People keep referencing this story (and this one and various others) and, after a Google search, winding up here.

Here's the book they're all talking about. If you've seen media references suggesting that Spock's World is a favorite of Star Trek film writer Roberto Orci, and something in which he immersed himself (and others, including Alex Kurtzman) while working on the movie, than that would be true. (Check this interview for more info.) There are various other references and interviews to the same effect here and there on the Web.

It's fun to be involved with something like this even at such a remove.