McCoy has noticed an odd detachment in his mental state, and is only pretending to imbibe the drinks, even though he is quite disoriented without actually being drunk.
After toasts to Spock, Peter Preston and the lost scientists and cadets, Saavik and David Marcus have a private conversation, and McCoy becomes more disoriented, climbing on the table to finish his toast, proclaiming that "grief is not logical". Admiral Kirk talks him down off the table. Hikaru Sulu takes a moment to thank David Marcus for resuscitating him following the battle with Khan Noonien Singh, but Marcus is nearly too despondent to notice the officer's genuine gratitude, and Sulu makes an attempt to counsel Marcus on the difficulties of dealing with the loss of the Genesis Project. Saavik and David finish their conversation, with Saavik revealing that she does not partake of alcohol for fear of uncovering the tendencies of her Romulan heritage.
Kirk and Carol Marcus share a word of the lost scientists, and Saavik muses on her decision to set the course for Spock's coffin to soft land on a wavefront of energy from the Genesis effect, against her orders that the coffin should burn up in the atmosphere of the Genesis Planet.
After making a clumsy attempt to avoid an offer of company from Admiral Kirk, David and Saavik leave the gathering and share an intimate moment in quarters. David happens to notice Saavik's family mark, and discusses the uncomfortable topic of her parentage, and the experimental nature of the intimacy they were experiencing, between a Human and half-Romulan.
Kirk dismisses the cadets attending the wake and orders the last attendee, Mr. Scott, to return to his quarters, and wakes McCoy. A drowsy McCoy again frustrates Kirk by quoting Spock, commenting on the foolishness of imbibing poison for recreational purposes.
The next morning, Dr. Christine Chapel checks on McCoy, who remains passed out and slightly feverish. McCoy recognizes her and comments "Vulcans do not love", angering her with a remembrance of her infatuation with Spock years earlier. Meanwhile, Saavik wakes next to David, after a vivid dream where she heard Spock's voice calling to her.
Aboard a hired freighter, the Merchantman, a ship's crew wonders about their captain's intentions and a mysterious cargo, and the numerous course changes they are making near the border of Klingon space.
The Enterprise catches up with the USS Grissom, and Captain J.T. Esteban comes aboard to debrief David and Carol Marcus on the state of the Genesis Project. David is infuriated at the secrecy the Federation intends to apply to what the public sees as a dangerous new weapon, and Carol is adamant in her refusal to continue participating in the research, and declines an offer to travel aboard Grissom and study the Genesis Planet.
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| Published Order | ||
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| Previous novel: The Wrath of Khan |
TOS movies & novelizations | Next novel: The Voyage Home |
| Previous novel: The Final Reflection |
TOS numbered novels | Next novel: My Enemy, My Ally |
| Previous story: The Wrath of Khan |
Stories by: Vonda N. McIntyre |
Next story: Enterprise: The First Adventure |
| Chronological Order | ||
| Previous adventure: The Azphari Enigma |
Pocket Books Timeline | Next adventure: A Vulcan, A Klingon, and an Angel |
| Previous adventure: The Wrath of Khan |
Memory Beta Chronology | Next adventure: A Vulcan, A Klingon, and an Angel |
| The above chronology placements are based on the primary placement in 2285. The Memory Beta Chronology places events from this story in 2 other timeframe(s): |
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| Previous adventure: The Wrath of Khan The Search for Spock film prologue |
2285 Chapters 1–2 of novelization |
Next adventure: The Wormhole Connection |
| Previous adventure: Blood Fever |
2285 Chapters 2–13 |
Next adventure: A Vulcan, A Klingon, and an Angel |
 Novelization cover image. |
 Comic adaptation cover image. |
 The USS Excelsior near Spacedock. |
 The USS Grissom. |
 The Klingons attack the Grissom. |
 Kruge on his bridge. |
 The Bird-of-Prey arrives on Vulcan. |
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 The Enterprise is destroyed. |
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 T'Lar. |
 Kruge. |
 The fal-tor-pan. |
 Maltz. |
 Merchantman. |
 Valkris. |
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