[STXI AU of Jane Austen’s classic, Pride and Prejudice] Vivacious Jim is fascinated and repelled by the arrogant Mr. Spock, whose condescending airs and acrid tongue have alienated Jim’s entire family. The romantic clash of these two opinionated young people occurs on an Earth long-settled by Vulcans, whose elite, logic-minded race comprises the top of the social hierarchy. Jim and Spock find themselves in a spirited courtship that challenges their beliefs about themselves and the world they live in.

It was a well-known fact that Mr. Dashwood, of note for having come nearer the South Pole than any other man in Boston (and then for having come to write about it most thrillingly), had some queer ways about him.