Five thousand years ago, on the planet Sarpedion, Spock knew a beautiful, primitive woman. When the SS "Enterprise" is called upon to protect the "Guardian of Forever" - the mysterious portal to the past - Spock uses it to journey to the past, and to discover his own son.

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1 hour and 33 minutes
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A. C. Crispin
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April 18, 2001
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Simon & Schuster Audio
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B00005JH36
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Listening Length	1 hour and 33 minutes
Author	A. C. Crispin
Narrator	Leonard Nimoy, James Doohan
Audible.com Release Date	April 18, 2001
Publisher	Simon & Schuster Audio
Program Type	Audiobook
Version	Abridged
Language	English
ASIN	B00005JH36
Best Sellers Rank	#85,371 in Audible Books & Originals (See Top 100 in Audible Books & Originals) #1,455 in Hard Science Fiction (Books) #1,586 in Space Opera Science Fiction (Audible Books & Originals) #5,015 in Space Operas

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Jamy Shaffer

Yesterday’s Son

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on March 2, 2021

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Apparently, I have read this before but I am pleased to say that I did not remember doing so. I enjoyed it so much and consider it one of my favorite Trek books (I own and have read heaven knows how many. I think the best of the novels tie into past adventures of the Enterprise and crew. This one ties together at least three episodes of the original series... the Guardian of Forever from one of Star Trek’s finest hours, City on the Edge of Forever. As well as the events that took place in “All Our Yesterdays.” A third I will save for those who have yet to read this excellent novel. What would it be like if Spock were to have a son? How would the Vulcan react to him? Ms Crispin creates a memorable character in Zar and only one word best describes the reaction I felt after reading it... fascinating.

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Paul In Va.

great wrap up for a wonderful TOS episode

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on June 20, 2022

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This was a great way to wrap up a classic TOS episode. Finding some unknown insight to the Vulcan culture and an ask around Great story. Highly recommend.

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M. Hughes

The Criteria for Success

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on December 12, 2013

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Read this the first time right after it was published. I fell in love with the story, with Zar, with Spock's confusion, and with AC Crispin's writing. Through the years I read several of her other books, and came back and read the cover off this one (literally); finally it got so tattered I had to throw it away. Years passed. Then when I heard recently that she had died, the first thing I thought of was this book, and I had to read it again and see if it was still as good as I remembered. I bought another copy and read it again just to see.

It was. Her characterizations are dead-on target, and Zar is just what I would expect a son of Spock and Zarabeth to be like. McCoy is totally McCoy, and James Tiberius could have done the words from this book and sounded like any of the really good Trek episodes. This should've been a Trek episode...if there had been such a thing as continuity in 1960s television, they would have made an episode like this.

When you think about it, Crispin made her life writing fanfic. She went on to write original sci-fi/fantasy stuff too, but her name will always live on in the worlds of Star Trek, Star Wars, and "V" for her book tie-ins to the movies and television shows. This novel--which really was a piece of terrific fanfic--gave her her big break. She deserved it, too. The woman could write circles around a lot of the pros, and this is is a fine story. It's laugh-out-loud funny in spots, horrifying in spots, and will make you go "hmmm" once or twice, at least--but it will never be boring. You'll keep on turning the pages, you'll be sad when it ends, and you'll come back and read it again...and when you come right down to it, those are the most reliable criteria for good writing.

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E. Jones

Yesterday's Son Kind Of Disappointing

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on July 2, 2022

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All Our Yesterdays was an episode of Star Trek that has always greatly moved me. The whole situation that Spock, Zarabeth, and McCoy find themselves in was ultimately so sad and poignant. While I had read a few Star Trek novels over the years, I had never read Yesterday's Son. I was not that crazy about it as a Star Trek story, although I thought it was passable. But what disappointed me was that there was no real attempt to follow on from the poignance of the situation in All Our Yesterdays. I wish there had been.

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David Bohnenberger

Good first book by a pretty good author

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on December 16, 2020

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Crispin's Star Trek books are faithful to canon and fill in details nicely. I actually liked her "Sarek" better than this, but they are both among the best Star Trek novels I've read.

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Kawoosher

Enjoyable read!

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on October 6, 2013

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This book combined elements of two of my favorite Star Trek TOS episodes "The City on the Edge of Forever" and "All Our Yesterdays" into a clever tale of time travel and the possible effects that changing the past might have on the future. The ending was bittersweet, but was really the only ending the book could have possibly had without altering the TOS reality. It was nicely written with a concentration on the characters instead of on technobabble explanations of how or why events were possible (all of which would have been speculation, anyway). I give it 4 stars instead of 5 because I would have liked to have seen Spock a bit more "human," but there will be readers who will think his character was true to form, so don't let that stop you from reading it.

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William N. Sargent

One of the great Trek novels

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on February 27, 2016

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Treasured childhood memories of reading this in my beanbag in my room over a few winter afternoons & evenings in New Hampshire. perhaps it was synergy with the local weather, but I was transported to Sarpedion & I was engrossed, the characters came to life & I stood looking over their shoulders as they made their discoveries about themselves & each other, thrilling to the adventures & urgency of the two federation cruisers struggling to defend themselves when they fell under attack. One of the go-to books, with Uhura's Song, The Wounded Sky, & The Final Reflection. There are other good books, but these are GREAT!

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Kirk

An exciting book

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on December 8, 2019

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AC Crispin does a great job of exploring an aspect of Spock's character when he finds out the result of his time in a cultures ancient past and an encounter with a beautiful woman. Highly speculative and an interesting point of view. Very well written and a must for Stra Trek fans.

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ChrisfromMan

Great book from fabulous Author

Reviewed in the United Kingdom 🇬🇧 on August 11, 2022

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I loved this book so much that eventually ordered the sequel. I enjoyed how the author took a story from the original series and expanded it.

Roddenberry

TOS Done Well

Reviewed in the United Kingdom 🇬🇧 on August 6, 2016

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Tying in with the All Our Yesterdays episode of TOS, this is the best one I've read so far. Well crafted story and stays true to the characters, something that has seemed to be a choice in the Trek novels I have read so far.TO

johnmcfaul

Five Stars

Reviewed in the United Kingdom 🇬🇧 on October 28, 2015

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great story good start to the other novels that follow it which i have read too.

carol

Five Stars

Reviewed in the United Kingdom 🇬🇧 on October 24, 2015

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Amazing

Mike L.

Fabulous!!!!

Reviewed in Canada 🇨🇦 on March 25, 2019

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Book focused on a child Spock had (a sequel to the episode "All Our Yesterdays). A.C. Crispin is an awesome author!!!@

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