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February 1970 Cover Image

Note: The black lines
covering Spock's face
are not marks on the
book, they're part of the
original design of the book

Just thought I'd mention it.

BOOK DETAILS

118 Pages
February 1970
Bantam Books
Paperback
0.60 cents

ISBN: 0-553-05515-6

Spock Must Die

April 1985 Cover Image

ISBN: 0-553-24634-8

$2.95 U.S.
$3.95 Canada

SPOCK MUST DIE!

By: James Blish

(Text taken from the February 1970 edition)

Captain Kirk and the crew of the starship
Enterprise find themselves in the middle of an
undeclared war waged by the Klingon Empire...

The Organians should be consulted about
the war but their entire planet has
disappeared - or been destroyed...

Mr. Spock entered the transporter chamber.
His image would be flashed to Organia by
the huge machine's faster-than-light
tachyons. But the experiment failed.
Suddenly there were two Mr. Spocks.
One of them had to be destroyed...

BUT WHICH ONE?

(Text taken from the April 1985 edition)

Captain's Log, Stardate 4181.4
We are at war with the Klingon Empire.

Launching an unprovoked attack upon the Federation,
the Klingons have broken the terms of the
Organian Peace Treaty - leaving the Enterprise
stranded deep in uncharted space, cut off from the
rest of the Federation fleet.

To find out what happened to the Organians, Commander
Scott rigged an experimental modification of our
transportation system designed to enable a tachyon
replica of Mr. Spock to travel faster-than-light
to Organia. But the experiment failed, and incredibly,
left us with two identical Spocks: one of whom is a
replica in every way the opposite of our first officer,
a traitor whose continued existence poses a grave
threat to the Enterprise and quite possibly the
entire Federation.

One of the Spocks must die. But which one . . .

TREKKIEGUY'S REVIEW

This novel was written by the man who adapted
the original 79 episodes into book form.
Unfortunately, he died in 1975.

This story is typical of early Trek novels.
Less 'polished' than most novels published today,
and of much shorter length.
You can probably find this book at a second
hand book store if you feel you must read it.

I think my rating says it all . . .

OVERALL RATING

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