Mark Clark (1) (1966–)

This narrative tells the story of the original “Star Trek” series. Beginning with the books, the films, and the television shows that inspired Gene Roddenberry to create “Star Trek,” the text concludes with the 1978 announcement of the first feature film. Along with the “pre-history” of the show, there are chapters providing behind the scenes information, social commentary, and the legacy of the show.

A must for all fans of the series; the inclusion of profiles of actors, redshirt extras, writers, and technicians makes this a not-to-be-overlooked reference for Trekkies everywhere.

Recommended.… (mehr)

This book was interesting, and I did learn a few things that I hadn't known before, but for the most part, I did wonder why another book on Star Trek: The Original Series was needed when so much about it has already been written.

I kind of wish the author had been able to include the movies that included the Original Series cast in this book so that all of those would be together (rather than consigning the movies to his FAQ 2.0 book).

Overall he does have an easy to read writing style. I did find that I could only read for a certain amount of time or pages and then needed to take a break.… (mehr)

I liked this book more than the first Star Trek FAQ book, probably because I hadn't already read a lot of information about the story behind most of the movies or the formation of The Next Generation. I'd seen the Original Series in reruns, but started watching The Next Generation because so many of my friends watched it that I felt left out of conversations when they'd discuss the show. Reading the episode summaries made me want to revisit this show.

I was surprised at how little information was included about Deep Space 9, Voyager, or Enterprise. Mostly it was just to say that talent got siphoned off from TNG to go to those shows or that they were spread thin between a movie prep, DS9 and TNG. Perhaps another book is planned to review those shows plus the new movie reboot?… (mehr)