The Voyage Home

Blurb

 * From the back of the book
 * At last, Admiral James T. Kirk and the crew of the late Starship USS Enterprise (NCC-1701) begin the long voyage home.


 * But their trip is interrupted by the appearance of a mysterious all-powerful intruder. Suddenly, Kirk, Spock, McCoy and the rest of the crew must journey back through time to twentieth-century Earth. For only there can they save the future - by rescuing the past!

Characters

 * Margaret Sinclair-Alexander • Bob Briggs • Cartwright • Pavel Chekov • Christine Chapel • George and Gracie • Amanda Grayson • Gregory • Kamarag • James T. Kirk • Madelaine • Leonard McCoy • Marcus Walter Nichols • Punk on The Bus • Janice Rand • Joel Randolph • Hiram Roth • Saavik • Montgomery Scott • Spock • Hikaru Sulu • Gillian Taylor • Trillya • Nyota Uhura

Starships and vehicles

 * HMS ( Bird-of-Prey) • Cetacean Probe • USS Copernicus (NCC-623) • USS Enterprise (CVN-65) • USS Enterprise (NCC-1701-A)  • USS Excelsior (NCC-2000)  • USS Saratoga (NCC-1867)  • USS Shepard • USS Yorktown (NCC-1717)

Locations

 * Alameda • Cetacean Institute • Earth • Earth Spacedock • Mount Seleya • San Francisco • Sausalito • Starfleet Headquarters •

Races and cultures

 * Arcadian • Arkenite • Ariolo • Bzzit Khaht • Caitian • Efrosian • Human • Humpback whale • Kasheeta • Klingon • Vulcan • Xelatian • Zaranite

States and organizations

 * Klingon Empire • Starfleet • United Federation of Planets

Other

 * "dumb ass" • pizza • ion • LSD • universal element compensator

Related Stories

 * The Search for Spock (TOS movie) - The Voyage Home was a sequel to The Search for Spock, continuing from where that film left off, with the former-Enterprise crew and their captured Bird-of-Prey on Vulcan.
 * The Doomsday Bug (TOS comic miniseries) - Set just before the film the doomsday bug causes brain damage to Spock, effectively resetting him to his former state after The Search for Spock and necessitating Spock's return to Vulcan. Spock had fully recovered in preceding comics set between the two films.
 * Probe (TOS novel) - Probe is a sequel to The Voyage Home featuring the Cetacean Probe's withdrawal from Federation space and establishing its origins.
 * Whales Weep Not (TOS short story) - Feature the investigative search made after Taylor vanished.
 * Debt of Honor (TOS comic) - Set a short time after The Voyage Home, includes appearances by Gillian Taylor and George and Gracie, and the birth of their child.

Publication history

 * 1986
 * 26 November - movie released.
 * December - Pocket Books paperback novelization, by Vonda N. McIntyre, published
 * December - Wanderer Books young adult novelization, by Peter Lerangis, published
 * Simon and Schuster Audioworks audiobook adaptation of the novelization, narrated by Leonard Nimoy and George Takei, released.
 * 1987
 * DC Comics comic book adaptation, by Mike W. Barr, with art by Tom Sutton and Ricardo Villagran, published.
 * Grafton Books reprint paperback novelization for the UK market.
 * Science Fiction Book Club reprints the novelization in a hardcover binding.
 * 1994 - Pocket Books reprint paperback novelization.
 * 2004, October - Pocket Books reprint in a Signature Edition omnibus; Duty, Honor, Redemption, along with The Wrath of Khan and The Search for Spock.
 * 2008, September - Graphic Imaging Technologies re-release as part of The Complete Comic Book Collection DVD-rom.
 * 2009, November - IDW Publishing reprint in the Movie Omnibus, along side the other TOS movie comic adaptations.