Whitney’s Star Trek character, Yeoman Janice Rand, appeared for only half a season, yet fans still send her mail. Her assisted account of her hitch on the Enterprise begins with her nightmarish rape by an executive she declines to name. Later she imparts how that incident affected her: she became alcoholic. Meanwhile, we learn that […]
In early 1964, Herb Solow had just been hired to run television production for Lucille Ball’s struggling Desilu Studios when he met a soft-spoken Texan named Gene Roddenberry. Thus begins the story of the incredible odyssey to make not just a series, but television history. This all-encompasing look at the making of Star Trek offers […]
Get A Life! with the possible exception of “Beam me up, Scotty,” is clearly the most repeated catchphrase in the history of Star Trek. Poking fun at Star Trek’s gung-ho fans and conventions in a now infamous Saturday Night Live sketch, William Shatner’s comic rallying cry has been indelibly emblazoned into the collective psyche of […]
Montgomery Scott, the endlessly resourceful chief engineer of the “Starship Enterprise” TM, has been a familiar presence in our collective imagination for over three decades. All around the world, everyone knows “Scotty” — but far fewer know the true story of actor James Doohan, who has brought Starfleet’s legendary “miracle worker” to life for three […]
In the forty-year history of Star Trek, none of the television show’s actors are more beloved than DeForest Kelley. His portrayal of Leonard “Bones” McCoy, the southern physician aboard the Starship Enterprise, brought an unaffected humanity to the groundbreaking space frontier series. Jackson DeForest Kelley came of age in Depression-era Georgia. He was raised on […]
Fans of TV’s 1960s science fiction series Star Trek will go into orbit over lead player Shatner’s candid, captivating reminiscence, packed with stellar anecdotes and backstage lore. Writing with help from MTV editorial director Kreski, Shatner reveals details of day-to-day work–and some of the fights with nervous studio executives who were not quite ready for […]
CAPTAIN’S LOG, 6454.4 Due to a series of freak ion storms, the Neutral Zone separating the Federation from the Romulan Empire will soon shift–and the planet Arachnae will fall entirely within Romulan space. Our mission: seek out intelligent life there and, if it exists, offer full Federation protection. To help us complete the necessary surveys, […]
The victim of a cruel experiment, Commander Spock renounces the U.S.S. Enterprise, becomes the Messiah of the planet Kyros, and launches a holy war on the rest of the world.
Spock must play a dangerous game when an outside factor threatens the sovereignty of the Federation and the life of Captain James T. Kirk. The Price of the Phoenix, by Sondra Marshak and Myrna Culbreath, is an original novel based upon the 1960s television series Star Trek. It was first published by Bantam Books in […]
Working with various collaborators, Shatner has previously written science fiction (the TekWar series) and science fact (I’m Working on That), and ventured into memoir with Star Trek Memories. Embarking on a full-scale autobiography, he begins with his Montreal childhood doing children’s theater, then covers comedies with the Canadian National Repertory Theatre, lead roles with the […]
Few actors are as inextricably associated with one role as Leonard Nimoy is with Star Trek’s Mr. Spock. In 1975, when he was embarking on a post-Star Trek career, Nimoy published an autobiography with the tongue-in-cheek title I Am Not Spock. Twenty years later, despite a fruitful career as a film director (Three Men and […]
In the galaxy of “Star Trek” books, there’s nothing like “Trek Navigator”–a compendium of punchy reviews, in the style of movie reviewers Siskel and Ebert, critiquing every episode of every “Star Trek” show, in all of the series’ incarnations, plus the complete movie series Radio publicity. Web site promo. Targeted print ads .
Leonard Nimoy’s portrayal of the ever-logical Vulcan, Mr. Spock, is one of the most recognizable, loved, and pervasive characterizations in popular culture. He had been closer to the phenomenon of Star Trek than anyone, having played the pivotal role of Spock in the original series, in six motion pictures, and in a special two-part episode […]
Nearly two decades ago, Jean-Luc Picard took command of the U.S.S. Enterprise NCC-1701-D. The captain knew it was an honor without equal. His new command bore the name of Enterprise. The people who had commanded other like-named starships had gone down in Starfleet’s annals. Some officers would be intimidated, but they would not have been […]
A lavishly illustrated guide takes readers behind the scenes of every episode of Star Trek and The Next Generation, with additional sections on Deep Space Nine and Voyager. 75,000 first printing.
When a transporter experiment goes horribly awry, suddenly there are two Mr. Spocks. One is the true First Officer of the “Enterprise.” The other is his complete opposite, a traitor whose very existence poses a grave threat to the crew, the ship, and the Federation itself. One of the Spocks must die. But which one?.
No One On The Enterprise Can Believe That Mr. Spock Is Gone! As the crew grieves for Mr. Spock, the awesome Genesis Device, now controlled by the Federation, has transformed an inert nebula into a new planet teeming with life. But Genisis can also destroy existing worlds. The creators of the Device want it given […]
THE KLINGONS ARE HUNGRY FOR WAR…THEIR TARGET: THE ENTERPRISE! When Captain Kirk and his crew are ordered to Alnath II to challenge the deadliest Klingon starship Terror, they’re ready for anything — or so they think. But the defenseless Vulcan crew of a Federation science ship has been wiped out. The remaining members of the […]
THE SHADDAN CROWN IS THE KEY TO POWER — AND THE KLINGONS HAVE THE ADVANTAGE! An Enterprise shuttle is forced to crash-land in a violent storm on the barren planet Sigma 1212. Spock, McCoy and Kailyn, the beautiful heir to the Shaddan throne, survive in the near disaster.
CAN THE GALAXY’S GROWING VIOLENCE BE STOPPED? Captain Kirk and his crew are on a mission to investigate the mysterious wave of violence that has overtaken the Helvans — revolutions, mass riots, horrible tortures. But this chaos is all part of an experiment by an unimaginable power that soon grips even the crew of the […]
