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{{DISPLAYTITLE:''Academy: Collision Course''}}
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{{Sidebar novel|
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| image = Collision Course cover.jpg
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| Author = [[William Shatner]] with [[Judith Reeves-Stevens|Judith]] & [[Garfield Reeves-Stevens]]
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| Artist = [[James Wang]]
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| Publisher = [[Pocket Books]]
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| Editor =
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| Series = [[Pocket TOS#Shatnerverse|Pocket TOS - "Shatnerverse"]]
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| Published = {{d|16|October|2007}} (hardback)<br /> {{d|28|October|2008}} (paperback)
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| Pages = 464 (hardback)<br />384 (paperback)
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| Year = [[2249]]
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| Stardate =
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| ISBN = 141650396X (hardback)<br />ISBN 1416503978 (paperback)<br />ISBN 1416554637 (eBook)<br>{{ASIN|B000UZJRT0}} (Kindle)
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A prequel story, chronicling the early life of James T. Kirk.
   
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== Summary ==
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Here is a synopsis from Amazon.co.uk :
  
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;From the book jacket
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:''If you think you know how it all began, think again...''
   
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:''Young [[James T. Kirk|Jim Kirk]] wants nothing to do with [[Starfleet]], and never wants to leave [[Earth]]. In the summer of 2249, he's a headstrong seventeen-year-old barely scraping by in [[San Francisco]], haunted by horrific memories from his past.''
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No one knows Captain James T. Kirk better than William Shatner, who portrayed him throughout Star Trek, the Original Series, and seven subsequent Star Trek feature films, making him in the process one of the most iconic and instantly recognizable science fiction characters on the planet. Since then, William Shatner has continued to explore and expand the career of Captain Kirk in no less than nine successful Star Trek novels. Now he turns his attention to the one part of Kirk's backstory that still remains a tantalising mystery, and one that his fans have always wanted to read - his formative years at Starfleet Academy.
  
   
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:''In the same city, a nineteen-year-old alien named [[Spock]] is determined to rise above the emotional turmoil of his mixed-species heritage. He's determined to show his parents he has what it takes to be [[Vulcan]] &ndash; even if it means exposing a mysterious conspiracy at the heart of the Vulcan Embassy, stretching to the farthest reaches of the [[Federation]]'s borders. There, a chilling new threat has arisen to test the Federation's deepest held belief that war is a thing of the past and that a secure future can be forged through peaceful means alone. But it is in San Francisco, home to [[Starfleet Academy]], where that threat will be met by two troubled teenage boys driven to solve the mystery that links them both.''
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The hardcover novel will be released October 2007.
  
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:''In time, the universe will come to know these young rebels as Captain James T. Kirk and Mr. Spock... two of the Federation's greatest heroes. Yet before they were heroes, they were simply conflicted teenagers, filled with raw ambition and talent, not yet seasoned by wisdom and experience, searching for their own unique directions in life &ndash; a destiny they'll discover on one fateful night in San Francisco, when two lives collide, and two legends are born.''
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:''Star Trek: Academy &ndash; Collision Course sets the stage for an exciting new era of ''Star Trek'' adventure, and for the first time reveals Kirk and Spock as they were, and how they began their journey to become the Kirk and Spock we know today.''
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Revision as of 23:47, 20 October 2015

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A prequel story, chronicling the early life of James T. Kirk.

Summary

From the book jacket
If you think you know how it all began, think again...
Young Jim Kirk wants nothing to do with Starfleet, and never wants to leave Earth. In the summer of 2249, he's a headstrong seventeen-year-old barely scraping by in San Francisco, haunted by horrific memories from his past.
In the same city, a nineteen-year-old alien named Spock is determined to rise above the emotional turmoil of his mixed-species heritage. He's determined to show his parents he has what it takes to be Vulcan – even if it means exposing a mysterious conspiracy at the heart of the Vulcan Embassy, stretching to the farthest reaches of the Federation's borders. There, a chilling new threat has arisen to test the Federation's deepest held belief that war is a thing of the past and that a secure future can be forged through peaceful means alone. But it is in San Francisco, home to Starfleet Academy, where that threat will be met by two troubled teenage boys driven to solve the mystery that links them both.
In time, the universe will come to know these young rebels as Captain James T. Kirk and Mr. Spock... two of the Federation's greatest heroes. Yet before they were heroes, they were simply conflicted teenagers, filled with raw ambition and talent, not yet seasoned by wisdom and experience, searching for their own unique directions in life – a destiny they'll discover on one fateful night in San Francisco, when two lives collide, and two legends are born.
Star Trek: Academy – Collision Course sets the stage for an exciting new era of Star Trek adventure, and for the first time reveals Kirk and Spock as they were, and how they began their journey to become the Kirk and Spock we know today.

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Vulcan's Soul: Epiphany Pocket TOS
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