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NOVELIZATION
Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home
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
MOVIE

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

Blurb

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 appearence 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!

Summary

References

Characters

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 vehicles

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)

Locations

Alameda • Cetacean Institute • Earth • Earth Spacedock • Mount Seleya • San Francisco • Sausalito • Starfleet Headquarters • Vulcan

Races and cultures

Arcadian • Arkenite • Ariolo • Bzzit Khaht • Caitian • Efrosian • Human • Humpback whale • Kasheeta • Klingon • Vulcan • Xelatian • Zaranite

States and organizations

Klingon Empire • Starfleet • United Federation of Planets

Other

"dumb ass" • pizza • ion • LSD • universal element compensator

Appendices

Related Stories

• 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) - Feature 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.

Timeline

Publication history

• 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.

Images

The Cetacean Probe	George and Gracie	The Bird-of-Prey departing from Vulcan	The HMS Bounty using the slingshot effect
The Bird-of-Prey intimidating a whaling vessel	Dr. Gillian Taylor	Federation President Hiram Roth	Admiral S'rrel
Trillya of the USS Shepard	A Xelatian	The USS Copernicus in Spacedock

External links

• 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.