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Country United States Media type Print (paperback) Preceded by Bloodthirst Publisher Pocket Books | 3.8/5 Goodreads Publication date February 1988 Pages 278 pp Originally published February 1988 Original language English | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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ISBN 0-671-70768-X (first edition, paperback) Series Star Trek: The Original Series Genres Novel, Science Fiction, Speculative fiction Similar Star Trek: The Original Series books, James T Kirk books, Novels | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
The IDIC Epidemic is a Star Trek: The Original Series novel by Jean Lorrah. The novel provides an explanation of why the Klingons seen in the original series have a very different appearance from the "Imperial" Klingons with huge forehead ridges seen later.
Contents
Plot
I.D.I.C. – Infinite Diversity in Infinite Combination. This is a philosophical cornerstone of the Vulcan society. Currently, a mysterious plague has hit the planet, a plague somehow tied into I.D.I.C and the fact hundreds of races also currently make their home on Vulcan as well. Unfortunately Vulcan is also a central part of Starfleet and the Federation as well, so if it falls, war might follow.
Continuity
The book also has Daniel and T'Mir, a human/Vulcan couple from the author's previous novel, The Vulcan Academy Murders.