Talk:Vulcan!

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this is the worst plot summary i've seen in my days --72.187.89.100 (talk) 01:38, 26 November 2007 (UTC)

Nuetral Zone

Didn't this novel have the Nuetral Zone be a physical phenom that was moving, thus granting Romulans more territory? Lots42 (talk) 13:32, 10 September 2008 (UTC)

Reality Check

I can only agree with the author who posted that this is the worst plot summary ever about one of the worst Star Trek novels ever. Granted this was a very early Star Trek novel, but this a textbook Mary Sue story and it is better classified as a romance novel than science fiction. By word count, 90% of the story is about the protagonist, Dr. Katalya Tremain, crewmembers interacting with Dr. Tremain and crewmembers talking or thinking about Katalya. The canon crewmembers behave out of character and four disposable crewmembers are introduced to highlight a facet of Katalya's character. But try to edit this entry to describe the actual contents of the novel and it is quickly reverted.

Currently, this article is rated as Low Importance for WikiProjects Star Trek. I imagine that this article could be elevated in importance if these issue were realistically addressed. This is a very early Star Trek novel. There is a certain cachet for its association with David Gerrold. Despite its obvious flaws, it did get published. An analysis of its actual content (not the sanitized version) and a look at it publication history - the forces that brought this work to the public, could make for some interesting reading.

Jimskipper (talk) 16:19, 24 October 2012 (UTC)

No one will revert your edits if you simply "describe the actual contents of the novel" and stick to what the text says. But once you start making far-reaching conclusions (such as "it's a textbook Mary Sue story" or "it's a romance novel"), you are delving into the realm of original research, and that's a no-no. You either need to find reliable sources supporting those conclusions or leave them out entirely. Once the novel is accurately summarized ("this happened, then that happened, then something else, and it all ended in this and that"; without "...and it certainly means this or that"), the readers will be able to draw their own conclusions.—Ëzhiki (Igels Hérissonovich Ïzhakoff-Amursky) • (yo?); October 24, 2012; 16:28 (UTC)

Coincidence

There is an off-screen character in this novel named Michael Lowrey, but it appears to be coincidence. At the time this book was published, I had never met Sky nor been involved in any fannish projects with her, so I doubt it's a Tuckerization. --Orange Mike | Talk 20:12, 2 January 2021 (UTC)