 The Search for Spock was not heavily marketed . Among the promotional merchandise created for the film 's release were Search for Spock @-@ branded calendars and glasses sold at Taco Bell . A novelization ( ISBN 0 @-@ 671 @-@ <unk> @-@ 3 ) was also released , and reached second place on The New York Times paperback bestsellers list . President Ronald Reagan screened the film for friends during a weekend away from the White House in 1984 , spent with White House staff chief Mike Deaver and the president 's own close friend Senator Paul <unk> . Reagan wrote of the film : " It wasn 't too good . " 
