Spock in Manacles: the Rock Opera!
Nov. 12th, 2025 06:48 pmRogan: While shelf-checking the nonfiction section of the sci-fi library (I had to stop; I kept getting distracted by things I wanted to read), I found a humble pamphlet, awkwardly typed, from 1985 with the innocuous title THE BECCON PLAYS. Curious, I flipped through it and discovered it includes "Spock in Manacles - The Rock Opera," by Kate Davies.
Of course, I had to open it up to investigate.
Some things never change!
(Yes I'm checking it out right now.)
Of course, I had to open it up to investigate.
VOICEOVER.
Jim's gold-flecked orbs moved feverishly beneath their troubled lids. The cave was getting colder all the time.... It was nine hours since that ill-fated rockslide had fallen on Spock, fracturing one of his hard-muscled jade thighs, and shattering both their communicators... The ship would surely never find them here, int hisdesolate forest, and his friend would surely freeze to death in the meantime...
Poor Spock! Rivulets of remorse flowed from his hazel orbs as...
Some things never change!
(Yes I'm checking it out right now.)