When I was a young teenager I happened to walk downstairs whilst my father was channel hopping, he ended up on a 1960’s sci-fi show called “Star Trek” and episode called ‘Metamorphosis’. I was enthralled by the story, the characters, the triad of Spock, Bones and Kirk, the optimism, the themes, I loved it all and made sure to tune in a week later. And the week after that.
Soon I was a bone fide Trekkie.
That fandom started an interest in writing Star Trek stories, which led directly to writing The Seraphic Chronicles.
My favourite film is, almost inevitably, Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan, a story in which Spock plays a central role and whose death is the ultimate crescendo of the film. Leonard Nimoy might have ad other roles but he will always be Spock to me, to everyone. Not a bad role to be remembered for.
Many will point to other aspects of his career and life, which I cannot speak to as I have only heard snippets of it, but I respected and loved Nimoy in the role of Spock, his role helped draw me into Star Trek and that fandom literally changed my life.
RIP Leonard Nimoy, you shall not be forgotten.
Many are quoting the final lines of Star Trek II (“Of all the souls I have encountered on my travels, his was the most… human!”) or quoting “Live Long and Prosper”, but I think another aspect of the Trek legacy can be used as a fitting tribute to Nimoy, IDIC, Infinite Diversity in Infinite Combinations, a legacy of inclusion and peace.
And I, personally, think that is a fitting tribute.