Michael Okuda

The best parts of this book are the behind-the-scenes footnotes explaining how certain technical aspects of ST technology are meant to serve specific functions for television production - example, panels are easily customizable for each person's preferences, which explains how 'punching the panel to fire phasers' works even if a different part of the panel is punched by the actor in different episodes. I wish there had been more of these.

I appreciate the very well hidden little easter eggs show more and references. Okuda is a heck of an anime nerd. show less

It helpful when watching the show to have a non web based reference to settle drunken star trek arguments. Often my girlfriend and I will be drinking wine and start fighting about the transporter or some such a thing and so we can go back to making out we crack open this book. I've read it so many times that I finally just started reading it like a normal book. Quite the read, but better than getting lost on wikipedia all day. Plenty of stuff never made it on the shows too. Every home should show more have one. show less

Normally I find these encyclopedias boring, but this one has a sense of humor and some behind the scenes trivia as well that really makes it a cut above others of its ilk.

This is a gorgeous art book collecting the art from the Ships of the Line calendar series. Sadly I missed some of the Star Trek series (I'm a TOS, TAS, and TNG girl) so some of the ships were totally new to me. It was a perfect book for taking to appointments because most of the art is self-contained. The blurbs for each told the story.

It is highly recommended for Star Trek fans.