Star Trek Encyclopedia A Reference Guide to the Future - Hardcover

Okuda, Michael; Okuda, Denise

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0671536079 ISBN 13: 9780671536077

Publisher: Pocket Books (Simon & Schuster Inc), 1997

Synopsis

Exhaustively researched and cross-referenced, the "Star Trek Encyclopedia" features main and supporting characters, detailed pop illustrations, a starship recognition chart, alien races, Starfleet uniform chart, phaser evolution chart, weapons and tools, medical equipment, inside jokes, and much more -- for a total of more than 5,000 entries worthy of study by Trekkers everywhere.

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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.

Edition details

• Publisher: Pocket Books (Simon & Schuster Inc)
• Publication date: 1997
• ISBN 10: 0671536079
• ISBN 13: 9780671536077
• Binding: Hardcover
• Language: English
• Edition number: 2
• Number of pages: 720