#carolyn clowes

[barely-getting-bi]

spock with his hair that looks like a lego piece taking in a child with really curly hair and having to figure out how to properly take care of her curls and then having to figure out how to get saavik to be still long enough for him to actually take care of them

[lichqueenlibrarian]

Bones is coping pretty well all things considered

[schn-tgai-saavik]

Me glancing over my analysis notes about The Pandora Principle wondering if I'm ready to open that particular Pandora's box.

I'm sure other people have made that analysis and drawn the same comparisons I have about Hellguard (the symbolism feels pretty clear to me but at the same time I've taken an elective 45h class on the topic), but right now it's haunting me.

(The class wasn't on symbolism btw, it was on the historical event that TPP heavily alludes too in the description and context of Hellguard)

[tprings-hair]

excerpt from The Pandora Principle by Carolyn Clowes

[purple-iris]

I have connected the dots, get ready for my hottest Star Trek take to date (because it is also Star Wars related) :

Anakin's backstory as shown in the prequels movies is actually so similar to Saavik's story, both shown in Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan, Star Trek III: The Search for Spock and the novel The Pandora Principle by Carolyn Clowes that I think said author and biggest contributor to Saavik's story in my opinion should sue Georges Lucas ASAP-

Born and raised on a hellish desertic planet with two suns? check (Tatooine and Hellguard are twining)

Extensive childhood traumas? check (don't think im forgetting about the psychological impact of Anakin being raised in slavery here)

Rescued and then raised by someone becoming their mentor and father figure? check (Spock and Obi-Wan)

Curious and highly intelligent mind, drawn to technology? check (Anakin with ships, Saavik with the tricorder, see where im going?)

Follows into their mentor and teacher's footsteps and join their organisation? check (Jedi order and Starfleet)

Contains a lot of anger and desire for revenge? check

Becomes proficient at flying starships and holds a position of command in a space conflict? check (Need i explain more?)

Thankfully Spock was better suited at raising a child than Obi-Wan because else we were looking at a "becoming the very thing you choose to destroy" aka a Romulan traitor Saavik scenario-WAIT they wanted to do that but didn't! George Lucas I swear to GOD! Stealing even the deleted storylines!!

Everything is Star Trek actually if you think about it long enough, and my girl Saavik was ripped off into Anakin Skywalker. At least that explains why they are both my favourite characters in these two fandoms (I just love them both so much ok-)

[spocksjuul]

Saavik 💖💓💞💞 (book: The Pandora Principle, by Carolyn Clowes)

[vtgscifi]

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[knittinglizards]

adding various star trek stuff here that i forgot to post when i actually finished them (like.... six weeks maybe for lwd? and the other two within like the past two): lower decks, the pandora principle by carolyn clowes, and star trek v: the final frontier (1989)

enjoyed all of them to a degree (unique characters and interesting takes on older events/ideas in lwd, pleasant downtime moments in stv and the general idea of sybok) but definitely the book the most. taking a secondary character and giving her a crazy intense backstory in a way that blends perfectly with her original depiction AND weaving it into a good series-typical story that does more than justice to the main cast? i love it i love saavik ♥️

[startrekreviews]

TOS Novel #49: The Pandora Principle

TOS #49: The Pandora Principle by Carolyn Clowes Book Jacket’s Summary:      “A Romulan Bird-of-Prey mysteriously drifts over the Neutral Zone and into Federation territory. Admiral Kirk and the crew of the Enterprise investigate, only to find the ship dead in space. When Starfleet orders the derelict ship brought to Earth for investigation, the Enterprise returns home with perhaps her greatest prize.      But the Bird-of-Prey carries a dangerous cargo, a deadly force that is soon unleashed in the heart of the Federation. Suddenly, the only hope for the Federation's survival lies buried in the tortured memory of Commander Spock's protégé, a cadet named Saavik. Together, Spock and Saavik must return to the nightmare world of Saavik's birth, a planet called Hellguard, to discover the secret behind the Romulans' most deadly threat of all.” Yeaka’s Notes:     Set between the first two movies, The Pandora Principle is a fascinating thriller that can get incredibly dark but also prove thoroughly rewarding. If you want more of Saavik, or never quite got her and want to understand her better, this is an absolute must have. In the occasional well placed flashback, it tells the overview of Vulcans rescuing her from a nightmarish planet and Spock personally seeing to her education, refusing to give up on her despite the wishes of his people and father. She goes from a feral hellion to an inquisitive cadet, with tons of individual personality. In the present day story, she comes aboard her mentor’s ship only to find chaos from her past. Both sets of stories are intriguing. While the book focuses mostly on Spock and Saavik, all of the original cast members have something to do, even Kirk, who gets hilariously shelved for a good chunk.     Unfortunately, some of Saavik’s memories get truly disturbing—this book should come with a trigger warning for mass death, abused children, mentions of rape, and a couple graphic scenes of torture. Baring that, though, this one is really difficult to put down. It has a few other OCs that are equally unique and compelling, but mostly, this will make you fall in love with Saavik. If you can stomach the occasional bouts of violence, this is a more than worthy read. If it wasn’t for those few scenes, I’d dub this book an excellent and absolute must-have. Noteworthy moments: (below cut, spoilery) 

Ch1/p3 Spock speaks of half Vulcan children on an inhospitable Romulan world with the Council of Elders, Spock disagrees with the council and Sarek scolds him, they’re all appalled when he tries to bring the Federation into it, Sarek expresses disappointment in his human half and makes him leave 

