Star Trek IV, Vonda N. McIntyre
Star Trek IV, Vonda N. McIntyre
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Star Trek IV
The Voyage Home

Author: Vonda N. McIntyre

Narrator: George Takei, Leonard Nimoy

Abridged: 1 hr 33 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 09/15/1987


Synopsis

Admiral James T. Kirk is charged by the Klingon Empire for the comandeering of a Klingon starship. The Federation honors the Klingon demands for extradition, and Kirk and the crew of the Starship Enterprise are drawn back to Earth.
But their trip is interrupted by the appearance of a mysterious, all-powerful alien space probe. Suddenly, Kirk, Spock, McCoy and the rest of the crew must journey back through time to twentieth-century Earth to solve the mystery of the probe.

About Vonda N. McIntyre

Vonda N. McIntyre is the author of several fiction and nonfiction books. McIntyre won her first Nebula Award in 1973, for the novelette “Of Mist, and Grass, and Sand.” This later became part of the novel Dreamsnake (1978), which was rejected by the first editor who saw it, but went on to win both the Hugo and Nebula Awards. McIntyre was the third woman to receive the Hugo Award. She has also written a number of Star Trek and Star Wars novels. Visit her online at VondaNMcIntyre.com.

About George Takei

George Takei is an actor, activist, and New York Times bestselling author. He is best known for his role of Mr. Sulu in the acclaimed television and film series Star Trek. Takei has been featured in over forty films and he has made hundreds of guest-starring television appearances. He also developed the award-winning Broadway musical Allegiance. Takei is a proponent of gay rights and is a member of the Human Rights Campaign. He has also won several awards for his work on Japanese-American relations, which includes serving as Chairman Emeritus of the Japanese American National Museum's Board of Trustees; a member of the US-Japan Bridging Foundation Board of Directors; and served on the Board of the Japan-United States Friendship Commission. He is the author of three books, including his memoir To the Stars, as well as Oh Myyy! There Goes The Internet, and its sequel, Lions And Tigers And Bears: The Internet Strikes Back.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Stephen on September 12, 2008

This is a collection of the novelizations of Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan, Star Trek III: The Search for Spock, and Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home. Actually, these qualify as genuine NOVELS rather than mere novelizations. As a reviewer on Amazon noted, Vonda McIntyre's adaptations of these three S......more

Goodreads review by debra conner on March 01, 2021

THE MOVIES WERE GREAT.... but the books are better! The insight received by reading these stories is well worth the time expended. Especially in The Voyage Home because it gives us the thoughts and conversation of and between the Orb and the whales. Anyone who is a Trekker or who are just beginning t......more

Goodreads review by Gary on June 01, 2018

Star Trek: Duty, Honor, Redemption. (As always no spoilers.) Don't be fooled, this is the novelization of STAR TREK 2: THE WRATH OF KHAN, STAR TREK 3: THE SEARCH FOR SPOCK and STAR TREK 4: THE VOYAGE HOME. It is an excellent novelization of all three films, I can't recommend it highly enough to all......more

Goodreads review by Mrs Elaine Whitmarsh on September 16, 2020

Good book Very similar to films but gives more detail. I Recommend reading this book of you enjoyed films 2-4. Enjoy this book.......more

Goodreads review by Andy on August 08, 2019

As I've noted before, McIntyre can write. There are some great moments here, but she's a little hamstrung by the constraints of novelizations.......more