# Vulcan!

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For other uses, see [Vulcan (disambiguation)](/source/Vulcan_(disambiguation)).

***Vulcan!*** (1978) is a [science fiction](/source/Science_fiction) novel by American writer [Kathleen Sky](/source/Kathleen_Sky), a tie-in of *[Star Trek: The Original Series](/source/Star_Trek:_The_Original_Series)*. The book is an adaptation of an unproduced [spec script](/source/Spec_script) by Sky.

## Production

[Kathleen Sky](/source/Kathleen_Sky) submitted a spec script to the producers [*Star Trek*](/source/Star_Trek:_The_Original_Series) during the production the show's [third season](/source/Star_Trek:_The_Original_Series_season_3). She was informed the script might be produced the following season. However, the series was cancelled late in the third season's production.[1]

Editors at [Bantam Books](/source/Bantam_Books) recruited Sky to contribute a *Star Trek* tie-in novel sometime after 1976. She opted to adapt her unproduced script.[1] [David Gerrold](/source/David_Gerrold), the writer of the episode "[The Trouble with Tribbles](/source/The_Trouble_with_Tribbles)", wrote a foreword to the novel.[2] Sky's husband, [Stephen Goldin](/source/Stephen_Goldin), also wrote the tie-in novel *[Trek to Madworld](/source/Trek_to_Madworld)*, also published by Bantam.

As of 2008, a first edition copy of *Vulcan!* was valued up to US$22.00.[3]

## Plot summary

Ion storms have caused the boundaries of the Neutral Zone between the [Federation](/source/United_Federation_of_Planets) and [Romulans](/source/Romulan) to shift. The planet Arachne IV, inhabited by a strange ant-like race, could be lost to the Federation due to the changes in space. However, [Mr. Spock](/source/Spock) goes on a death-defying assignment into a war of ant-like creatures along with a scientist who dislikes [Vulcans](/source/Vulcan_(Star_Trek)).

## Reception

A bibliographic note in the December 1979 edition of *Science Fiction and Fantasy Book Review* explained that "Sky ascribes more emotion to Spock than is logical under the circumstances [of the plot]".[4]

## References

1. Ayers, Jeff (14 Nov 2006). *Voyages of Imagination: The Star Trek Fiction Companion*. New York: Pocket Books. p. 19. ISBN 1-4165-0349-8.

1. ["Trek Writer David Gerrold Looks Back - Part 1"](http://www.startrek.com/article/trek-writer-david-gerrold-looks-back-part-1). *StarTrek.com*. 2011-01-24. Retrieved 2013-12-23.

1. Kelley, Stephen (24 Oct 2008). *Star Trek: The Collectibles*. Iola, Wisconsin: [Krause Publications](/source/Krause_Publications). p. 55. ISBN 978-0-89689-637-6.

1. Barron, Neil (ed.) (Dec 1979). "Reconsiderations: Star Trek Rides Again". *Science Fiction and Fantasy Book Review*. Vol. 1, no. 11. Borgo Press. p. 5. [ISSN 0163-4348](https://www.worldcat.org/issn/0163-4348)

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