The Star Trek Compendium

by Allan Asherman

Book Overview

Here is the essential fans' guidebook to the Star Trek universe--including material from Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country. This compendium features a complete show-by-show guide to the original... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 067168440X
• ISBN13: 9780671684402
• Release Date: July 1989
• Publisher: Pocket Books
• Length: 182 Pages
• Weight: 1.02 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 8.6" x 10.9"

Customer Reviews

A Must for Every TOS Trekker

I bought this book in 1991 because I had watched all 80 eps of Star Trek many times over and wanted more info on the series. It is part of our cultural mythos and references always come up about Star Trek that sometimes one likes to research. When I moved to a smaller apartment I thinned my library and this was one of the books that I gave my sister, also a Trekker. Big mistake - I missed having it. Hence I hunted it down and got another copy for myself.

A complete recapitulation of the original series

While this book contains thorough coverage of the Star Trek original series and the first three movies, that is as far as it goes. Therefore, if you are interested in the subsequent series or movies, this book will do you no good. The episodes of the original series are split up according to season and there is an extensive explanation of each episode. Additional bits of information regarding the writers of the episode, the genesis of the story and specific details about the production are also included. If you are an original Trekkie, as I am, then this book will fascinate you. It is a combination of history and trivia about the original show; that quite frankly was a failure. Never able to achieve ratings worthy of keeping it alive, it was the origin of one of the greatest continuous stories ever told on television and on film.

Another must for all trekkies

This book covers all of the episodes of the Original Series and all of the movies up to Star Trek V: The Final Frontier. A great reference book for even those who only just care for the Original Series but prefer the later serieses (like me!).

What a Fabulous Resource!

This book does exactly what it says.... There is great preliminary information and rare pictures of the beginnings of the series. Then, you get writer, director, principle characters, and descriptions of each episode. You also get information on syndication, conventions, the second series, and the first five movies.

FANTASTIC ADDITION TO ALL STAR TREK COLLECTIONS

Allan Asherman has a job well done in this work, and he was smart to fix all problems with the early printing as well as update the information.The style used gives the TV episode and movie information in a great way that was not done in the STAR TREK reference books that came before it.A good book to get your STAR TREK information from.