Time for Yesterday (Star Trek, No 39) [Mass Market Paperback]

A.C. Crispin (Author)

Book Description

Series: Star Trek (Numbered Paperback) | Publication Date: August 1, 1999

Time For Yesterday

Time in the galaxy has stopped running its normal course. That can only mean one thing -- the Guardian of Forever is malfunctioning. To save the universe, Starfleet command reunites three of its most legendary figures -- Admiral James T. Kirk, Spock of Vulcan, and Dr. Leonard McCoy -- and sends them on a desperate mission to contact the Guardian, a journey that ultimately takes them 5,000 years into the past. They must find Spock's son Zar once again -- and bring him back to their time to telepathically communicate the Guardian.

But Zar is enmeshed in troubles of his own, and soon Kirk, Spock and McCoy find themselves in a desperate struggle to save both their world -- and his!

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From the Publisher

Time in the galaxy has stopped running in its normal course. That can mean only one thing -- the Guardian of Forever is malfunctioning. To save the universe, Starfleet Command reunites three of its most legendary figures -- Admiral James T. Kirk, Spock of Vulcan, and Dr. Leonard McCoy -- and sends them on a desperate mission to contact the Guardian, a journey that ultimately takes them 5,000 years into the past. They must find Spock's son Zar once again, and bring him back to their time to telepathically communicate with the Guardian.

But Zar is enmeshed in troubles of his own, and soon Kirk, Spock, and McCoy find themselves in a desperate struggle to save both his and their world. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

Product Details

• Mass Market Paperback: 303 pages
• Publisher: Star Trek (August 1, 1999)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0671038575
• ISBN-13: 978-0671038571
• Product Dimensions: 6.8 x 4.2 x 0.9 inches
• Shipping Weight: 3.2 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (20 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,940,987 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars one of the best, December 24, 2004

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B. Redfern "The Book Worm" (Portland, OR) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Time for Yesterday (Star Trek, No 39) (Mass Market Paperback)

this is another one of my fave books. Truly delves so much better in the relationship of Zar and who he is and his relationship with Spock then Yesterday's Son did. Shows really how both have grown and accepted who they are...it is a must read, especially if you are a fan of Spock

6 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Review of "Time For Yesterday", July 17, 2002

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James Yanni (Bellefontaine Neighbors, Mo. USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Star Trek Time For Yesterday (Star Trek: The Original Series) (Audio Cassette)

This is an excellent "Star Trek" book, a sequel to Star Trek #11, "Yesterday's Son", which was itself a sequel to the original series episode, "All Our Yesterdays". "Yesterday's Son" was good, if not spectacular. This book is much better; one assumes that the author has matured a bit as a writer in the interim. It utilizes a plot device that is unduly common: Kirk & the Enterprise must save the entire universe. But unlike most books that use such a device, this one actually manages to make it more or less plausible, and handles the concept well. Further, the characters are well-written, and the language is handled with a smooth competence unusual in mass-market paperbacks. The plot moves well, and the book accomplishes all that it sets out to.

Excellent read for the Star Trek fan, and probably worthwhile for the casual reader, as well.

6 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A classic from a great author, March 14, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: Time For Yesterday (Star Trek: The Original Series) (Paperback)

The sequel to Yesterday's Son by the same author, and even better than its prequel. Spock and Zar are reunited when the Guardian of Forever stops working properly and causes time waves that make time move fast enough to kill stars - and so also the planets around them. Spock, McCoy and Kirk go back to the past to find Zar so he can return with them and mind meld with the Guardian to tell it to return its consciousness to the 23rd century and resume its duties. Spock goes back shortly before Zar's death, hoping to bring him back for good, but Zar is determined to go back to his own people and his new wife to fight the battle that killed him. It's a wonderful story that goes from fun to heart wrenching to just plain loveable. We get to see a dimension of Spock that was never explored on the show, and for once in a Star Trek book the emphasis isn't on Kirk's postulating. I loved this book, I urge everyone to buy it!