Ch2/p26 Saavik wakes up from a childhood nightmare at Starfleet Academy

p32 Spock’s sent Saavik daily messages for years

p41 Uhura’s invented Starfleet’s new code, “Rosecrypt” (“a rose by any other name”)

p49 Uhura gets a com from Kirk: “I WANT SPOCK! NOW!”; Uhura’s stressed and gets the con; Bones gives her a hypospray and asks for a private shuttle in return

Ch3/p52 Starfleet officer with a strange, adorable alien friend he won’t leave behind

p54 Spock pulls rank to get himself a shuttle instead of Bones

p62 Spock took a year off to raise feral child Saavik because no one else would and she refused others, he takes her to an alien world, she starts taking animals and local children home, he appreciates that she gives him unconditional acceptance

p68 Spock has to give child Saavik the pon farr talk, he remembers his father telling him why he must bond with T’Pring; Spock tells Saavik of Amok Time and says “She [T’Pring] was a bitch!”

Ch4/p74 Saavik on the Enterprise for the first time, loving it because of all the stories Spock told her; she tells Uhura “I have never seen anyone so aesthetically pleasing,” Uhura tells her to look in a mirror, Spock explains it’s a complement

p78 Kirk runs into an admiring ensign reading Treasure Planet and teases him

p87 Saavik joins a baseball team

Ch7/p137 Spock in command, Kirk fusses, Spock promises to return the Enterprise in prime condition, Bones loudly bursts in to question everything

p146 Sulu explains Pandora’s box to Saavik (who thinks it was the gods’ fault)

Ch8/p154 Bones gives Saavik a medical exam, she dislikes him; “Saavik” means “little cat” in Romulan

Ch9/p185 Spock devised a secret plan with Scotty and Sulu in his quarters

Ch11/p222 Scotty and Sulu commanding Enterprise in a crisis

[followtheechoes]

(if multiple apply, choose your favourite. if none apply, go to your library and see if they have any of these available.)

Experiment:

Reblog this post and add a poll of your own to the reblog. You can make it a poll about anything. Let's see how far it goes.

[lichqueenlibrarian]

The entire bridge crew praying for Mr Spock to show up and rescue them from Kirk’s mood.

[zoozoocala]

The Pandora Principle by Carolyn Clowes // Paper Bag by Fiona Apple // Star Trek III: The Search For Spock // The Pandora Principle by Carolyn Clowes // Extraordinary Machine by Fiona Apple

[emilinqa]

not often does expanding on a very minor/side character pan out in beta canon but god does this really hit. carolyn clowes is a great trek writer and is sooo bigbrained for deciding that spock needed to be put through the trial of being a single mother. its good stuff

(through tears) have you guys read... the pandora principle... sniffle..

[spocksjuul]

The Pandora Principle, by Carolyn Clowes

[hanakogames]

analyse this

So, I said on Twitter that I was going to list off the Star Trek novels I own...

This list is imperfect as I have almost certainly lost a few over the years. On the other hand, if I lost them and forgot them, they must not have meant much to me, right? 

Original Series:

On my shelf at the moment:

Log Two - Don’t think this is originally mine as it's got a UK price on it and I don't remember it. And it's older than I am. (Alan Dean Foster) Enterprise: The First Adventure (Vonda McIntyre) #1 The Entropy Effect (Vonda McIntyre) #13 The Wounded Sky (Diane Duane - If you read only one Star Trek novel, read this one) #21 Uhura's Song (Janet Kagan) #25 Dwellers in the Crucible (Margaret Wander Bonnano) #41 The Three-Minute Universe (Barbara Paul) #49 The Pandora Principle (Carolyn Clowes - Massively retconned by the post-2000 Novelverse) #52 Home is the Hunter (Dana Kramer-Rolls) Prime Directive (this book was a Special Entry and not numbered - Judith and Garfield Reeves-Stevens) #59 The Disinherited - An oddly long list of authors:  Peter David, Michael Jan Friedman, and Robert Greenberger #62 Death Count (L.A.Graf) #70 Traitor Winds (L.A.Graf) #76 The Captain's Daughter (Peter David) Novelisations for movies 1-5 but not 6 for some reason

Books I know I owned but cannot find right now:

#22 Shadow Lord (Lawrence Yep) #47 The Kobayashi Maru (Julia Ecklar) #55 Renegade (Gene DeWeese)

Books I know I owned but deliberately disposed of:

#14 The Trellisane Configuration ... pretty sure at some point I bought either the Romulan books or the "Spock's Lost Son" books, didn't like them, and immediately got rid of them, but the details are fuzzy

The Next Generation:

On my shelf:

Imzadi (Peter David) #10 A Rock and a Hard Place (Peter David) #16 Contamination (John Vornholt) #23 War Drums (John Vornholt) #24 Nightshade (Laurel K Hamilton) #27 Guises of the Mind (Rebecca Neason - Of all of the TNG books this is the one I remember least, and am looking at going 'What was that about?')

Deep Space Nine:

On my shelf:

#2 The Siege (Peter David) #3 Bloodletter (K.W.Jeter) #4 The Big Game (Sandy Schofield) #7 Warchild (Esther Friesner) #8 Antimatter (John Vornholt)

I read many other books in those series from the library or borrowed. To the best of my knowledge I never read a Voyager book and I quite certainly never read an Enterprise one.

It’s also worth noting that both Uhura’s Song and Dwellers in the Crucible pop up repeatedly in Yuletide requests, as they have fans of their settings and characters beyond simply the star trek verse as a whole. 

[vtgscifi]

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