This book is a retrospective, looking at all things STAR TREK beginning with Gene Roddenberry’s original format designed to present anthology storytelling with a regular cast that would be familiar to viewers and on to the show itself with its amazing episodes that would remain with viewers years after the show’s original three-year run. In truth, STAR TREK became much more than a television series by evolving into a cultural phenomenon and becoming a touchstone for “where no man has gone before.”

Here, in this celebration for the original STAR TREK series, readers will find profiles of the main characters, all based on interviews and/or memos from actors, producers, and writers. A study of each of the main departments . . . Art, Costuming, Makeup, Visual Effects, Music . . . provides the reader with insight into the making of an episode. Interspersed throughout are character/actor profiles, key episodes that provide insight into the show’s popularity, and pictures . . . lots and lots of pictures.

For readers who are unabashedly STAR TREK fans, this is a journey of the heart through the making of one of the most influential series of a generation. [Who else but STAR TREK fans could convince NASA to rename the Space Shuttle Constitution, having it become the Space Shuttle Enterprise?]

Here, then, is the opportunity for readers to immerse themselves in all things STAR TREK. You’ll never regret taking the voyage.

Highly recommended. ( )