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From: wix@bergil.DEC (Jack Wickwire)
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Subject: The Canon
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Date: Tue, 30-Apr-85 08:38:46 EDT
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People keep quoting, "As Vulcan goes, so goes the Federation" to back
up their arguments that Spock is so important Kirk will be forgiven
a multitude of sins for having rescued him.   To the best of my 
knowledge, that line is from a "Star Trek" novel by Sondra Marshak
and Myrna Culbreath, *The Price of the Phoenix*.  I don't think the
makers of "Star Trek IV" are obliged to pay any attention to any of
the novels.  Did this line actually originate elsewhere?  Marshak
and Culbreath do make a habit of interweaving lines from the episodes
into their dialogue, often changing or deepening the meaning in
the process, but I thought this line was original with them.  Does
anybody know anything for certain?
 
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