Alice Through the Looking Glass

For the DS9 episode of the same name, see "Through the Looking Glass".

Alice Through the Looking Glass is a book written by the 19th century Human writer Lewis Carroll. The sequel to Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, the book tells the story of a girl named Alice who travels through a mirror into a fantasy world populated by various fantastic characters including Humpty Dumpty. The book includes the poem Jabberwocky, a classic of nonsense verse.

Amanda Grayson was particularly fond of reading books, especially the work of Lewis Carroll. She would often read stories, such as Alice Through the Looking Glass, to Spock during his youth.

James Kirk also read the book as a youth and, upon recalling that later on in life, was surprised to learn that Spock, too, was familiar with fantasy literature. (TAS: "Once Upon a Planet")

In 2268, under the control of the Platonians' psychokinetic abilities, Kirk and Spock sing a nonsense verse that references language and characters from the book:

I'm Tweedledee, he's Tweedledum.

We're spacemen marching to and from.

We slythe among the mimsy troves,

And tire among the borogroves. (TOS: "Plato's Stepchildren")

External link

• Alice Through the Looking Glass at Wikipedia