Real world article
(written from a production point of view)
The Enterprise is caught between its own survival – and the destruction of an innocent, isolated world!
The Abode of Life is a Pocket TOS novel – #6 in the numbered series – written by Lee Correy. Published by Pocket Books, it was first released in April 1982.
Summary[]
- The citizens of Mercan cannot conceive of worlds beyond their own. Their sun, Mercaniad, is prone to deadly, radioactive flare-ups, and the Mercans have organized their lives around the need to survive The Ordeal – until a strange visitor appears from out of nowhere…
- The USS Enterprise, badly crippled and in desperate need of repairs, must seek help from a people who cannot believe in its existence. Mercaniad is about to blow, and James Kirk faces an impossible choice: to attack the sun itself and save his ship and crew – or let a people live in peace, in the only world they know… the abode of life.
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Background information[]
- This is the only Star Trek novel written by Lee Correy.
- Although the cover art depicts Kirk and Spock in Star Trek: The Motion Picture era uniforms, the stardate and the Pocket Books timeline place this adventure in 2268 (in accordance with Rand being portrayed as a yeoman rather than a chief).
- The novel was reprinted in hardcover format by Gregg Press in 1984.
Characters[]
- Canon characters listed below are linked to the main article about them. Non-canon characters are not linked, but those that recurred, appearing or being mentioned in more than one story, are defined further in Pocket TOS characters.
- James Kirk
- Enterprise captain.
- Spock
- Enterprise exec and science officer.
- Leonard McCoy
- Lieutenant commander.
- Montgomery Scott
- Chief engineer.
- Uhura
- Communications officer.
Yeoman Rand
- Janice Rand
- Enterprise yeoman.
- Joseph M'Benga
- Enterprise assistant medical officer.
- Kyle
- Lieutenant.
- Thal
- Othol
- Orun
- Pallar
- Lenos
- Parna
- Aldys
References[]
- Berthold ray
- Mercaniad emitted Berthold rays during "The Ordeal"
- Mercan
- Mercaniad
- Phoenix
- A scoutship.
- solar flare
- Starbase 4
External links[]
- The Abode of Life at Wikipedia
- The Abode of Life at Memory Beta, the wiki for licensed Star Trek works
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