>Perhaps canon isn't the best term for it. Maybe the idea of an order of
 >precedence which I use is better.  If a movie or episode says something and
 >a book says something that can not be resolved with the aired version, the
 >aired version comes out ahead in my mind.  For example, Strangers from the
 >Sky
 >(a novel) says that Earth's first contact came with Vulcans who crashed 
nto
 >the ocean.  The movie First Contact shows a completely different scenario.
 >IMHO the FC version is the one that happened not the book version.
FC doesn't dispute that, because if you remember Strangers from the Sky, the 
incident was completely covered up, and mostly unknown.
They even list a historical meeting not the story in the book.
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