If you’re a hardcore fan of a long-established science fiction series, you could probably fall into one of two camps: you’re a purist who stays within the parameters of what is considered a canon, or You’re so greedy to explore everything, reading spin-off novels and comic books that will jump outside Canon and act as riffs to established stories, your favorite fictional universe nook and cranny. If you’re a fan of the latter type, you should have high resistance to Go-nowhere Yarns, which adds almost value to the franchise. But sometimes, when you tear through these non-canonical pieces, you bump into the gem.
In 1985, Pocket Book published a thin Star Trek novel entitled “Ishmael.” The book falls between Star Trek III: The Search for Spock (who killed Khan Spinoff) and Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home, and Spock is stuck in anticipation of the latter story. I predicted this using a time travel plot that discovered this. Seattle, Washington in the 1860s. He must block the Klingon mission, which wipes out the United Federation before it exists, if successful. It’s a funky little novel, but it worked well for fans. and One aspect of “Star Trek” minder has become Canon. That it did by the wedding Jean Roddenberry universe made it something of an off-canon classic, along with another very different 1960s television series with minor “trekking” connections.
When Star Trek meets here, the bride comes
If you are an avid reader of science fiction and fantasy novels, or if you just spent time perusing these aisles in your local bookstore or library, you’re sure to be familiar with the name Barbara Hambly. She is the prolific genre author of series such as The Darwath Trilogy, Sunwolf and Starhawk, and Winterlands, and expanded universes for both Star Trek and Star Wars. I’ve also tried both. She is a respected writer in her field and shows no signs of slowing down at the age of 73.
When she wrote “Ishmael,” the “Star Trek” franchise achieved a mainstream popularity level that has escaped it since the “original series” debuted on NBC in 1966. Spock is a popular character. It makes sense to write a novel about Spock. But he sent him back to the 19th century Pacific Northwest by longtime ABC Western comedy, but it seemed a bit stretchy.
Still, there was a way of Hambry’s crazy. The series in question, “Come Here,” starred as Honko, who cut down Robert Brown. Robert Brown premiered in 1968 and starred as a logging Honcho, who is trying to alleviate the loneliness of male employees by importing 100 eligible singles to the west despite most enthusiastic reviews. I did. Only 2 seasons. What does this have to do with Star Trek? On the show, Brown’s business foe was the owner of the sawmill and made a ton of bets that this bold dating scheme would prove to be a loser. The character’s name is Aaron Stempel, who was performed by Mark Leonard, who played Spock’s father Sarek in three films: Star Trek: Original Series, Star Trek: Anime Series.
In “Ishmael”, he is responsible for chasing away alien Earth invasions in the 19th century. Amnesia Spock is finally able to prevent Stempel’s assassination, and by the end of the novel he is back on the corporate bridge.
It’s a self-contained, non-canon adventure, but it left an imprint in the official Star Trek lore.
Spock’s full name is s’chn t’gai Spock
At the end of “Ishmael,” Kirk reviews Spock’s personnel records and discovers that his friend’s mother, Amanda Grayson, has the middle name of Stempel. Ergo, she was a descendant of a lumber owner whose lives were saved in the distant past. In other words, Spock’s mission wasn’t just to save the Federation. He also assured himself of his own existence. It’s pretty heavy for non-standard novels, and obviously, the Brain Trust of Star Trek loved Hambly’s work well enough that they decided to make that Canon sliver.
The personnel records also include Spock’s full name: s’chn t’gai Spock. Twenty-four years after the publication of “Ishmael,” JJ Abrams’ Star Trek film entered the name into the Kelvin Timeline Canon. In 2022, the name “Star Trek: Strange New World” was completely official.
As a Canon-only fan of “Star Trek,” if you allow non-canonic works to have an impact as much as the false phaser explosion on the official timeline, Eddie Murphy reveals Spock’s true full name I believe that it did. Halleberry from the 1992 romantic comedy “Boomerang.” In my opinion, he is Jenkins’ Spock.
