I wanted to share this essay from Star Trek Lives! because holy shit, I couldn’t believe what I was reading. Not only is this insanely romantic, but it’s significant because Gene Roddenberry and Leonard Nimoy were very involved in the creation of this book. The authors worked closely with them (and other members of the orginal cast!) on multiple other projects as well, and Roddenberry even wrote the foreword of the book and endorsed it. That’s... wow.
Spock, the unlikely, unknown and lonely alien, is seen and known, understood and loved, in a way that few men ever have been, and he is learning to see and love as few men ever have.