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5.0 out of 5 stars
The stuff that dreams are made of....,
By OAKSHAMAN "oakshaman" (Algoma, WI United States) - See all my reviews (VINE VOICE) (TOP 1000 REVIEWER)
This review is from: Star Fleet Technical Manual (Paperback)
I still remember the thrill I felt when I found this book while browsing in the college bookstore back in the 70's. It was just so darned cool! Prior to this there was little or nothing available on the open market from the series. That's why the fans created this book- it went from nothing to EVERYTHING. You started out with the actual Articles of Confederation, to organizational charts, to lists of vessels by class, to star charts, to technical drawings (lots and lots of technical drawings!) And it all looked so professional in it's black plastic simulated leather cover. It was a dream come true. You could browse through it for hours making up your own adventures in your head.Sure, the franchise didn't use the starship designs shown, but they could have- they were good. There were also some notable omissions (why no identification silhouettes for alien vessels.) Also why include that goofy little "ray gun" and omit the phaser rifle? But then they did include those extra pages in the back where you could sketch and write your own contributions. Overall, though, this manual was the stuff that dreams were made of. I still remember setting aside the physics or math home work to flip through this manual- only to hit the books again refreshed with a little more of a sense of mission and purpose. I still have mine, and I still pull it down off the shelf occasionally when I feel the need to dream a little....
5.0 out of 5 stars
The stuff that dreams are made of...,
By OAKSHAMAN "oakshaman" (Algoma, WI United States) - See all my reviews (VINE VOICE) (TOP 1000 REVIEWER)
This review is from: Star Fleet Technical Manual (Hardcover)
I still remember the thrill I felt when I found this book while browsing in the college bookstore back in the 70's. It was just so darned cool! Prior to this there was little or nothing available on the open market from the series. That's why the fans created this book- it went from nothing to EVERYTHING. You started out with the actual Articles of Confederation, to organizational charts, to lists of vessels by class, to star charts, to technical drawings (lots and lots of technical drawings!) And it all looked so professional in it's black plastic simulated leather cover. It was a dream come true. You could browse through it for hours making up your own adventures in your head.Sure, the franchise didn't use the starship designs shown, but they could have- they were good. There were also some notable omissions (why no identification silhouettes for alien vessels.) Also why include that goofy little "ray gun" and omit the phaser rifle? But then they did include those extra pages in the back where you could sketch and write your own contributions. Overall, though, this manual was the stuff that dreams were made of. I still remember setting aside the physics or math home work to flip through this manual- only to hit the books again refreshed with a little more of a sense of mission and purpose. I still have mine, and I still pull it down off the shelf occasionally when I feel the need to dream a little....
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