Post by rushy on Nov 21, 2024 23:06:52 GMT
I bought the novelisation of 'Star Trek: The Motion Picture', because it's the only book written by Gene Roddenberry himself and that made me curious.
It's very funny so far. There's a framing device about Kirk ordering the mission be chronicled as "an old-style printed book"... because he just likes them. As a result, Kirk is effectively the narrator and frequently has humorous asides. He also makes it clear that the entire crew had to review this, meaning that Kirk forced them to read his fanfiction about them.
Spock thinks of Kirk as "my t'hyla" and narrator Kirk is quick to tell us that Kirk and Spock are definitely not gay. Not because he has any moral objections, but because "I'd never be so foolish as to pick a partner who only comes into sexual heat once every seven years."
Kirk was apparently named after his mother's "love instructor", make of that what you will.
There's a whole section where he broods over becoming a pop culture figure, a "modern Ulysses" and grumbles about how Starfleet is no joke.
It's very funny so far. There's a framing device about Kirk ordering the mission be chronicled as "an old-style printed book"... because he just likes them. As a result, Kirk is effectively the narrator and frequently has humorous asides. He also makes it clear that the entire crew had to review this, meaning that Kirk forced them to read his fanfiction about them.
Spock thinks of Kirk as "my t'hyla" and narrator Kirk is quick to tell us that Kirk and Spock are definitely not gay. Not because he has any moral objections, but because "I'd never be so foolish as to pick a partner who only comes into sexual heat once every seven years."
Kirk was apparently named after his mother's "love instructor", make of that what you will.
There's a whole section where he broods over becoming a pop culture figure, a "modern Ulysses" and grumbles about how Starfleet is no joke.
