don@allegra.UUCP (09/16/83)
Subject: Did Melville write Star Trek II "I'll chase him round the moons of Nibia and round the Antares maelstrom and round perdition's flames before I give him up." - Khan (in Star Trek II) "I'll chase him round Good Hope, and round the Horn, and round the Norway Maelstrom, and round perdition's flames before I give him up." - Captain Ahab (in Moby-Dick)
CSvax:Pucc-H:ab3@pur-ee.UUCP (09/17/83)
No, I don't think Herman Melville wrote "The Wrath Of Khan"... however, note that in one of the opening scenes - the one wherein Chekhov and whats-his-name find the wrecked spaceship, enter it, and are discovered by Khan - there is a camera shot of "Moby Dick"... Also, the little speech Khan gives just before the big boom-boom at the end is from Moby Dick - something along the lines of "From hells depth I strike at thee..." Darth Wombat headed for Windy City Breakdown
jsgray@watmath.UUCP (Jan Gray) (09/17/83)
Of course. "Moby Dick" was one of the books Khan took with him from 'Old Earth' (another was Milton's "Paradise Lost"). The books were clearly visible lying on a shelf in the "Botany Bay" ship in ST2TWOK. Khan referred to "Paradise Lost" in both "Space Seed" and ST2TWOK... Good continuity there. Knowing this belongs in net.startrek, Jan Gray University of Waterloo (519) 885-1211 x2730 jsgray@watmath.UUCP
ziegler@lzmi.UUCP (09/18/83)
Of course, Khan was very fond of quoting "ancient" Earth literature. You will recall that in "Space Seed" one of the last things he said was a reference to Milton. Something like "Better to rule in Hell that to reign in Heaven." Yes, I know that Khan never actually said that, but he refered to it and Kirk later explained the reference to Scotty and the rest of us ignorami. (How would you spell the plural of ignoramus?) Joe Ziegler ...hogpc!pegasus!lzmi!ziegler
UC.ART@MIT-EECS@sri-unix.UUCP (09/23/83)
From: Arturo Perez@MIT-EECS <UC.ART@MIT-EECS>