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Synopsis
For more than 30 years, the phenomenon known as Star Trek (R) has captivated the public's imagination. With four hit television series and nine film epics, Gene Roddenberry's hopeful vision of a brighter tomorrow continues to evolve. Now, Star Trek(R) fans and followers can navigate the wealth of information from this expanding expanding universe with THE STAR TREK(R) ENCYCLOPEDIA VERSION 3.0, the ultimate interactive guide to Roddenberry's masterpiece. Picking up where it's predecessor, The Star Trek Encyclopedia, left off, Version 3.0 gives you even more of what made the Encyclopedia the indispensable resource no Trek fan should be without! The STAR TREK(R) Encyclopedia Version 3.0 brings you comprehensive entries from: STAR TREK(R), The Original Series (all seasons) STAR TREK: The Next Generation(R) (all seasons) STAR TREK: Deep Space Nine(R) (up to Season 7) STAR TREK: Voyager(R) (up to Season 5) The Feature Films (From THE MOTION PICTURE to INSURRECTION) More than 2500 still photos and drawings, over 250 video and audio clips, all updated with a plethora of new material for this edition! Encyclopedia 3.0 is presented in a magazine-style interface divided into easy-to-use modes: ENCYCLOPEDIA -- the alphabetically-listed and hot-linked reference guide on all things Trek!RESOURCES -- with updated graphs, charts, and illustration spreads that bring to life such details as food, alien races, ships and more!EPISODE LISTINGS -- with plot summaries and writer, director, actor, and other creative credits!CHRONOLOGY -- Lists the events of Star Trek's history in order of stardates! With The STAR TREK(R) ENCYCLOPEDIA VERSION 3.0, you'rejust a click away from the latest developments in the Star Trek saga -- everything from the Dominion War (Deep Space Nine) to the exploits of Seven of Nine (Voyager) to Picard's Insurrection! SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS Windows(R): Win 95/98 Pentium 90 or higher 16 MB free ram 35 MB hard disk space 16-bit.color 2X CD-ROM drive, 4X recommended Macintosh(R): PowerPC System 7.5 or above 16 MB free ram 35 MB hard disk space Thousands of colors 2x CD-ROM drive, 4x Recommended
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Review
This new version of the Star Trek Encyclopedia is a reissue of the 1997 edition plus a 128-page supplement of additional material that updates Deep Space Nine to the end of its run and Voyager to midway through season five. It also covers the movie Star Trek: Insurrection. The supplement is as meticulously detailed as the rest of the volume, listing such fascinating trivia as chadre kab (Seven of Nine's first meal), "Kahless and Lukara" (a Klingon opera) and voraxna (a Cardassian poison), as well as all the new characters and species. Appendices include illustrations of starships, cast and crew listings, a historical timeline and a bibliography. All photographs and illustrations (except a few historical shots) are in colour. The encyclopedia was devisedin part to help production staff on the various Star Trek TV series keep up with the ever-increasing level of detail generated by over more than 30 years of creative effort. It is an excellent reference volume and, whether you want to settle an argument or write a novel, this book will answer your questions. But beware: The extensive cross-referencing leads to curious time-distortion effects, in which the unwary reader, dipping in to settle a single query, encounters an irresistible urge to browse further, during which hours of normal time can pass in the wink of aneye. --Elizabeth Sourbut
About the Author
Michael Okuda is the scenic art supervisor for Star Trek: Voyager. He is responsible for those show's control panels, signage, alien written languages, computer readout animation, and other strange things. Michael worked on all seven years of Star Trek: The Next Generation, and Star Trek: Deep Space Nine. His other credits include six Star Trek feature films, The Flash, The Human Target, and the never-seen American version of Red Dwarf.
Along with Rick Sternbach, Michael serves as a technical consultant to the writing staff of Star Trek and is coauthor of the Star Trek: The Next Generation Technical Manual book and CD-ROM. Michael grew up in Hawai'i, where he graduated from Roosevelt High School and earned a BA in communications from the University of Hawai'i at Manoa. He is a member of IATSE Local 816 (Scenic, Title and Graphic Artists) and is a member of the American Civil Liberties Union. Mike is a proponent of science education and he really wants to be the first graphic artist in space.
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